Making Music While The World Falls Apart

Mal and Ash interview local playright and teacher Jeanie Haughton.

Hire Chris Gale for studio recording, mixing, live sound & lighting https://www.facebook.com/chris.gale.77377Check out Wonthaggi Acoustic Festival 2026https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1511892

Joel Stevenson is Director for Leongatha Lyric Theatre's Billy Elliot July 3-18thGet tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1576537

Contact Joseph Bonnici https://www.gippslandmusicschool.com.au/ Instagram @gippsland_music_school Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063655894467 Morewell Citizens BandEmail: morwellcitizensband@gmail.comFacebook: https://fb.me/MorwellCitizensBand/ Off The Leash Theatre Garage Girls Drouin - 11 & 12 June 2026 - 7.30pm 13 June 2026 - 5pm Trafalgar - 19 & 20 June 2026 - 7.30...

Support Next To Normal https://bit.ly/McCafferyNextToNormal Malcolm will dye his hair hot pink if this raises $2K or more https://bit.ly/LyndaY Get Tickets To Come From Away https://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/come-from-away-presented-by-wonthaggi-theatrical-group-the-union-theatre Support John Noble's String Quartet Program https://bit.ly/JohnNobleQuartet

Filmed at Ian Potter centre, Southbank.

Support our podcast via our merch store https://themccafferyfamily.com Gippsland Now https://gippslandnow.com.au/ Dogfight RMIT Thursday 21st May - Sat 23rd May https://events.humanitix.com/rmit-redacts-dogfight Wonthaggi Acoustic Festival Friday 3rd July 4pm-10pm Bush Dance Saturday 4th 9.30am – 10 pm Evening Concert seated by 7pm Sunday 5th July 9.30am – 6pm https://bit.ly/WonthaggiAcoustic SARA...

Should music theatre use backing tracks? Let's discuss. Check out Ethan's Music at : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5p2zqTWiGPtcgfEVqpblfe

InstagramInara @narijess.n3tAllegedly (band) @allegedlyabandStepping Stones Theatre Company @steppingstones.tcBackyard Bards @backyard_bards_gippslandNew single “Patience” Dropping 8/5/26https://bit.ly/NarijessPatienceFreaky Friday @ The Roundhttps://www.theround.com.au/FreakyFridayCome From Away @ Union Theatre Wonthaggihttps://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/come-from-away-presented-by-wonthaggi-theatr...

In this episode of Making Music While The World Falls Apart, Mal and Ash are joined by Pauline Pearce for a warm, wide-ranging chat about music, community, volunteering, and the many creative things happening across Gippsland. Pauline shares how stepping into community music, radio, theatre, jazz events, brass bands, adult cello lessons, folk concerts, and local volunteering has opened up a whole...

What actually makes music “good”? In this episode, Mal and Ash are joined by composer and educator Hannah Comrie-Weston for a wide-ranging conversation about taste, beauty, subjectivity, gatekeeping, and whether music can ever really be judged objectively. From Bach to Baby Shark, musical theatre pits to contemporary composition, they unpack how training, culture, mood, craft, and emotion all shap...

Mal and Ash sit down with local educator Davina to talk about her work as a classroom music teacher, the challenges and opportunities facing music education in Victorian public schools, and what’s happening in Gippsland right now.

Can musicians still make it without social media? In this episode, Malcolm and Ash talk Les Mis barricade-building rehearsals, winning grants, new music festival planning, 90s cover gigs, and what it might take for Ash to break into the London West End as a pit musician.