Cameron Lam explores the dark side of Classical, Jazz and Sound Art in this month’s playlist full of yearning, waiting, and the unknown.

From a song cycle about passing time to a kid's country album, Sydney Conservatorium students talk about their projects for New Creatives.

Decades of funding cuts have created a chasm between the priorities of arts company boards and artists, argues Heather L. Robinson. We'll all pay the price.

Co-curator Amy McNickle illuminates the ideas behind this year's High Score, a conference connecting musicians and the gaming industry.

A new project unearths the Indigenous and settler songs you might have heard were you in Sydney in the early 1800s.

The Sydney Conservatorium's Laura Case delves into the logical and historical reasons for the large number of violins in a symphony orchestra.

As pianist Angela Hewitt prepares for her Australian dates, we grab a few minutes to talk about her program and what she does to stay at "the pinnacle".

Director Laura Hansford and star Emma Pearson talk to Limelight about making a Lucia di Lammermoor for the 21st century while honouring its history.

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As the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs prepares to perform her works, Clive Paget traces the career of trailblazing British composer Dame Ethel Smyth.

Elena Kats-Chernin talks about composing the score for Adam Elliot's new claymation movie Memoir of a Snail.

We talk to Brisbane's Dead Puppet Society about Peter and the Starcatcher, the Broadway smash hit about the boy who became Peter Pan.