August 2022

Features

The untold benefits of investing in music education.
by Anita Collins

With a surge in hyper-local creativity, it’s time to look to the regions as we reevaluate Australian culture.
by Lindy Hume

Two wildly different stage adaptations explore Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic novella.
by Deborah Jones

Has the guiding principle of art been killed off by postmodernism?
by Ilario Colli

Soundings

Ali McGregor
by Jo Litson
Interview

On The Record
by Clive Paget
Recordings

Cutting Edge
by Jo Litson
New Music

Boublil and Schönberg
by Jo Litson
Interview

The Piano
by Brett Allen-Bayes
Books

The Forgiven
by Lynden Barber
Film

In the Limelight

Newsworthy
A round-up of our recent news reports.

Comings & Goings
The latest arts appointments and departures.

On Stage
The buzz around live performance.

On Air & Online
Digital concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming

Coda

Getting their goat
A text message from his daughter got Guy Noble and his friend Teddy Tahu Rhodes thinking about how comforting (and amusing) it would be to have an emotional support animal or person on stage.
Guy Noble’s Soapbox

The French horn
Andrew Bain is Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He now owns over 20 horns, two of which he will bring with him when he returns home to play with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra.
Playing up

Perhaps don’t clap at all?
Perhaps the solution to the never-ending debate about when to applaud at classical music concerts is to ban all applause.
Sacred Cow

Emma Jayakumar
The Australian composer and former opera singer discusses her new song cycle, Four Lost Songs, which will be performed by the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and soprano Rachelle Durkin as part of Darwin Festival.
5 Questions

Louise Bezzina
The Artistic Director of the Brisbane Festival explains how her own children inspired her to invite Brisbane’s young people to suggest the music for this year’s Riverfire event.
My Music

Listen and read

Contributors

Publisher
Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd

Editor
Jo Litson

CEO
Cara Anderson

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Jansson J. Antmann

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Tristan Main

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Clive Paget

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Carla Bird
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Contributors
Brett Allen-Bayes, Andrew Bain, Lynden Barber, Peter Berner, Louise Bezzina, Ilario Colli, Anita Collins, Lindy Hume, Deborah Jones, Chris Lloyd, Guy Noble, Chris Reid

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The September 2022 issue of Limelight will be available online from Monday 22 August.