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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…
![A group shot of primary school students seated in a classroom.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MusicInMe_Rush11122023_Claudio-Raschella-33-e1724287346695.jpg?w=310)
Schooling music for the young
'Music in Me’ is a mentoring program that teaches the teachers.
![Gabber Modus Operandi performing at Royal Exhibition Building as part of Now or Never 2024. A performer is at the front of a stage wearing puffy sleeves and a face cover, with a large-scale projection of a human face behind. The stage is aglow in red light.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/2024.08.22_NowOrNever_REB-111-e1724722985210.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Ben Frost/CORIN/ Eartheater/Gabber Modus Operandi, Now or Never 2024
An epic takeover of the Royal Exhibition Building took full advantage of the massive space with an incredible lineup.
![The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra arrayed on stage in a grand concert hall.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MSO-Hamer-Hall-2022.jpg?w=310)
Managing Director leaves MSO: Peter Garrett to conduct independent external review
Sophie Galaise has left the MSO after the Orchestra’s musicians made a statement of 'no confidence' in senior management.
![A woman with brown curly hair is wearing an elaborate golden costume that covers her entire body.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/An-Evening-Without-Kate-Bush-Photo-Claudio-Raschella1.jpg?w=310)
Festival review: An Evening Without Kate Bush, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Kate Bush may not be present on stage but Sarah-Louise Young does an excellent job of channelling the singer.
![Against a dark windswept sky, a young man with glasses is holding a wand. To his right is a white-bearded man, on his left are a young man and woman.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/potter-e1724040086585.webp?w=310)
Music review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
The musical world of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' becomes ever darker as our hero makes preparations for the…
![A woman wearing a blue shirt and a dark vest and pants is sitting at a piano. A man in a red shirt and light trousers is standing by the piano.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MurderforTwo_ArtsCentreMelb_Credit_MarkGambino_ACM_MU41.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: Murder for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne
Premiered in Australia in Sydney last year, this musical returns to bamboozle and amuse another round of crime mystery fans.
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Theatre review: The Heart Whispers and Whirls, Shirley Burke Theatre
A multidisciplinary ensemble of international women sharing their heritage through poetry, folk songs, dance and shadow puppetry.
![Festival-goers at Byron Bay Bluesfest. A crowd of people gathering below a stage facing the camera. A figure in the centre of the photo is wrapped up like a mummy with their arms outstretched.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/453512580_913506624152075_982871889915616653_n-e1723684713416.jpg?w=310)
Bluesfest axed after 2025, ending its 36-year run
News of Bluesfest's closure shocked some while others see it as inevitable due to shift in demand.
![A group of young Aboriginal women dressed in black tracksuits bearing traditional designs in white, crouch and stand on stage as they sing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Marliya-Spinifex-Gum-7.jpg?w=310)
First Nations choir Marliya to take ‘Spinifex Gum’ to London
Making their international debut, the Cairns-based choir Marliya will perform the critically acclaimed ‘Spinifex Gum’ at the Barbican in October.