Due to COVID WASO is only accepting Assistant Conductor applications from WA residents this year, says Executive Manager of Artistic Planning, Evan Kennea.

Ripple Effect Band, Maningrida elders, composer Alex Turley and Darwin Symphony Orchestra collaborate on an innovative cross-cultural performance at Darwin Festival.

Lynden Barber surveys a trio of female-led stories in long-form television, both streaming and free-to-air.

Julian Day reports from The Listening Academy, a symposium in Berlin where participants explored how listening can be a powerful social tool.

Prevented from singing by COVID, Queen's Phoenix decided to record world premieres by little-known Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de Manchicourt.

MARCH STATIC will be performed at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, and feature new works by Liza Lim, Thomas Meadowcroft, Cathy Milliken and Damien Ricketson.

In this month's column, Greg Eldridge calls for companies to be more transparent about production budgets and for critics to report them, especially given the expense of COVID safety requirements in the theatre.

Cairns-based Marliya Choir, comprising First Nations women, will open the WOW (Women of the World) Australia 2021 Festival with a performance of award-winning song cycle Spinifex Gum.

Dame Quentin Bryce tells us about the music she chose to accompany William Robinson's symphonic paintings in the exhibition Lyrical Landscapes, which she curated for HOTA.

Entertainer James Bustar has produced an impassioned video in which 30 artists talk about the devastating impact the pandemic has had on their careers and mental health.

Our recording of the month for August is the Tinalley Quartet's second release of Mendelssohn string quartets.

Dean Stevenson is writing a new piece of music every day during his 4PM project at MONA, starting from scratch each day.