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![Jessica Cottis, a fair-skinned woman with long dark hair tied back behind her head, conducts the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. She wears a black jacket over a white shirt, and holds a white baton in her raised right hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Jessica-Cottis_crMartinOllman-1.jpg?w=310)
Celebrating connection and story: Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 75th anniversary season
Jessica Cottis, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the CSO, discusses her 2025 season and the importance of commissioning new…
![Silence & Rapture. A female dancer with slicked back dark hair has one leg bent with her foot touching her other knee and one arm stretching up and the other across to a bald headed man standing and playing a double bass. They are in a wharf building converted to a studio/stage space.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ACO_SDC_Silence-and-Rapture_credit_Daniel-Boud_2MB-e1722816829902.jpg?w=310)
The rapturous reunion of the Sydney Dance Company and Australian Chamber Orchestra
Sydney Dance Company has teamed up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra once more on a heavenly tour.
![A string orchestra playing in the atrium of a large retail space in front of a staircase. The musicians are masked and wearing black tie dress, with many colourful dresses included.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ROCO-performs-at-POST-Houston-horizontal-Daniel-Ortiz_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
The performing arts company breaking every convention in the book … and winning
For a company working in an art form steeped in tradition, the choice to break away from some of its…
![A dynamic photo of a two-piece punk band playing live. A dark haired man in a black t-shirt plays the guitar as he sings into a microphone; behind him a woman plays drums.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Chimers-band.jpg?w=310)
Australian musicians in dire straits yet Triple J won’t shift its commercial focus
Why does the taxpayer-funded Triple J consistently play commercially oriented pop at drive time instead of Australian indie?
![A robot uses its mechanical fingers to play the keyboard.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/possessed-photography-U3sOwViXhkY-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
AI doesn’t mean human-made music is doomed. Here’s why
Human music-making isn’t going anywhere, argues the University of Melbourne's Alexander Crooke.
![Nevada murals. A close-up of a giant hand being painted in a mural by a Caucasian man in a baseball cap.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Artwork-on-Plumas-Bank-building-in-Reno-by-Erik-Burke-2.png?w=310)
The Burner effect, part one – Nevada murals
The Nevada Free Range Art Highway, where civic walls are bright with murals and out-door museums are the norm, is…
![The ACMF music program at Cobham Youth Justice Centre NSW. Photo: Supplied. Two people in red polo shirts sitting outside on a bench. One is holding a guitar with the head down while the other appears to be teaching.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/IMG_4169-e1716520202249.jpeg?w=310)
How music in youth detention can create new futures
Music allows incarcerated youth with opportunities to redefine themselves from young offenders to young artists, writes Alexis Anja Kallio.
![AFCM. Under an outside marquee a white man with glasses and a grey suit plays a violin from behind a music stand. There are microphones on stands. Behind him are seated a female and a male violinist resting.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/AFCM23queens.024_photo-credit-Andrew-Rankin-e1714975922489.jpg?w=310)
Australian Festival of Chamber Music offers an impressive and diverse 2024 program
Jack Liebeck’s third Townsville festival cements his reputation as one of its most exciting artistic directors.
![Australian country music has a complex history. Image is an older Aboriginal woman sitting in front of a microphone. A green plastic chair is behind her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Nancy-McDinny-c-Paz-Tassone-e1713245025948.jpg?w=310)
Does Australian country music have a race problem?
Thanks to Beyoncé, country music is cool again. But does Australia suffer from the same racial barriers as the US?
![audience at music festival](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/hanny-naibaho-aWXVxy8BSzc-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change
Is the industry doing enough to mitigate the impact of climate change on music festivals?