Tokyo-born and Melbourne-raised violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller talks about winning the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship, BIPOC representation in music and those necessary awkward moments...

Since graduating from the ANAM in 2018, violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller has more than established her place at the table in the Australian cultural scene. Kyla is the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship recipient and has won awards including the Homophonic Pride Prize. She is currently collaborating with Inventi Ensemble and in Duo Piaggio with pianist Adam McMillan. Kyla currently plays on a fine violin made by Giovanni Pistucci, circa 1910-1920 which has been generously loaned by a private syndicate.

Kyla Matsuura-Miller: http://www.kylaviolin.com.au/
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– Discussed in this episode –
• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/
• rage - ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/rage/
• The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/
• Ngarra-Burria: https://www.moogahlin.org/ngarra-burria
• Three Conversations – Kyla Matsuura-Miller: https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/three-conversations-an-exploration-of-growing-up-non-white-in-australia/
• Tobias Willis, KEWL Studio: https://www.kewl.studio/
• Stephanie Kabanyana-Kanyandekwe: https://kabanyana.com/about/
• Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1959-1940*) [*as inscribed by the composer] – Lou Harrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-GP8KUJB4
• Steve Schick: http://stevenschick.com/
• Will Hansen: https://www.facebook.com/willhansenbass/
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk

The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/

Newly appointed CEO of the Australian Music Centre, Catherine Haridy talks about publishing rights, giving music a longer lifespan and being more ‘popular’.

Cath manages and has been A&R for some of Australia's most successful artists. Prior to being CEO at the Australian Music Centre, she has actively advocated for managers and their artists as the Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), as well as being a former Board Member and Chairperson. She is currently a Board member of Music Victoria, and a past Board member of Support Act and the Community Broadcasting Foundation, as well as an APRA Ambassador and AMP Award Patron.

Catherine Haridy: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/catherine-haridy-appointed-new-ceo-of-australian-music-centre
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– Discussed in this episode –
• Australian Music Centre: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
• John Davis: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/davis-john
• ABC Classic Choir: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/events/classic-choir/welcome/
• Triple R 102.7FM: https://www.rrr.org.au/
• Warner Music Australia: https://warnermusic.com.au/
• Hatched Academy: https://ensembleoffspring.com/program/hatched-academy-2/
• 2021 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/about/PGH
• Bree van Reyk: https://www.breevanreyk.com/
• Dances with devils : Concerto for percussion and orchestra – Ian Grandiage: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/grandage-iain-dances-with-devils
• Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA): https://www.ppca.com.au/
• PBS FM: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/
• FBi Radio: https://fbiradio.com/
• APRA / AMCOS Awards: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk

The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/

Emerging flautist, educator and researcher Eliza Shephard talks about growing up regionally, the extended flute, her bold recording project and being Ensemble Offspring’s 2022 Hatched Associate Artist.

Eliza Shephard is a vibrant performer and fervent contemporary musician in Melbourne. She is a specialist on the Glissando Headjoint, and a highly sought-after chamber musician. She is a semi-finalist for the ABC Young Performers Award and a finalist of the Freedman Fellowship 2021. Eliza is passionate about amplifying the voices of female musicians and composers, as showcased through her recording project ‘March of the Women’. 

Eliza Shephard: https://elizashephard.com/
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– Discussed in this episode –
• ABC Young Performers Award: http://youngperformersawards.org/
• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/
• Virginia Taylor: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia
• Teresa Rabe: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe
• Australian National University (ANU): https://www.anu.edu.au/
• Robert Dick: http://robertdick.net/
• The Australian National Academy of Music  (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/
• Richard Tognetti: https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti
• Simone Young: https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young
• The Glissando Headjoint – Eliza Shephard: https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1
• Greg Pattillo: http://www.pattillostyle.com/
• Three Beats for Beatbox Flute – Greg Pattillo: https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html
• March of the Women: https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women
• Wirripang: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/
• Mungala – Brenda Gifford: https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636
• Claire Chase: http://www.clairechase.net/
• Ned McGowan: https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk

The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/