Catch up on what's been in the limelight with the top arts stories to recently make headlines.

Principal bassoon with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jack Schiller, discusses the new Bassoon Concerto he will premiere in July and his seven-year wait for a new instrument.

Deborah Cheetham is the MSO's First Nations Creative Chair while Dr Anita Collins has been appointed the Creative Chair for Learning and Engagement.

Yvonne Frindle investigates why Margaret Sutherland's forward-looking orchestral composition has been so unjustly ignored.

The composer, conductor and founder of Gondwana Choirs has been named as the 2021 recipient of the award presented by the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

On International Day of People with Disability, Morwenna Collett explores the ways access and inclusion are gaining increased attention in the Australian music industry.

A series of newly commissioned concertos written for members of the orchestra are amongst the highlights of the MSO’s first six months back on stage after the COVID-19 shutdowns.

The Grammy Award-winning Canadian lyric soprano, a regular visitor to Australia, has died from complications due to metastatic breast cancer at the age of 44.

The musician, author and advocate has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to Australian Music.

As the Orchestra fights for survival, Managing Director Sophie Galaise outlines the next steps, while a petition calling for her and the MSO Board to be stood down is circulating online.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has stood down its musicians and 12 administrative staff due to COVID-19, and is applying for the JobKeeper wage subsidy to pay them.

Isolated at home waiting for your billy to boil? MSO invites choral singers to perform Banjo Paterson’s famous bush-ballad for a special ANZAC Day commemorative video.