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Canberra Symphony kicks off online Australian Miniseries

Jacqui Douglas — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 20:10:36 +0000

Join the virtual audience for regular online premieres. Last night, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) kicked off its Australian Miniseries with the online premiere of A Little Waltz for Kirsten,...

Jessica Cottis: colour, conducting and Canberra roots

Jacqui Douglas — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:15:40 +0000

Jessica Cottis joins the Canberra Symphony Orchestra as Artistic Advisor from 2021. A place of many formative musical experiences, Canberra holds special significance for Jessica Cottis. The sought-after conductor and communicator...

A musical crash test and a 100-year-old love letter

Jacqui Douglas — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:00:29 +0000

Acclaimed cellist Umberto Clerici joins Canberra Symphony for a mainstage finale. Umberto Clerici loves Canberra for its openness to cultural experiences. For the Italian-born cellist, it’s a reminder, in a...

Diana Doherty: From a hand-me-down instrument to international acclaim

Jacqui Douglas — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:00:28 +0000

Diana Doherty always had a hunger for music. Promised a violin for her sixth birthday, she wrangled it a month early; a year later, she was playing the piano. “I wanted to...

Don’t feed The Voice

Jacqui Douglas — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 20:00:13 +0000

This week, a friend and former bandmate made tabloid headlines when she allegedly ‘stormed offstage’ after an unsuccessful blind audition on The Voice. She claims to have been grossly...

New music Friday: Shoeb Ahmad

Jacqui Douglas — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:00:51 +0000

Sonorus reflections on identity and honestly from a trans-femme, Muslim person of colour. Spacious and brooding, Shoeb Ahmad’s voice floats over the psychedelic soundscape of “quiver”. The record strips away...

New Music Friday: Moaning Lisa

Jacqui Douglas — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:50:32 +0000

Canberra grunge outfit Moaning Lisa place their sound somewhere between “composed restraint and fuzzed-out, life-affirming alternative rock.” Today marks the release of I Want A Girl (Carrie); at once intimate...

7 Great Inventions: A rich sensory experience

Jacqui Douglas — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:20:35 +0000

“I think we are too safe nowadays because we only think four years at a time.” I’ve never met anyone so excited about copper wiring. But when Sally Greenaway starts...