Overcoming disability to realise musical dream
Jess has severe cerebral palsy and performing in this ensemble is the culmination of one of her long-cherished dreams.
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Nick Galvin
Nick Galvin is a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald
'We're going to need a big orchestra'
There are precious few instruments that can challenge the volume of a symphony orchestra in full flight, but the huge Japanese drums called odaiko are more than up to the task.
The show (director) must go on
With just two hours' notice that he would have to "go on" because one of his leading actors had been felled by the flu, there was no time for Ensemble Theatre artistic director Mark Kilmurry to be nervous.
Veteran reviewer's passion and honesty snare top award
Shand, who has contributed to The Sydney Morning Herald for more than 24 years, won the award for a piece entitled The Role of Music in a Post-Truth World.
Maestro Robertson to stay on at helm of SSO
The tenure of Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor David Robertson has been extended to six years in what he has described as a "vote of confidence" from the orchestra.
Sacred duty produces sublime music
St Mary's Cathedral is mostly deserted on this Thursday morning. But as the 22 boy choristers of the cathedral choir begin singing, the few tourists wandering around grabbing iPhone snaps are suddenly transfixed.
New Muriel's Wedding star named
Sydney Theatre Company has announced that Maggie McKenna will take the lead role for its upcoming production, Muriel's Wedding The Musical, the stage version of the much-loved 1994 film starring Toni Collette.
A very modern night of booze, sex and glorious music
When Pinchgut Opera artistic director Erin Helyard looks back at the art and culture of the 18th century he sees many parallels with our own times.
Mountain: the drama and the beauty
It was only after film director Jennifer Peedom and Richard Tognetti began working together on their documentary Mountain that they realised they were seeing the same footage in radically different ways.
The unexpected Dianne Reeves
You never know exactly what you'll get at a Dianne Reeves show.
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