In the wake of Australian arts’ Black Friday, Creative Consultant Caroline Sharpen shares her strategies.

Isn’t it way past time that everyone started singing from the same hymn sheet?

The success of a new program proves how important it is that every child in Australia gets a musical education.

Or should Malcolm Turnbull look to music schools if he values ideas on audiation and psycho-active emergent relationships?

From drag queen to director, we talk to the hard-grafting musical theatre star about his latest career challenge. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The second in our series of interviews with the jurors for the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

West Australian Ballet presents a story you love, but perhaps not as you know it. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Many consider it the great Australian novel. So will George Palmer’s adaptation be the next great Australian opera? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Rite of Spring may have caused a riot, but this oratorio needed the police to keep the audience in order. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

We talk with the soprano about life, musical loves and the remarkable year she experienced in 2015. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The outspoken and award-winning playwright reveals why she isn't afraid to tell the truth about Australia.

The two long-term collaborators take us behind the scenes of their new double disc. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in