This composition program is “a stepping-stone between education and the music industry”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “How do you make your music stand out from the crowd?” It’s a question on the mind of Australian composer Matthew Hindson. […]
Thomas Misson
5 reasons why I applied to learn composition with the AYO
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Youth Orchestra exists to nurture and launch the careers of those who dream of a life in music. Of course, […]
Composer and performer talk [epic] collaboration
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s the work that took Thomas Misson 1000 hours to write. The Tasmanian composer is about to hear the world premiere […]
Live review: Objetos de Imitacion
BY THOMAS MISSON Objetos de Imitacion New music by various composers Simon Reade (conductor), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Benjamin Price (saxophone), Graeme Jennings (violin), Dan Brown (percussion) […]
Live review: Dark Chorus @ Dark Mofo
BY THOMAS MISSON Dark Chorus Dark Mofo Theatre Royal, 17 June A dark circle filled the middle of the stage at the Theatre […]
Tilman Robinson and Luke Howard @ Dark Mofo
BY THOMAS MISSON Tilman Robinson and Luke Howard Dark Mofo Federation Concert Hall, 15 June The Federation Concert Hall played host to electro-acoustic artists […]
Live review: Angela Hewitt in Hobart
BY THOMAS MISSON Angela Hewitt Bach, Scarlatti, Ravel, Chabrier Federation Concert Hall, 13 May Hewitt opened the recital with two of Bach’s Partitas […]
Live review: Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat
BY THOMAS MISSON Harawi Lotte Betts-Dean (voice) and Joseph Havlat (piano) Hobart Town Hall, 27 April Judith Weir’s Songs from the Exotic provided a […]
Mofo #3: Hinterlandt
BY THOMAS MISSON Hinterlandt Mona Foma Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 21 January At what we affectionately call Mofo, the Museum […]
Mofo #2: Carolina Eyck on theremin
BY THOMAS MISSON Carolina Eyck Mona Foma Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 20 January Many people know the theremin from the […]