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. 

The Song Company: Songs from the Heart

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.

New Waves: No More Sugar, No More Tea

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. 

The ANAM Set

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. 

Australian Art Orchestra: 1988

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

Nardi Simpson: -barra

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

A Portrait of Liza Lim's Operas

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

New music by First Nations composers

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

The music of Australia's birds

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

Deborah Cheetham: Woven Song

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.

Josephine Macken: The Tent

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

Georgia Scott: Her Dark Marauder

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

Peggy Polias: Commute

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

Bree van Reyk: Invisible Bird

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

Aussie Sampler 2

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

Keeping the Music Alive

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

Aussie Sampler

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

Cat Hope: Speechless, part 2

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

Cat Hope: Speechless, part 1

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

Shout-outs for some inspiring musical women

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.

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