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Australian Music News July 14th 2008

Singing with others makes you happy - new research is catching up with what many choristers already know. That's even if they sing Mozart's (or Faure's) Requiem and Handel's Messiah every year. Mind you the same research found that choristers are more unhealthy than the norm - too many biscuits in rehearsal breaks.

In a world-first, Jimmy Barnes is making his next album available via a wristband-USB. The device will allow users to update the music regularly with new Barnes content.

In the city of festivals, David Campbell has been appointed director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and Graeme Murphy's production ofTurandot is set to be staged.

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Date Posted: 20/07/2008
ALL KEYED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO    NEW!
Twenty-seven of the world's best young pianists could have their chance to shine at the Sydney International Piano Competition tarnished by the industrial stand-off between Qantas and its engineers.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
AN ARTIST OF FILM SOUND    NEW!
Greg Bell, 1951-2008 With the renaissance of the Australian film industry in the 1970s, cameramen such as Russell Boyd showed the world what Australia looked like. Greg Bell showed how it sounded.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
CONTENDER CRISES AMID THE BACKSTAGE CAMARADERIE    NEW!
While there is a sense of excitement in Sydney with pilgrims flooding the streets for World Youth Day, there is an excitement of an entirely different nature happening behind the closed doors of the Seymour Centre.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
DEAL GETS WANGARATTA WHEELS IN MOTION    NEW!
Three major US jazz artists will share the headline honours at this year's Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Guitarist John Scofield and saxophonist Joe Lovano will co-lead a quartet as part of the festival, which runs from October 31 to November 3. The program, which was launched in Melbourne on Tuesday night, will also feature a quartet led by the iconic American saxophonist David Murray.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
HARMONY ROW    NEW!
Battle of the Choirs first came to my attention in May, when an undercover operative emailed to inform me that from an insider's perspective the series was heinous on a scale not seen since Posh Spice made a hash of Los Angeles, before signing off with the words "please please please savage our crappy show" and disappearing in a cloud of red smoke like the Wicked Witch of the West, leaving no return address. It was kind of like Deep Throat meets The Sound of Music. The political Deep Throat, that is, not the one with the naked people. But I digress.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
HEAVY-METAL HYMNS BUT NO MOSH PIT AT MASS    NEW!
An hour before his first Sydney show, Davide Bruno, the rather fierce-looking leader of the Italian heavy-metal group Metatrone, was holed up in his dressing room and refusing to speak.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
HERE'S THE RAP    NEW!
There have been some strange goings-on in the crazy world of American hip-hop during the past few weeks, at least as far as it relates to Australian performances.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
IN TUNE WITH THE PONTIFF - PIANO MAN OF ROME    NEW!
Sunday may traditionally be the day of rest, but no one could begrudge the 81-year-old leader of the world's Catholics a few hours of quiet reflection yesterday as Sydney took one last deep breath before the official start today of the World Youth Day celebrations.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
JAZZ GREATS SPEARHEAD NEW MUSICAL INVASION    NEW!
Pilgrims are not the only people invading Sydney. International jazz artists are coming here on a scale not seen for 25 years.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
KEYED UP AND CONFIDENT    NEW!
The competition is tough and rivalries go back years. The competitors respect the strength of their opponents, saying it comes down to who performs best on the day. But the self-belief is strong.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
NINTENDO PLANS 60-INSTRUMENT 'WII MUSIC' Nintendo has announced plans to launch a music game for its hit Wii game console this year, taking it into the fast-growing software segment pioneered by Guitar Hero.    NEW!
Nintendo has announced plans to launch a music game for its hit Wii game console this year, taking it into the fast-growing software segment pioneered by Guitar Hero.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
PIANISTS FINE-TUNE FOR OLYMPIAN CONTEST    NEW!
It has been billed as the piano Olympics, since the event takes place every four years and, just like athletes, competitors can see their training regimes thrown out of whack.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
PIANO COMPETITION    NEW!
Competitors are permitted to choose their weapon, leaving the unchosen pianos scowling at the back of the stage.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
SWANSONG OF VERSATILITY AND AMBITION    NEW!
Kristy Edmunds's final Melbourne Festival features intriguing relationships and some musical luminaries, writes Bryce Hallett.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
TEENAGE VETERAN    NEW!
Laura Marling's father might have played a crucial role in her decision to become a musician, having started teaching her guitar when she was only four years old but he doesn't call the shots these days.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
THE LITTLEST ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES SURVIVAL WITH PANACHE    NEW!
The world of classical music has an unhealthy obsession with anniversaries.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
THE PHONE CALL THAT MADE A SOPRANO'S BLOOD RUN COLD    NEW!
While athletes are doing their last-minute fine-tuning for the Olympic Games, the soprano Caroline Wenborne and a group of musicians from the Sydney Conservatorium will already be flying the Australian flag in Beijing.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 20/07/2008
WE'RE NOT POP STARS, SAY CHART-TOPPING MONKS    NEW!
Brother Johannes Paul and Brother Edmund are not the only monks visiting Sydney this week, but they must be the only two whose debut CD is in the charts across most of Europe.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 14/07/2008
BRAZILIAN CONGRESS APPROVES A PROJECT TO BRING BACK MUSIC EDUCATION TO BRAZILIAN SCHOOLS    NEW!
Brazilians are celebrating a very important decision of the National Congress, who has recently approved a Law that brings music education back to schools after 38 years. Since 1971, Brazilian school children only had arts education as a compulsory art subject, where one teacher was teaching all the arts in a few hours per week. During that time, only few schools, mostly private offered music education as part of the school education.
Source: International Society for Music Education)
 
Date Posted: 14/07/2008
HE SHOOTS, THEY SCORE    NEW!
A leading cinema chain is trialling a plan to allow its patrons to watch major sporting events and opera.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 14/07/2008
NEW INVENTION MAKES MUSIC STUDIES EASIER    NEW!
A simple new device allows music students to quickly locate the scale or mode they are looking for. The Decodamode®Scale and Mode Decoder is a simple to use reference tool that gives access to 264 scales/modes. It has received glowing endorsements from leading musicians and music educators and is now available to the general public and educational institutions.
Source: Jazz Queensland
 
Date Posted: 14/07/2008
OVER 220 ARTISTS AND CREATORS APPEAL TO EC PRESIDENT    NEW!
In a meeting with the cabinet of EC President Barroso (on July 3rd at 9:00am) and in a public declaration read today at a press conference (July 3rd at 10:30am), Robin Gibb, Patrick Doyle, Laurent Petitgirard and David Ferguson – on behalf of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) and the entire creative community – reiterated their call to EC President:
Source: mi2n
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
A CLASSICAL EDUCATION    NEW!
Teaching music has been a lifelong work for Nehama Patkin, and now she's taking it to a bigger stage.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
BACH TO IMPROVISING AND ALL THAT JAZZ    NEW!
"Most classical musicians couldn't improvise a fart at a Hungarian wedding," says Simon Tedeschi.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
BIGGEST SHOW SINCE RING CYCLE    NEW!
State Opera will undertake its biggest production since the 2004 Ring cycle with its remounting of Graeme Murphy's acclaimed Turandot.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
CHILD'S TALE TAPS EMOTIONAL SCALES    NEW!
Two composers have collaborated on a work which captures their response to a picture book story about a little girl's bad day, writes Clare Morgan.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
CHORAL SINGING MAKES YOU HAPPY: SURVEY    NEW!
Singing regularly with others makes you happier, according to Australian research which suggests choristers have a better quality of life.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS DENT HOLLYWOOD'S BOTTOM LINE    NEW!
A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
HISTORY'S VISIONS AND REVISIONS    NEW!
There was plenty of love in the room during last week's ARIA Hall of Fame bash at Melbourne Town Hall, not least towards the star attraction, Rolf Harris.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
iCAME, iSAW, iPOD    NEW!
Most people consider digital music - that is, tracks stored in a computer-friendly file format - is somehow inferior to what comes out of a CD. This was certainly true in the early days of the digital music revolution. The first MP3 players had very little memory and internet connections were exceptionally slow, so a digital track had to be relatively small. Small files could be downloaded faster and you could fit more onto your portable music player but the music wasn't substantially better than you'd get from a clear FM radio signal.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
INFECTIOUS GROOVES HAD EVERYONE JUMPING    NEW!
Roger Bell, 1919-2008 ROGER Bell was the younger of the two Bell brothers who spearheaded the resurgence of improvised jazz in Australia after World War II. He was a gifted and virtually self-taught player and inimitable vocalist, his bright, driving but melodic and lyrical trumpet lead was much of the striking sound that characterised the Graeme Bell Band from the 1940s onwards.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
JAPAN TO SCRAP iPOD COPYRIGHT FEE    NEW!
Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
LAST.FM TO HELP UNSIGNED BANDS    NEW!
Last.fm to help unsigned bands The music website has launched a new programme that ensures unsigned acts receive the same royalty privileges as those signed to major labels
Source: Guardian UK
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
LOCAL SINGER DAVID CAMPBELL TO HEAD ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL    NEW!
Renowned singer David Campbell has been appointed artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival - and will take over next year's event.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
MAESTRO WITH A MISSION    NEW!
Zubin Mehta has led the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra through times of war even as it spreads a message of peace, writes Nicolas Rothwell
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
MUSIC INSTRUMENTS FOR THE GADGET FREAK    NEW!
In 1919, Leon Theremin, an electronics wizard who had migrated from the Soviet Union, created one of the simplest musical instruments in existence, all of two metal rods protruding from a base. It didn't have to be touched to elicit positively ethereal sounds: spaceship noises invented before anyone knew what a spaceship was.
Source: IHT
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
MUSOS MAKE BIG NOISE FOR CHARLEY IN SPIRIT OF GOODWILL    NEW!
After two painful operations to straighten his spine, 13-year-old Charley Baylor is about to receive a morale boost from Melbourne's music community.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
ON MUSIC - FORGET CDS: WHAT EVERY BAND NEEDS IS A BRAND    NEW!
Neil McCormick explains why recorded music sales are just one component in a commercial equation
Source: Telegraph UK
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
RENOVATOR'S GONG STRIKES RIGHT NOTE    NEW!
When Australian Michael Lynch opened the letter from Whitehall saying he had been recommended as a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the arts, he could almost hear people saying "but you're a republican". He is a republican but that's in Australia, he says.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
ROCKER ROLLS ON INTO HIGH-TECH WORLD WITHOUT CDS    NEW!
The next phase in the evolution of the humble record is being spearheaded by an unlikely innovator. Veteran Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes is taking a bold step away from the world of CDs by selling his new album in a unique format: via a USB wristband.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
TIMBERLAKE BIG BREAK FOR SINGER PARIS WELLS    NEW!
Paris Wells used to stand on top of a milk crate to sing to punters in a Melbourne laneway. Now she is hoping to top the charts with her debut album, with a little help from pop superstar Justin Timberlake.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
TV, UNLIKELY SAVIOUR OF SONGS LOST IN THE STATIC    NEW!
The bargain bin isn't always the end of the road for songs that have faded into obscurity. There's another, more lucrative, place for them to go: television.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 13/07/2008
WOMEN IN VOICE    NEW!
The brainchild of creative producer Annie Peterson, Women in Voice was originally based on a desire to find additional performing opportunities for Queensland's many talented female artists.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
ABBA WILL NEVER REFORM, EX-MEMBER TELLS BRITISH NEWSPAPER
Swedish pop group ABBA will never reform despite the success of "Mamma Mia!", the musical and film based on their hits, former member and songwriter Bjoern Ulvaeus said in an interview.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
BAYREUTH'S WAGNER FESTIVAL WILL OFFER OPERA ONLINE
Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price _ $77.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
BILLY ELLIOT PICKS UP 11 HELPMANN NOMINATIONS
It got the thumbs up from Sir Elton John, now Billy Elliot the Musical looks set to sweep the Helpmann Awards, picking up 11 nominations including best musical.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
DOWNLOADS CAUSE BIG DROP IN CD SALES
Proof that digital downloads are killing the CD has been revealed in new industry figures showing a 30 per cent fall in chart-topping album sales.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
EXPRESSIONS DANCE DIRECTOR QUITS AFTER FUNDING CUTS
Queensland's arts scene has suffered its third high-profile defection this year, with the Government again blamed for mismanaging funding allocation.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
EXPRESSIONS DANCE DIRECTOR QUITS AFTER FUNDING CUTS
Queensland's arts scene has suffered its third high-profile defection this year, with the Government again blamed for mismanaging funding allocation.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
FINDING THAT INNER SWITCH
Via modified musical equipment, found objects and custom-built instruments, Rafael Toral has unearthed a raw and primitive approach to making electronic music, writes Dan Rule.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
FOUR AWARD CHANCES FOR SONG GROUP
Sydney vocal ensemble the Song Company is a finalist in four categories for the 2008 Classical Music Awards, announced yesterday.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
FROM THE CHORUS RISES THE VOICE OF OPPORTUNITY
The first years of Women in Voice were "pretty dodgy", says the founder of the concert series, Annie Peterson. "We didn't have any idea what was required to put on a show, but I was very fortunate to have the connections that made it work.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
HYMNS REPLACED BY ROCK SONGS AT FUNERALS
Hymns are losing out at funerals to rock songs like Stairway to Heaven and Highway to Hell, says a leading funeral provider.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
KASEY CHAMBERS SINGS HER FIRST HERO MAX MERRITT INTO HALL OF FAME
Kasey Chambers had a special reason for wanting to perform with veteran muso Max Merritt at last night's ARIA Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
LITTLE VOICE GOT BIG
Now she's discovered, Sara Bareilles' biggest concern is overexposure, writes Andrew Murfett.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
MOVING ON, AFTER A BRUSH WITH FAME
The boys have grown older, their limbs longer and their voices lower since they sang about life "down river" as the Wilcannia Mob. Lendal King was only 10 when international fame brushed this unlikely bunch of young indigenous rappers - taking them from the dusty obscurity of far-west NSW to centre stage at the Sydney Opera House and the Homebake music festival.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
NICHE SITES THE NEW TREND IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
The growing success of Facebook - now well ahead of MySpace - has forced the latter to revamp itself, building on its core strength of music. If MySpace becomes more of a niche player, albeit a huge one, then it may simply be part of a trend. Niche is the new buzzword. There are already lots of niche networking sites including linkedin.com, plaxo.com, xing.com and asmallworld.net. But there are new niche networks in the pipeline including two - would you believe it - from Britain with global ambitions. They are simple and, unlike the start-ups in the dotcom boom, they think they know how to make money.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
RINGING SUCCESS WITH EARLY JAZZ
ROGER EMERSON BELL, MUSICIAN 4-1-1919 — 17-6-2008 Roger Bell, the younger of the two Bell brothers who spearheaded the post-World War II resurgence of improvised jazz in Australia, has died of kidney failure at the Epworth Hospital. He was 89.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
ROLF HARRIS INDUCTED INTO ARIA HALL OF FAME
Rolf Harris, one of Australia's most famous exports, returned home to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
ROYAL HONOUR FOR KYLIE MINOGUE
After countless accolades and awards during her long reign as pop princess, Kylie Minogue will add a royal honour to her collection tomorrow.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
SAINTS LEAD QLD CHARGE IN INDEPENDENTS DAY ALBUM LIST
Three releases by Queensland artists appear in the top 10 of a list of the top 50 Australian independent albums of all time.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
SECRET REMAINS LOCKED IN FREDERIC CHOPIN'S HEART
The heart of Frederic Chopin, one of the world's most cherished composers, could hold the secret to his untimely death. The renowned 19th-century Polish-French pianist died at the age of 39 of what is believed to be tuberculosis. But leading Polish medical experts are betting that DNA tests on his heart - perfectly preserved in what appears to be cognac - could prove he suffered from cystic fibrosis.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
STEPHEN CUMMINGS, DEBOARAH CONWAY HIT ON BACKYARD ACTS
Squeezed off radio playlists, some performers are taking their music directly to the people in private party shows as an easy way of fitting another paid performance into the schedule.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
THE WIND BLOWS SOUNDLY FOR RETURNING DUKE OF THE SAX
Master saxophonist Michael Duke is returning to Sydney to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music after 10 years of academic and performance exploits in the USA.
Source: Sydney Conservatorium of Music
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
WARNER MUSIC GROUP TO OFFER MUSIC THROUGH NOKIA PHONES
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said Tuesday that the Warner Music Group had agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service programme, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 06/07/2008
'JOYOUS TIME' YIELDS PRIMAL SCREAM SURPRISE
There is a confusing period just after an interview with a famous person, during which you and the famous person may be wandering the corridors of the same building and could therefore run into each other again. There is no approved etiquette for such a meeting. On the one hand, you have recently been chatting as if you were lifelong friends, so should you greet the famous person in the corridor with the same warm friendliness and pick up where your conversation left off? Or should you remember that you don't know this person at all, that they were only speaking to you because it's their job, and that people who don't know them acting like they do know them is probably the principal irritant in their lives, and therefore nod, smile and walk quickly by?
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
EU MUSICIANS OPPOSE EUROPE-WIDE ONLINE LICENSING
The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.
Source: IHT
 
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
OPERA MANAGER EDGAR VINCENT DEAD AT 90
Edgar Vincent, who represented Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Mikhail Baryshnikov and a bevy of stars in classical music during a six-decade career, died Thursday following an operation in New York. He was 90.
Source: IHT
 
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
SYMPHONY OF MILLIONS
Western musicians, administrators, and critics who visit China have lately come away murmuring observations along the lines of “classical music is exploding” and “the future of classical music lies in China.” Between thirty million and a hundred million children are said to be learning piano, violin, or both, depending on which source you consult.
Source: The New Yorker
 
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2.0
San José’s leading concert ensemble is Symphony Silicon Valley. Born in 2002 out of the ashes of the old San José Symphony (see a story recounted by SFCV here), it has grown cautiously over the years, with surprising and gratifying success. The orchestra was artistically mature from the beginning, drawing most of its personnel from its predecessor. Where SSV has really grown is in scheduling.
Source: San Francisco Classical Voice
 
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
`THE FLY' OPERA IS BUZZ OF PARIS SEASON
Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenberg's 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. It's now an opera.
Source: AP
 
Date Posted: 04/07/2008
CITY WELCOMES NEW LIQUOR LAWS
The City of Sydney is working with dozens of potential small bar operators keen to open Sydney's first laneway bar in Sydney ahead of tomorrow's changes to the NSW Liquor Act which reduce the price of some liquor licences.
Source: Sydney Media
 
Date Posted: 04/07/2008
2008 Q SONG FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Q Music is thrilled to announce the finalists for Q Song 2008.
Source: Q Music
 
Date Posted: 04/07/2008
A NEW BEGINNING FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM AND SOUND CULTURE
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia today begins its exciting future as an independent statutory authority, with the aim of increasing Australian public access to preserved moving images and sound recordings.
Source: National Film and Sound Archive
 
Date Posted: 04/07/2008
FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
UNESCO director general Koïchiro Matsuura opened the first extraordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions on June 24, 2008, at UNESCO headquarters. Executive Board chairman Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï attended the opening ceremony.
Source: UNESCO
 
Date Posted: 30/06/2008
2008 CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED TODAY
Connected by their shared passion and dedication to classical music; composers, performers, educators, promoters, musicologists and critics will once again gather for Australia’s annual celebration of classical music.
Source: APRA
 
Date Posted: 30/06/2008
IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT COPYRIGHT
Anyone can copy anything, anywhere with the latest technology.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 30/06/2008
NEW LIQUOR LAWS BENEFIT THE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Over-regulation of potential live music venues has seen a long decline in live music performance in NSW. As has been so often reported over the last year, Sydney, once the music capital of the country, has lost many of its finest musicians to other cities, especially Melbourne. There, the licensing of live venues has been flexible and the costs low. Venues can afford to present live music and it is found in great diversity in small bars and restaurants all across Melbourne.
Source: MCA
 
Date Posted: 30/06/2008
RESULTS OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL ROSTRUM OF COMPOSERS
L’Heure Bleue (2007) for orchestra by Japanese composer Misato Mochizuki (born 1969) and Mémoire du vent (2006) for orchestra by young French composer Florent Motsch (born 1980) are the works selected by radio music producers participating in the 55th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) held at the RTÉ studios in Dublin, June 9 to 13, 2008, organised by the International Music Council and hosted by RTÉ lyric fm
Source: IMC
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
A HALL, MORE MUSICAL THAN IT EVER WAS
Why has David Byrne built an organ that can play a whole building? Andrew Purcell finds out.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
A REAL CORKER AT JAZZ PLANS TO TAKE THE CAKE
Don Burrows is determined to eat a slice of cake at his 80th birthday party. The Australian jazz legend missed out at his 70th, and his 75th, because he was too busy performing for guests.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
ART AND SOUL OF THE DEEP SOUTH ON SHOW
Soul music is second nature to 17-year-old singer and guitarist Singa Bromfield.
Source: The Australian
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
AVRIL'S FANS AIM FOR YOUTUBE TOP SPOT
Avril Lavigne fans have issued a call to arms, attempting to manipulate YouTube so a music video of the pop musician's hit track Girlfriend becomes the most-viewed video of all time.
Source: SMH
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
BEST MUSIC PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED
Tutti Ensemble has achieved a major honour in the first national Music in Communities Awards. The Adelaide choir for people with and without disabilities yesterday won Best Music Program for the Disadvantaged from the Music Council of Australia.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
DANCE OF IMPULSE
The almost unconscious impulse to move to music has the synapses snapping at Leigh Warren and Dancers.
Source: Adelaide Advertiser
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
EXPRESSIONS DANCE DIRECTOR QUITS AFTER FUNDING CUTS
Queensland's arts scene has suffered its third high-profile defection this year, with the Government again blamed for mismanaging funding allocation.
Source: Courier Mail
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
GARNERING THE SONG OF 'BACH'
One-time punk Glenn Perry is The Man for libretto, says Fiona Scott-Norman.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
GIFTS FOR THE GAB
Life's pretty sweet for Aussie teen singer Gabriella Cilmi - gold records, high fashion, industry parties. But, as she tells Christine Sams, she still has to do her homework.
Source: The Age
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
HOW YOUTUBE SHRANK THE CLASSICAL WORLD
If you need to know the results of Bulgarian Idol, I may be able to help. Ever since I got hooked on YouTube at the start of the year, I have become a repository of musical trivia and, at the same time, an explorer of new routes of research.
Source: La Scena
 
Date Posted: 29/06/2008
IN POLAND, CHOPIN'S HEART MAY HOLD SECRET OF HIS DEATH
The heart of Frederic Chopin, one of the world's most cherished musical geniuses, could hold the secret to his untimely death.
Source: SMH