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Attending Writers Festivals: Byron Writers Festival and Eumundi Writers

Image: Carolyn Martinez and Vivienne Wynter at Eumundi Writers Festival.

Unfortunately, the recent Byron Writers Festival was cancelled on the second day. I enjoyed the session...

Feminism is Dead: Or Is It? Author presentation at Cleveland Library On

On Saturday 16 August Jo Skinner, Sarah Todman and I gave an author presentation Feminism is Dead: Or Is It? at Cleveland Library. We got together because each of the heroines...

Gillian Wills Author Event at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music I

I was recently honoured with an Author Event feature integrated with the Australian Festival of Chamber Music program I had the good fortune to be interviewed by Simon Moore...

Writer in Residence for Australian Festival of Chamber Music It's been busy

It's been busy on the writing front. I was the Writer in Residence for Australian Festival of Chamber Music this year and wrote many reviews - these can be read here on my blog...

Elvis and Me, by Gillian Wills, to be republished by Hawkeye Publishing

Hawkeye Publishing, who published Big Music, is releasing a revised edition of my memoir Elvis and Me: how a world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescued each other. I'm...

Australian Festival of Chamber Music wraps for 2025 Image: Highlights of

Image: Highlights of the Governor’s Gala Concert: Heavenly Serenade – photo by Through The Looking Glass Studio.

Now in its 34th year, this 9-day Festival of Chamber Music...

Michael Collins review: Goodman’s Clarinet (Australian Festival of Chamber

Image: Michael Collins. Photo Jack Lewis Williams

Who better than Michael Collins to light up music commissioned from Bela Bartók by America's jazz clarinet great?

What makes one...

Stefan Dohr: Profile of a mediator and a soloist Image: Stefan Dohr. Photo

Image: Stefan Dohr. Photo Simon Pauly

Gillian Wills talks to horn player Stefan Dohr at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

French horn player Stefan Dohr has been dubbed...

Duelling Composers – Staves Drawn! (Australian Festival of Chamber Music)

Image: The Andromeda Sax Quartet. Photo Andrew Rankin

Liszt vs Brahms! Reich vs Glass! AFCM brings together a selection of works by composers who disliked each other intensely.

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Stefan Dohr: Horn of Plenty (Australian Festival of Chamber Music) Image:

Image: Stefan Dohr. Photo Simon Pauly

A smart program gives Stefan Dohr the space to showcase his glorious tone, sublime phrasing and insightful interpretative vision.

Stefan...

Bohemian Rhapsody (Australian Festival of Chamber Music) Photo: Andromeda

Photo: Andromeda Saxophone Quartet. Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Photo Rob Parsons

With a nod to the rock group Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody championed works by Czech...

Opening Night Concert – Reawaken! (Australian Festival of Chamber Music)

Photo: Joseph Havlat, Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Photo Rob Parsons

Artistic Director Jack Liebeck’s sense of humour shines through his curation. After an eloquent ...

Last hurrah: The Australian Chamber Music Festival’s farewell to Townsville

Photo: The Australian String Quartet perform in the opening night concert of the 2025 Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville. Photo by: Rob Parsons

The Australian...

Meet Gillian Wills at the next Big Music Event: Australian Festival of

My next Big Music event and author talk is in Townsville as part of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music is from 2.00pm - 2.45pm on the 26 July at Townsville Civic Centre.

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Launch of Nightingale by Laura Elvery, published by UQP As a young woman I

As a young woman I read a biography about Florence Nightingale. I’d been privy to the Lady with the Lamp fairytale as most of us have been and was surprised to learn about...

BrunnhAilde concert: a unique experience from More Than Opera “The

“The attention is ‘to make Wagner accessible to a wider audience.’” David Kram, Artistic Director, More Than Opera.

Last week on the 5 June I attended another worthy but very...

Festival of Outback Opera, Opera Queensland 13-20 May, with Gillian Wills

As a music journalist I am invited to many music events, concerts and festivals. Recently, as fate would have it I’ve had a lot to do with opera and choral performance.

From...

Manly Writers' Festival 2025: Celebrating Reading & Ideas

Proud to be a contributing author to this Festival.

Here are the details of the session I'm contributing to with...

Big Music: view promotional video Interested in Big Music? Learn more about

Interested in Big Music? Learn more about the book in this promotional video.

Standing Ovation for QSO and Circa's Rite of Spring Queensland Symphony

Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Circa | The Rite of Spring

21 February, 2025, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD

Performing The Rite of Spring as a collaborative venture with Circa was a...