Music

Since 1974 the Open Academy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music has opened the doors of the Conservatorium to the community through a wide range of programs, courses and workshops for school students, musicians, music teachers and to all those who are interested in learning more about music. Join Dan and Matt from Eastside’s ‘Blow’ [...]Read More... from In Conversation with the Conservatorium Open Academy

A series focussing on the intersection between music and history, The Intersection traces the evolution of ideas, social norms and cultural forms in Australia – and the characters and events behind them. Sometimes shocking, with dramatic twists along the way, be prepared for an immersive journey into the surprising moments that shaped our lives and [...]Read More... from The Intersection – Trailer

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Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is an annual day of fun and awareness on Thursday 30 November to celebrate Aussie music and raise urgently-needed funds for music workers in crisis. Funds raised from the campaign go towards helping Support Act continue its crucial work supporting musicians, managers, crew and music workers through crisis relief, mental health and [...]Read More... from Interview with Clive Miller; CEO of Support Act about Aus Music Month and Aus Music T-Shirt Day

HOT JAZZ PICNIC HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2024. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Katie Thorne is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who was born and raised in rural NSW (Wiradjuri Country). She describes her music as “sing-in-the-car songs, cry-on-the-walk-home songs, songs so personal I can’t quite believe I’m sharing them.” Her unique sound blends jazz with [...]Read More... from Interview with Katie Thorne – Hot Jazz Picnic

Trombone player, and band leader Alex Silver is featured in the Changing the Face of Jazz series .  The series focuses on young women instrumentalists who have been making their names in jazz in recent years. Alex tells how, when faced with a choice between playing glockenspiel and trombone in a school band, she opted [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz With Alex Silver

Bass player Jess Dunn  is the featured musician in this Changing the Face of Jazz.  Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric bass to a stand-up acoustic one and then developed a taste for jazz. She graduated [...]Read More... from Jess Dunn Making Jazz in Australia

The podcast episode features a conversation between Mick Paddon and Renata Arrivolo. Mick is filling in for Phil James on the show “Philosophy of Jazz.” Renata Aravolo, a jazz pianist, is the special guest. They discuss the Open Academy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, focusing on adult education and various courses related to jazz. [...]Read More... from The Philosophy of Jazz – Interview with Mick and Renata

Listen along to Matt and Dan making conversation with the ever so highly commended, London born, Australian raised Mark Isaacs. Be sure to catch a glimpse of the extensive collection of records Isaacs has produced, focussing on three of his latest six Songs Without Words, a set of variations on the English folksong The Snow It Melts [...]Read More... from Blow: In Conversation With Mark Isaacs

Tessie Overmyer is a saxophonist primarily playing the alto sax. She has been making a huge impact on the Sydney and Australian jazz scenes in the past couple years.  In this profile she describes taking up the alto at school (though she might have been an oboe player if one had been available) .  She [...]Read More... from Alto player Tessie Overmyer: starting at the top with Charlie Parker

In the latest Episode of Found Sounds Lost Horizons, Blues and Soul singer Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges visits our Studio at the Bondi Pavilion. Together with Trevor and Ben, Eugene talks about his upcoming concerts in Sydney and in Australia. Eugene also plays some of his songs live on his guitar. [...]Read More... from Blues and Soul singer Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges at Found Sounds Lost Horizons

In this Episode of The Philosophy of Jazz, Phil James interviews Jazz musician and banjo player Bela Fleck about his tour together with his life partner, clawhammer banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn. Their tour starts on the 7th of March and goes until September. They play 5 shows in Australia, 2 in New Zealand [...]Read More... from Interview with Jazz Musician Bela Fleck for Philosophy of Jazz

Presented by Kathryn Yang TikTalk with Kathryn discusses the impacts of Tik Tok on the Music industry, revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s a Kathryn-one-time-production and throughout the Podcasts she delves into the ups and downs of virality and Gen-Z’s behaviour on TikTok, as well as dropping a few recent top hits! [...]Read More... from Tik TALK with Kathryn

Presented by Sumaya Sultana Gossip About the Grammys is a one-time production in light of the recent reveal of the 2023 Grammys nominees. Sumaya delves into past controversies about the Grammys and also covers this years Grammys and specific categories to look out for. Throughout the program she drops in different songs from these events [...]Read More... from Gossip About the Grammys

Changing the Face of Jazz, is a series of profiles of  women, jazz instrumentalists.  The featured musician in this edition is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence [...]Read More... from Changing the face of Jazz with saxophonist Loretta Palmeiro

Chloe Kim is a drummer.  In this profile she beings by telling us why she describes herself as a drum kit specialist rather than  a percussionist.  Chloe started playing music when she was very young.  She switched to the drums as much, as she tells us, for the look of the kit as for the [...]Read More... from Chloe Kim’s Korean drumming Changing the Face of Jazz

Nadje Noordhuis is a trumpeter, flugel horn player and educator.  In this profile we hear her describing how she started playing music at a very early age but was introduced to jazz much later.  Her ears were opened to the music by the legendary Kenny Wheeler.  Moving from Australia to New York she talks about [...]Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz -the inspiration of Nadje Noordhuis , from Kenny Wheeler to NYC