daniel smith

From today’s Sun-Herald… At the recent celebration of the 115th anniversary of Catholic magazine Annals, a Chinese flautist held guests spellbound. Chai Chang-Ning, 41, was one of the most acclaimed flautists of his generation, before following a girlfriend to Australia in 1988. His haunting solo for the movie The Last Emperor won an Academy Award. [...]

This country is slipping away, and I don’t know what to do – I really don’t. I have run out of ideas. It is scary that in four years of schooling and classes in music, students have no idea who Tchaikovsky was and can’t read music notation. In a society where we need the passion [...]

Yep, I’m lazy – sorry for not writing in so long! After probably my most exhausting weekends ever I am starting to get back to normal (4 days after the event!). THANK YOU so much to all those who came and experienced Final Fantasia, the debut of the Eminence Symphony Orchestra. Although very tiring and [...]