Music
Instrumental reward of the harpsichord
Dr Erin Helyard has been praised as a virtuosic soloist as well as an inspired and versatile conductor. Here he talks opera, harpsichord and music education.
Womin Jeka: A choir with the desire to inspire
Sopranos Deborah Cheetham AO and Shauntai Batzke are leading a unique choral performance at the University of Melbourne of a song in the Woi Wurrung language.
Chopin, the Nazis, and the Spanish piano
The piano on which Chopin composed his Preludes had an afterlife involving a Polish-French pianist and confiscation by the Nazis during the Second World War.
The purple reign is over: Long live Prince’s legacy
Prince was an icon of R&B, funk and jazz who went against tide as we know it, creating a new context for pop music, says University of Melbourne expert.
On a positive note: Songwriting as a therapy method
In creating music we can share something of our experiences and ourselves – a notion explored by Professor Felicity Baker in therapeutic songwriting.
Transforming music performance
A pioneering study at the Melbourne Conservatorium is investigating how personal motivation and quality of practice affects music performance.
Saving the endangered sounds of West Africa
Thanks to the tenacity of ethnomusicologist Dr Graeme Counsel, over 9,000 songs from the West African nation of Guinea are now publically available online.
An emotional journey through pasticcio opera
Voyage to the Moon, a new pasticcio opera, will help give researchers insight into the development of emotions.
Melody and mayhem: Music, the law, and incitement to violence
The complex nexus between sound and the law – from musical incitement to violence, to sonic crowd control, to the very deliberate design of courtroom acoustics.
Video: Art, identity and the Chinese diaspora
In Homesong, filmmaker Natalie Cunningham explores the intersection of music and cultural identity for indie pop songstress Sophie Koh.