‘The Science of Opera’ from Stephen Fry
Polymath and opera buff Stephen Fry might have some answers to the physiology behind the way audiences respond to opera:
http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/stephen-fry-hosts-the-science-of-opera.html
Polymath and opera buff Stephen Fry might have some answers to the physiology behind the way audiences respond to opera:
http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/stephen-fry-hosts-the-science-of-opera.html
Australian composer Nicholas Vines has received a ringing endorsement by no less a journal than The New York Times, for his composition for clarinet and piano, Rustling the Deities. Performed by the “superb new-music ensemble counter)induction” (Allan Kozinn in The New York Times), this review happily supports the release last week of the debut recording of Vines’ music Torrid…
Monarchist or not it is hard to igonre the feast of music that will accompany the festivities surrounding the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla this weekend.
* More from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s US tour: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tognetti-adds-another-string-to-his-bow-20120504-1y46y.html * Composed in 2009 to commemorate the devastating bush fires that year, Brett Dean’s Fire Music was performed in Adelaide over the weekend. Read the review as well an interview in which Brett Dean talks to his publishers Boosey and Hawkes about Fire Music: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/visceral-masterpiece-conjures-up-fear-in-fire/story-fn9d2mxu-1226348104697…
Kathy Selby, pianist and founder of TRIOZ has a mission – well, one of many. And that is, to broaden the opportunities for the under 12s to be able to hear professional musicians perform. To achieve this, under 12s who attend her concerts accompnaied by a paying adult, are admitted free. Like many things adults ideas this was shaped by…
Australia’s most admired conductor and respected musical educator, Richard Gill, has been announced as the incoming Musical Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir. Richard will take over from Paul Stanhope who was recently appointed as Artistic Chair of the Australia Ensemble. Richard Gill has been the Patron of the choir since 2009 and is guest conductor for the first…
The Metropolitan Orchestra’s (TMO) 2020 season includes four premiere performances by Australian composers alongside orchestral classics, while continuing to showcase exceptional Australian soloists. There will be five mainstage Met Concerts for 2020, a four-concert chamber music series in accessible and intimate venues, a Children’s Concert series with a new show written by Australian composer and…