Category: rehearsal

  • Music Copyright in Australia

    The research was conducted and published as part of the final project-based assessment for the Bachelor of Creative Arts degree (2021). The outcome of this project (being this document) was published under Creative Commons License with the permission of the University of Southern Queensland.

  • The music plays on and on… and so do I.

    I am slowly adjusting back to Australian life, after living in London for 2 years. I have to get used to a country that can have bush fire, flash flood, dust storms and snow storms….at the same time, as opposed to a country which is either wet or dry. My songs that I recorded in…

  • My nights at the Proms…

    My blog posts seem to be getting few and far between, but rest assured I’ve been keeping busy. As of late, I have been performing at The Proms. For a ‘small town’ Australian woman, with no qualification (save experience) in music, to be asked to perform in the festival is a boon. Even more so,…

  • The Sound of quality, or the quality of sound?

    My experience in different recording environments…I’m no expert.

  • From rehearsal sightread to Sitzprobe in a day? I was game for the challenge

  • A different kind of experience…

    “Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman”. – Beethoven So this week as been all about preparing for a series of concerts in Brisbane and Toowoomba, with the Queensland Pops Orchestra. I always enjoyed orchestral music whether it be classical, contemporary or even tv and…

  • A thousand songs in one ear and out the other…

    “The only thing better than singing, is more singing” – Ella Fitzgerald I’m a busy little beaver at the moment… Rehearsing for “Legally Blonde” and preparing for competition for the Queensland Eistedfod. I have a thousand songs swimming around in my head. I’ve recently received the schedule for the Eistedfod and found all the sections…