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Australian Music News, Monday 30th August

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has been named act of the year at the Indigenous Music Awards in Darwin. He also won the DVD/film clip award for his song Gurrumul History.

It was standing room only in the Royal Albert Hall as the Sydney Symphony Orchstra performed at the BBC Proms, under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Sydney business leaders have called for the demolition of the Sydney Entertainment Centre to allow for an expansion of the exhibition and convention space at Darling Harbour.

Organisers of the Homebake festival, the largest annual celebration of Australian pop and rock music, have announced it will be not happen this year because of an inability to find a suitable headline act. However, the troubled Pyramid Rock Festival will return.

Catherine Bottrill, head honcho of British focus group Julie's Bicycle, will be in Brisbane on September 9 to share the organisation's findings on how touring bands can do the planet a favour by cutting down on their fuel and other energy usage.

Disband after 21 years, Brisbane's Powderfinger has finally arrived at a core setlist of 20 songs for their Sunsets tour, which starts in Newcastle on Wednesday.

Opera Australia's artistic director, Lyndon Terracini, has just confirmed that OA would stage The Ring, Wagner's 15-hour (four-day) epic in 2013—the bicentenary of the German composer's birth. This production will constitute the company's entire spring season.

 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
AUSSIE ACTS STRONG ON ALBUMS CHART    NEW!
Aussie acts account for more than half of the top 10 performers in this week's albums chart, but none have managed to end Eminem's nine-week stranglehold on number one.
Source: Herald Sun
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
BEIJING OPERA, A HISTORICAL TREASURE IN FRAGILE CONDITION    NEW!
Like the city’s old neighborhoods, Beijing opera could fall victim to China’s rampant commercialism and modernization.
Source: NY Times
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
CALL TO KNOCK DOWN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE    NEW!
Sydney business leaders have called for the demolition of the Sydney Entertainment Centre to allow for an expansion of the exhibition and convention space at Darling Harbour.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
CRITICS EXPECTED BUT ARTS OVERHAUL IS A POSITIVE STEP    NEW!
The recent decision to include arts in the national curriculum is a giant step forward for the arts and education.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
FEELING OLD? MINDSET UNIVERSITY STUDY SHOWS HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED    NEW!
Most young Americans entering university this year can't write in cursive, think email is too slow, that Beethoven's a dog and Michelangelo a computer virus, according to an annual list compiled by two academics at a US college.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
FOR PIANIST, SOFTWARE IS REPLACING SONATAS    NEW!
The pianist Robert Taub was puttering around the house one afternoon in 2004 while his teen-age daughter was practicing for a violin lesson — a Schubert sonatina in A minor. His assessment of her playing was diplomatic: “She needed to be reminded about notes and rhythms.”
Source: NY Times
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
GERMAN COURT TURNS DOWN INJUNCTION AGAINST YOUTUBE    NEW!
A German court on Friday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against YouTube which would have forced the site to remove 75 music videos in a drawn-out conflict with eight royalty collecting bodies over licensing fees.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
GURRUMUL STEPS UP TO FACE THE MUSIC    NEW!
Two months ago he was lying low after the last-minute cancellation of his US tour. On Saturday night Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was enjoying the acclaim after being named act of the year at the Indigenous Music Awards in Darwin.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
HOW TO MAKE ROCK BANDS GREEN    NEW!
Now that climate change can be mentioned again without politicians doing their best rabbit-caught-in-the-headlights impersonation, Spin Doctor notes with a glee bordering on ecstasy one of the key presentations at the upcoming Big Sound Music Conference in Brisbane is a cunning plan to rid nasty, high-pollutin' rock bands of their carbon emissions.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
IN FASHION COPYRIGHT, THE KNOCK-OFF WINS    NEW!
Consumers are the losers if the US outlaws copies of designer dresses.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
INDEPENDENTS MAKE DAY FOR RURAL UNIVERSITIES    NEW!
Regional universities suddenly are in a position to benefit from the hung parliament that will be beholden to independents focused on local issues.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
JAKARTA'S VOICES OF REASON    NEW!
Twitter and pop music are helping to keep democracy alive and Islamic extremism in check in Indonesia, a leading progressive Muslim scholar said in Melbourne yesterday.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
JAPAN'S KODO TROUPE BEATS DRUM FOR A BETTER WORLD    NEW!
Once they echoed across Japan's temple grounds and battlefields, but today taiko drums, dubbed the country's ancient heartbeat, send out a message that has resonated around the world.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
JAZZ BREATHES LIFE BACK INTO NEW ORLEANS AFTER KATRINA    NEW!
The historic French Quarter in New Orleans filled with music pouring from dozens of competing clubs as the afternoon faded five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
JOHN BUTLER FINDS HIS ROCKIN' ROOTS    NEW!
The John Butler Trio are finally winning over the US with their rockin' roots, writes Craig Mathieson.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
LOVE IS IN THE AIR AS SYDNEY SYMPHONY TRIUMPHS AT THE PROMS    NEW!
The queues snaked into surrounding avenues, an early hint of what the British media had dubbed the "Great Aussie musical invasion".
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
MUSIC FESTIVAL GETS THE CHOP    NEW!
The expanding number of Australian summer music festivals has its first casualty - the Homebake festival in Sydney has been canned.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
NAXOS FOUNDER KLAUS HEYMANN ON WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR CLASSICAL RECORDINGS    NEW!
Gramophone met up with Klaus Heymann, founder of Naxos, to find out his views of the future of the classical recording business and the role Naxos will play in it.
Source: Gramaphone
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
NEW CLASSICS TO SHARE SPOTLIGHT    NEW!
Classical composers Luke Altmann and Kat McGuffie will enjoy the moment when their music is played before a live audience at the Soundstream festival in Adelaide tonight.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
ONE CLEAR LEADER EXISTS FOR THE NATION, AT LEAST    NEW!
Where have you gone, Nicholas Cave? A nation - with a hung parliament - turns its lonely eyes to you.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
OPERA AUSTRALIA TO SCALE RING'S EPIC HEIGHTS    NEW!
Among international opera companies, Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring is known as "The Curse''.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
POPE BANS VUVUZELAS ON BRITISH TOUR    NEW!
The pope has banned faithful followers from bringing vuvuzelas to his public appearances on his UK tour next month.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
POWER SHIFT TO TAMWORTH A CAPITAL IDEA    NEW!
Australia's home of country music is now at the centre of politics. About time.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
REGGAE FESTIVAL LEAVES ITALY FOR SPAIN OVER IMMIGRATION ROW    NEW!
Abandoning Italy because of what they say are racist government immigration policies, the Italian organisers of a major reggae festival have sought refuge in Spain for this year's edition.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
SCHOOLS IN FOR GIFTED CELLIST    NEW!
Internationally renowned cellist and teacher Georg Pedersen has seen many gifted young musicians over the past three decades, but not too many better than Sydney teenager and Con student Hyung Suk Bae.
Source: Sydney Con
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
SECTOR FACES 'PRECARIOUS FUTURE'    NEW!
Universities going for dramatic early growth have been urged to think again as political uncertainty casts a pall over plans to prosper.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
SOUNDS OF AUSTRALIA DEFINING NATION    NEW!
Just what constitutes the sound of Australia?
Source: Canberra Times
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
STUDENTS PUT THEIR DREAMS IN THE LIMELIGHT    NEW!
It's been showtime for Canberra's public schools this week, with more than 1300 students presenting the annual Step into the Limelight performing arts showcase at the Canberra Theatre.
Source: Canberra Times
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
THE X FACTOR AREN'T THE ONLY FAKERS IN THE GAME    NEW!
One day in the 1960s, when music was still made by hand, the venerable conductor Otto Klemperer was given a tour of Abbey Road studios. “What’s this man doing?” he demanded, seeing a recording engineer with spools of brown tape around his neck snipping tiny fragments into a master reel.
Source: Telegraph UK
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
THE 'FINGER FUSE IS LIT    NEW!
It's not easy for a rock band to age gracefully in Australia so Powderfinger are preparing to go out with a bang.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
THERE WILL BE TEARS ON THE NIGHT    NEW!
It's a major coup. Not only are the Helpmann Awards back at the Opera House this year but international cabaret star David Campbell will kick off the evening with a razzle-dazzle performance created especially for the occasion.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
VAST NUMBER OF MILITARY BANDS MAY NOT BE MUSIC TO GATES'S EARS    NEW!
Condi Rice used to say, 'We have more people in military bands than they have in the Foreign Service.' She was not far wrong.
Source: Washington Post
 
Date Posted: 30/08/2010
WHY MUSICALS ARE BEST AVOIDED    NEW!
I am ashamed to admit that I struggle with musicals. As performers break into snappy show tunes and grapevine line-dance manoeuvres, I will clench my jaw tightly, cross and uncross my legs, and brace myself to get through the whole thing without losing a fingernail or two while tearing out the stuffing of the armrest.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
A MOTHER'S OWN LULLABY    NEW!
When South Australian soprano Greta Bradman gave birth to her first child three years ago, she went looking for lullabies to soothe the newborn.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
ASC FINALISTS ANNOUNCED    NEW!
Five finalists have been announced for the Australian Singing Competition.
Source: Australian Singing Competition
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
COALITION OUTLINES ARTS POLICY    NEW!
The coalition has outlined its $70 million plan for the arts which includes incentives to boost Australian film production
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
COALITION SEES CULTURE ON THE MAIN STAGE    NEW!
One of the most important functions of a national government is the facilitation of a nation's cultural identity.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
CUT ABOVE AS FIGARO GOES TO THE FLICKS    NEW!
Opera Australia's chief executive, Adrian Collette, said it had been looking to get into cinemas but wanted to ensure high-quality broadcasts and find the right business model.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
ESTONIA HOSTS WORLD'S FIRST DIGITAL SONG FESTIVAL    NEW!
Tiny IT-titan Estonia known for its long tradition of big music festivals is preparing to host the world's first ever digital song festival this week, organiser told AFP.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
GLENN RICHARDS GOES SOLO    NEW!
Glenn Richards, of Melbourne's ARIA-winning rock combo Augie March, is about to release a solo album, although he's keeping the release date a secret.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
HE'S THE SULTAN OF STRINGS    NEW!
Guitarist Albert Lee is a peer to the world's best. By Bruce Elder.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
INAUGURAL MANOEUVRES OF TWO NEW ORCHESTRAS    NEW!
Last Wednesday night in a house at Sydney's Point Piper, a new orchestra was launched.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
MANAGEMENT EXODUS LEAVES ORCHESTRA VICTORIA IN CRISIS    NEW!
The state's second orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, which supports ballet and opera performances at the Arts Centre, appears to be in crisis following the loss of more than half of its management this year.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
MUSIC ROYALTY TALKS CONSIDER CELL PHONE MANDATE    NEW!
A long-running dispute between radio broadcasters and the recording industry over music royalties has taken an unexpected turn with a proposed settlement that threatens to drag the mobile phone industry into the ring.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
ONE IN FIVE US TEENS HAS HEARING LOSS    NEW!
A stunning number of US teenagers have lost a little bit of their hearing - nearly one in five - and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
OPERA AUSTRALIA IN HARMONY AGAIN    NEW!
Artistic director Lyndon Terracini says the 2011 season marks the beginning of a grand new era for the company, writes Bryce Hallett.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
OPERA AUSTRALIA'S NEW ARTISTIC REVOLUTION HITS TURNSTILE    NEW!
Opera-goers awaiting the revolution promised by Opera Australia's new artistic director, Lyndon Terracini, may have to wait longer.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
PENDULUM HAPPY TO BE FAR FROM HOME    NEW!
Electro rockers Pendulum believe their music careers would die if they moved back to sleepy Perth.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
ROUSING HYMNS ENDURE AND STIR THE SOUL    NEW!
Here we sang the great Charles Wesley hymns with gusto. The congregation frowned on overindulgence, smoking and even dancing but its people were wonderful and steadfast.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
SAMOAN-BORN TENOR IMPRESSES WITH A VOICE FROM THE GODS    NEW!
A Wollongong soprano has become one of the youngest winners of the 77-year-old McDonald's Operatic Aria competition.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
SAVORY'S SWEET SOUND FULL OF BODY AND SOUL    NEW!
There isn't just one recording angel, or even a select few; there are thousands, maybe millions. Each rediscovery of old sound recordings comes to us through a different human filter: a person with a specific job, with specific tastes or aspirations.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
THE ARTS WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY WITH STYLE AND FLAIR    NEW!
Music, dance and theatre will adapt to the changing times to reflect the new patchwork culture.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
UKE-LADY ON A WAVE    NEW!
Rose Turtle Ertler not only plays her ukelele around the world but she has also created a players' recipe book, writes Lorna Edwards.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
UNEASE GROWS AS THE ARTS GET KICKED INTO TOUCH    NEW!
The Gillard government's interest in the arts is easy to measure. The Arts Minister, Peter Garrett, has announced that if re-elected Labor would give the Australia Council a fresh $10 million for "new and emerging" artists.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
WAVE OF INSPIRATION    NEW!
Mercury Prize winners Klaxons are not your conventional band. Having been dubbed the future of music in the UK, it has taken three and half years for the nu-rave rockers to follow up their debut and for good reason they recorded its third release first.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
WHY YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A LIVING AS AN ARTIST    NEW!
The latest evidence suggests that poverty is the lot of all but a lucky few, writes Linda Morris.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
WHY YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A LIVING AS AN ARTIST    NEW!
The latest evidence suggests that poverty is the lot of all but a lucky few, writes Linda Morris.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 22/08/2010
WORLD'S A STAGE FOR CULTURE    NEW!
A Chinese company bought the White House? No, it's not in Washington DC, but in Branson, Missouri.
Source: China Daily
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
$10M GRANTS FOR NEW WORKS
Artists will benefit from a $10 million boost for new works and fellowships, and the role of the Australia Council will be expanded.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
A SONDHEIM CELEBRATION
Three new shows are being produced to honour the Shakespeare of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
BRANDENBURG EMBRACES ITALY FOR INSPIRATION
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will take a looser approach and cross musical boundaries next year in a program flush with Italian flavours inspired by its artistic chief's recent visit to the country.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
CABARET STEPS INTO LIFE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Expressions Dance Company has gone into partnership with the Judith Wright Centre, for the first time, and a jazz trio, Misinterprotato.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
DIGITAL MUSIC MEANS YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW PARADOX MORE THAN TYRANNY OF DISTANCE
The music industry has seen massive changes recently - both for better and for worse, as musicians have adapted to changing times, technologies and audiences. In many ways they might be the canaries in the mine for many other art forms.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
GIFTED ARTIST SUCCESSFULLY MOVED BETWEEN PAINTING AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
Bruce Lawrence (1932-2010), artist, musician and teacher, was surrounded by art and music for his entire life. Equally drawn to classical music and to the visual arts, he managed to achieve a rare combination of success in both forms of expression.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
OPERA GOES IN SEARCH OF FRESH TALENT
Moffatt Oxenbould retired after 15 years as Opera Australia's artistic director. The Nugent Inquiry into the Major Performing Arts was released. In Melbourne, there was considerable agitation for a new state opera company.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 16/08/2010
SYMPHONY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES
In a bold move, Symphony Australia expands its services and opens doors to the global classical music community as Symphony Services International, effective from Thursday 12 August. This launch coincides with the organisation’s shift into a significant worldwide web-driven presence at www.symphonyinternational.net.
Source: Symphony Services International
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
A NIGHT THAT TWINKLED FOR A MAN WHO LOVED MUSIC
His daughter quoted Nietzsche: "without music, life would be a mistake". Without Kenneth Wilberforce Tribe, Australian music would also have been fairly mistake-ridden as it navigated the growth from postwar provincialism to cosmopolitan richness.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
ADMISSIONS SHAKE-UP PLANNED
Universities will be given more freedom to make direct offers to potential students under a proposed Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre shake-up.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
AGENT BRETT MURRIHY FINDS HIS VOICE
The top agent at Australia's largest music booking agency has left to start up on his own - taking many high-profile and promising stars with him.
Source: Adelaide Now
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
ASHKENAZY DELIVERS AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM
As the Sydney Symphony prepares for its European tour this month, including performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Vladimir Ashkenazy has unveiled one of the orchestra's most ambitious seasons to date.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
BAND PAYS PUBLIC TO LISTEN TO SINGLE
Duo's decision to take out a bank loan to entice prospective fans is a disastrous start to their career, writes Kylie Northover.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
CELEBRATED CONDUCTOR BRIEFLY BACK HOME FROM THE HOME OF THE ARTS
This expatriate from Hamburg is maintaining her busy schedule, reports Raymond Gill.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
CLARE-LY A WORTHY WINNER
No one was more surprised when Clare Bowditch won the 2006 Best Female Artist ARIA than the singer-songwriter herself - she famously accepted the pointy trophy while heavily pregnant with her twin boys, Oscar and Eli.
Source: Daily Telegraph
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
CONCERTED ETIQUETTE
I have turned into one of those grumpy old women who turn around and glare at people who talk during concerts. Perhaps I am becoming older and less tolerant but it seems that people have forgotten appropriate behaviour when in public.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
DIGITAL DRUG PEDDLERS TARGET TEENS WITH IDOSES
Spaced-out adolescents in headphones litter YouTube, some panting and others wincing as they listen to droning, pulsating soundtracks known as iDoses.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
FREEDMAN JAZZ
Melbourne based guitarist Ben Hauptmann has won the 2010 Freedman Jazz Fellowship after a stand-out performance among the four finalists.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
HEIDI'S DEAD: ELLA HOOPER'S FRESH START
While it’s been 11 years since the purple-dreadlocked and pierced Ella Hooper and brother Jesse topped the charts with Killing Heidi, many fans can’t get past the fact that time’s brought the pair more than a change of clothes and hairstyles.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
JOAN JETT, INTERPOL, THE LIVING END TO HEADLINE SUNSET SOUNDS AT BRISBANE'S BOTANICAL GARDENS
Those suffering from post-Splendour blues have reason to smile again, with one of Brisbane’s biggest music festivals returning to rock out the Botanical Gardens.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
LET'S WORK ON PARTNERSHIP
Last week, the vice-chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, Ian Young, expressed his worry about the expansion of bachelor programs in TAFE.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
MAN BEHIND THE LAUNCH OF KYLIE MINOGUE SAYS POP MUSIC IS 'SEXUALISING YOUNGSTERS'
Mike Stock - one third of the legendary pop factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman - said the music industry had gone "too far",
Source: News.com
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
MYSPACE MUSIC UNVEILS `ROMEO' VIDEO APP
MySpace is further defining itself as a place to find music rather than a catchall social networking site. On Thursday, it launched a music video player that plays random videos to match users' mood.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
NOT STARVING, SAVING: CREATIVITY PAYS
The arts sector is a vibrant and entrepreneurial part of the economy, with above-average employment growth and five times more small-business owners and sole traders than the total workforce, according to research to be released this week by the Australia Council.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
QUEENSLAND'S SONG OF THE YEAR NAMED
Pop kings Hungry Kids of Hungary took out both the Alternative and Song of the Year categories at last night's Q Song awards in Brisbane.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
STAR PIANIST JOINS A SEASON OF MAHLER RICHES
Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang will be a drawcard for Sydney Symphony next year, writes Roger Covell.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
THE LYRICAL WIZARDS OF OZ
Hip-hop artists Bliss N Eso helped shape the unfairly treated genre in Australia.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 15/08/2010
WHISTLIN' ALONG WITH A LEGEND
Musical friends unite to honour the late, great Maurice Frawley.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 09/08/2010
EMA PRIZEWINNER ANNOUNCED
Viola player, Tara Hashambhoy, has been awarded the EMA Prize for an outstanding student of early music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Source: Early Music Association NSW
 
Date Posted: 09/08/2010
FESTIVAL A GLOBAL AFFAIR FOR CHAMBER MUSIC AFICIONADOS
Chamber music tourism is sweeping the globe.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 09/08/2010
JONATHAN MILLS: STATE OF THE ARTS LECTURE
Presented by the Wheeler Centre in partnership with the Harold Mitchell Foundation and the National Gallery of Victoria on Tuesday 3rd August.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 09/08/2010
LACKING IN REAL VISION
Proposed changes to how the arts are taught in schools risks dumbing down the curriculum, writes Kerry Thomas.
Source: SMH
 

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