Kirsty McCahon on the joy of playing Australian music with friends
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The pandemic has taught us many things, but one of the more contradictory lessons is that it has somehow, against all the […]
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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 […]
Tommie Andersson on teaching himself how to play (and travel with) a theorbo
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Tommie Andersson has been with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra since the very beginning. The founding member has spent precisely three decades making […]
Bernadette Harvey reckons streaming has “returned chamber music to its birthplace”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Live streaming is at the forefront of the performing arts sector. During COVID-19, musicians have been forced to cancel physical concerts and […]
Sarah Curro: “Any chance to play with friends is so important”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When violinist Sarah Curro was tasked with arranging a program worthy of a national audience — to perform with some of the […]
Giving it away for free — why the performing arts risks making the same mistake newspapers did
BY CAITLIN VINCENT, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE This story was first published in The Conversation, and we think it’s important enough for you to know about. […]
Greg Hocking is literally providing a platform to help musicians survive during COVID-19
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Melbourne Digital Concert Hall takes its name from the medium. It live streams performances of Australian classical musicians, so you can […]