The latest arts appointments and departures.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright are upping the ante at Pacific Opera, using pocket operas and oratorios to prepare the Young Artists for the profession.

Sports events are a winner under the Malinauskas Labor government. The arts do not get a mention.

The ANAM student and double bassist shares what he's learned from joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra for its upcoming Mozart tour.

The composer discusses his new song cycle drawing on soprano Judith Dodsworth's tale of recovery and cold-water swimming.

Arranging jazz grooves for a classical choir is a difficult brief, writes arranger Naomi Crellin. But worlds can collide.

When it comes to playing Philip Glass, says the violinist, "Your fingers need to be a volcano, but your brain needs to be a freezer.”

The Australian Shakespeare Company is presenting Arthur Miller's classic. It reminds us that civilisation is a fragile thing.

The modular mogul talks about his latest album composed on a 1975 Serge Paperface synth and facing the musical unknown.

The genius of the Baroque takes on the two-fisted king of Tango Nuevo in a new program from Live at Yours. Let's get ready to rumble.

Jonathan Howard on two Elizabethan giants and why you should never pee on someone’s head from the organ loft.