In a time before restrictions took over Sydney Acoustic Ritual Fridays was conceived as a concert environment in the grand foyer of George Place in the Sydney CBD, that would allow building workers to enjoy live performance on their way to work, as well as streaming the concerts digitally. Utilising the foyer’s scale and acoustics […]
We are still in lockdown repeats mode and this week the spotlight is on unusual musical instruments, which has been a recurrent theme on Arts Wednesday for 21 years! We start in the first half hour with the pipa andWu Man. The pipa is a plucked string instrument, sometimes called the Chinese harp. I recorded […]
Flora Carbo – Saxophone Joseph Franklin – Bass Hilary Geddes – Guitar Maria Moles – Drums After a competitive search for Australia’s most exciting young jazz talent, The Music Trust’s Freedman Jazz Fellowship finalists have been announced for 2021. Flora Carbo, Joseph Franklin, Hilary Geddes and Maria Moles have been named as this year’s finalists to go before esteemed judges; […]
Co-presented Earshift Music and SIMA, we are thrilled to announce the 2021 Earshift Music Festival. A music marathon of sorts, you’re invited into the homes of great Australian artists for intimate performances across ten consecutive days. Earshift Music Artistic Director, Jeremy Rose will host live artist chats following each performance. The festival takes place online from October 1 – 10, 8pm AEST […]
Dr Kylie Pappalardo is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queensland University of Technology and Chief Investigator of the Digital Media Research Centre. She is an expert on the development of deep-fake audio and video and the copyright ramifications of this new technology. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now capable of taking existing recordings of an artist’s music and creating […]
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Home: Christchurch, NZ Field role: Medical Team Leader; Emergency Training Focal Point/Doctor Médecins Sans Frontières experience: Field-based trainer, Geneva, 2017-2019, and eight field placements, including— Medical Team Leader, Afghanistan, 2020 Emergency Room Trainer, Iraq, 2020 Medical Activity Manager, Lebanon, 2020 and Syria, 2017 Emergency Doctor, South Sudan and Mediterranean Search and Rescue, 2016 “It’s important […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show I thought I’d continue along the lines of the show I did 2 weeks ago (2 September) where I reached out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have you been listening to, […]
Another lockdown show, featuring repeats from the past! In the first half hour, I’ll play the introduction to The Science of Science Fiction with astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis. We recorded this series in August/September 2018 and in this first part, Geraint outlines the series. At 11:00 am, I’ll play a conversation I recorded in February […]
Four talented Year 12 students, Archie Tulk, Austin O’Toole, Liam Green and Gabe Dillon from the Conservatorium High School formed a male vocal ensemble, False Relations. They recently won 3rd prize in the Musica Viva national chamber music competition, Strike A Chord. Performing I Have Not Your Dreaming by Paul Stanhope also saw them awarded the […]
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Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show (inspired by the interview I did 2 weeks ago with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about the Lockdown Picture Show) I thought I’d reach out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have […]
We continue with repeats this week, starting with architect, Ed Lippmann and Part 1 of a series we recorded in 2018, entitled Technology and Architecture. In this series, Ed looks through history, explaining how architecture responds to new technology. In this introduction, Ed gives a broad sweep through history and its changing materials. At 11:00 […]
To celebrate Nature Book Week (6-12 Sept), The Wilderness Society brings together a series of free online talks and live readings for kids to embark on a wilderness adventure, answering all their curiosities and feeding imaginations. Science communicator and Nature Book Week Ambassador Dr Jen Martin said “When kids read about our natural world, they feel […]
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