Hello Music Studios

🎶 New Music Release Alert! 🎶

Congratulations to Melbourne singer-songwriter Cassandra Ame on the release of her new single, Home.

A heartfelt and evocative track, Home explores the meaning of belonging, identity, and finding your place in the world. With her distinctive voice and honest storytelling, Cassandra invites listeners on a deeply personal journey that resonates far beyond the final note.

🎧 Now streaming on all major platforms.

Take a listen, support an independent artist, and let us know what Home means to you.

Two Piano Recitals on Structure, Memory, and Collapse 🎹

Join Hello Music community member, Sean Kim, for an evening of powerful piano music alongside Luke Zhang, featuring works by Berg, Beethoven, Ravel, Bach, George Benjamin, and Schubert.

📅 Wednesday 24 June 2026
🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 St John’s, East Malvern
5 Finch St, Malvern East VIC 3145

Secure your tickets while they're still available at www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1589941

Our Saturday Soiree is almost here ✨🎶 We are so excited to watch our students take the stage and share all their hardwork from Term 2!

Join us on June 20th from 4pm at Hello Music Studios, Prahran.

We still have a few participant spots left so, if you would like to perform, don't forget to register via luma.com/hellomusic

Young musician Emery's "strategy" for choosing pieces from his Grade 3 AMEB book: 🎹

Mum played every piece while he listened and awarded ticks according to how much he liked each one ✔️

Tally them all up and voilà, a personalised shortlist of favourites!

What a brilliant way to spark motivation and empower a budding musician to have a voice in their own musical journey. 😊

Thanks for sharing your excellent method, Emery!

P.S. If there's no resident pianist available to audition the pieces, YouTube can be a great helper too! 🎶

International concert pianist and longtime Hello Music friend Warren Wills is also a wonderfully colourful music reviewer! 🎹✨

Read Warren’s passionate review of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s recent performance of Mozart’s exquisite Piano Concerto No. 20, conducted by Jaime Martín, alongside the incredible Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 performed with musicians from Australian National Academy of Music. Bravo MSO and ANAM! 👏

Read the full review here: Classikon Review – Great Passions, Great Opposites: Bravo MSO and ANAM

The concert featured Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4 under the direction of Jaime Martín with pianist Paavali Jumppanen.

Review | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | ANAM | ClassikON Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Great Passions, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Conductor - Jaime Martin. Beginning with the exquisite 20th Piano Concerto, Señor Martin took to the podium with great relish and verve and imposed his authority on the evening with a cavorting, convulsing Cantabrian compulsion. T...