Samantha Wolf explains how bonding with reality TV during the pandemic inspired her new piece for Ensemble Offspring.

Ensemble Offspring's Avant Gardens series takes musicians and their audiences out of the recital hall and into suburban backyards.

Launching over 20 world premieres from emerging and established Australian composers, the ensemble touts new music across NSW and Victoria, as well as internationally in Helsinki and Berlin.

Australian composer Felicity Wilcox has taken out the $4000 prize from Rubiks Collective, and will collaborate with the ensemble on a new work.

Melbourne-based contemporary music ensemble Rubiks Collective has opened applications for its 2021 Pythia composition prize, open to female and non-binary identifying composers of all ages.

The Australian National Academy of Music’s audacious commissioning project reaches its conclusion, with a festival in May to premiere 67 new works.

The names of the 50 finalists for the APRA Professional Development Awards have been announced, including composers Connor D'Netto and Samantha Wolf, and musical theatre performer/writer Maggie McKenna.

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

Umberto Clerici is the Artist in Focus, while audiences can expect to hear works by Ella Macens and Anne Boyd.

Ensemble Offspring’s Claire Edwardes tells us about six pieces that will premiere at the Kontiki Racket festival, including a work for a trumpet with two bells.

The Melbourne Composer has taken home the $7000 biennial prize for women composers.

Melbourne’s Rubiks Collective has initiated a prize to address the underrepresentation of female composers in Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in