The Big C Word
We investigate why classical music and the high arts are so inhospitable to people from the working-class in Australia – a country that considers itself a classless society where everyone has “a fair go”.
October 19, 2020
James Hazel is a composer, sound-artist and researcher. He has worked with collaborators across disciplines including dance, performance, new music ensembles and soloists. He is currently interested in resistant text and sonic practices that emerge within conditions of socioeconomic precarity.
We investigate why classical music and the high arts are so inhospitable to people from the working-class in Australia – a country that considers itself a classless society where everyone has “a fair go”.