Youth choir joins forces with Music for Canberra
In a significant development for Canberra’s younger musicians, Music for Canberra and Woden Valley Youth Choir have announced a partnership, reports HELEN MUSA.
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The SoundOut Festival, Australia’s longest-running international festival dedicated to free improvisation, free jazz, and experimental music, will return for its 17th year from January 30 to February 1, at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery.
The first song Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson wrote together since their divorce more than 10 years ago has earned them two Golden Guitar awards.
"A gentle evening dedicated to American violinist and teacher Camilla Wicks made for lovely listening at the Wesley Music Centre." writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
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‘Irreplaceable’: Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dies
Hailed as "the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time", tributes are pouring in for Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst after he died of cancer.
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Cassette tapes are making a comeback. Yes, really
For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment, says PETER HOAR.
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Turandot’s technology risks upstaging the action
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews Opera Australia's new production of Puccini’s Turandot.
It may be four months until Easter, but the National Folk Festival team is already in full swing preparing for its 60th celebration of culture at EPIC, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Home from the US on a semester break, 19-year-old Canberra jazz singer Matilda Lorenz is planning to show off what she’s been learning at the renowned Eastman School of Music for the past six months.
The son of the Beatles' producer says no more secret tracks by the band will ever be released as he doesn't believe there is anything new left to uncover.
As former Opera Australia artistic director Lyndon Terracini expands a rural festival, he is also soaking up country life - from meat raffles to pigeon racing.
British singer Chris Rea, who wrote Driving Home For Christmas while on the dole and being driven home in his wife's Mini, has died at 74.
Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue has topped the Christmas charts in the UK for the first time with her song, XMAS.
"Daniel Röhn lives and breathes music; he has it in his being, which makes his concerts a most special experience, as this was," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
The annual Hawker Carols celebration on Christmas Eve will once again feature celebrated Australian soprano Lorina Gore.
Canberra flautist Sally Walker has been nominated for Limelight magazine’s Artist of the Year this year – the only Canberra artist and the only wind player in the line-up.
LEN POWER reviews A Handel Celebration, a performance by the Canberra Choral Society.
"A most satisfied audience ventured home with the real spirit of Christmas firmly in their hearts and minds." IAN McLEAN reviews the 2025 Luminous Christmas concert.
Acknowledged for his boundless energy, drive and focus, Garth Lawrence Mansfield was a tireless advocate for music and the founding force behind the Wesley Music Centre in Forrest, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
