Nurture your university connections – they could last you for life
BY CUTCOMMON Jenny Duck-Chong and Elliott Gyger first met at university. Jenny would go on to forge an impressive career as a mezzo-soprano, mentor, and […]
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These are the kick-ass winners of the 2020 Art Music Awards
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS The 2020 Art Music Awards have been celebrated in a virtual ceremony fit for a creative nation, with winning artists and […]
LIVE REVIEW // Kiya experiences Spaces of Life and Death
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Spaces of Life and DeathEli Simic-Prosic (composer/curator), Elliott Gyger (conductor), Tamara Kohler (flutes), Kaylie Melville (percussion), Gemma Kneale (cello), Jacob […]
Ria Andriani: “Blindness isn’t a barrier to learning music”
BY RIA ANDRIANI, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE I was born in Bandung and grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. My parents encouraged me to learn […]
Twiggy from Arcadia Winds on music education and Australian composition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE (EDITOR) WITH LAURA BIEMMI (TRENDS EDITOR) David ‘Twiggy’ Reichelt reckons the wind quintet can be a “formidable” concoction of instruments for any composer. […]
Halcyon: 20 years in 20 pictures
BY JENNY DUCK-CHONG, HALCYON This year, Halcyon celebrates its 20th birthday. In this photoblog, artistic director Jenny Duck-Chong reflects on the occasion as she shares […]
Arcko to perform Colbert’s wild work in Melbourne Made
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brendan Colbert is fairly blunt about his entry into music. “I was a good keyboard player – but not a terribly […]