The national cultural policy takes shape
Arts Minister Simon Crean is to announce a funding increase of 30% which will benefit 6 arts organisations. Matthew Westwood reports in The Australian.
Arts Minister Simon Crean is to announce a funding increase of 30% which will benefit 6 arts organisations. Matthew Westwood reports in The Australian.
It’s not so old, but already the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra has re-invented itself and will, in future be known as The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO). Here’s the announcement from the orchestra: “It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce that the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra will officially be rebranded as THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA (TMO) at our next…
Applause Musical Theatre Academy is offering children and teens short courses in the skills of performing in music theatre in summer holiday programmes in four venues across Sydney’s north. The courses will teach music, drama and dance in two and three-day workshops in Chatswood, Roseville, St Ives and Killarney Heights. Participants will learn to sing, dance…
Applications to audition for the Sydney Youth Orchestra in 2020 close next Monday 23 September. Click here to find out more and apply. Sydney Youth Orchestras rehearses weekly with over 550 young musicians aged 6-24 years from all over Sydney and New South Wales. The leading orchestral training and education provider in New South Wales,…
Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital thrilled audiences with his searing performances when he appeared with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in May last year. If you’re craving your own piece of the action, Avital is soon to release a new CD dedicated to the music of Antonio Vivaldi. The recording, simply entitled Vivaldi, contains the Concerto in D major RV…
The Classical Brit Award winners for 2013 have been announced with albums devoted to or influenced by film music, dominating the selections. Established in 2000 to ‘honour and recognise all forms of classical music from contemporary to crossover, opera to soundtracks, traditional to theatre’ the awards are organised by the British Phonographic Industry, the trade association which represents…
Franz Liszt is the subject of a new biography by John Spurling, called “The Book of Liszts”. Read the review http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/composing-the-liszt-the-life-and-times-of-a-musical-genius/story-e6frg8nf-1226116816879