5 hard lessons on how to launch an orchestra
BY CUTCOMMON Back in 2011, Bourby Webster had a dream for an orchestra that would create “music for everyone”. And when she founded and developed […]
Perth Symphony Orchestra
Con Fuoco | Pavan Kumar Hari, percussion (and piano, dance, composition…)
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Pavan Kumar Hari is a composer, performer, dancer, and director. He has been performing since the […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jasmine gets C.A.L.M. with the PSO
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Come and Listen to Music (C.A.L.M.) Perth Symphony Orchestra Perth Town Hall, 16 August In its latest instalment in new […]
The classical music that will make you calm
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON We would like to welcome Jasmine in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. We’re mid-way through 2018, but it’s already […]
7 conductors you should know about
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN Meet the women who are breaking new ground in the Australian conducting scene: the first ever female music director of an Aussie orchestra, the […]
Live review // Laura goes to the PSO
BY LAURA BIEMMI Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Music of Stevie and Aretha Perth Symphony Orchestra Astor Theatre, 31 May Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The […]
This orchestra makes you “uplifted, inspired, excited, moved, reflective”
BY LAURA BIEMMI Whether or not you live in Perth, you’ve probably heard of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Launched in 2011 by executive director […]
Live review: Smells like [orchestral] spirit…
BY LAURA BIEMMI Unplugged: Nirvana Reimagined Perth Symphony Orchestra His Majesty’s Theatre, 7 October What’d you miss? A reviewer’s dress code crisis “Has […]
Live review: PCO’s Baroque by Candlelight
BY LAURA BIEMMI Baroque by Candlelight Perth Chamber Orchestra St George’s Cathedral, 23 August What’d you miss? Mad skills of an eight-year-old banjo […]
Jessica Gethin: “As artists we are always emerging”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At what point does an artist ‘make it’? When they’ve received a Churchill Fellowship? When they’ve won awards and secured contracts across the […]