The best Australian music can happen when orchestras support the creators
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE One of the most defining features of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra is its willingness to embrace creative risk. And what could be […]
Ella Macens
A new digital concert series is making music for everyone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music by female-identifying composers. A digital future for the performing arts industry. Diversity in the concert hall. Choosing not to perform Mozart. […]
Harry Sdraulig: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY HARRY SDRAULIG AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON The TSO Australian Composers’ School was run with exceptional professionalism from start to finish, and I really felt […]
Ella Macens: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY ELLA MACENS AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Being invited to participate in the 2018-19 TSO Australian Composers’ School was a total dream come true, especially […]
Mark Holdsworth: My journey with the TSO Australian Composers’ School
BY MARK HOLDSWORTH AS TOLD TO CUTCOMMON Each day of the TSO Australian Composers’ School consisted of intensive rehearsals. Although the rehearsal time was generous […]
Sam Allchurch on the lasting influence of Richard Gill
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Sydney Chamber Choir’s Sam Allchurch has big shoes to fill. This year marked his first as its music director, following in […]
Melbourne Lawyers’ Orchestra is pushing for gender diversity across our industries
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There has been a lot of discussion about gender diversity in the music industry in recent years. But what we haven’t heard […]
Six reasons to be at this year’s Canberra International Music Festival
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Canberra is something of a hidden gem amongst Australia’s capital cities. But come May, the city’s rich arts and […]
Ella Macens: “I’m learning to love every second of it”
BY ELLA MACENS, AS TOLD TO KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Young composer Ella Macens participated in the Gondwana National Choral School Composer Program, with her work featured […]
Ella Macens: National Women Composers’ Development Program
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Four emerging composers at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music have been selected for the first National Women Composers’ Development Program. Through […]