When authenticity feels dangerous
BY KATY ABBOTT Every creative knows the paralysis of standing before too many options, but there’s a particular kind of decision conflict that goes deeper […]
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Is perfectionism holding you back as an artist?
BY KATY ABBOTT There’s usually a moment – right when you’re about to press ‘submit’, or record one more take, send off a composition, or […]
In her new column, Katy Abbott shares strategies for a healthier arts career
BY KATY ABBOTT We spend years and years perfecting our artform as well as doing ‘all the right things’ to get ahead: making the most […]
What it’s like to be an assistant conductor with a major symphony orchestra
BY CUTCOMMON Australian conductor Leonard Weiss has been making waves overseas, from his recent Churchill Fellowship achievement to his roles as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s […]
How Katy Abbott composed a work of compassion for asylum seekers in offshore detention
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While looking back at her most recent creative undertakings, Australian composer Katy Abbott acknowledges she has “a penchant for setting […]
We asked 5 composers about their music for Ensemble Offspring’s Echoes and Orbits program
BY CUTCOMMON Ensemble Offspring is gearing up for four concerts that it claims will “take listeners into a new stratosphere of sounds”. The Echoes and […]
Chloe Sanger goes to Ensemble Three
BY CHLOE SANGER Undercurrents Ensemble Three Featuring works by Harry Sdraulig, Jane Hammond, Elliot Hughes, Katy Abbott, Jake Donohue Melbourne Recital Centre, 19 Feb […]