The Australian music groups celebrating major milestone anniversaries in 2025
2025 is a big year for the Australian music world. Several music groups and organisations are celebrating major…
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, advocate for opera for all, on her first Australian tour
Thanks to The Wizard of Oz, the state of Kansas will forever be known for its tornadoes. Another…
Vocalist Samara Joy is taking the jazz world by storm and she’s bringing some new music to Australia
Samara Joy’s life has always been filled with music. Born into a family of musicians, “there was never…
How to help kids prepare for music exams and competitions and manage performance anxiety
If you have budding musicians in your life, you know that preparing for exams or competitions can be…
What Hollywood gets wrong about music teachers on screen and how this impacts Australian teachers
You probably have a favourite on-screen music teacher. Whether that’s Richard Dreyfuss in Mr Holland’s Opus, Jack Black…
Jaime MartÃn on bringing the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on tour to the UK and Europe
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From Simone Young to Siobhan Stagg, meet the musicians making their mark on international stages
With the exception of names like our grand Dames of opera, Nellie Melba and Joan Sutherland, Australia’s track-record…
Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was almost forgotten. Today, he’s inspiring a new generation
Late Victorian London wasn’t an easy place to achieve musical success if you were mixed-race and born outside…
The music for the hit indie game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is set to be one of the year’s biggest scores
Lorien Testard has made just one video game soundtrack, his first and only commercially released work for Clair…
The best-selling album that nearly didn’t happen: Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert, 50 years on
Today it’s the best-selling piano and solo jazz album of all time. But 50 years ago, Keith Jarrett’s…