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Room To Move – Pinchgut Takes Up Office Space At Opera Australia
In breaking news, Pinchgut Opera and Opera Australia excitedly announce that Opera Australia has invited Pinchgut Opera to join it at the Opera…
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Ensemble Offspring’s Hatched Academy 2015
In 2015, Ensemble Offspring is offering a rare opportunity to two composers and two performers to become a part of their mentoring…
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What Do Conductors Really Do?
Of all the figures on stage during a concert, the conductor is perhaps the most enigmatic – commanding a great deal of…
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Lindy Hume On Opera In 2014
As Australian opera faces a national review, Opera Queensland’s artistic director Lindy Hume eyeballs the challenges facing the art form and how it has adapted,…
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Ottoman Baroque: Image Gallery from The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Opening Night
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra opened its exotic and mystical season Ottoman Baroque at the City Recital Hall last night. Here’s what the…
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Thomas Strong Wins Opera Foundation New York Scholarship
Thomas Strong, a 31-year-old tenor from New South Wales, has won the coveted Opera Foundation Australia Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship for…
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Haydn’s Operas
‘Papa’ Haydn earned his nickname for fostering instrumental works – symphonic and chamber. Yet, it’s often forgotten that he wrote as many…
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Beethoven’s Long Shadow
Did you know that the first compact discs were designed to record seventy-five minutes of music so that Beethoven’s the Ninth Symphony could…
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Thinking Differently About Music Education
“We need to think differently to give our children a better music education….If given a chance, every child has a capacity to…
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The Australian Curriculum Review And Arts Education
The release of the Australian Curriculum Review this month makes 30 key recommendations after receiving 1600 submissions. The government appointed Professor Ken…