Music
What Darwin Festival learned about operating in a pandemic
The homegrown Darwin Festival 2020 created a palpable sense of community despite adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Wangaratta Jazz Festival returns to honour the human voice
Defying COVID-19, the chair of Wangaratta Jazz Festival says National Jazz Awards, held as part of the festival, offer a…
Classical music must stop obsessing about young audiences, says ASQ's Sharon Grigoryan
As she prepares to leave the Australian String Quartet after seven years, cellist Sharon Grigoryan reflects on the highs and…
New dementia program piloted by Canberra Symphony
The pilot program of Music and Memory combines the individualised experience of other dementia programs with a live concert, ensuring…
Review: Cavatina by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
An intimate recital of early classical works from the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall.
Women, First Nations composers under-represented in orchestral repertoire: new report
Analysis of the repertoire of nine major organisations, including the QSO, MSO, SSO, TSO, ASO and WASO, reveals that only…
Coronavirus: Australian jazz on the edge
Musician and teacher Adam Simmons provides an excellent case study into the impact of COVID-19 on an art form, talking…
Adelaide Fringe at 60
Over six decades to date, the Adelaide Fringe has been both a playground and a career springboard for Australian and…
50 Australian composers commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Composers from almost every state and territory, half of them women, have been commissioned to create works across a broad…
Review: Beethoven 9, Circa and Cheetham, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
Just as Beethoven’s Ninth blends instrumental music and choral music to thrilling effect, so too the fusion of orchestral music…