March 2014 - Soundstreams

Artist Q&A: Paul Grabowsky, Australian Art Orchestra

Mar 26, 2014 Artist Spotlight

In 1994, Paul, with the assistance of a small group of committed Melbournians, founded the Australian Art Orchestra, and remained its director for almost 20 years before passing the baton… Read More

Program Notes: Passion after St. Matthew

Mar 24, 2014 Program Notes

A musical setting of the Passion of Christ can be an ambitious and possibly daunting undertaking. To reinterpret the greatest historical example of such a setting, namely J.S. Bach’s St…. Read More

Guest Post: Alec Hall and ‘Death in Venice’

Mar 20, 2014 Community Engagement and Outreach

Alec Hall, one of the participants in the 2014 Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop, discusses Death in Venice, his new work composed expressly for the workshop and gives us clues that… Read More

Guest Post: André Mestre on ‘Corpo Confesso’

Mar 17, 2014 Community Engagement and Outreach

André Mestre is one of the 6 participants in the upcoming Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop under the direction of composers Ye Xiaogang, Juliet Palmer and the Cecilia Quartet as resident… Read More