2024
Articles
29 February 2024
What's on at Sydney Con Semester 1 2024
Join us at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music this semester for a diverse program of concerts. From premieres of new compositions to classical crowd favourites, intimate recitals and dazzling symphonies, there is something for every music lover.
28 February 2024
Making love and making music in a new Greek-Australian story
Composer James Humberstone and award-winning slam poet and rapper Luka Lesson have come together to create a new Greek-Australian work combining ancient poetry and modern hip-hop to explore every aspect of love.
28 February 2024
Sydney attracts top research talent with innovative Fellowships
Unprecedented investment in appointment of 40 research fellows across a range of disciplines.
19 February 2024
What can we learn from nature if we listen to it deeply?
Dr Diana Chester, a sound studies scholar from Media and Communications in FASS, and Associate Professor Damien Ricketson, a composer from Sydney Conservatorium of Music invite visitors to lie down, close their eyes and listen to the sand, sea and wind in a new research project called Listening to Earth.
15 February 2024
Taylor Swift: why academics are studying the pop star
Taylor Swift, who is about to tour Australia with her much-anticipated Eras concerts, was the subject of a three-day academic conference, known as a Swiftposium, in Melbourne, where academics presented papers on her global impact.
12 February 2024
Opera Australia finds campy, playful joy in The Magic Flute
Dr David Larkin, senior lecturer in musicology at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, reviews the new production of The Magic Flute by director Kate Gaul for Opera Australia.