Angus McPherson is a writer, editor and digital content specialist. He is a former Deputy Editor of Limelight and has written for BBC Music Magazine, RealTime Arts and CutCommon. A flute player by training, he holds a PhD in Music.
Across nine days in January, Angus McPherson visited the 2020 Youth Music Culture Guangdong event in Guangzhou, China, spent time with Yo-Yo Ma, and discovered how the legendary cellist’s philosophy extends far beyond music.
While Live Performance Australia’s national awards will not go ahead this year, Melbourne’s Green Room Awards will be presented in an online ceremony.
Musicians from Anne-Sophie Mutter to Jonny Greenwood are paying tribute to the iconic Polish composer, who has died at the age of 86.
The Greater Sydney Orchestra’s streaming initiative offers a ‘pay as you can’ model to keep the music going through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The history of the song, well at least for the last 800 years.
Three Australians are among the 32 pianists competing in the event, which is being rescheduled for 2021.
The Australia Council has suspended investment programs to free up funds to respond to the “catastrophic” impact of the health crisis on the Australian arts community.
Orchestral musicians to mime artists are taking to YouTube with their own hand washing songs and videos during the coronavirus pandemic.
How a whispering campaign sent a German conductor to jail.
We speak to MSO Managing Director Sophie Galaise about the success of the orchestra’s live streams, and how the organisation hopes to craft a model that might help other orchestras and small to medium ensembles ride out the COVID-19 crisis.
The new online initiative run by Melbourne musicians hopes to help sustain local artists – and their audiences – who have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
The young Shostakovich's incidental music for Mayakovsky's farcical play proves a delight.
Mat Verevis will star as Tommy in the musical based on legendary British rock band The Who’s 1969 concept album.
