The ANU School of Music contoversy continues
The conroversy continues over Professor Adrian Walter’s appointment to the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts:
The conroversy continues over Professor Adrian Walter’s appointment to the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts:
Joshua Adams from Perth has won the 2018 Isabel Menton Composition Awards as announced by the Australian Catholic University (ACU). The award is for unpublished and previously unperformed choral works, valued at $1,500. Adams’composition In Id Ipsum Invicem was selected ahead of God is with Us by Fiona Dyball from Melbourne who won $500. Samantha Allen-Craig from…
Australia’s most admired conductor and respected musical educator, Richard Gill, has been announced as the incoming Musical Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir. Richard will take over from Paul Stanhope who was recently appointed as Artistic Chair of the Australia Ensemble. Richard Gill has been the Patron of the choir since 2009 and is guest conductor for the first…
Due to circumstances beyond their control The NOISE have had to postpone the concerts associated with the launch of their new CD Composed Noise, scheduled for Sydney tonight Tuesday 8th and tomorrow Wednesday 9th October. The CD will still be launched tonight, but without the concerts, from 7 – 10 pm at the Tap Gallery,…
Composer and violist Brett Dean has been appointed Artist in Association at the BBC Symphony Orchestra for three years from 2014 to 2017. “The position will see a significant number of Dean’s works being performed by the BBC SO…. as well as him working with the orchestra as soloist and conductor.” Performances include the solo…
The music of Philip Glass is premiered in the neart of NYC: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/arts/music/the-new-rule-at-make-music-new-york.html?_r=1&ref=music Satie’s Vexations is performed on Wall Street for 18 hours. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/arts/music/vexations-at-make-music-new-york.html?ref=music
Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns in April 2022 for a busy 4-day ANZAC weekend of exquisite classical music, featuring some of Australia’s outstanding artists, sourced nationally, internationally and locally.