Daniel Todd
The Grumpiest Boy, Hello Music and Victorian Opera: An Origin Story
I am so delighted to help bring together two organisations that have had a huge impact on my musical and artistic journey: Hello Music...
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Daniel Todd
- Mar 16
A Season of Fallow... almost!
Of all the challenges I have faced and overcome in recent years, one of the trickiest has been finding the self-discipline to rest. After...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 27, 2022
100 Cinderellas; The Other Schönberg; Cairns Poems
I write this before walking to the theatre for our 100th performance of Cinderella. Coming from the opera world, it is wild to think of...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 15, 2022
(M)alice in Wonderland; Forests' Shifting; On Being a Mixed-Race Performer
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been rehearsing Alice in Wonderland with the Australian Contemporary Opera Co (formerly Gertrude...
Daniel Todd
- Dec 20, 2021
December? Are you kidding?
After months of touring, followed by a well-timed succession of writing and editing projects, I find myself stumbling into Christmas,...
Daniel Todd
- Jun 14, 2021
473 Days Later...
Some wonderful news – I really don’t mind telling you! Today will be my first staged performance in an opera since before the pandemic!...
Daniel Todd
- May 3, 2021
Shoshin and Oracles: My Beginner's Mind
In my first year of uni, one of the O-Week carnival attractions was an “oracle”. Students could enter a large tent made of shiny material...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 25, 2021
FOREST COLLECTIVE: Diimpa interview - music, neurodiversity & the rhythm of place
On a hot February afternoon, Forest Collective Artistic Director Evan Lawson sat down with Diimpa over Forest Collective’s Instagram Live...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 15, 2021
A Poem for Mum, and my VO Recital goes live!
Happy lunar new year! 恭喜發財！(gong xi fa cai!) It’s quite a marvellous thing that this traditional greeting for Chinese New Year doesn’t...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 19, 2021
FOREST COLLECTIVE: Pivoting to 2021 - Diimpa at Heide
It is a grey January morning and the musicians of Forest Collective have gathered together again at the Abbotsford Convent. We had been...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 2, 2021
New Poems, Ancient Poems
As the new year rolls in, there are a lot of reflective pieces being published about ‘the hellish year that was’ and the profound lessons...
Daniel Todd
- Nov 1, 2020
Singing Across Generations - Thoughts ahead of NAIDOC Week
It's been a while since my last blog. Over the last six weeks, I had been struck with another brutish bought of fatigue. While western...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 18, 2020
The Narrow Road to Right Here
It seems we are all learning difficult lessons in resilience, patience and dealing with disappointment at the moment. I write from...
Daniel Todd
- Jul 10, 2020
A Winter’s Stroll
Each morning I wake to find a single leaf sprouting from the end of each finger. Like the stubby slender stalks of a pagoda tree, my...
Daniel Todd
- Jun 18, 2020
Blunted, Blooming and Listening with your Body
I haven’t written a blog in some time. To be perfectly honest, I have been feeling quite blunted and blocked. Although many people have...
Daniel Todd
- Apr 23, 2020
Negotiating Self-Pity, Editing for the UN, Taiwanese Art Song and The Good Life.
Like so many artists out there, losing all my work, then finding out that I wasn’t eligible for any of the COVID-related government...
Daniel Todd
- Mar 13, 2020
Facing Chronic Fatigue and Chinese 12 Tone Music.
Early autumn has come upon us, and I quietly long for the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that accompany the reddening maple leaves of...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 22, 2020
Forests to Stave Off Despair - ECOSIA: Easy Tree Planting - Forest Collective.
My thoughts on what to write this month have been somewhat hijacked by the unprecedented bushfires that have ripped through the east...
Daniel Todd
- Dec 22, 2019
December Reflections - New Recordings - Upcoming Gigs
It was such a pleasure to make some audition videos in LA recently with the editing and directing mastery of Adam Taylor and the camera...
Daniel Todd
- Nov 12, 2019
Sibling Duets, Performance Psychology, the Ancient Qin and the Messiah
Janet Todd! That darling and talented sister of mine and her terrific film-making partner Adam Taylor have been my gracious hosts here in LA
Daniel Todd
- Oct 8, 2019
Poppea, oh my word...!
Rarely have I ever been part of something so beautiful and brutal. Gale Edward’s stunning vision for Monteverdi’s Poppea with Yarra...
Daniel Todd
- Sep 9, 2019
Flaubert, Spring and a Poem
Herr Lenz springt heute durch die Stadt in einer blauen Hose, and so has he sprung betrousered upon Melbourne...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 19, 2019
Returning to Melbourne and Monteverdi
Melbourne and Monteverdi. Repatriation and rococo. I've relocated back to Australia and there are some exciting projects coming up! After...
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The Grumpiest Boy, Hello Music and Victorian Opera: An Origin Story
I am so delighted to help bring together two organisations that have had a huge impact on my musical and artistic journey: Hello Music...
Daniel Todd
- Mar 16
A Season of Fallow... almost!
Of all the challenges I have faced and overcome in recent years, one of the trickiest has been finding the self-discipline to rest. After...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 27, 2022
100 Cinderellas; The Other Schönberg; Cairns Poems
I write this before walking to the theatre for our 100th performance of Cinderella. Coming from the opera world, it is wild to think of...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 15, 2022
(M)alice in Wonderland; Forests' Shifting; On Being a Mixed-Race Performer
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been rehearsing Alice in Wonderland with the Australian Contemporary Opera Co (formerly Gertrude...
Daniel Todd
- Dec 20, 2021
December? Are you kidding?
After months of touring, followed by a well-timed succession of writing and editing projects, I find myself stumbling into Christmas,...
Daniel Todd
- Jun 14, 2021
473 Days Later...
Some wonderful news – I really don’t mind telling you! Today will be my first staged performance in an opera since before the pandemic!...
Daniel Todd
- May 3, 2021
Shoshin and Oracles: My Beginner's Mind
In my first year of uni, one of the O-Week carnival attractions was an “oracle”. Students could enter a large tent made of shiny material...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 25, 2021
FOREST COLLECTIVE: Diimpa interview - music, neurodiversity & the rhythm of place
On a hot February afternoon, Forest Collective Artistic Director Evan Lawson sat down with Diimpa over Forest Collective’s Instagram Live...
Daniel Todd
- Feb 15, 2021
A Poem for Mum, and my VO Recital goes live!
Happy lunar new year! 恭喜發財！(gong xi fa cai!) It’s quite a marvellous thing that this traditional greeting for Chinese New Year doesn’t...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 19, 2021
FOREST COLLECTIVE: Pivoting to 2021 - Diimpa at Heide
It is a grey January morning and the musicians of Forest Collective have gathered together again at the Abbotsford Convent. We had been...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 2, 2021
New Poems, Ancient Poems
As the new year rolls in, there are a lot of reflective pieces being published about ‘the hellish year that was’ and the profound lessons...
Daniel Todd
- Nov 1, 2020
Singing Across Generations - Thoughts ahead of NAIDOC Week
It's been a while since my last blog. Over the last six weeks, I had been struck with another brutish bought of fatigue. While western...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 18, 2020
The Narrow Road to Right Here
It seems we are all learning difficult lessons in resilience, patience and dealing with disappointment at the moment. I write from...
Daniel Todd
- Jul 10, 2020
A Winter’s Stroll
Each morning I wake to find a single leaf sprouting from the end of each finger. Like the stubby slender stalks of a pagoda tree, my...
Daniel Todd
- Jun 18, 2020
Blunted, Blooming and Listening with your Body
I haven’t written a blog in some time. To be perfectly honest, I have been feeling quite blunted and blocked. Although many people have...
Daniel Todd
- Apr 23, 2020
Negotiating Self-Pity, Editing for the UN, Taiwanese Art Song and The Good Life.
Like so many artists out there, losing all my work, then finding out that I wasn’t eligible for any of the COVID-related government...
Daniel Todd
- Mar 13, 2020
Facing Chronic Fatigue and Chinese 12 Tone Music.
Early autumn has come upon us, and I quietly long for the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that accompany the reddening maple leaves of...
Daniel Todd
- Jan 22, 2020
Forests to Stave Off Despair - ECOSIA: Easy Tree Planting - Forest Collective.
My thoughts on what to write this month have been somewhat hijacked by the unprecedented bushfires that have ripped through the east...
Daniel Todd
- Dec 22, 2019
December Reflections - New Recordings - Upcoming Gigs
It was such a pleasure to make some audition videos in LA recently with the editing and directing mastery of Adam Taylor and the camera...
Daniel Todd
- Nov 12, 2019
Sibling Duets, Performance Psychology, the Ancient Qin and the Messiah
Janet Todd! That darling and talented sister of mine and her terrific film-making partner Adam Taylor have been my gracious hosts here in LA
Daniel Todd
- Oct 8, 2019
Poppea, oh my word...!
Rarely have I ever been part of something so beautiful and brutal. Gale Edward’s stunning vision for Monteverdi’s Poppea with Yarra...
Daniel Todd
- Sep 9, 2019
Flaubert, Spring and a Poem
Herr Lenz springt heute durch die Stadt in einer blauen Hose, and so has he sprung betrousered upon Melbourne...
Daniel Todd
- Aug 19, 2019
Returning to Melbourne and Monteverdi
Melbourne and Monteverdi. Repatriation and rococo. I've relocated back to Australia and there are some exciting projects coming up! After...
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