Participate in the development of a three-year 'Arts for all Queenslanders Strategy'. The strategy will identify priorities and actions to:

• Grow the arts sector, and
• Foster a community of arts.

The strategy will be developed in three stages:

1. February to March 2013 - Starting the Discussion
2. April  to  August 2013 -  Draft strategy release and statewide consultation
3. September to December 2013 – Final strategy developed for release and delivery commencing 2014

Full details on website.

That, under section 33 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003, an inquiry into the extent, benefits and potential of music education in Victorian schools be referred to the Education and Training Committee for consideration and report no later than 30 September 2013,

Victorian Parliament

The Music in Communities Network’s research agenda includes filling some statistical gaps in our understanding of the community music sector. The first in a series of surveys focuses on community orchestras. The results paint a picture of a diverse and creative sector embracing all age groups and playing a wide range of music.

Read it online at the Music in Communities Network website

Queensland Conservatrium,
Griffiths University

The Smart Music Research Group is an international collaboration of music researchers applying theories of music perception to algorithmic composition.
Our research aims both to improve perceptual theories and to provide new techniques for algorithmic composition.
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University of NSW, Australia
Research in music science at UNSW involves physicists, engineers and musicians working in collaboration. This website give a brief overiew of some of the projects.
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Music Research is recognized as the first full-service marketing research organization devoted exclusively to the study of popular music and consumers. From 1974 through 2004, Music Research has continuously conducted consumer-based Record TestSM surveys from its home base in the cultural "melting pot" of Southern California.
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