Shorter concerts are making classical music more accessible
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Relaxed performances are gaining popularity because they turn a formal, classical concertgoing experience into one that’s more casual and inviting to those […]
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Johannes Grosso will co-direct Gran Partita with a fellow woodwind powerhouse
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON This May, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is taking two of its leading instrumentalists, and putting them front-and-centre as dual directors of an […]
How concertmaster Natalie Chee navigates leadership and performance roles in the orchestra
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON From working memory to maths and creativity, music-making can stimulate an enormous amount of the brain’s resources — and it can feel […]
How conductors can help their audience feel “acknowledged and validated”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE: Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.It’s not uncommon for a conductor to present an outstanding performance of your […]
How Spinifex Gum gives “Indigenous women and girls a voice, a sense of power and some agency”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER This NAIDOC Week, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will bring a unique live music event to Hamer Hall. MSO + Spinifex […]
EVENTS // Experience MSO + Spinifex Gum this NAIDOC Week
CONTENT COURTESY MSO The award-winning sound and song collective Spinifex Gum returns to Melbourne in NAIDOC Week to perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The stunning program […]