A review of Iran Sanadzadeh and Mike Mulshine’s Networked performance concert at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and performance, Monash Unviersity., 28 Marrch 2024.
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This new book co-edited with Louise Devenish features a range of esteemed authors discussing what virtusosity means today.
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This is a discussion between Kate McMillan and Cat Hope, about their new project together, Never At Sea that opens at St Mary Le Strand church in London, UK on June 21st 2023
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Speechless, an opera written by Cat Hope in 2014- 2019, was presented in Hamburg, Germany as part of the Ligeti Festival in May 2023. This blog article is an overview that experience and its outcomes, and will be followed by a series of specific articles on elements of video, choir, score and staging.
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This is the text of Cat Hope’s presentation as part of the ‘Freedom in Art’ at the ‘Freedom in Crisis’ Conference in Hamburg on November 19, 2022.
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This blog post is a personal memorium to the singer, songwriter and drummer in US band Low, who passed away this month aged 55.
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As you might expect with such a prolific artist, not every Morricone work is a masterpiece. Working in the film industry sometimes requires the creation of music for a film where the deadline is short and parameters fixed. Yet Morricone’s work is distinguished by just how good his best works are.
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On the death of Ennio Morricone, a short peice about how his music has been with me most of my life, as a listener, composer, musician and person in the world.
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I am very honoured to be giving the 2018 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address. Established by the New Music Network in 1999, I follow in the footsteps of amazing musicians and speakers that have included Genevieve Lacey, Warren Burt, Michael Kieran Harvey, Nicole Canham, Simone Young, and the late Richard Gill.
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I really believe that art is important; I believe in its power to bring people together, how it helps us challenge and reflect on our views and improves our quality of life. Arts should be at the core of our national identity, as it helps us make sense of it .…
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In the current funding environment where support for independent artists is reducing, and many venues are less accessible or appropriate for evolving contemporary practices, visual and performing arts schools in universities have an important role to play...
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Uh Oh. Experimental music. Weird, challenging, complicated, ugly, silly, out of control, academic, or at best – conceptual. Is it even relevant? Music presents a cultural complexity that is arguably unique in the arts. It is ubiquitous through a complex network that touches different people, cultures and purposes.
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Now I was worried about sharing the topic of this keynote on the internet. Who wants to come to a computer music conference and listen to a white middle-class, middle-aged woman from boom town Western Australia whine about how women are not well represented and its all the fault of the men – to an undoubtedly male dominated audience?
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The representation of women in music has been a hot topic in Australia recently. In my fields of composition and electronic music, the debate has been particularly lively. Social media has allowed more discussions across states and countries, with scores of comments on Facebook and tweets all over the twitter-sphere…
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