Live streaming “allows us to express ourselves as artists”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Live music can be life-changing. It can uplift and comfort us, especially in times when we need to feel there’s some good […]
Goldner String Quartet
Jakub Jankowski talks about the “tremendous opportunity” of composing for Musica Viva’s 75th anniversary
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR It’s almost fateful that this year marks both the the 75th anniversary of Musica Viva’s first performance and the 25th […]
Chris Howlett explains how Beethoven “changed Western music forever”
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Have you ever liked the idea of a doing a marathon, but your couch remains awfully and conveniently enticing? Fear not, for […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to the Musica Viva Fest (gig 6)
BY WENDY ZHANG Musica Viva Festival SydneyConcert 6 – FinaleVerbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 28 April The 2019 Musica Viva Festival Finale concert presented […]
A chat with Adelaide composer Jakub Jankowski
BY CHLOE SANGER We would like to welcome Chloe in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Meet Jakub Jankowski, a young Adelaide composer. He […]
Ian Munro on why we must value Indigenous music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “Now, why didn’t we think of that?” This is a glimpse into Australian composer Ian Munro’s thoughts on the creative energy […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Younan: 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 […]