New Waves ABC listen

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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