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Opera singer and vocal coach Rebecca Scott stops by Wednesday Drive to promote the Open Academy at the Con, which offers music and voice courses to anyone interested in the Sydney community. A former student of the Con herself, Scott discusses her own vocal education and operatic career, reminiscing on her trajectory of dedication and [...]

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Viola da gamba player Jenny Eriksson discusses her progression as an artist and the vastly different projects she has dipped her toes into. Eriksson also recounts her history with Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Jan Gunnar Hoff, with whom she’ll be performing in Sydney this October in Northern Lights – Southern Cross. Jan Gunnar Hoff [...]

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Sydney based band, Fathom, have just successfully attempted a new world record for the most gigs within twelve hours! The group played one gig at nine different venues and completed the record with only fifteen seconds to spare. From car crashes, road rages, bush fires, speed limits, helicopter rides and more, Jaxon Italiano explains the [...]

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Whitney Fitzsimmons is an award winning Australian broadcast journalist and television presenter. Her debut novel ‘The Rising’ is an atmospheric thriller centred around a rural Australian town. This interview explores why Whitney chose to write a crime novel, how the story came about, her writing process and what to expect from the story and its [...]

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Dr Caitlyn Forster is an entomology lecturer at the University of Sydney, and she had a chat to Alan Field on Monday Drive about a range of insects and their behaviours at this time of the year. [...]

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The Pacific Opera Studios is ending its 2026 season with a performance from their Young Artists of the year. The concert is curated by Peter Coleman-Wright and Cheryl Barker and features collaboration with the Modést Orchestra. Peter details the work behind the Young Artists preparations for their final performance at Pacific Opera which will be [...]

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Bassist and composer Reid Anderson joined Matt on Blow to discuss the final tour of his band, The Bad Plus. Anderson reminisces on the band’s trajectory, his own personal musical influences, and collaborative creation. Aside from their original compositions, The Bad Plus was known for their improvisational jazz arrangements of contemporary songs, something Matt highlights [...]

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Prof Bruce Isaacs from the University of Sydney joined Alan Field on Monday Drive to give us some tips on what we sould consider seeing at the movies during the upcoming school holidays. [...]

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Andrew Doyle is one of Australia’s foremost clarinetists, and is the Principal Clarinetist for The Metropolitan Orchestra, whose final concert for the 2026 season is imminent. Andrew joined Alan Field on Monday Drive in the Bondi studio for a discussion on his music and his other surprising interests. [...]

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Scott Phillips is the Chief Investment Officer of The Motley Fool Australia, and has just put out a book to help simplify the key elements of investing. He joined Alan Field on Monday Drive for a chat about “The One-Page Investing Plan” … what it is, how to do one, and why it even matters. [...]

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