It’s almost time for dressing up, hosting themed parties, and decorating homes with spiderwebs and pumpkins. Yes, Halloween is on its way. And for a musical tribute in honour of the scariest season, these haunting...
Portraying spring, summer, autumn and winter, The Four Seasons by Vivaldi are without doubt one of music history’s most storied compositions. They describe landscapes and scenes, evoke feelings and emotions and th...
Jazz has had an impressive and lasting effect on all kinds of music over the past 100 years. From Rock to R&B, Hip-Hop and even Pop, they’ve all been influenced by the improvisation of jazz. It just hits diffe...
Imagine sitting in a top-tier restaurant, with the aroma of a gourmet three-course meal wafting through the air, about to embark on a culinary extravaganza. The catch is you won’t be able to see the food on your p...
Joe Hisaishi is an eight-time winner of the Japanese Academy Award for Best Music. However, the composer and musical director is best known for masterminding the musical scores of Studio Ghibli and bringing even more ma...
With eight number-ones and 30 top-ten songs in the US charts, Taylor Swift has become one of history’s best-selling artists of all time. And while Taylor obviously blew fans away on her record-breaking tour to Melbourne...
Whether you go to see Swan Lake, The Nutcracker or Sleeping Beauty, a Tchaikovsky ballet is an experience hard to beat. Through intricate orchestration and virtuosic choreography, these ballets are a grand spectacle tha...
Melbourne is a fairly flat city, but our city skyline definitely is not. It’s growing taller every year and every year it’s a new sight to behold. Luckily, there are a number of vantage points and lookouts i...
Victoria is in no short supply of charming country towns and picture-perfect villages. From those with 19th Century enchantment and golden beginnings to seaside towns and mountain escapes, there’s something for ev...
As we celebrate Pride Month, it’s time to revisit exactly why this month exists and to appreciate the importance of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights—yesterday, today and tomorrow. You don’t have to pour through pages and...