The sounds of sonic crystal
An innovative synthesis of technology and nature. Is this the way forward for new music?
An innovative synthesis of technology and nature. Is this the way forward for new music?
The SBS Youth Orchestra is to disband after 25 years in operation. The training ground for many of the nation’s elite musicians floundered after the death of its founding conductor Matthew Krel. As well as undertaking overseas tours, the orchestra produced three CDs and over two dozen television programmes which continue to be seen today. The…
The New Music Director of Sydney Chamber Choir, conductor Sam Allchurch reflects on creating A Royal Affair Like many lovers of choral music, I have a real soft spot for Handel. His works for choir express the full range of human emotion from uplifting joy to poignant tragedy. Unlike that of his contemporary Bach, Handel’s…
Australia Ensemble UNSW invites entries for the Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship 2024-25 for chamber music composition.
Earlier this week, respected music director and educator Richard Gill OAM, delivered the 17th annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks address on the topic of “A Case for New Music” under the auspices of the New Music Network. In an erudite and passionate speech he argues the case for new music and for comprehensive music education in schools….
Italian buffo baritone Paolo Bordogna has charmed Sydney’s audiences with his singing and comedic timing, first as the Turk in The Turk in Italy, then as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro last year and now as the ‘other’ Figaro in The Barber of Seville. Last year he released a CD of arias from the…
Hot on the heels of her nomination for a 2013 ARIA Fine Arts Award, saxophonist Amy Dickson has won a Classical Brit Award, becoming the first Australian to win one of these coveted prizes. At the sumptuous awards ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week Dickson was given the award for Best Breakthrough Artist for her new album Dusk & Dawn….