THE Australian String Quartet has today (September 23) announced NSW south coast arts identity and cultural advocate, Sheena Boughen, as the successor to chair Nicholas Callinan, who will retire from the role at the end of the year.
AS part of a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new virtual choir is being formed out of the ANU School of Music.
If this was the quality of all online concerts, the production, the sound quality and the playing were all first-rate, it might be hard to entice people out of their homes again to attend a music hall, writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
THE recently-unveiled 2022 Musica Viva in Schools program is not only devised in Canberra, but at its centre is paid work for Canberra musicians.
THE announcement that Puccini’s “La Rondine” will be postponed to 2022 comes with the additional news that it will be performed at Canberra Theatre.
"CityNews" music critic TONY MAGEE has compiled a list of recording to help pass a housebound, lockdown day.
The Australian National Eisteddfod’s 2021 Bands & Orchestras have gone ahead using an online format, because of covid risk factors.
Reviewer TONY MAGEE discovers dreams do come true.
Praying at different hours of the day through singing comes from the earliest times. This concert highlighted the beauty in this beseeching, ancient music, says reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD savours "a concert of delightful music, skilfully played with passion and commitment".
The National Folk Festival has received a $900,000 boost from the federal government, it was announced today (July 30).
Applications have opened for the new Canberra Symphony Youth Chamber Orchestra (CSYCO), to be led by CSO concertmaster Kirsten Williams.
This concert had it all, even an encore. Very well done to all performers and the wonderful programming, says reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Formed and led by violinist Barbara Jane Gilby, Canberra Strings has established itself as an important ensemble in Canberra’s music landscape, says reviewer CLINTON WHITE.
Soprano Piera Dennerstein let the emotion of the lyrics work on her performance, her voice and the audience, says reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee is poised to play the title role in Verdi's "Otello" for Opera Australia. He talks to arts editor HELEN MUSA.
ArtSound FM is looking for aspiring instrumentalists under 25 and vocalists under 30 to take part in the Young Virtuoso Awards.
Up-and-coming Canberra conductor Louis Sharpe has been announced the new conductor of the Canberra Youth Orchestra.
Busy Canberra conductor Leonard Weiss has been awarded the inaugural NSW Orchestral Conducting (early career) Fellowship.
