Having collaborated on the recent production of The Threepenny Opera, conductor and music educator Richard Gill and performer Eddie Perfect have struck another chord in the field of music education:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/odd-couple-stand-for-classical-ideals-20111015-1lq64.html
Checkout also this brilliant presentation by Richard Gill for TEDx 2011 on “The Value of Music Education”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeRus3NVbwE
The Australian Music Centre has announced that Christine Pan and Aaron Wyatt are the latest recipients of its MOMENTUM Commissions.
Peggy Glanville-Hicks. There’s news of a historic event Australian music from conductor Jennifer Condon who has revived Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ forgotten opera Sappho: She says: “Greetings from Hamburg! Prior to the Australian release of the world premiere recording, Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Sappho is being broadcast on ABC Classic FM’s Sunday Opera programme. (November 4th at 7pm) If you do…
Opera Australia’s innovative production of The Rabbits comes to Sydney, opening on January 14, 2016 and running till January 24, 2016 at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Suitable for families and children aged 8+, the production has already had great success at the Perth Festival and during its Melbourne season earlier this year. It won four Helpmann…
To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2020, Musica Viva Australia is introducing a National Chamber Music Championship (NCMC) for secondary-school-aged students with support from Creative Victoria and in partnership with Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). The annual championship will give secondary students from all over Australia the opportunity to…
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees in the 2024 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards, revealed at a ceremony at Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne/ Naarm on 14 August.
Ensemble Offspring, leaders in innovative new music have utilised crucial 3 year funding from the Australia Council to launch its national academy programme which they have called Hatched. In 2014 one young composer and one young performer will receive expert tuition and practical hands-on curatorial expertise designing a program of innovative work that showcases themselves alongside Ensemble…