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This month's features include profiles of Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake and didge virtuoso William Barton, an interview with Mary Finsterer about her new opera Antarctica, Dr Anita Collins on why music makes us feel so good, and Peter Tregear on the winds of change at Opera Australia.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

SCO will take a new opera by Mary Finsterer to Holland, and explore Britten at home, including a musical response by Luke Styles, with a creative team in residency for both works.

Stanhope's Requiem is a rich, engaging piece for our times, and receives its premiere in a superbly performed concert.

Collaboration is the name of the game in Cameron Lam's first Australian Art Music playlist for 2021.

Another generous helping proves that when it comes to women composers, Australia has always been a leading light.

Health-related projects come out on top, with a number of classical music individuals and organisations like the Four Winds Festival and Claire Edwardes also successful.

While the list of finalists this year included several newcomers, the night largely belonged to established voices and previous award winners.

Newcomers join established voices in this year’s awards, with more women than men in the running for the prestigious Orchestral Work of the Year category for the first time in the Awards’ history.

Peggy Glanville-Hicks should be a national icon. So why is she not better known? Hugh Robertson, Label Manager at ABC Classic, explains how the ABC is raising the profile of Australian women composers.

The sum will help further her research and composition work over a five-year period.