Carl Vine AO has been appointed Patron of drumming ensemble Taikoz and of percussion ensemble Synergy. Carl Vine is one of Australia’s best known and frequently composers. He is also Artistic Director of Musica Viva, The Huntington Music Festival and a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has enjoyed…
Musica Viva announces the launch of an exciting new initiative which aims to encourage more female composers in the Australian music landscape. It is named The Hildegard Project, after Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine abbess, writer and composer who is known for her literary, musical and scientific works, and for her religious and…
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury CBE, tours to Sydney in July under the auspices of Music Viva. Sixteen boy choristers, fifteen choral scholars and two organ scholars will perform two programmes under the direction of Stephen Cleobury CBE, the Choir’s Director of Music since 1982. One programme is devised for…