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Connecting with the Past: Thoughts on Earlier Compositional Journeys by Michael Hooper

Natalie Williams is one of Australia’s most exciting composers. As the holder of an APRA Professional Development Award, she is currently studying at Indiana University. This interview explores her interest in the music of various composers working in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s...

Lumsdaine, Durham and the 1970s by Michael Hooper

Peter Wiegold studied with David Lumsdaine at the University of Durham in the early 1970s. At the time, the music department there was at the forefront of electroacoustic music in Britain. Lumsdaine was much sought-after as a teacher who was familiar with both improvisatory and notated forms...

Why Play the Classics? by Michael Hooper

Mark Knoop is one of Australia’s leading performers of recent music and has consistently performed key works by established composers alongside younger artists, to explore the connections between composers of different generations. He recently recorded the complete piano music of David Lumsdaine, which will be released in early 2008 on Tall Poppies. This interview explores briefly some of the aspects of new music with which he is most engaged...

Critical Times: Australian New Music and the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s by Michael Hooper

I Would Love To Know How It All Goes Together by Michael Hooper

Elision Ensemble in London by Michael Hooper

Musicologist and performer Michael Hooper recently went to the Ricordi: Beyond 200 concert in London, and came out wanting to share his impressions with the rest of the world. Resonate publishes his thoughts on Liza Lim's music and Richard Haynes's virtuosity along with a number links to media coverage of Elision Ensemble's concert in London.

#2: Critical Times: Australian New Music and the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s edited by Michael Hooper