Starving for your art is one thing, but what’s a wannabe Diva to do when life begins to dangerously imitate opera?

It may be many people’s favourite musical, but some duff plot points means West Side Story ain’t no Romeo and Juliet.

Or should Malcolm Turnbull look to music schools if he values ideas on audiation and psycho-active emergent relationships?

Is a conductor akin to a god? Some reflections on intelligent design lead inexorably from the Deity to Herbert von Karajan.

From coffee machines to Cage, from jaywalking to joyrides, for one maestro, it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad musical world.

Everyone has an opinion on everything these days, and social media is making it all to easy to sound off.

Turns out cooking a really good French meal is akin to performing classical music; you can’t fake either of them.

How Maestro Abbott’s sluggish tempi (and that thing about onions) led to a rebellious orchestra tearing up his contract. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

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Hear Guy Noble as you never have before in this preview of The Guy Noble Radio Show. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Why do we humans feel this insatiable need to express ourselves? Perhaps we should take a hint from our animal companions. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Orchestras are obsessed with appealing to a younger audience; it’s time oldies took a stand. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in