New Waves

Songs from the Heart is a new a capella cantata created by First Nations composers Elizabeth Sheppard and Sonya Holowell, in collaboration with The Song Company led by Antony Pitts. 

No More Sugar, No More Tea occupies a unique space — not quite opera, not quite theatre, but deeply informed by its writer/composer and natural storyteller Richard Frankland's Indigenous heritage, as well as co-composer Biddy Connor's direct melodic style.

67 Composers. 67 Instrumentalists. In this New Waves special, hear recordings and interviews from one of the most ambitious commissioning projects in Australian music history. 

Vietnamese-Australian composer-performer Dung Nguyen, musician Minh Ha Patmore and visual artist Phuong Ngo take the Australian Art Orchestra on a cross-cultural journey of discovery. 

Nardi Simpson shares music and stories of Yuwaalaraay Country in concert with Ensemble Offspring, Kevin Hunt and the Barayagal Choir.

Liza Lim on how storytelling through opera has shaped her own story as a composer.

First Nations composers share stories and visions. And make new music for an C18 square piano, voice, violin, and didgeridoo.

Immerse yourself in the sounds of some of Australia’s great songbirds. And the human music they inspire.

Deborah Cheetham presents her Woven Song Embassy Tapestry Project and more.

A sonic evocation of a post-apocalyptic world in which humankind scrambles to decipher the remnants of civilisation with the aid of a mysterious machine.

A dramatic musico-poetic telling of the life experience of a disabled person from the inside, with inspiration from the poetry of Sylvia Plath.

An operatic re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey through the eyes of a female 'Odyssea' on her night-time walk home.

An operatic parable of the disappearance and re-emergence of the elusive endangered Australian bird the Night Parrot.

Old faves and new releases from the personal playlists of 12 outstanding Australian musicians.

16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

10 creative musicians from around the country expand your music collection with some great new releases and old faves.

Listen to Cat Hope's wordless opera, inspired by The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.

Cat Hope and singer-collaborators talk about her wordless opera that aims to give voice to the voiceless.

Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance introduce more artists that inspire them.

Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance talk about careers, role models, gender equity, and their visions for a more diverse and inclusive musical world.