Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

Are Australian orchestras and musical institutions genuinely embracing Indigenous voices?

Fifty-three small-to-medium arts companies granted multi-year support in a "record investment" from Arts Queensland.

The funding commitment – nearly $40m – is one of the state’s most significant investments in the performing arts to date.

SXS sparkle with a scintillating world premiere in an eclectic jubilee concert of jazz, opera and First Nations music.

"Chamber music is all about intimacy and connection," says Festival curator Tim Munro. "It is where composers share private thoughts."

Southern Cross Soloists' patchwork of Strauss waltzes, Beethoven and a piece reflecting on the LA fires doesn't quite hang together.

As Southern Cross Soloists turns 30, Limelight speaks to SXS's Ashley Smith about 30 years of the little company that could – and did.

For its 30 year anniversary, SXS celebrates with four world premieres and three main stage concerts under two new Artistic Directors.

A stellar start for the new SXS annual venture held at the beautiful Shambala Estate on Tamborine Mountain.

Last minute substitutions, lineup changes and a broken string but SXS triumphed over the odds.

Citing increased costs and lower than average ticket sales, the decision to kill off the regional QLD highlight has been made “with heavy hearts”.