The High Cost Of Underpaying Composers
Being a composer has never been an easy career. Judging from this feature in The Guardian, things are as difficult as they ever were for career composers.
Being a composer has never been an easy career. Judging from this feature in The Guardian, things are as difficult as they ever were for career composers.
There is an exciting new music festival launching in Sydney this August, featuring a range of events by some of Sydney’s most lauded performers. The inaugural Eastside Sydney Music Festival (ESMF) is curated by Neal Peres Da Costa (Professor and Associate Dean of Research Sydney Conservatorium of Music) to showcase the magnificent artistry of Australian…
Western Sydney Philharmonic enters a partnership with Western Sydney University and launches WestPhil Chamber Orchestra.
If you would like to be in the running to win one of two double passes to the cabaret style launch of the CD Lady Sings the Viol, created in style by director Christine Douglas on August 24th at The Independent Theatre in North Sydney – or – Win one of 4 CD giveaways of…
The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced the 12 semi-finalists who will continue through to the next stages of the competition. The semi-finalists represent seven nations and include Australian pianist Tony Lee. They are: Sergey Belyavskiy (Russia), Kenneth Broberg (USA), Moye Chen (China), Andrey Gugnin (Russia), Jianing Kong (China), Tony Lee (Australia), Alexei Melnikov (Russia),…
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition has announced the team of experts who will assist National Adjudicator, soprano Natalie Aroyan in this year’s competition.
Nick Galvin talks to harpsichord maker Carey Beebe as he prepares the keyboard for the tour by the Academy of Ancient Music. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/harpsichord-maker-carey-beebe-goes-for-baroque-on-restored-harpsichord-20131108-2x6ui.html