Are you a night owl, insomniac, shift-worker, new parent, dreamer, stargazer or sleepwalker? We want to hear what’s keeping Sydney-siders awake. If you’re one of those people who’s often up late, Urban Theatre Projects invites you to leave an anonymous after-midnight voice message on The Nightline. The Nightline is an audio art project by Roslyn […]
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The highly anticipated alternative-country group from North Carolina, Hiss Golden Messenger, has announced their embarkment on their first Australian Tour with special guest Erin Rae. This long awaited tour is starting up on the 22nd of January 2020 in Melbourne, to then traverse the East Coast of Australia, performing an array of magical shows up […]
New Technology Allows Visually Impaired People to Work Independently in Studios The Australian Film Television and Radio School and RCS have been working together for the past two years on improving accessibility in radio studios. AFTRS is committed to improving diversity, through their student cohort reflecting and sounding like modern Australia. The most recent break […]
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Direct from a sold out tour. Come and relive the sound, the voice and the magical hits of music legend Roy Orbison in an international production starring the world’s No 1 Roy Orbison tribute star ‘DEAN BOURNE’.With a brand new show after a sold out national Irish tour ‘Roy Orbison Reborn’ will transport Australian audiences to […]
Andrew Scott is the Tutor for the Composing for Film short course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to start Monday 21 October. Here is an interview conducted with him recently highlighting the course as well as his own background in film composition. What sort of people take the Composing for film class? Why do […]
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A Succession of Americana and Country Concerts Sponsored by the Love Police Jim Lauderdale Hot on the heels of being announced at Out On The Weekend in Melbourne, Love Police and Potts Entertainment are taking JIM LAUDERDALE around the country for special performances in October. Where do we start with JIM LAUDERDALE who is appearing at his Australian shows […]
Eight Seasons in One Day when Vivaldi Meets Piazzolla Concertmaster Andrew Haveron is virtuoso soloist in Vivaldi’s dazzlingly imaginative evocation of the sights, sounds and sensations of the Italian seasons. The Four Seasons violin concertos are so richly detailed you can feel the sirocco of summer, hear the dancing villagers of Autumn and slip on the ice […]
Afrofuturist Kamasi Washington Returns to the Opera House With Double-Disc Heaven and Earth in Hand Widely hailed as a modern jazz visionary, Los Angeles’ genius tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington is set to make his triumphant return to the Sydney Opera House. Cementing his status alongside the likes of jazz legends and Opera House alumni Herbie Hancock, Wayne […]
Australian Soul Artist Doug Parkinson Honours Joe Cocker in Concert Australia’s greatest soul voice Doug Parkinson presents the ultimate tribute to Joe Cocker. A night of soul and rock classics, the electric current runs high, generated from the very talented 8 piece band and of course the powerful and unique voice of Doug Parkinson. Doug […]
20-Time Grammy Award Winner Pat Metheny Makes His Third Visit to Australia Touring Australia for only the third time in his 40-year-plus career (having previously visited in 1985 and 2014), Metheny will present a range of music from throughout his career, joined by his long-time drummer, Antonio Sanchez, Malaysian/Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh and British pianist Gwilym Simcock. […]
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“This is the most diverse program of female jazz talent in Australia, and the most comprehensive and exciting bill we’ve ever had the pleasure to stage!” The Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival (SIWJF) was established in 2012 with support from the City of Sydney. Its goal is to create an annual world class international jazz […]
75 years of Making Australia a More Musical Place, in Concert! The 2020 season marks Musica Viva’s 75th anniversary, and is the last that I have the privilege of sculpting before we welcome my successor, Paul Kildea. I wanted to mark such an exceptional confluence with the most inspiring international talent I could find bolstered […]