Canberra photographer Sammy Hawker has won the $2000 first prize in the inaugural Canberra Contemporary Photography Prize for her work “Caterpillars in Metamorphosis".
"There's a lot more to this snazzy production of Michelle Law’s play about ABC (Australian-Born Chinese) identity than a wild and wacky ride through a beauty contest with a ghost.," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
Jane Austen mania, which has swept around the world in recent years, has not left Australia unscathed and Canberra Rep is about to take full advantage of that, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
This was the only Canberra performance for ANU School of Music guest violist, the Dresden-based Tahlia Petrosian. It felt like an evening of hands-on music-making, says reviewer HELEN MUSA.
"This was an extraordinarily well-programmed concert that allowed audience, instrumentalists and conductor Alexander Briger, to run the full gamut of musical experience," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
There was a note of informality on Wednesday morning when the 15-musician line-up from Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra rehearsed at Snow Concert Hall before setting out on their Australian tour from the ACT.
The musically knowledgeable Governor-General of Australia, David Hurley, was on hand on Wednesday, to launch the 2024 season of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in fine style at the ANU School of Music.