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Lookbook – Cobar Sound Chapel
Check out these stunning images of the Cobar Sound Chapel co-created by violinist, composer and sound artist Georges Lentz and prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt.
The Cobar Sound Chapel – The Sky Is The Limit
The music will play day and night, It will do its work whether someone is there or not. Lentz illustrates “This old rusty water tank in the middle of nowhere, in darkness will glow from the inside with music and sound pouring out of all day and night. I believe it is doing its work just by being.”
Scarlatti’s Steinways At Melbourne – New On Move Records
Scarlatti’s Steinways at Melbourne is a new release on Move Records, featuring Professor Ian Holtham performing 23 of Domenico Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas on the Steinway pianos of Melbourne Conservatorium.
Matt Ottley’s New Multi-Modal Release
Prize-winning author, illustrator and composer Matt Ottley’s latest creation ‘The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness’ is a powerful, large-scale, multi-modal project weaving together the worlds of literature, music and visual art in the poignant story of one boy’s journey into mental illness.
Performance Opportunities At The Electronic Music Conference
Shout out to all musicians in the electronic media! The Australian Music Centre is offering performance opportunities at the Electronic Music Conference, Sydney, April 2022.
New Vocal Consort Castalia Aims To Inspire
Sydney has a new vocal ensemble Castalia, which makes its debut this weekend.
Latest reviews
Opera Review: Turandot/ Opera Australia
Something momentous happened on the opera stage this week. It was the debut in a major role, in Sydney, on the stage of the Opera House, of soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who sang the role of Turandot in Opera Australia’s eponymous production.
Concert Review: Hotheads and Lovers/ Castalia Vocal Consort
The individual singing and excellence of ensemble took us majestically to somewhere magical, transcending both time and place.