Fame needs talent and a large dose of serendipity
COLIN STEELE reviews a new book on the psychological hows and the behavioural whys that go into what it takes to be famous, really famous.
Reviews
"These community orchestras brought together a large audience to experience the joy of making music that enhances communal spirit." ROB KENNEDY reviews a performance by the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra and Canberra Recorder Orchestra.
DANTE COSTA reviews Fire Songs & Madrigals a vocal performance by The Song Company.
"The clarity of the playing brought out additional depth and colour in the works and it was almost like hearing them for the first time." LEN POWER reviews Goldner String Quartet's farewell to Canberra.
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Choir’s warm evening of nicely sung ‘bits and pieces’
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews the Llewellyn Choir's "spritely concert" at the Polish White Eagle Club.
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Exemplary concert of comfort and trust
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Mozart’s Horn, a performance by the Australian Haydn Ensemble.
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Beautiful images with an intellectual challenge
CON BOEKEL reviews The Spectral Lens, which is exhibiting at PhotoAccess until October 12.
"Experienced artists exhibit with those who have recently graduated and it is always interesting to see the work of newly minted graduates." MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Craft + Design Canberra's annual members' exhibition.
LEN POWER reviews This Shining Night, a performance of contemporary choral music by North American composers by the Canberra Choral Society.
"The play is a madcap, skit-like experience full of joyful comedy that gives cast an opportunity to let their hair down and get a little random." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews Canberra Youth Theatre's new play Work, But This Time Like You Meant It.
"The playing was flawless, the concert cleverly programmed and your reviewer left feeling well satisfied, though I suspect one is not supposed to feel that way after Shostakovich." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews the Phoenix Collective Quartet.
ANNA CREER reviews two new historical fiction books, one about an extraordinary love affair that engrossed a British prime minister at a time of war, the other of what awaits a victorious warrior king returning home from the Trojan War.
"This concert showed how composers find inspiration in the vastness of the firmament to create mesmerising scores that captivate the senses through the power of imagination." ROB KENNEDY reviews the CSO's Celestial Visions.
"Love Lock is a work for this century. It is brash at times but always demanding of our thoughts about humanity. A triumph for its choreographer and her collaborators." MICHELLE POTTER reviews a new work from the Sydney Dance Company.
KERRY ANNE COUSINS reviews Wrappers, an exhibition by Ham Darroch at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka.
LEN POWER reviews a recital of old and new music by Ben Hoadley and the Ellery String Quartet at the Wesley Uniting Church in Forrest.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Flux, an exhibition by Euan MacLeod at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Gardens of Spain, Spanish folksong arranged for voice and piano sung by Sarahlouise Owens accompanied by pianist Stuart Long.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Her Music Speaks, a performance of music by Australian female composers by Musica Da Camera.
