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Cog In The Machine: A New Theatre Piece From Sally Whitwell
” I must be crazy!” exclaims Sally Whitwell. Perhaps she is… just a little bit. More to the point, she’s bursting with creativity and it’s this energy that she has channelled into her latest venture – a new musical production called Cog in the Machine for which Sally has written both the libretto and the…
Calling Budding Composers – The Metropolitan Orchestra Launches Composer Development Programme
The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) under Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams has opened applications for its inaugural Composer Development Program in 2016 offering a unique opportunity for composers to extensively workshop and develop their composition and overall craft within a professional context. Submissions are due by February 19, 2016. A three-stage project, TMO’s Composer…
Young Performers Award Winner Lloyd Van’t Hoff: “It Was A Shock To Win”
Earlier this month, clarinet player Lloyd Van’t Hoff from Brisbane, won the prestigious 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, playing Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch at Federation Concert Hall in Hobart. As the dust settles from his career-making win, Lloyd admitted to SoundsLikeSydney what he thought…
CD Release: Kingfisher – Songs For Halcyon
This month, Halcyon’s new recording, Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon was released on the Tall Poppies label (TP 236). Formed in 1998, Halcyon has been at the vanguard of creating and performing Australian music. Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon reflects the breadth of contemporary classical Australian writing. Featuring 21 new songs written especially for Halcyon and some thrilling virtuosic…
Brisbane Baroque 2016 Goes On Sale
Following its huge success and its swag of five Helpmann Awards in 2015, Brisbane Baroque has unveiled its 2016 program, an expanded season in its second year showcasing international stars and a host of emerging Australian musicians, set to run from Friday April 8 until Saturday April 16. Following the triumphant production of Faramondo in 2015,…
CD Review: A Very Brandenburg Christmas/ Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Larissa Kovalchuk
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s new CD A Very Brandenburg Christmas, is a live recording of its popular 2014 Noël! Noël! annual Christmas concert at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. With the 2015 Noël! Noël! series expanded to include a new venue and an additional concert, the release of A Very Brandenburg Christmas is timely addition to the…
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CD Review: SOAR/ Gondwana Chorale
The national youth choir Gondwana Chorale, conducted by Paul Holley and Carl Crossin, has released its debut recording SOAR. Featuring 16 tracks, both sacred and secular, most works are by living Antipodean composers. This repertoire is the hallmark of the ensemble, established in 2008, which has drawn its singers from around the nation. Contrasting with the…
Concert Review: Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices/ Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
There is a delicious irony to an orchestral concert that begins with unaccompanied choral items. Indeed the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices programme was well on its way before we saw the first instruments on stage. It was a night when voices took centre-stage, and those voices comprised school students culled from some…