A COVID gratitude list in a bid to lift his spirits, Guy Noble finds joy in Bach, toasted sandwiches and the hold music on the ATO helpline. 

From heart-breaking cancellations due to COVID to funding lifelines, from awards to obituaries, we gather the arts news we have covered over the last month.

Based in Europe, Australian soprano Alexandra Flood is back home for a few months and discusses her career, quarantine at Howard Springs, forthcoming gigs and making the most of it during COVID.

Guy Noble suggests ways of keeping busy during lockdown: maybe we need al fresco orchestras?

Despite COVID chaos, CinefestOZ is scheduled to go ahead amongst some of Western Australia's most beautiful backdrops.

Prevented from singing by COVID, Queen's Phoenix decided to record world premieres by little-known Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de Manchicourt.

Entertainer James Bustar has produced an impassioned video in which 30 artists talk about the devastating impact the pandemic has had on their careers and mental health.

Who is to say that The Force is any less potent to its believers than the Holy Trinity?

The program for this year's MIFF has been curated with compassion, ambition, sensitivity and range, and will be presented in a new model, both in cinemas (COVID permitting) and online.

Guy Noble owns up to a bad case of PCSD–Post-COVID Stress Disorder – manifested in unusual bouts of negativity, foreboding and absent-mindedness.

Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton discusses his world premiere for Queensland Symphony Orchestra and his performances at Illuminate Adelaide and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

As Sydney Chamber Choir premieres his new song cycle, Joe Twist discusses his musical inspirations, and working between Hollywood and Australia on animations to the concert hall.

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

Rather than always expecting classical precision, it’s sometimes cool to be like Harrison Ford and make things up on the spot, says Guy Noble.

A glimpse of what opera could become post-COVID, as the artform embraces drive-ins, livestreams, virtual reality and digitally augmented live performances.

In a recent speech the Arts Minister noted the value of the arts sector to the Australian identity, economy and people, but failed to acknowledge the steady decline in available arts funding relative to population growth over the last decade, writes Leya Reid.