Muses Trio

We’re so excited to open applications for Her Australian Songbook.

This project brings together Australian contemporary pop music, chamber music, and some of the incredible women creating music in this country.

We are inviting four emerging female composers from across Australia to join an exciting creative team of genre-bending composers—Natalie Nicolas, Nat Bartsch, and Ella Macens— to create a new arrangement for national performance by Muses Trio as part of the project.

Selected composers will receive mentorship sessions with Natalie Nicolas, workshopping with Muses Trio, complimentary tickets to premiere performances, and the opportunity to have their work recorded and performed as part of the Her Australian Songbook tour.

Whether you’re already working across contemporary and classical spaces, or you’re simply passionate about arrangement, storytelling, and Australian music, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, submit:
• Two works of your choice (any length)
• A short biography
• A statement (100 words or less) about why this opportunity matters to you & what song you want to arrange

Applications close 30 June 2026 via [email protected]

We can’t wait to discover new voices and celebrate the next generation of female composers alongside some of Australia’s most inspiring songwriters and musicians.

More information via the Muses Trio website.

Introducing Through Stone and Light guest violinist: Rebecca Seymour.

I love to play the violin. Playing as a form of expression seems one of the most natural things in the world to me, and I love the feeling of being able to communicate with people through music. It’s the universal language.

I started playing the violin when I was very young, as a child of the Suzuki Method. After graduating the method, I received a Bachelor of Music (Performance) (Hons) and a Master of Philosophy (Music Performance) from the University of Queensland studying with Spiros Rantos. During my studies I participated in masterclasses both nationally and internationally - including summer mastercourse programmes at the world-renowned Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy) under Giuliano Carmignola - and with the likes of David Adams, David Takeno, the Takacs Quartet, Henk Guittart and Rudolf Koelman.

I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a wide and varied experience playing and touring (nationally and internationally) with a number of ensembles including The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Circa Contemporary Circus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Australian Youth Orchestra and Queensland Youth Symphony. In addition to orchestral work, I absolutely love to play chamber music – a highlight being a Winter Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada) as a member of the Elston Quartet. I regularly perform throughout Queensland, and as part of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music series.

Outside of music I just love doing life with my husband and our two sons – life is often chaotic and noisy in our house, but I wouldn’t change it for anything!

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