Winner of the APRA Art Music Award for Excellence in Education Jazz is about communication, expression, and speaking freely through your instrument. The widespread genre is one that’s evolved more than most because new changes are supported and encouraged rather than ridiculed. ARIA Award nominee, alumni of the course and internationally renowned pianist Zela Margossian attended the course, and when interviewed […]
Bennelong Presents: Sunday Jazz
Live Jazz From Australia’s Best Musicians Chase away the winter blues with Sunday Jazz! Eastside Sponsor Bennelong Presents invites guests to experience music in an all-new way at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Settle in for a relaxed afternoon of live performances by Australia’s best jazz musicians. Enjoy a three course à la carte meal […]
Bennelong Presents: Winter Season 2021
Fine Dining and Fine Music for Bennelong’s Winter Season Eastside Sponsor Bennelong is proud to present its first Winter Season, commencing June 2021. In keeping with Bennelong’s philosophy of creative excellence, Bennelong Presents pairs the music of great Australian artists with culinary masterworks by Executive Chef Peter Gilmore and Head Chef Rob Cockerill. Take in […]
Cyan and Celluloid Symphonies
Hi, there! I’m Cyan, a Year 11 student from Sydney Girls High School, and I’m with Eastside Radio for three exciting days on my work experience placement. My unofficial title among my friend group is ‘Ultimate Starving Artist’—you can find me spamming the group chat over Ray Chen’s god-tier double stops in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, […]
Winter Jazz Fest
Sydney To Come Alive This Winter With Winter Jazz Fest Winter Jazz Fest will transform Sydney into a sonic playground, filling Sydney’s venues, clubs and cellars with live jazz and improvised adventures until August 27. With over 100 performances to choose from across a variety of participating venues, live music lovers will enjoy free and ticketed events across […]
6thC BC mummy meets 21stC technology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Anthony talks to Candace Richards, Archeologist and Curator of the Nicholson Collection, which now features at the University of Sydney’s new museum, The Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University’s entire collection is now under one roof: The Art Collection , The Macleay and Nicholson Collections. Candace talks us through the Nicholson Collection beginning with objects […]
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FOLK & CRAFT TRADITIONS – 27 MAY 2021
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Dr Noris Ioannou Folk art and creativity is celebrated as an essential aspect of art history in countries like America, yet has been undervalued in Australia. Dr Noris Ioannou, an authority on Australian ‘material folk culture and the decorative arts’, […]
Music In The Sky
A Kaleidoscopic Music Experience The upcoming kaleidoscopic experience Music in The Sky is set to transform the interior of the Roundhouse and transport audiences into an ethereal realm of sound and light during the intimate 75-minute shows, with twilight and moonlight sessions each evening on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 May 2021. “Love, life, dreams […]
Arts Wednesday 26 May 2021
Dr Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 3 of Staging the Look: how does theatre and film design for history? In this episode, she turns her attention to underwear – important if we see it or if we don’t! My special guest at 11:00 am is Nicolette Fraillon, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian […]
The EthnoCyberFunk Experience
GLOBAL BEATS AT THEIR FUNKIEST The time has come! Australia’s funkiest Global Beats musicians are emerging from lockdown for a colossal jam of eclectic live electronica. Playing at Sydney University’s iconic Manning Bar for one night only on the fourth of June. Dust off your dancing shoes as tribal Sufi beatmaker Imad Dably conjures transcendent […]
Review: I Want to Know What Love Is – Darlinghurst Theatre Company
Darlinghurst Theatre Company – I Want to Know What Love Is, 19 May 2021. Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) OMG. What did I just see? Submission # 329: “………they say you can’t hallucinate on ecstacy.” Well now I’m even more confused, because the 60 minute sexy, sad, funny, angry, rollercoaster ride I’ve just been […]
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Dancing In The Shadows Of Motown
Ritz Randwick – Saturday, 5th June Sydney Harbour Cruise – Friday, 2nd July Dancing In The Shadows of Motown tells the story of how Motown was the start of modern music and the influence of many following generations. Founded by Berry Gordy in 1960, Motown was known as the “Sound of Young America” and “Three […]