Update from the ANU School of Music
More on the dire situation at the ANU School of Music:
More on the dire situation at the ANU School of Music:
The ARIA award-winning cappella ensemble The Idea of North have just released their 13th album Ballads, (ABC 478 2693) and will tour nationally in May. Founded in Canberra, soprano Sally Cameron, alto Naomi Crellin, tenor Nick Begbie and bass Andrew Piper have performed together since 1993. Ballads have always been a favourite in the repertoire of…
A brand new global poll is launching to find today’s best-loved classical musician. The uDiscover Classical 100 is the first of its kind – a major international initiative, offering fans worldwide the chance to vote for their favourite living artist via a newly-created online portal: vote.udiscovermusic.com/classical100 Based on global sales data, The uDiscover Classical 100…
‘Kaleidoscope’ – a word of Greek origin and a composite of kalos, meaning beauty, eidos, meaning shape, and skopeo to look or to examine. Together, they refer to the ‘observation of beautiful forms.’ It is a word, says Ian Cleworth , which has recently been used a lot in the vocabulary of TaikOz and its…
It is surely a travesty for classical music in Australia that the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award is to be discontinued after being run annually for 71 years. More than just a contest, the nation’s only national fixture for emerging musicians has been operating since 1944 and has served as a platform for some of…
Missed out on tickets to Thaïs next year? Opera Australia has announced a second date in July 2017 for their concert performance of Massenet’s rarely performed opera conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire with Nicole Car as Thaïs, Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis as Athanaël and Korean born tenor Simon Kim as Nicias. Richard Anderson sings the role of Palémon with Sian…
Following the shock news yesterday that the SBS Youth Orchestra was to fold in 2014, after 25 years in operation, the SBSYO and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra have released a joint statement announcing the endowment of a Fellowship position with the SSO. “The Board of the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra has today announced…