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Music Council of Australia

!Bulletin

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The last issue of the MCA !Bulletin, renamed Music Forum from issue Vol.2 No. 6. Numbering was maintained.

Letts, Richard

(And, umm, why do we need a Music Council anyway?)

7

2

The Director of the Music Council of Australia reports on activities in 1999-2000

Letts, Richard

(More than) 100 ways that globalisation affects music

6

5

A short compendium of the ways in which globalisation is affecting music

Godbolt, Peter

‘Tide of Dreams’: An Outreach Music Performance Project

11

1

Taking live performances into disadvantaged schools: a project of the Sydney Conservatorium and the MCA, with financial support from the Freedman Foundation

Letts, Richard

½ a cent a year for music – on Your ABC

7

4

The ABC pays only ½ a cent per capita of Australian population per year for royalties on broadcast of recordings

Wainwright, Chris

2002 National Music Camp: A Personal Experience

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4

Describes the camp

Howell, Sarah

2005 Freedman Fellowships Underway

11

3

Nominations have been called for, nominees chosen

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

8

3

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

8

4

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

8

5

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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3

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

9

4

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

9

5

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

9

6

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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1

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

10

3

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

10

4

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

10

5

On the decline of arts programming at the ABC

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

11

1

An experience of a school music program, and other short items

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

11

2

Comments on the Australia Council reorganisation, among other things

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

11

3

On recognising creative artistic work as research for the purposes of tertiary funding; other

Oxenbould, Moffatt

40 Years On: The Opera Singer in Australia in 1996

3

1

Higher standards and an increasing number of aspiring singers: a more competitive, specialised world in opera

Young, Simone

A Conductor’s Place

6

5

The Music Director of Opera Australia discusses the tasks of the opera conductor

UNESCO Sources magazine

A convert to the cause

5

3

The World Banks’s new attitude to supporting culture as an aspect of development

Dirkswager, Joost

A Country’s Soul: Commitments between Governments and the Arts. I. The Netherlands

6

2

The arts policies of the Netherlands

Maloney, Timothy

A Country’s Soul: Commitments between Governments and the Arts. II Canada

6

2

The arts policies of Canada

Monteil, Alain

A Country’s Soul: Commitments between Governments and the Arts. III. France

6

2

The arts policies of France

Hannan, Michael

A Digital Agenda for Music

9

3

A list of the ways in which digitisation is up-ending the musician's world

Letts, Richard

A Ministerial Review of Music Education

10

4

Federal Ministers Brendan Nelson and Rod Kemp announced a review at MCA launch

Turner, Mary

A Musicican from Way out West

7

6

Donald Hazelwood grew up on a farm in the isolated south west of NSW, went on to become Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Music Council of Australia

A national plan for Australian orchestras

3

2

Music Council of Australia policy proposal for Australian orchestral development

Music Council of Australia

A National Strategic Plan for Choral Development

5

2

Discussion paper, proposing comprehensive strategies for careers, performance, education, audience

National Jazz Development Office

A National Strategy for Jazz Development

5

1

Detailed strategy for jazz development in Australia - discussion paper

Letts, Richard

A new Australian arts coalition

9

3

Australian Coalition for Cultural Diversity, formed to protect Australian culture in international trade treaties

World Intellectual Property Organisation

A New Broadcasters’ Treaty

10

3

WIPO has held talks for an international treaty to update the intellectual property rights of broadcasting organisations.

Halton, Rosalind

A New National Early Music Initiative

10

2

The MCA will support the establishment of an early music network for Australia

Letts, Richard

A new national folk arts organisation

4

2

Records the establishment of Folk Music Australia and its annual national convention

Arnold, Bruce

A New Player Joins the Cultural Funding Orchestra

3

6

Describes the operational precepts of the Australia Foundation as of August 1997

Letts, Richard

A new treaty to save culture from globalisation

8

4

The introduction of an international treaty for cultural diversity might help to protect local cultures from the trade liberation push under the WTO

Allen Consulting Group

A Page of Statistics: Copyright Industries and the Economy. Australian Performing Arts

8

3

Report for Australian Copyright Council shows copyright industries contribute 3.3% of Australian GDP

Price, Lynne

A people power cantata

8

4

A special cantata written for and performed by the citizens of Burnie, Tasmania

Pearce, Chris MP

A Private Member’s Motion in Parliament on Behalf of Music Education in Schools -- Chris Pearce

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4

On February 10, 2003, Chris Pearce MP read this motion to the House of Representatives. There were supporting speeches from four other MPs, two from Government, two from Opposition

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts

A Public Schools/Community Schools Project in the USA

7

2

A research project to determine the elements of success in partnerships between public school music programs and community music schools in the USA

Lancaster, Helen

A Regional Conservatorium That Bridges the Local and the National

5

4

Central Qld. Con. both prepares for the profession and services community music development

The Times (London)

A review to die for

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6

Quotes the review that says of the Australian Chamber Orchestra that it must be “the best on earth”

Faine, Susan

A Rose by Any Other Name

4

3

Folk and traditional music, and cultural diversity in Australia

Harvey, Frances Ravel

A Shadow without Substance

10

4

Franz Holford’s hoax on the music world lived on after his death

Villaneuva, Carlos

A Taste of Chile

9

2

The leader of the Latin band Tigramuna stokes his musical fires in the land of his birth

Thompson, Stephanie

A way to go…

7

3

The good news and the bad news is that music therapy is in its beginnings in Tasmania

Letts, Richard

A World Trade Primer

6

6

About the World Trade Organisation and the international movement to protect cultural diversity

Letts, Richard

ABC Improvisatory Music Festival

5

6

Designed to discover whether Australia has improvisatory music genres it can call its own

Letts, Richard

ABC Orchestras: a New Freedom

3

3

The potential for the ABC orchestras after corporatisation

Ryszard Pusz

ABCD

8

6

Humour

Music Council of Australia

Acapuncture to the Body Musical

4

1

Resolutions from the Fourth Annual Assembly of the Music Council of Australia, September 1997

Letts, Richard

Adelaide’s City Arts Strategy

6

3

Adelaide City becomes an active supporter of the arts

Wright, Susan

Advocacy and Research in Music Education. Implications from the REAP Report

8

1

There is no need to justify art to educational authorities. Rather, find out why arts justifies itself in the minds and hearts of people.

Trimarchi, Nat

All Tourism Is Cultural Tourism

10

2

But neither the cultural nor the tourism sectors have come to grips with it.

Callinan, Brendan

AMA’S Music Makers: Fuelling the Fire

10

4

Speech delivered at the launch of the Music. Play for Life. Campaign, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, March 26, 2004

Broad, Tina

Amanda Armstrong Raises MPFL Funds for Melbourne Schoolkids

11

2

An exemplary fund-raiser by a private person has bought four guitars for disadvantages school students

Bodlovich, Paul

AMIN and the Situation of the Musician

11

2

The structure and task of the Australian Music Industry Network

Smith, Robert G.

An alien context? Teaching music in indigenous Australian settings

7

6

Dr. Smith, who is music advisor to Northern Territory schools, gives some key insights into the Aboriginal learning process

Harvey, Lawrence

An Aural Renaissance

7

3

With new technologies, music could become “an inspirational revelation of an ephemeral world”

Letts, Richard

An Australian concert piano. Will Stuart and Sons make it?

6

4

They’ve produced a fine piano, but the financial hurdles remain

Brown, Andrew R.

An Introduction to Digital Sound Synthesis

5

4

Sampling and playback, altering samples, oscillator synthesis, digital synthesis directions

Brown, Andrew R.

An Introduction to Music Analysis with Computers

5

3

Score coding and analysis, symbolic systems, audio analysis, grammars, metaphoric representation

Ancell, Noel

ANCA soars to new heights at “Summit”

9

2

Report from the Australian National Choral Association

Letts, Richard

Andrea Keller

8

1

Dick Letts interviews pianist Andrea Keller, winner of the inaugural Music Council of Australia / Freedman Foundation Jazz Fellowship

BOOK REVIEW

Andrew Ford: Undue Noise: Words about Music

8

5

Reviewed by Claudio Pompili

Howell, Sarah

Andrew Robson wins the 2003 MCA/Freedman Jazz Fellowship

10

1

Andrew Robson wins the 2003 MCA/Freedman Jazz Fellowship

Eccles, Jeremy

Angel Exchange

8

4

The chamber music program at Sydney Festival was an exchange with the Cheltenham festival in England

Lisgaras, Freda

Another story of cultural imperialism: Recorded Greek Music in Australia

9

6

A short history of recorded Greek music in Australia.

Rix, Pat

Anything is Possible: The Arts and Social Inclusion

10

5

The extraordinary and most moving story of Adelaide choir for the disabled, The Tutti Ensemble

Harders, Julie

ARPA payout for music on hold

5

2

APRA agreement with Telstra and other carriers mean royalties for music “on hold”

Roces, Marian Pastor

Art artists still the vanguard? Or, does it matter

7

6

A keynote address from the 2001 ISPA conference. Many little stories to swerve, interestingly, around the question and extricate us from modernist assumptions

Lehman, Paul R.

Art in life, and the future for the professional musician

3

3

We need to ensure effective school music education and make major changes in the training of music professionals

Humphries, Lee

Artistic Process and Elegant Action

4

6

The nature of the creative process, applying to both artistic and scientific invention

Gould, Tony [QLD]

Arts and the Corporate (Money) Box

2

5

The Queensland Performing Arts Center's approach to corporate funding support for the arts

Livermore, Joan

Arts education in the political arena

3

2

The government's preoccupation with literacy standards does not favour arts; arts need to argue their own values

Irish Times/Kate Tregaskis

Arts Funding in the Isles

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2

Summarises an article in the Irish Times by Kate Tregaskis, in which she argues inter alia that the Blair government’s arts policies are too heavy handed and too much seen as an instrument of social policy.

Jeanneret, Neryl

ASME Wants Equity of Opportunity

10

4

Speech delivered at the launch of the Music. Play for Life. Campaign, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, March 26, 2004

Whiticker, Michael and Wilkinson, Justine

Aspirations / Inspirations: a collaboration between locals

8

3

Describes a three part community music project in Townsville, North Queensland, to celebrate the Centenary of Federation

Jekta, Mahmoud, and Diaz, Justo

At last, Sydney gets a multicultural music center

7

1

The authors make some provocative statements about the place of multicultural music in Australia

Brown, Andrew. R

Aural and Musicianship Training with Computers

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6

Explores the issues in choosing and using computer software for developing aural and musicianship skills

Letts, Richard

Ausmusic Announces the Australian Music Education Council

2

1

Australian Contemporary Music Development Company announces education initiatives

Letts, Richard

Australia Council strategic plan

5

6

The Australia Council has published a strategic plan for 1999-2001

Letts, Richard

Australia Council Wastes Money in International Touring

3

3

The Australia Council has effectively ignored MCA proposals for more effective funding to international activity

Letts, Richard

Australia Council: At last!… a separate Music Fund

2

3

Celebrates the announcement that the funding body will create a specialist Music Fund

Letts, Richard

Australia Council’s Latest Announcement

2

1

Fellowships; partnerships; commissions. Description and commentary

Potter, Michelle

Australia Dancing Partners: Music and Dance at the National Library of Australia

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5

The new Australia Dancing initiative shows among other things the strong connections between Australian dance and music

Letts, Richard

Australia Foundation for Culture and the Humanities Opens for Business

2

1

Its objectives and its funding program are described

Conway, Suzannah

Australia fumbles the baton

4

5

New opera and music theatre in Australia languishes because of inadequate funding and artistic risk-taking

Gardner, Sarah

Australia hom to new international arts federation

7

4

Australia took a leading role in setting up a new association of national cultural agencies, and is host to its office

Letts, Richard

Australia. Getting it out.

6

2

New Federal government initiative – the Australian International Cultural Council – for arts export

Mitchell, Tony

Australian Hip Hop: Coming Out from Under

10

4

A brief history of the emergence of a very multicultural Australian style of hip hop

Thwaites, Penelope

Australian music competition -- in London

9

4

First international performance competition based on Australian repertoire adds 3 concerts in St John’s, Smith Sq.

Mason, Paul

Australian Music Quotas on Radio: More Evidence

10

2

Local content quotas in France have been spectacularly successful; their absence in NZ has been a disaster.

Music Council of Australia

Australian Music to the World

2

2

Music Council policy proposals to government authorities for building international musical careers

Letts, Richard

Australian wins International Rostrum of Composers 1999

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6

Brett Dean is co-winner with his work for clarinet and orchestra, Ariel’s Music

O’Donnell, John

Bach in His World

7

2

Commemorating the 250th birthday of his death, a view of Bach’s life journey

Sucharitkul, Somtow

Back to the Trenches

8

5

The distinguished Thai expatriate writer and composer returns home to discover – and urge on -- an artistic renaissance

Havey, Claire

Banging Down the Door – Where is Your Audience?

9

2

Accessibility is about social justice – AND box office

Huckle, Linda

Beat Time at Whittlesea

6

6

A song-writing workshop changes the lives of people who had suffered mental illness

Toronto Arts Council

Because culture is the business of cities

5

4

The text of a promotional booklet for arts funding published by the Toronto Arts Council

Dreyfus, George

Being George and Liking It! Reflections on the life and work of George Dreyfus on his 70th Birthday

5

6

Book review by Fred Blanks

Conolly, Joy

Better than My Wildest Dream

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3

Conolly's life was enriched when she took up clarinet after her husband died

Letts, Richard

Big end of town gets organised

5

2

40 major performing arts organisations, venues and festivals set up a forum

Laing, Bill

Biggest Meeting of Black and White in North Queensland History

7

4

The Reconciliation Concent at the Bicentenary in Townsville attracted an audience of 15,000

Broad, Tina

Bill Leak: Drawing on Music

11

3

Cartoonist, painter -- and pianist, Bill Leak talks to Tina about love, family, happiness and the transcendental nature of music

Davis, Beryl; Johnson, Elverina and McLennon Lesley

Blow ‘im. The Yarrabah Brass Band Story

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1

The Yarrabah Brass Band was one of a number of indigenous bands touring North Queensland in the early 1900s

Parikh, Arvind

Bombay's Deal with Its Music Critics

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4

The Bombay traditional music community has negotiated with its music critics to adopt a code of ethical practice

Sugg, Andy

Book review

7

6

The Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender and Australian Modernity, by Bruce Johson, reviewed by Andy Sugg

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

9

5

Belonging,, by Renée Goossens. Peggy Glanville-Hicks: A Transposed Life, by James Murdoch.

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

9

6

Stuart Coupe:The Promoters. Graham Leak: A Manual for Music Workshops

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

10

1

Peter J. Davies. The Character of a Genius: Beethoven in Perspective. Rob Hirst: Willie’s Bar and Grill. Guy Noble: The Music Explorer

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

10

4

John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell, editors: Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

10

5

Paul Kelly: Don’t Start Me Talking, Lyrics 1984 – 2004. Sandra Krempl: The Five Dimensions of Community

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

11

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Nettelbeck, Colin: Dancing with DeBeauvoir: Jazz and the French. Leong, Sam, editor: Musicianship in the 21st Century: Issues, Trends and Possibilities.

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

11

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Dunbar-Hall, Peter and Gibson, Chris: Deadly sounds, deadly places: Contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

11

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Ann Capling: All the way with the USA. Australia, the US and Free Trade. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, ed., The Foundations of Contemporary Composing. Richard Powers: The Time of Our Singing

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

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3

List of books received since the previous issue

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

9

5

List of books received since the previous issue

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

10

4

List of books received since the previous issue

Community CD Review

Braddon - A Place of Our Own

9

2

Braddon – a Place of Our Own; Federation Chorus/Orchestra, Burnie TAS

Dunn, Christie

Branching Out

9

4

How Melbourne Autumn Music Festival and the Castlemaine State Festival are responding to survival pressures

Dean, Brett

Building our own repertoire

8

6

We can build the Australian repertoire without derogating the tradition, says one of our foremost composers.

Letts, Richard

But What Do You Do for a Living

1

4

Review of the book by Prof David Throsby, a statistical survey of artists’ incomes, education etc

Letts, Richard

Bye Bye Ralph

6

6

The Government backs off its refusal to allow tax deductions for arts losses

International Music Council

Call for Action

7

5

The role of community music schools in promoting intercultural music education

Broad, Tina

Campaign Collaborators

11

2

A list of Music Play for Life campaign collaborators

Letts, Richard

Campaign Directors Appointed

9

5

The national campaign for music participation takes a big step forward with appointment of the directors

Bacchiella, Lou

Campaign News

10

2

News from the Music, Play for Life campaign

Di Mazio

Can cause-marketing help music? 9 3

9

3

Description of cause marketing and application to music marketing

Spychiger, Maria

Can Music in school Give Stimulus to Other School Subjects?

5

6

Music education can facilitate non-musical learning, but should be part of education for its intrinsic merits

Lierse, Anne

Can we really call this music education?

7

2

The author’s research shows a substantial decline in the amount of music offered in Victorian public schools

Canadian sources

Canada Imposes a Levy ON MP3 Players

10

3

APRA is seeking a levy on blank CD-Rs. Canada already has one – and now will have another on digital recording devices.

Letts, Richard

Carnivale takes on a year-round role

6

4

All major Australian cities except Sydney have year-round multicultural music entrepreneurs

Peelman, Roland

Catching Up with the Past – Remembering the Future

5

3

Perceptions of the situation of new music theatre in Europe and Australia

Kelly, Patricia

Cathedrals Week in Brisbane

5

5

Details of a festival involving 5,000 performers

Barwick, Linda

Catherine Ellis

3

1

Eulogy for Catherine Ellis, ethnomusicologist and music educator

Ancell, Noel

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Blanks, Fred

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Clare, John

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Dench, Chris

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Franklin, Gavin

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Grunstein, Sarah

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Hannan, Michael

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Hurworth, Greg

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Koch, Gareth

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Linden Jones, Anthony

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Lynn-Bayne, Caroline

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Maddox, Alan

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Napier, John

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Nettelbeck, Ted

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Strahle, Graham

CD REVIEWS

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Stubington, Jill

CD REVIEWS

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Sudmalis, David

CD REVIEWS

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Sugg, Andy

CD REVIEWS

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Webster, Belinda

CD REVIEWS

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Weretka, John

CD REVIEWS

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Capps, Mary Jo

Chamber music in dance clubs: Musica Viva loosens up

6

5

The chamber music entrepreneur is successfully pursuing young audiences in their natural habitat

Capps,. Mary Jo

Chamber Music Today

11

3

The GM of Musica Viva Australia describes the situation of chamber music in Australia

Arts Education Partnership

Champions of Change

7

4

US research on 25,000 students over a period of 10 years shows a major impact of continuing arts education on academic performance and socialisation

Australian Music Exam Bd

Changing the Face of Music Education in Australia

10

5

The AMEB asks for readers' help

Heatlie, Shane

Children’s Music: Not as Easy as ABC

7

1

There are major opportunities in children’s music for those who consider the needs of the audience

Herd, Nick and Harris, Richard

Chirac: Don’t bomb culture!

9

4

A meeting of cultural professional organisations produced a declaration to protect cultural diversity from free trade

Grove, Margaret

Choralation's path to success

9

3

How the Choralation Choir achieved a cappella success in only four years

Letts, Richard

Coalition's arts policies: OK for 3 years?

2

4

Minister Alston says that policies announced at the election will be implemented. How they would affect music.

Gregory, Sean

Collaborative Approaches: Putting Colour in a Grey Area

10

3

London’s famous Guildhall School of Music and Drama shows the way with its community program

Roberts, Chris

Commissioning Club Helps Create New Music

10

3

Four couples in Minnesota have formed a club to commission new works and arrange performances.

Coote, Martin

Common Expression

9

2

Musings on the meaning of community

Community CD Review

Common Ground

8

6

Students of Eora College, Sydney

Community Briefing

Community briefing

9

4

Community music news from around Australia and the world

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

8

3

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

8

4

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

8

5

Haydn Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 -- Geoffrey Lancaster, Fortepiano; Persuasion & Seduction : Opera Duets -- Cheryl Barker, Coleman-Wright, TSO cond André; Villains: sinister songs and arias -- Wegner, SOV, cond Divall; Atari Baby-- Atari Baby; Gizmo -- various artists; Goodbye Mr Henderson – Sense; I Thought Of Numbers -- Cut Copy; Reaction Hero -- Little Nobody; Rectangle -- Nicholas McBride; Willow Neilson Quartet -- Willow Neilson

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

8

6

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

9

1

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

9

2

News items from the community music sector

Community briefing

9

3

Community music news from around Australia

James, Chris

Community Halls: Centres for Renewal

10

1

The Community Halls Trail promotes restoration of halls as a base for community cultural and economic revival.

Music Council of Australia

Community Music and Educational Options: MCA Talks to the Senate

1

2

MCA submission to the Senate Inquiry into Arts Education described

Letts, Richard

Community music development: MCA as a National Resource

2

3

Announces a grant from the Community Cultural Development Board to Community Music Australia

International Society for Music Education

Community Music in the Modern Metropolis

8

4

Key questions from the community music commission of the International Society for Music Education

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

7

2

Current opportunities in the community music sector

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

7

3

Current opportunities in the community music sector

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

7

4

Current opportunities in the community music sector

Bounds, Jenny

Community Orchestra by Leaps and Bounds

8

1

Nuts and bolts and the Penrith (NSW) Symphony Orchestra

Community Broadcasting Assn of Aust

Community Radio: It's Big

11

1

Community radio stations have a much larger audience than even they had believed

Rowe, Val

Community Suicide Prevention Seeks Assistance From Musos

8

6

Supported by donations from musicians

Leek, Stephen

Composers of the future: out there in the world

2

4

The training offered by tertiary institutions has little relationship to the real work of a composer out there in the world

Barbeler, Damian

Compost: Young Composers Hoe Their Own Garden

5

1

Artistic and entrepreneurial activities of a group of young Brisbane composers

Clarke, Lance

Contemporary Passions

7

4

Thoughtful reflections on Christianity, expressed through original community opera

McDonald, Ian

Copyright Council: business should pay for its music

4

3

Copyright Council advocates that businesses should pay to play music in the workplace or for customers

Moore, Margaret

Cracking the Shell for tomorrow's orchestra audience

3

3

Sydney Symphony Orchestra's educational programs for young people

Creative Communities

Creative Communities Project in the USA

10

3

Key ingredients for success with partnerships between arts organisations and public housing communities.

Terracini, Lyndon

Creative Country

8

2

We need a creative culture that includes the whole country, and not just the cities. This requires more subsidy.

McPherson, Gary

Crisis: the Serious Situation of Music Education in Australia Schools

3

1

To fight the reduction in school music programs requires organised, informed support from the entire music sector

Strahle, Graham

Critically Speaking

10

2

What happened at Brisbane’s International Music Critics Symposium

McCallum, Peter

Criticism and Foolishness

10

2

The foolishness of music critics, rather than their wisdom, ensures their place in history.

Letts, Richard

Cultural Ministers, the Nugent Report, and a new inquiry that could help small to medium sized music companies

7

1

The Cultural Ministers Council agrees on funding increases to major performing arts companies and a new inquiry into the situation of smaller companies

Yeoman, William

Curating the CD

9

2

How Perihelion ensemble and the Artworks label put together the program for the CD Crimson Songs.

Letts, Richard

Current Music Policy-Related Research

1

4

Projects listed by the Australia Council and the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Letts, Richard, from research report

Cutbacks in Swedish Music Education Cramp Its Music Industry

10

3

The industry has had extraordinary international success – partly attributed to the glories of the music education system.

Reid, Alison Wright

Damaging Noise within the Orchestra

3

5

Hearing damage to orchestral musicians, and protective measures both proven and experimental

Music Council of Australia

Dear Bob Mansfield

3

1

The Music Council of Australia's policy submission to the Mansfield Review of the ABC

Janke, Terri

Deep Forest, and the Commercial Exploitation of Indigenous Music

3

6

An overview of the issues concerning copyright and indigenous music

Fin, Rita

Developing an Orff-Schulwerk Program from Pre-School through to Year 12

2

1

Describes the author’s experience building a music program at the International Grammar School

Whately, Greg and Bofinger, ian

Developing Strategic Alliances with a Range of Partners – the Key to the Future Well Being of Conservatoria in Australia

9

4

CQU Conservatorium’s growth strategy lies in collaborations with high schools and other tertiary institutions

Letts, Richard

Dick Letts at the Launch

11

1

Excerpt from his speech

Gillespie, Kirsty

Digitisation of Printed Music at the National Library of Australia

7

6

The second in a set of articles showing how new technologies are implemented at the NLA and elsewhere

Music Council of Australia

Directory of National Music Organisations

3

5

Alphbetical listing of national music and music-related organisations, giving purpose and contact details

Music Council of Australia

Directory of National Music Periodicals and Directories

3

4

National directory of music periodicals and music directories; alphabetical order with purpose and contact information

Tuckey, Helen

Disaster in WA

7

4

There are major deficiencies in school music education in Western Australia

Broad, Tina

Dispatches from HQ

11

3

News from the Music. Play for Life campaign

Letts, Richard

Disrespect for the Elder

6

4

The proposal to merge the two remaining tertiary music schools in Adelaide is widely distrusted

York, Frank

Distance Arts

7

5

An innovative way of teaching music to geographically isolated adolescents

Bofinger, Ian

D-I-Y Audio: Transferring Old 78 Records to Compact Discs at Home or in the Office

9

4

D-I-Y Audio: Transferring Old 78 Records to Compact Discs at Home or in the Office

Whately, Greg and Bofinger, ian

D-I-Y Multimedia: Setting Up an Internal Communications System -- Ian Bofinger and Greg Whateley

9

6

D-I-Y Multimedia: Setting Up an Internal Communications System

Mason, Paul

Do Australian music quotas on radio actually help?

10

1

Mason’s research for MCA shows that they most certainly do.

Bullerjahn, Claudia

Do Music Videos Stir up Sex and Violence in our Teenagers

6

4

Research looks into how adolescents use MTV and the effects on them

Kemp, Senator Rod

Do not underestimate Australia’s resolve

10

1

Senator Rod Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport. Strong reassurances about the government’s protection of culture under the Australia/US Free Trade Agreement

Ghandar, Anne

Do You Speak Music?

11

3

Composition is at the centre of learning for these University of New England students

Warin, Marilyn

Does the Global Economy Mean a Global Culture?

8

3

This wide ranging examination affirms the development of a somewhat global culture along with a tenacious survival and development of the local.

Letts, Richard

Don Banks Award for Bunna Lawrie

6

3

The leader of Coloured Stone rock band becomes the first Aboriginal winner of the award

Kane, Pat

Don’t Police Pop

7

6

Kane says pop music will give over its freedom to the bureaucracy if it pursues government subsidies

Jones, Peter

Don't entangle music education with notions of class

9

3

We need both instant and delayed gratification. Comment on Peggie article in MF 9 2

Letts, Richard

During the Olympics: Broadcast Australian music

6

6

An approach by the Music Council, ARIA, and the Australia Council, to the broadcasters

Letts, Richard

Dynamo at the National Library

6

4

The first appointee to the new position of Curator of Music brings a philosophy of collaboration

McDonald, Anna

Early Music in London and Sydney

5

5

Madeleine Rowles interviews the recently returned early music virtuoso

Olliffe, Neville

Early Music Lately

2

4

The history and current situation of early music in Australia

Halton, Rosalind, editor

Early Music Now

10

4

A new, regular report on early music from Early Music Network Australia

Caley,Tattersall, Carette

Early Music Now: Early Music in North Queensland

11

1

A round-up of current early music activities around Cairns and Townsville

Ralph, Barnaby

Early Music Now: The Early Music Revival in South Australia

10

5

The key figures in early music in South Australia, going back to the 1960s

Coulter, Senator John

Economic rationalism: enemy of the arts

2

3

Economic rationalism values only that which can be bought and sold, is oblivious to true value of arts

Morrison, Lindy

Editoria: In for the long term

7

5

Lindy’s experience with a program for the disabled shows that results are cumulative and extended programs can be more effective than short term programs

New York Times

Editorial

4

4

With Congress threatening to terminate Federal arts funding, the NYT recalls why arts funding is important

Jones, Anthony Linden

Editorial: “Community” begins with individuals

8

1

“An artistic culture can only be born from the creativity and initiative of individuals or small groups, with the support of their community.”

Threlfall, Catherine

Editorial: Cross boundaries, don’t hesitate

7

3

“This self-starting attitude and great diversity are the greatest strengths of community music in Australia.”

Schönfeldt, Mary Lou

Editorial: Free festivals undercut local artists

8

2

Schönfeldt observes that the often lavish free presentations by festivals are undercutting the public’s willingness to pay to hear local musicians

Schönfeldt, Mary Lou

Editorial: Let’s Do It in the Road!

7

4

An invocation to make music, not just receive it passively

International Society for Music Educ'n

Education of the Professional Musician

3

2

Report of the 1996 seminar on the Education of the Professional Musician organised by ISME

Okumura, Lucia

Eisteddfod Mums

8

1

The dangers of the eisteddfod industry, where infants and children are trained to compete rather than develop musically

BOOK REVIEW

Ellen Dissanayake: Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began

8

4

Reviewed by Mark Isaacs

Stevens, Robin S.

Endangered Species or Hardy Perennial?

9

5

A report on MCA’s research project on “Trends in school music education provision in Australia

Gruzelier, John

Enhancing Music Performance Through Brain Rhythm Training: Lie Back and Think Theta --

9

1

Students at the Royal College of Music in London registered amazing improvements in performance

Turner, Mary

Entrepreneurs in the Wide Brown Land

7

6

The difficulties faced by a community organisation in presenting a concert series in the outback

Wills, Gillian

Escaping the Humdrum

11

1

Review of QUT’s Escape festival, Brisbane, 18-20 August

Whately, Greg and Bofinger, Ian and Kerr, Derrin

Escaping to a Tropical Island in the Whitsundays

10

4

A project providing edutourism scope and reward for strategic partners

European Music Office

Europe Looks after Its Own

5

6

The European Commission’s plan for the promotion of European repertoires, productions and artists

Blanks, Fred

Everything but the money

7

1

Townsville Chamber Music Festival mounts a fine program and deserves more financial support

Letts, Richard

Extraordinary New Grand Piano Developed in Australia

1

6

The technological innovations in the Stuart and Sons piano

Music Council of Australia

Fellowships to catapult our best musicians

7

5

New Music Council of Australia / Freedman Foundation Fellowships in classical music and jazz will support some of Australia’s best musicians age 35 and under in making some big career moves

Bajzek, Dieter

Fifth National Convention of Folk Alliance Australia

9

3

Plans for the convention

Broad, Tina

Firees Use Song to Get Across 'Be Prepared' Message

11

3

In the Dandenong Ranges, community music at a local primary school heals the bushfire's wounds

Letts, Richard

First Chair of the Music Fund: Richard Mills

2

6

Composer/conductor Richard Mills is the first chair of the Australia Council Music Fund

Peelman, Roland

First Loudmouth Festival of the Voice

9

4

Newcastle (always another surprise) holds a trial run of a new festival for every kind of vocal music

Q Music

First occupancy rights for live music venues

7

2

Queensland will legislate to prevent new residential development from closing existing live music venues

Letts, Richard

First professional choir a triumph

6

3

A new Sydney choir bears out the hypothesis that professionalisation dramatically lifts quality

Letts, Richard

Fixing the Moral Rights Bill

6

4

Artists are surprised to discover that the “unconditional waiver” is still permitted

Cunningham, Stuart and Sinclair, John eds

Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas

6

4

Book review by Susan Faine

McDonald, Graham

Folk music: Back in Limbo

2

5

The Australian Folk Trust may die after the Australia Council totally withdrew continuing funding

Gill, Richard

For Goodness' Sake

10

5

Conductor and educator Gill hypothesises seven recommendations that might come from the imminent Ministerial Review of Music Education in Schools

Letts, Richard

For the first time, MCA Assembly opens to the public

9

5

For the first time, MCA Assembly opens to the public

Wilhelms, Fred

Fred Wilhelms’ searchlight on the record industry

9

5

Warner Music’s gesture -- less than meets the eye; iTunes -- risks for musicians; record companies hit the (s)kids

Hood, Sara

Free program for childcare centres: Sesame Street Music Works

10

1

Free program for childcare centres: Sesame Street Music Works

Clare, John

Freedman Jazz 2004

11

1

A review of the concert with finalists guitarist James Muller, sax players Adam Simmons and David Theak and singer Gian Slater. Muller is the MCA/Freedman Fellow for 2004.

Pearce, Rose, interviewed by Mason, Paul

Fresh Salt

9

4

Rose Pearse manages Fresh Salt, a special international promotion project for Australian Indigenous music

Klein, Eve

Frigidity: Scenes, Spaces and Places of Australian Electronica and Hip Hop

11

1

Eve Klein talks with Seb Chan of Sub Bass Snarl

Conolly, Joy

From 10 to 75+ -- The Hinterland Concert Band

9

6

In this community concert band, the oldest members of the community are role models for the youngest.

Brew, Marc

From Infinity, New York, to Bendigo

7

3

Catherine Threlfall interviews ‘disabled’ dancer Marc Brew about his post-accident career

Westlake, Donald

From Me to You: The Life and Times of Clive Amadia

6

4

Book review by Fred Blanks

Harrison, Gillian

From Outstation to Out There: Nabarlek – A Music Industry Case Study

11

1

The fascinating story of the difficult success of an indigenous Northern Territory band

De Ruiter, Frans

From the President of the International Music Council on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary

5

6

Letter from the IMC President

Letts, Richard

Funding Rules OK

3

4

The Australia Council's new funding guidelines, their merits and demerits, and the Council's need for structural inertia

Lord, J. G.

Fund-Raising: Ownership and Other Motivators

5

4

Proposes that loyalty of major donors to an organisation can be won in various ways, including by giving them a voice in decision-making

Eccles, Jeremy

Future Priorities for Music Journalism

10

4

The task, says Eccles, is to bring creative issues to the attention of a public that doesn’t think they really matter

Morrison, Lindy

Garma Festival of Traditional Culture

6

1

The festival celebrated the opening of the Yirrnga Music Development Center in the NT

International Network for Cultural Diversity

GATS: A Growing Threat to Culture

8

6

The next round of GATS talks could be critical for the preservation of local cultures, as the USA seeks additional commitments from other countries in the audiovisual sector

Letts, Richard

General Prospects for Federal Arts Funding

2

6

The Coalition's arts funding promises at election time, and their betrayal in the budget

Letts, Richard

Genevieve Lacey first MCA/Freedman Fellow

7

6

Inaugural fellowship in classical music awarded to recorder player Genevieve Lacey. See also interview in 7/5

Lacey, Genevieve

Genevieve Lacey. The new recorder virtuoso is interviewed by Richard Letts

7

5

Interview with Australian recorder virtuoso.

Macdonnell, Justin

Get Real: This is Not a One-Term Government

3

2

The new Coalition government is likely to serve more than one term; the arts should take a positive approach

Letts, Richard

Getting Ahead of the Traffic: Copyright for the Highway

1

2

Copyright Convergence Group recommendations for copyright innovations for the internet

Letts, Richard

Globalisation and Music

6

2

The International Music Council has adopted globalisation as a priority issue

Year of the Outback

Go Country for the Year of the Outback 2002

8

4

Country music is strong in the outback

Letts, Richard

Government Response to Charities Definition Inquiry

9

1

We can all breathe more easily

Letts, Richard

Growing New Cities for the Arts

3

4

Population growth projections show that many regional centres will be large enough to support new arts institutions

Macarthur, Sally

Happy Birthday to You!

2

1

The lack of recognition of women composers continues; we don’t even with them happy birthday

West, Susan

Heart in Song

9

5

Hand in Hand is the most moving and inspiring program, bringing children and the elderly together through music

Somerville, Melissa

Help road-Test Music Kit and Get Hands-On Classroom Help

11

3

Here's a chance for primary school teachers in the Illawarra region to test a new, easy to use, music kit

Holden, Marcus, and Okumura, Lucia

Hey Diddle Diddle – a Festival of Fiddles

8

1

Anthony Linden Jones interviews Marcus and Lucia about the all-encompassing Hawkesbury Fiddle Festival

Johannessen, Martin

Hip-hop, trip-hop, house, acid, techno, [etc] A Guide for the Out-of-Touch

5

3

Briefly describes characteristics of hip-hop & dance, and other styles which have developed from them

Brown, Andrew. R

Histories and Directions of Music Technology

4

5

History of pre-electronic music technologies, automated music, electronic music technologies; layers of persistence.

Broad, Tina

Honour Roll

11

3

Who is doing what around the country for the Music. Play for Life campaign

Cahill, Anne

How a new orchestral national orchestralassociation will make a difference

4

3

The objectives of the new The Orchestras of Australia Network

Harders, Julie

How APRA pulled royalties from the telephone cables

4

6

APRA court cases gain composer royalties from music on telephone hold, and music transmission on internet

Thorpe, Gary

How foreign classical music radio is gaining audiences by selling out the music

3

6

Australian classical music broadcasters compare favourably with foreign stations, which sell out the music for $$$

OZ O/S

How foreigners love us. (Or not)

8

1

Foreign reviews of Australian musicians quoted.

Letts, Richard

How Irrational Economic Rationalism Could Imperil the QPO

4

4

The supposed solution to the financial problems of the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra makes no sense

Letts, Richard

How Julie Croft started 51 new choirs in one year

4

6

51 new regional childrens' choirs have been established in the NSW state school system

International Federation of Musicians

How orchestral musicians suffer

4

5

International survey of the health of orchestral musicians shows stress is a major concern

Rechniewski, Peter

How Poker Machines Killed Jazz at the Strawberry Hills Hotel

4

3

The usurpation by poker machines of Sydney's major venue for contemporary jazz, the Strawberry Hills Hotel

Foster, Martin

How SOMA plays a role in the evolving expectations of orchestral musicians

5

2

New model: the orchestra union opts for defence AND cooperative relationships with management

Webster, Belinda

How Tall Poppies bends to the wind

5

1

Effect on small record company of new parallel imports regime

Waks, Nathan

How the ABC orchestras are taking advantage of their independence

4

3

Musicians feel more ownership, sponsors are more accessible, state governments give more to ABC orchestras

Australia Foundation for Culture and Humanities

How the AFCH is reassessing its role

5

4

Summarises the newly stated objectives of the AFCH

de Ruiter, Frans

How the Dutch have increased their arts funding by 35%. (Why can't we?)

4

3

Details of the increase in Dutch arts subsidies, and how they were achieved

Coughlan, Mark

How the hatchet was buried in Perth

5

1

W.A. Institute of Music new umbrella organisation for UWA Dept of Music and WA Conservatorium of Music

Letts, Richard

How the Helfgott miracle/triumph/disaster indicates the state of classical music

3

5

The classical music world is the victim of greed and celebrity and the attempt to win over a mass market

Mulcahy, Michael

How the jet plane revolutionised the orchestra

8

2

The jet plane has made it possible for conductors to travel more easily, but therefore to spend less time with each orchestra. More responsibility and autonomy is thrown on the musicians of the orchestra. Mulcahy implies that the exercise of their musical skills therefore acquires an ethical aspect.

Letts, Richard

How the Minister has stepped into the life - or death - of QPO

4

5

Proposals to amalgamate the management of the Queensland Philharmonic and Queensland Symphony orchestras

Letts, Richard

How the music progressin has rallied to fight for music education in the USA

3

5

MENC, National Association of Music Merchants and Academy of Recording Arts ally to support music education

Letts, Richard

How the new arts minister sees his turf

5

3

From a press release by Peter McGauran, Federal Arts Minister; his priorities.

Farrell, Chris

How the Queensland Philharmonic has resisted a takeover

3

6

QPO claims that the Queensland Symphony is trying to take over its funding in order to buy more players

Letts, Richard

How the states share in orchestral funding

5

5

There are major inequities in Federal funding to orchestras. Queensland especially loses out.

Letts, Richard

How the US Plays the Game

10

2

The US puts up a Trojan horse proposal to the UNESCO Conference

Osborne, William

How the VPO is pure in race and gender

5

4

Gives information about gender and racial exclusion policies of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Broad, Tina

How the World Works

11

2

The Music Therapists Association is getting mileage from the campaign, and the campaign isn’t doing so badly either

Letts, Richard

How ticket prices rise, and subsidies support the artists not the audience

3

5

Ticket prices rise faster than inflation, but arts subsidies don't, so prices are set at the limit of what the market bears

Music. Play for Life

How to Find a Music Teacher or Performing Group

10

4

Announces a new service to be provided

Letts, Richard

How to foster a dynamic arts culture

2

3

The new scientific theories of complexity suggest how we might effectively build a musical culture

Letts, Richard

How to get more music on radio

5

3

Australian Broadcasting Authority code and procedures for Australian music on radio; current issues

Australia Council

How to keep Australian arts on the air if new technologies elude old regulations

6

6

The Australia Council’s submission to the Inquiry into Convergence in the Broadcasting Industries

Kaiser, Michael M

How to Save the Performing Arts

9

3

Says the President of the Kennedy Center (USA): the performing arts world is sick; we need to find some cures

Australian National Choral Assn, & Music Council of Australia

How we could have professional choirs

5

4

A late addition to the National Strategic Plan for Choral Development

Music Council of Australia

How We'll Save the World of Music

4

2

Records the establishment of an alliance to campaign for public participation in music making

Schippers, Huib interview by Lancaster, Helen

Huib Schippers – Interview by Helen Lancaster

10

1

Some very interesting propositions from the founding Director of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre

Letts, Richard

Hunter Orchestra: exposition, development, thunderclap...Silence

4

6

The absence of an orchestral or regional development policy at the Australia Council destroys the Hunter Orchestra

Wingard, Alan B.

I’m so glad I study with Professor Jones

6

2

We need to recognise a developmental sequence of learning styles in order to teach music effectively at the tertiary level

Letts, Richard

Improvisatory Music Winners

6

1

Winners of the ABC Improvisatory Music Festival 1999

Letts, Richard

In Adelaide: the MCA’s First Assembly

1

1

Anounces the establishment of the Music Council of Australia, and its first annual ‘assembly’.

Thibodeaux, Sandra

In Darwin, Homeless and Nowhere to Play

9

2

Darwin musicians play in outdoor venues in The Dry, but come the Wet, they could be sodden and broke. MIDI acts.

Matters, Chris

In the Chair: Adelaide Symphony Goes Digital

11

1

A computer program that allows you to play with an orchestra with real time guidance

Letts, Richard

In the Mind of the Architect

7

6

Dick Letts interviews architect Barry McGregor, head of the team that designed the new Sydney Conservatorium of Music building. A long interview covering many fascinating aspects of this most complex of projects.

Letts, Richard

Inadequacies in the Regulations for Broadcast of Australian Music

10

3

The Australian Content Standards as practised do not deliver music diversity or a sufficient reflection of Australian identity and character

Music NSW

Indent: Rock for Youth

7

2

A successful youth program in rock music

Guivarra, Nancia

Indigenous cultural and intellectual property: singing the unsung

6

5

An argument for copyright law coverage for collectively owned indigenous arts

Groessler, Samantha

Industrial Rights and Realities: Working Conditions for Musicians in the Contemporary Music Industry --

9

6

“A broader, more lateral approach is required in improving musicians’ working conditions…”

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

9

3

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

9

4

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

9

5

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

9

6

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

10

1

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

10

2

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

10

3

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

10

4

News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

10

5

Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

11

1

Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

11

2

Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

11

3

Music industry news: backstage at the MTC Awards

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

9

2

New column on the music industry and chart successes

Letts, Richard

Initial Australia Council Decisions on Peer Assessment

1

6

Australia Council’s alternative for structural reform: one positive, one negative for music

Nash, Sandra

Innovations in the Dalcroze Diaspora

10

4

A changing of the guard in Geneva could strengthen Dalcroze Eurhythmics world-wide.

McCue, Ed

Inside the Mind of the Acoustician

8

1

Dick Letts interviews Ed McCue, member of the team designing the acoustics at the new Sydney Conservatorium

McMillan, Ros

Instruments of Desire: the Leather Works of Garry Greenwood

9

1

Greenwood is the maker of those whimsical “musical instrument” sculptures. But now he, with collaborators such as jazz eminence Brian Brown and composer Karlin Love, has devised some very playable musical instruments.

Stafford, Eve and 2 others

Insurance for your Volunteers

8

3

Letters of advice

Istanbul Declaration

Intangible Cultural Heritage, mirror of cultural diversity

9

2

Istanbul declaration by Ministers of Culture

Brown, Andrew R.

Interactive Performance with Electronic Technology

5

5

Describes a number of ways in which live performers can interact with electronic technology

Peppard, Herb

Interactivity: the new dimension of mass media

2

4

Interactivity' is the truly new characteristic available in multimedia; active participation, not just passive reception

Curtis, Leah

International Education and Training of Screen Composers

9

2

Leah Curtis compares the training of screen composers in Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Japan

Letts, Richard

International Music Council

1

4

Report on activities of some of the members

International Network for Cultural Diversity

International Network for Cultural Diversity

7

2

Statement of purpose from new NGO set up to prevent global trade liberalisation from swamping local cultures

Lalor, Stephen

Interview with Mats Nilsson

5

2

Interview with the new Musical Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Wills, Gillian

Interview: Kim Walker, Dean of Sydney Conservatorium

11

2

Gillian Wills interviews the new Dean about her life and times and her ambitious plans for her new institution.

Strahle, Graham

Intimacy and other chamber virtues

8

4

Adelaide composer John Polglase is interviewed by Graham Strahle

Halton, Rosalind

Introducing the Online Early Music Directory of Australia

11

2

Not only introduces the Directory, but describes the current situation of early music in Australia

Klein, Eve

Invisible Atmospheres: Happenings and Missings in Australian Experimental Electronica

10

5

Electronica in Australia is mostly underground; local fame can depend on foreign success, but international distribution is very difficult to achieve

Gullick, Mark

Is Pearl Jam Still Relevant?

8

5

Well, yes it is, says Gullick, because the band puts the music before the profit and hype

Letts, Richard

Issues Facing Our Conservatoria as They Prepare Their Students for [the 21C]

2

4

The radical changes in the world of music require our conservatoria to broaden the curriculum, train for resourcefulness

Morrison, Lindy

It's a Man's Man's World

11

1

It’s been a long battle for women musicians to get access to the world of rock and pop – and there’s still a way to go

Undy, Cameron, and Dewhurst, Carl

Jazz as Art. Jazz as Groove

5

4

Interview of the two jazz musicians, by Dick Letts. The financial benefits of groove, angst of art.

Jackson, Martin

Jazz Co-ordination and Strategic ‘Accidents’

9

5

The former Victorian Jazz Co-ordinator challenges arguments for the cuts to jazz co-ordination nationally

Myers, Eric

Jazz Coordination Association Ceases Trading

8

3

Faced with a termination of funding, the national and NSW jazz development organisation folds

Isaacs, Mark

Jazz Co-ordination: R.I.P

9

3

The state jazz co-ordination programs have outlived their usefulness. Time to move on.

Barlow, Dale

Jazz Is… Oz

7

5

One of Australia’s top jazz musicians returns from residence abroad, and likes what he sees

Broad, Tina

Jeff Buckley Legacy Inspires Guitars for Melbourne Schools

11

3

Amanda Buckley's MPFL fund-raisder provides guitars to four lucky kids

Letts, Richard

Jig’s Up ¼

1

4

Reports appointments to some important music positions in Australia

Letts, Richard

Jig’s Up 1/ 2

1

2

News and gossip. The first of a regular column which in some later issues becomes an essay

Letts, Richard

Jig’s Up 1/3

1

3

News and gossip

Letts, Richard