Annabelle Drumm grew up in a theatre family attending opera and concert rehearsals in the womb with a conductor/musician father and a violinist mother. In her own career, she has worked out front and behind the scenes of Arts, Media and Entertainment. This included being a professional Performing Artist for 9 years, Artistic Director of a Dance Company for 6 years and Founder of a Performing Artists Booking Agency 15 years representing Artists from Australia and New Zealand to an international audience.
She spent 10 years as a Creative Business Coach and was selected as an inaugural member of the Arts and Culture Advisory panel to the Inner West Council.
Annabelle served as a Breakfast Radio Host for 2MBS Fine Music 102.5FM for 7 years, selected as Anchor Host for the station’s “Live from the Joan” simulcast and has provided Musicology talks at The Concourse and Sydney Opera House.
She is passionate about supporting the Performing Arts in Australia offering her expertise with the goal of raising standards and growing live audience numbers.
Last night Opera Australia launched their revived version of the opera Hansel and Gretel. This version is a revival of the 1990s version staged and directed by Elijah Moshinsky. The opera is based on an original fairy …
4 stars
This year, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra finished the season with a long tour of Victoria and New South Wales. Being December, the program is features some Christmas Carol favourites but also a unique musical twist. This is a …
5 stars
Friday night, Sydney Darling Harbour was alive with a good humoured crowd. The Opera Bar was packed, On the Steps “Synthony” held a good sized audience on the steps of the Opera House enjoying their outdoor concert. …
Endangered Productions are a relatively new company and are perfectly positioned to provide the much needed rungs on the ladder …
4 1/2 stars
Presently the Australian Chamber Orchestra are running a short and precious tour of their 2017 movie with live music “Mountain” written, directed and produced by Jennifer Peedom. It was a full house right …
As we near the end of the 2025 season for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the countdown is on for their followers to squeeze as many of the few remaining concerts as possible into the diary. The orchestra did not play …
Last night, The Tallis Scholars completed the final concert of their 2025 Australian tour in the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House. It marks the end of their 11th tour of Australia, not nearly enough times, according to …
3 ½ stars
The City Recital Hall was crammed to the rafters last night. The crowd were keen to see the much anticipated opening to the tour “Cocteau’s Circle” with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Based around the …
For up and coming young singers, particularly those studying opera, the path to a professional career may seem to be extremely narrow and fraught with challenges. In Europe, there is ample population for audiences and many tertiary courses / tutors …
Sydney’s City Recital Hall in Angel Place held a full house last night for the continuation of Sydney Symphony’s most excellent series “International Pianists in Recital”. This time we were lucky enough to hear the world renowned concert soloist Marc-André …