Ray Chen is bringing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the Sydney Opera House
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Anna Sing found out she would be performing with Ray Chen and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, she simply couldn’t believe it. […]
Stephanie Eslake
Nat Bartsch is curating new music to remind you “it’s OK to be vulnerable, to ask for help”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Earlier this year, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre director Jayashri Kulkarni told the ABC: “Women’s mental health is different and it needs better […]
This new app for music teachers and students could help streamline your admin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you’ve ever tutored music, you’ll know the lesson itself is only the beginning. There’s scheduling (and rescheduling), invoicing (and chasing invoices), […]
Ambre Hammond’s student orchestra shines the spotlight on second instruments
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many musicians will train hard — really hard — on their chosen instrument. Then, there’s that second instrument. The one that might […]
This new Tassie opera is a comedy about the Queen’s annus horribilis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We’ve all had those dud years (2020, anyone?). But we’re not all posh enough to call one an “annus horribilis”. The late […]
“It’s who I am”: How to maintain a sustainable career in the music industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Is music your calling? If the answer is ‘yes’, how much are you willing to sacrifice or tolerate in order to pursue […]
These percussionists will play hairdryers and houseplants in the Melbourne Recital Centre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Musicians are often cursed with finding rhythm and pitch in every sound. From car horns to clocks — or in the case […]
“Being a composer is trusting your gut,” reckons Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE He’s known as The Cartoon Composer — and in 2022 he scored one of the truest-to-genre shows to land on Netflix. Inspired […]
How Cornel Wilczek used ’80s nostalgia to compose The Newsreader theme
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Growing up in the ’80s, Cornel Wilczek was allowed to watch as much TV as he wanted. Rather than developing a serious […]
Signum Saxophone Quartet “cannot wait to play for you” on first Australia tour
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A good team meeting will start with a hot cup of coffee – and it’s no different for the members of Signum […]