The winner of The Music Trust’s 2019 Freedman Classical Fellowship, Rohan Dasika, was announced yesterday after a thrilling showcase of artistry at the Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Room. MC and ABC Classic Broadcaster Genevieve Lang led audiences through three distinct performances by three diverse finalists; Rohan Dasika (bass), Katie Yap (viola) and Jonathan Heilbron (bass). […]
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Nanda Hobbs is delighted to present two exhibitions running concurrently at Nanda\Hobbs—by artists Stuart McLachlan and Matthew Quick—from 10 to 26 October, 2019. His first solo show with Nanda\Hobbs titled In Hope We Trust, Stuart McLachlan intricately hand moulds paper to create figures and architecture to mirror the fragility of our desires and choices. Anchored […]
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From Star Wars, medieval or 1920s themed weddings to end-of-life ceremonies and baby naming, Marina Lee-Warner helps people celebrate and commemorate life’s significant occasions. There are many ceremonies at which a celebrant can officiate. “A growing number of people are now choosing that option,” Marina has observed. A variety of often interesting requests mean celebrants […]
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Visited Thursday 17 October 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson The Museum of Contemporary Art’s recently opened Guan Wei exhibition, running from October 2019 to February 2020, is small and easily digestible, consisting of a single room where four of Wei’s works are on display. These four works, Two-finger exercise, Feng Shui, Certificates, and Paper War, […]
Double Bassist and Freedman Classical Finalist Rohan Dasika Discusses His Interest in Carnatic Music, Work With Some of the World’s Leading Orchestras, and More. How did you first get interested in music and select the double bass as your instrument of choice? My mum trained as a jazz saxophonist, and now works as a woodwind […]
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Presented by Ben-Zion Weiss PhD and Victoria Phillips, Introduction to Drawdown is a 1½ hour workshop that invites you to see both the possibility of reversing global warming and the important role you play in that process. An international coalition of more than 200 researchers and other experts identified and modeled the 100 most […]
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Double Bassist and Freedman Classical Finalist Jonathan Heilbron Discusses His Interest in Music, His Work with European Classical Ensembles, the Phonetic Orchestra, and More. How did you first get interested in music and select the double bass as your instrument of choice? I’m not entirely sure when or how my initial interest in music was […]
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“Hi my name’s Tony & I need your help.“ “And my name’s Sonia & I also need your help.“ Eastside Radio is a community station and we rely on the help of volunteers We’re currently looking for new front desk volunteers to assist at the station here in Paddington. As little as half a day […]
Violist and Finalist for the Freedman Classical Fellowship Katie Yap Discusses Her Experience with Music, Baroque Ensembles, Her Concerns for the Environment, and More. How did you first get interested in music and select the viola as your instrument of choice? I think I’ve always been interested in music – there’s a family story about […]
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Wednesday 9th October @ Sydney Opera House at 9pm Reviewed by Chris Borton Powerhouse US saxophonist Kamasi Washington and his band gave a concert at The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall last night in the only Sydney concert of their current tour and held the audience spellbound. What a tour de force! There were 8 […]
My name is Crozier Armstrong and I am in year 9 at 14 years old and volunteering here at Eastside Radio. I am volunteering here at Eastside Radio because I am an avid explorer and passionate listener of music and volunteering in the environment of a radio station such as Eastside Radio enables me to […]
Visited Friday 20 September 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson An unauthorised exhibition of infamous street artist Banksy’s work from the beginning of his career up until 2009, curated by his former agent Steve Lazarides, The Art of Banksy offers a strong overview of Banksy’s work. Featuring many of Banksy’s more famous and more obscure pieces, […]