If I Make It Till Monday by Sally Zwartz

What’s it like to be 100 years old? That’s something that more and more of us are going to find out firsthand. In the past 20 years, the number of centenarians in Australia increased by a dramatic 263%, and that trajectory is only getting steeper. If I Make It Till Monday provides a glimpse into the experience for those of us […]

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The New Thing: Interview with Caiti Baker

You may know her as one half of the fantastic electro-soul duo Sietta, but Darwin-based vocalist Caiti Baker is carving out a career all for herself. After courting attention with her singles ‘Heavy On My Heart’ and ‘Make Your Own Mistakes’, on top of touring with pivotal hip hop duo A.B. Original, Caiti has recently been added […]

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Changing the Face of Jazz with Alex Silver

Trombone player, and band leader Alex Silver is the final musician featured in the Changing the Face of Jazz series which focuses on young women instrumentalists who have been making their names in jazz in recent years. Alex tells how, when faced with a choice between playing glockenspiel and trombone in a school band, she […]

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Loretta Palmeiro Changing the Face and Sound of Jazz

In this week’s series Changing the Face of Jazz, which focuses on young women instrumentalists, the featured musician is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence Jazz Orchestra, […]

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Arts Thursday 9 Feb 2017 – Showtime with Deborah Jones

  What shows, performances and people are coming to Sydney’s stages in 2017 and how best to sum up the performances of 2016? Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with Deborah Jones, writer ‘on dance, musical theatre, theatre and opera in Sydney … mostly’, for her insightful survey of performance and performing arts issues last year […]

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Trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood in her own words and music

Composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood is this week’s focus in Changing the Face of Jazz . This is the regular feature in the hour long program devoted entirely to Australian musicians Jazz Made in Australia. Ellen draws on a rich variety of musical styles and genres for her compositions, and finds her inspiration from sources […]

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