Recording of “The Stars Above Us All”

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Written for the HUSH Music Foundation, “The Stars Above Us All” has recently been released on a disc of Australian music.  This disc is written to provide calming and engaging music for children undergoing treatment in hospitals, as well as their parents and administering doctors and surgeons. “The Stars Above Us All” was premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of December 2013, and the entire concert was broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.  Myself and other composers Continue reading Recording of “The Stars Above Us All”→

Discover Australian Music

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Some of my music is available via a new site from ABC Classics entitled Discover Australian Music.  Recordings released on ABC Classics can be streamed via Spotify directly from the site.  Recordings including Speed, Little Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy (violin and piano version), Kalkadungu and technologic 135 for string quartet. Here is the page on me from the site itself: http://discoveraustralianmusic.com/composer/matthew-hindson/

Raising the Bar – article for Australian Music Month

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A blog article for ABC Classic FM’s Australian Music Month in which I argue for the importance of investing in long-term results in order to create better Australian music. In this Australian Music Month, it’s entirely appropriate and justifiable to celebrate the standard of Australian music. Australian music is now of a quality that is higher than ever. It’s extremely diverse, with musicians increasingly taking a professional and individual approach with music that engages with contemporary Australian society and attitudes, rather Continue reading Raising the Bar – article for Australian Music Month→

Week of many performances

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This week I am fortunate to have four pieces performed (that I know of). The first is my new ballet for the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Faster. I am in Birmingham for the rehearsals and the performances. It’s tremendously exciting to see the work of such an outstanding choreographer as David Bintley, and a joy to see music ‘interpreted’ to movement in this manner. Back in Sydney, the major work that I co-composed with William Barton, Kalkadungu, will be performed with Continue reading Week of many performances→