If you want your child to be more resilient, get them to join a choir, orchestra or band
BY DR WILLIAM JAMES BAKER, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; ANNE-MARIE FORBES, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA; AND DR KIM MCLEOD One of the most important qualities for a […]
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Jacqueline Collyer composes a fantasy series (while she’s still at uni)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think you have to graduate before you can gain industry experience? Jacqueline Collyer would disagree. This emerging Tasmanian composer has teamed up […]
STUDY: Youth orchestra helps school kids “feel better about themselves”
BY ALISON PARIS, LEAD WRITER (CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING) What influence does music really have on young people? University of Tasmania education researcher Dr William […]
When an entire wind symphony plays at your Honours recital
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s one thing to perform an Honours recital in front of your friends, family, and maybe even a few keen strangers. […]
This new conservatorium wants to keep its students safe
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR The Hedberg is a $96 million academic and cultural hub is set to launch in 2019. And this University of Tasmania […]
WTF?! Do I need to move city for study?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra chorus with Alexander Rodrigues, tenor
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
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 […]
Rob Coleman – ‘Classical music: what’s in it for young people?’
BY ROB COLEMAN This blog was selected for publication from entry into the 2017 CutCommon Young Writer of the Year Competition. Unable to avoid […]
Con Fuoco: James Gath
Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s new interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. James Gath has played piano since high school and immediately […]