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Original name of this the publication, now known as Music Forum

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The change to the name Music Forum occurred at vol 2/no.6

7.30 Report

Music - overtaking laughter as best medicine? – transcript of interviews from the 7.30 Report

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Music therapy changes lives

Allen Consulting Group

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

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

Americans for the Arts

US Advertising Council co-sponsors a campaign for arts education

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The Council and Americans for the Arts mount a national campaign

Ancell, Noel

ANCA soars to new heights at “Summit”

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Report from the Australian National Choral Association

Ancell, Noel

CD REVIEWS

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Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Armfield, Neil

No votes in the arts >>> votes in no arts

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The famous opera and theatre director criticises the Coalition’s 1998 election campaign

Arnold, Bruce

A New Player Joins the Cultural Funding Orchestra

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

Arthurs, Andy

Why Creative Industries?

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Music at the Queensland University of Technology sits in a faculty called “Creative Industries”, with some brand new ways of doing things.

Arts Council of England

The Bigger Picture: More for the Arts, More from the Arts

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New English arts policy is strong on social relevance

Arts Education Partnership

Champions of Change

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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

Ashton, Bill

Planning for Success

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Even music people should plan for their financial future. A few words of advice from one who knows.

Australia Council

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

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

Australia Council

What makes the LOUD Festival very, very unusual

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Announces the LOUD festival, a festival by young artists conducted via the electronic and print media

Australia Council, Australian Broadcasting Authority

What music do kids like?

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A very brief summary of the results of a survey of the musical preferences of youth

Australia Foundation for Culture and Humanities

How the AFCH is reassessing its role

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Summarises the newly stated objectives of the AFCH

Australia Post

Joan Sutherland Is Australian Legend for 2004

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Why her face is on a new postage stamp

Australian Music Exam Bd

Changing the Face of Music Education in Australia

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The AMEB asks for readers' help

Australian National Choral Assn, & Music Council of Australia

How we could have professional choirs

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A late addition to the National Strategic Plan for Choral Development

Bacchiella, Lou

Campaign News

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News from the Music, Play for Life campaign

Bacchiella, Lou and Panucci, Frank

The Campaign Report

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Progress in the Music. Play for Life campaign

Bach, Dagfinn

Technology and the Delivery of Music

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An insider’s insights into the technological developments driving present and future upheavals in the music industry

Bajzek, Dieter

Fifth National Convention of Folk Alliance Australia

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Plans for the convention

Ball, Robyn

No kidding. It’s the Willowbrae Warblers

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A choir in an aged care facility restores liveliness

Bangbell, Kenneth

The Recital

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Humour

Bannister, Roland

Notes on the Establishment of Regional Conservatoriums of Music, with Special Reference to Riverina Conservatorium of Music

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This is one of about 15 regional conservatoria set up in NSW with some very modest State government funding

Barbeler, Damain

The Musician’s Guide to the GST

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How the mooted Goods and Services Tax could affect musicians; what to do about it

Barbeler, Damian

Compost: Young Composers Hoe Their Own Garden

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Artistic and entrepreneurial activities of a group of young Brisbane composers

Barg, David

Listening

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Young orchestra members emulate their conductor. What is the model you present? Are you preoccupied with teacher – or with their learning?

Barlow, Dale

Jazz Is… Oz

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

Barmby, David

Musica Viva and Australian Ensemble Development

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Musica Viva Australia is preparing a new ensemble development strategy

Barrett, Margaret

Research in music education

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Several Australian Research Council Large Grants and one CUTSD grant have gone to music education

Barwick, Linda

Catherine Ellis

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Eulogy for Catherine Ellis, ethnomusicologist and music educator

Baynes, Graham

The Disabled Make Music

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Methods that have worked in songwriting workshops for the mentally disabled

Beatson, Jim

Regional Music Festivals Broadcast Nationally

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The operation of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's national Community Radio Satellite

Benge, Martin

The State of Play: Recording Studios in Australia

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After decline in the 1990s, there is a rebirth of world class recording studios in Australia

Benjamin, Sarah

What the future holds for music on the ABC

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After serious funding cuts and a threat to terminate live music on ABC radio, an ABC executive offers reassurance

Bennett, Dawn Elizabeth

What’s a Musician Anyway?

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Even classical musicians are not just performers – but business people, educators, conductors, writers and managers as well.

Blanks, Fred

CD REVIEWS

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Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Blanks, Fred

Everything but the money

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

Blanks, Fred

Music Consumers’ Bill of Rights

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Information given to audiences is sadly inadequate and programs are way overpriced

Blanks, Fred

Printers' Devils Make Music

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Musical typo-bloopers

Bodlovich, Paul

AMIN and the Situation of the Musician

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The structure and task of the Australian Music Industry Network

Bofinger, Ian

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

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

Bofinger, Ian and Wakely, Greg

The establishment of ‘The Virtual Conservatorium’ as an initiative of the emerging, innovative eConservatorium

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A regional conservatorium in Mackay achieves financial viability through introduction of online learning

BOOK REVIEW

Andrew Ford: Undue Noise: Words about Music

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Reviewed by Claudio Pompili

BOOK REVIEW

Ellen Dissanayake: Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began

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Reviewed by Mark Isaacs

BOOK REVIEW

John Sharpe: Don’t worry baby. They’ll swing their arses off. The Stories of Australian Jazz Musicians.

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Reviewed by David Sudmalis

BOOK REVIEW

Musical Identities. Edited by Raymond MacDonald, David Hargreaves & Dorothy Miell.

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Reviewed by Peter Dunbar-Hall

BOOK REVIEW

Peter J. Davies: Beethoven in Person: his deafness, illnesses and death

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Reviewed by Dr John Carmody

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

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

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

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

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews

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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

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

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

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

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

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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

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

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

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List of books received since the previous issue

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

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List of books received since the previous issue

BOOKS RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVEED

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List of books received since the previous issue

Bounds, Jenny

Community Orchestra by Leaps and Bounds

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Nuts and bolts and the Penrith (NSW) Symphony Orchestra

Bradley, Margaret

Perspectiv, Kultur dan Music

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Understanding the musical and spoken language of Indonesia affects general cultural perspectives

Brew, Marc

From Infinity, New York, to Bendigo

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

Brissenden, A & Strahle, G

Obituary: Jiri Tancibudek AM, Oboist

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Looking back over the career of the distinguished Czech/Australian oboist

Broad, Tina

Amanda Armstrong Raises MPFL Funds for Melbourne Schoolkids

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

Broad, Tina

Campaign Collaborators

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A list of Music Play for Life campaign collaborators

Broad, Tina

How the World Works

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

Broad, Tina

Music. Play for Life: What’s Happened, What’s Next

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News from the new campaign director

Brown, Andrew R

Purchasing computer music equipment for education

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The last in a series of articles about the use of computers in music education

Brown, Andrew R

The Computer as Show-Off

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Digitising and displaying musical information for education

Brown, Andrew R.

An Introduction to Digital Sound Synthesis

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

Brown, Andrew R.

An Introduction to Music Analysis with Computers

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

Brown, Andrew R.

Interactive Performance with Electronic Technology

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

Brown, Andrew R.

Multimedia Documents in Music Education

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Overview of sound design in multimedia, with special reference to the educational context

Brown, Andrew. R

Aural and Musicianship Training with Computers

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

Brown, Andrew. R

Histories and Directions of Music Technology

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

Brown, Andrew. R

Learning and Recording: Audio Technology in Education

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A guide to the various recording technologies and their uses in music education

Brown, Andrew. R

Scoring at School: desktop music publishing for education

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A guide to computer music notation procedures, systems and products

Brown, Andrew. R

The Internet and Music Research in Education

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How to use the internet for music research

Brown, Andrew. R

The Synthesizer - Education's Electronic Xylophone

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The synthesizer: classroom applications; training for solo and group performance

Brown, Andrew. R

Your Friend, the Algorithm

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How algorithmic musical composition works; relevant commercial software systems

Brown, Andrew. R

Your Friend, the Sequencer

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The computer sequencer: history, description, uses

Brown, Steven, and Volgsten, Ulrik

Music and Manipulation. II. Controlling the Music; Controlling the Listener

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Two aspects of manipulation involving music, and their objectives

Buggy, Brian

The Evolution of a School Orchestral and Band Program

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A successful model of a school instrumental music program – for inspiration and emulation

Bullerjahn, Claudia

Do Music Videos Stir up Sex and Violence in our Teenagers

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

Burnham, Helen and Mikulin, Margaret

Way Out West. Making Music in the South West Corner of NSW

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A community organisation faces geographical isolation, enormous distances and unreliable and inadequate funding in attempting to provide music instruction and an annual music camp.

Burnside, Julian

The Art of Dissent, or, If You Are Crazy Enough To Be an Artist, Why Not Take on the Establishment as Well?

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Argues for the essential role of the artist as social dissenter. The Third Annual MCA Address.

Byrnes, Clare

The ABC: Exploring Music and Performance Online

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The Creative Director of ABC Online describes how it works

Cahill, Anne

How a new orchestral national orchestralassociation will make a difference

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The objectives of the new The Orchestras of Australia Network

Caley,Tattersall, Carette

Early Music Now: Early Music in North Queensland

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

Callinan, Brendan

AMA’S Music Makers: Fuelling the Fire

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

Canadian sources

Canada Imposes a Levy ON MP3 Players

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

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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News column from the Australian music industry

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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Music industry news

Canak, Danny

Industry Scoop

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New column on the music industry and chart successes

Capling, Ann

The Enemy Within: Globalisation, Culture and the Role of Government

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Capling says the threat from the WTO is contained. Worry about the economic rationalist within

Capps, Mary Jo

Chamber music in dance clubs: Musica Viva loosens up

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

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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EDITOR’S CHOICE: Kaleidoscope. A recording of orchestral works of Australian composer Roger Smalley, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. CLASSICAL. The Australian Trio: Hazelwood, Hewgill, Brimer. Infinite Heartbeat: Duo Sol. Lizst: From the Years of Pilgrimage: Stephanie McCallum, pno. Two of a Kind: Katie & Maggie Noonan, Red Fish Blue, TQO, Noble cond. CONTEMPORARY. Beyond Underground: Brethren. Cinema Paradiso: David Hobson, Sinfonia Australis, Cantillation, Noble cond. DeFocus: Low Res Productions. Get Back: The Basics. Liones: Liones. Position Correction: TZU. Star-Lo: uBin. Traversing the Newly Drained Swamps: Godnose. Ways and Means: Paul Kelly and 7 musicians. Don’t Start Me Talking, Lyrics 1984 – 2004: Paul Kelly (book). FILM MUSIC. Solar Max: Nigel Westlake, IMAX soundtrack. JAZZ. By the Scruff: Kadoonka. McJad Goes Organic: Hounslow, tpt, Gould, pipe organ, pno. Place: Aaron Choulai, pno plus quartet. Streaming: Chris Abrahams, pno. WORLD MUSIC. Time never sleeps: Waratah

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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SSO etc: Carl Vine Choral Symphony, Symphony 4.2 and Piano Concerto; Tamara-Anne Cislowska, pno, Dance of the Wild Men; Crossing a Bridge of Dreams, works by Anne Boyd; J.S.Bach Cello Suites with David Pereira; Sydney Alpha Ensemble: Silbury Air; Live @ Tweekin’ – Funky Beats for Music Freaks: various house artists; Australian Art Orchestra: Into the Fire; B(if)tek: 2020; Multiball: Multiball.

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Tessa Birnie: Keyboard Spectacular; Tristram Cary: Soundings; The Song Company/austrLYSIS: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior; Australian Boys Choir and The Vocal Consort: Sons of the South; Miriam Morris and Christopher Field: A Souldiers Resolution; Soup: From Anuva Planet; Bernie McGann Trio: Bundeena; Alister Spence Trio: There is a Circle; Jeannie Lewis: Tango Australis; Luis Grimaldi: Tango Images

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with Andreas Scholl: Andreas Scholl – Vivaldi; Sirius Ensemble: Francesco Maria Veracini, Sonatas Op. 1 nos. 1, 6, 12; Ian Munro, piano: Jamaican Rumba, Vol. 1: Music for Piano by Aurthur Benjamin; Tall Poppies Ensemble: Jamaican Rumba Volume 2: Chamber Music by Arthur Benjamin; John O’Donnell, Organ: Johann Sebastien Bach, Clavierubung III, Schubler Chorales, Canonic Variations; Camerata Classica directed by Philip Swanton: Just for Pleasure; Jeff Dread: The Merchant of Dub Episode II – Return from Alpha One; Deep Child: Hymns from Babylon; Various: JJJ Unearthed; Various: Culture – Music from Black Australia; James Muller Trio: All Out; 10 Part Invention: Unidentified Spaces; Abdoulaye Epizo Bangoura and others: Epizo – N’na

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Purple, Black and Blues: piano music by Elena Kats-Chernin: Lisa Moore, piano; The Ockeghem Legacy: Sydney Chamber Choir cond. by Nicholas Routley; Esiterik Psikology: various artists; Intersound: Juju Space Jazz; It Is What It Isn’t: Itchee and Scratchee; Closer: Mark Isaacs; Song and Dance: Wanderlust; Sunman: Andrew Robson; Anamika: Sangam Ensemble; Kofi Goes Abroad: Eddie Quansah; Telares: Telares Ensemble

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Recordings, Reviewed Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Trios — Macquarie Trio Kouvaras: Piano Works — Linda Kouvaras Lotus Moon - She-Cheen Yu, Sinfonia Australis Sea Children and other new choral music — The Australian Voices, directed by Stephen Leek Backrooms, Corridors, Table and Chairs — Betaville Orchestra Beat and Squelch 3 — The Future Was Filling in the Corners — Telafonica Pear Shaped — Pear Shaped Jazzgroove — compilation Yellow Glasses — Theak-tet Mara! Live in Europe — Mara!

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Concerto Symphonique. Virtuoso Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 1. Munro, TSO/Porcelijn Harmonies in Blue. Canberra New Music Ensemble Music for Federation. Sculthorpe, Edwards, Broadstock, MSO/Markus Stenz Solitudo: Alone in Darkness. Quaife, SOV/Mills Olimpia - Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti. Chacona directed by Rosalind Halton Perfume. The Exquisite Piano Music of France. Stephanie McCallum, piano A Sky For Dreaming. Guitar Trek Tall trees. Canberra New Music Ensemble Terrains. Michael Hannan: piano interior Body & Soul. The Song Company, dir. Peelman Digital Manipulation. FourPlay/Various Music For Reset People. The Bird Re-Fashioned. Various artists

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Australia Unite! The Road to Federation: Songs and Dances of Colonial Australia - SOV, Divall, Quaife, Bolton-Wood; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ -- Yvonne Kenny, soprano; ASO/Takuo Yuasa; Margreta Elkins: The Classic Recordings -- Elkins, Mezzo-Soprano, LSO, QSO, Bamberger Symphoniker; Noel Mewton-Wood, piano – 3 CDs with various orchestras, artists; Song in the Night. Concert Fantasies, arrangements & original works for harp by Carlos Salzedo -- Alice Giles, harp; Storm Sight --Michael Keiran Harvey, piano; Spin -- Jeannel Carrigan, piano; The Best of Joan Sutherland Live from the Sydney Opera House, Vol. 2., Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Bonynge; Bagarap empires -- Fred Smith; Dub For The Masses Vol.2 -- various artists; Mechanical Bull - Mik La Vage; Pseudo Sound Project -- various artists; Train Noise -- Don Meers

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Recordings: Fauré Requiem, La Naissance de Venus, Cantique de Jean Racine -- Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Macliver, Tahu Rhodes, cond. Walker; Harvest: the music of John Tallis, Esther Rofe and Dorian Le Gallienne -- Çakmakçioglu, Robt Chamberlain, Ian Cousins, Jeannie Marsh, Tamara Smolyar;

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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The Gentle Muse: Jane Edwards, sop., w. Helyard, Marshall McGuire; Handel Arias: Alcina, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo: Emma Matthews, sop., NZCO cond. Armstrong; Stix ‘n’ Tones: Percussion Ensemble, Flinders St School of Music dir. Pusz; Where Morning Lies: Spiritual Songs: Clare Gormley, sop., w. Kevin Murphy; Cut Copy: Little Bird; Fractures In The Elderly: Circle of Willis; Future Conduit: Mik La Vage; Iolini: Robert Iolini; Libraries Are Fun: Artificial; Looking For Andrew Bradley: Quro; Love Hertz: Ray Diode; Zephyr: The Zephyr Quartet; Machines: Craig Fermanis Trio; Songs from the Kitchen: Keklik Aile (ensemble)

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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The Australian Album: Asmira Woodward-Page vln and Scott Davie pno;The Ghost Ship: Tamara Anna Cislowska, pno; Sonatas & Fantasies: Slava Grigoryan, gtr with Leonard Grigoryan, second gtr; Two CDs of works by Alan Holley – Ophelia: The Gallery Players, and Masquerade: Enigma-Five; Piracy: Baroque music stolen for the recorder: Genevieve Lacey, recorder: Linda Kent, harpsichord and organ;

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Discs of the works of Andrew Ford 1. Whispers. Duo Contemporain, Gerald English, Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, others 2. Harbour Gerald English (tenor): Australian Chamber Orchestra, others 3. Icarus Various artists Colours of Fire: the essential guitar album Gareth Koch, guitar Journey to the Otherworld Gareth Koch, guitar The Power of Love: British Opera Arias. Deborah Riedel, soprano; AOBO/Bonynge, Vivaldi: il flauto doice Genevieve Lacey, recorder; Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer Beatzwork Vol2 Various/Organarchy Sound Systems DOS Telafonica The Blue Hour Vol.3: Deep Blue Andy Rantzen The Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender and Australian Modernity Archival compilation Thirteen Sketches The Andrea Keller Quintet Not Just Music GengGong

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, Reviewed

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Flat Earth -- Electra String Quartet, Inner Voices, Mark Atkins, Philip South, Steve Elphick; In Flagranti. Contemporary Works for Guitar -- Geoffrey Morris; The Inner Line — pianists Stephen Emmerson and Bernard Lanskey; Jiri Tancibudek – the Landmark Recordings — Jiri Tanicbutek, oboe, and various artists; Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets — The Australia Ensemble; Soldier, soldier: the barrack-room ballads of Rudyard Kipling -- Michael Halliwell, baritone, David Miller, piano; Spanish Battle Music in the Age of Discovery -- The Song Company, directed by Michael Noone; A Feast Of Beats -- Jonny Phive; The Herd -- The Herd; Resistance -- Ali Omar; Ilura – Blastcorp; Southpaw -- Jeremy Sawkins; Old Linden Tree -- Sydney Balalaika Orchestra; Tufa – Tufa

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Salut! Baroque:Salut! Baroque; Taking Flight: chamber music by Sadie Harrison; An Englishman In Ibiza: Disco Stu; Appropriate Pop: Goulburn Poultry Fanciers Society; Compilation 2002: Semikazi Collective; Fundamental Sampler: Hiroshi; Mota Musik: Up'n'Atom; Music For Retirement Villages Circa 2050: Jeremy Dower; From Within: Tony Gould (pno) and Peter Petrucci (gtr); The Last Will & Testament of John Sangster (1928-1995): John Sangster and others; From the New Continent: Shen Pangeng (erhu), Catherine Ingram (pno); Willow Spirit Song: Folksongs of the Orient: Shu-Cheen Yu, sop, Sinfonia Australis, Cantillation cond. Antony Walker

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Charisma: Roslyn Dunlop (cl), Julia Ryder (vcl), David Vance (pno); Prayer for Peace: Cantillation, cond Antony Walker; Resurrection. Organ Works by Olivier Messiaen: Annette Goerke, organ; Song of Songs: The Song Company, dir Roland Peelman; Inside This Room: Hobson and Hirschfelder; Australian Folk 2000: 37 Original Compositions on 2 CDs: various artists; Musical Traditions in Australia: 41 Tracks on 2 CDs: various artists; The Field: The Field; Joe Chindamo plays the Paul Simon Song Book: America!: Joe Chindamo trio; Jupiter Moon: Brian Brown, leather instruments, others; Mikrokosmos: The Bartok Project, dir. Andrea Keller; Open Road. Rufus Records Soundtracks: various artists; Three Voices: Fiona Burnett w Ben Robertson, David Jones

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Brahms: Complete Piano Trios: Macquarie Trio; Rachmaninoff Lilacs: Scott Davie, pno; Messiah (Handel}: Macliver, Sherman, Field, McMahon, Tahu Rhodes, Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, cond. Walker; Music for All Seasons: Australian composers Gross, Carr-Boyd, Allworth; Song of the Angel: Jane Sheldon, Sinfonia Australis, Cantillation, cond. Stanhope and Weymark; Mozart Arias and Orchestral Music. Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bar, TSO cond. Rudner; X: Ros Dunlop, cl; Fiona Burnett. Soaring at Dawn: Burnett, sop sax, jazz trio, str quartet; Debra Blaquière: Little Wing: Standards Inspired by Angels: Blaquière (voc), Chindamo, Rex; Michelle Nicole Live. Keep Your Heart Right: Nicole, voc, trio; Where's Love Gone?: Susan Gai Dowling Band; Augadhau Nawal (Songs of Our Lord): Hymns, Kores of Torres Strait; Caroline Lynn. The Shaman's Kiss: Lynn, voc, octet.

CD REVIEWS

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Haydn Fortepiano Trios: Oxford, Surprise & Miracle Symphonies, Fortepiano Trios Nos 12, 14 & 18; Ensemble of the Classic Era. Recital. Australian Art Song; Merlyn Quaife, sop, Michael Kieran Harvey, pno. The Liszt Album; Stephanie McCallum, pno. Africussia; D’volv guitar trio – Peter Martin, Jim Kelly, Jon Fitzgerald. Mike Nock: Changing Seasons; Mike Nock: pno, Brett Hirst, bass, Toby Hall, drums. On; Andrew Robson. Southeast; Baartz Freeman Sextet. Jenny Thomas. Into the Ether; with Jason Day, Dean Frenkel, Glen Kniebass, Andrew Schrape, Ali. Steady Steady; Seaman Dan, various musicians

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Debussy Piano Music (4 CDs), Roy Howat, pno. Fantasies; Esther van Stralen, vla. New Light New Hope; Gondwana Voices, Lyn Williams and Mark O'Leary, cond. Past Life Recall: Derek Strahan. Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Cello; David Pereira, vcl, Ian Munro, pno. Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Play; Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan, gtrs. Water Pushes Sand; Clocked Out Duo, erik Griswold, pno, Vanessa Tomlison, perc. Fourthcoming; Har Di and Co. - Guy Harvey, ten sax, Frank Di Sario, bass, Phil Collings, drms. Spirals; John Bell Trio: John Bell, vibes, Ronny Ferella, drms, melodica, Frank Disario (bass). Tomorrow, Just You Wait And See; Emma Gilmartin, voc, Tony Gould, pno. Femalia; Tufa.

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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Colin Bright, Young Tree Green (A Song of the Republic): Kees Boersma, cb; Sydney Symphony Orchestra cond Elgar Howarth; Mahler -- Symphony No. 4 (chamber version) and Songs of a Wayfarer (chamber version): Sydney Soloists with Clare Gormley, sop, Jeffrey Black, bar, and John Harding, cond; Get Reel: The Fiddler's Festival; Ishish. Waiting for it: Ishish; Severance: Band of Five Names; Strobe Coma Virgo: Strobe Coma Virgo, with Phil Slater; Wide Eyed. Rob Burke: Burke (sax), Tony Gould (pno), Nick Haywood (bass), Tony Floyd (drms); Harmonic Colour Fields: Warren Burt, composer and programmer; Sonic Archaeologies: Ros Bandt; Listen To My Drum: King Kadu from Werbadu

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

3

1

Mahler Symphony No. 5: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz, cond.; Malcolm Williamson. Complete Works for Piano: Antony Gray, piano; Saffire. The Australian Guitar Quartet: Antony Field, Slava Grigoryan, Gareth Koch, Karin Schaupp, guitars; Yvonne Minton: The Essential Recordings: compilation with orchestras; A Good Thing on Hold: Sharney Russell, voc, with sextet; Frangipani: Guy Strazzullo ; Here & Now: The Idea Of North a cappella ensemble; Tenderland: Renée Geyer; Work, Play, Sleep - Children's Songs from Around the World: Blindman's Holiday a cappella ensemble, plus Jubilate Singers, others

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

3

1

Lost in the Real Sky: Curseovdialect; Bach Arias & Duets: Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell, Orchestra of the Antipodes/Antony Walker; Praise – An inspiring collection of hymns, choruses and sacred songs: Various artists; Puccini Passion: The Richard Bonynge Collection: Cheryl Barker, soprano, Orchestra Victoria, cond. Richard Bonynge; Downtown: Petula Clark vs The Outpsider; Independence - Volume One: Various artists; Straight from the Art: Various artists; Evolutionary Vibes Volume 5: The Winter Of Our Discotheque(Summer Edition): Various artists; Today: Maya Jupiter; The Calling: Hilltop Hoods; Evolve/All U Mob 2: Morganics; Flux: Alister Spence Trio: Alister Spence (piano), Lloyd Swanton (bass), Toby Hall (drums);

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

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3

Drive By: The Necks; Allegri Miserere: Cantillation, Antony Walker and Brett Weymark, cond.; Australian Heritage: Glenda Raymond: Glenda Raymond, sop, various artists; Lifecycle, by Howard Blake: William Chen, piano; The Convict Harpsichordist: Elizabeth Anderson, harpsichord; Mozart, Clarinet Concerto & Arias: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer dir, Craig Hill, basset clarinet; Cynthia Sieden, sop.; Semele, by George Frideric Handel: Ryberg, Russell, Wood, Bennett et al; Cantillation, Sirius Ensemble, cond. Antony Walker; Yvonne Kenny: The Salley Gardens: A Treasury of English Song: Yvonne Kenny, sop, Caroline Almonte, pno; Audible Inventions: The Bird; Boardface: Gotye; Consistency Theory: 1200 Techniques; Late Set: Dark Network; SouthHeart: Jeannie Lewis; Healing Song: Eugene Ball, trumpet, Stephen Magnusson, guitar, Sergio Beresovsky, drums; Jazzhead 2003: Various artists; Line Songs: The Cathedral Band; Dha: Dha; Taikoz. Live at Angel Place: Taikoz percussion, Matthew Doyle, didjeridu

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

3

2

MUSIC FORUM EDITOR’S CHOICE. Storyteller: Joseph Tawadros. CLASSICAL MUSIC. The Lark Ascending: Vaughan Williams with Australian orchestras. Madama Butterfly: Opera Australia with Cheryl Barker and Jay Hunter Morris, conductor Patrick Summers. The Voice: Teddy Tahu Rhodes. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. Doppler Shift: Electro Selections: Various artists. I Dreamed about You. Songs of Love and Longing from World War II: Phillip Sametz and The Mell-O-Tones. Make It Happen: Upshot. Part 3 - Random Thoughts: Koolism. Song of the Federation – A Musical Tribute to A.B. (Banjo) Patterson: Wallis & Matilda. Sonic Allsorts: Modern Music - Native Tongues: Various Artists. JAZZ. 1000 Wide: Kynan Robinson’s En Rusk. Assumptions 2: Magnusson/Wilson/Guthrie. Evidence: The Idea of North. Looking Up: Phil Bywater’s Buried Teasure. The Secret: Alison Wedding, voc, with trio. NEW MUSIC. Alchemy: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, various conductors and soloists. Corrosion: music for instruments, computers and electronics: Paul Doornbusch, c

CD REVIEWS

Recordings, reviewed

3

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MUSIC FORUM EDITOR’S CHOICE. Yearning for the Bell (7CDs): Riley Lee, shakuhachi. CLASSICAL MUSIC. Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos: Gerard Willems, soloist, Sinfonia Australis cond. Antony Walker. The Great Rossini Overtures: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra cond. Ola Rudner. CONTEMPORARY. 15.OZ: 15 Years of Australian Hip-Hop on Vinyl. Abelard and Heloise: music theatre by Ross Fiddes, Paul Kavanagh. The Art of Trance: Jumping Jack. Floppydisco: Bleepin’ J. Squawkins. Nautical Forlorn: A Selection of Works for Film, Television, Festivals and CD: David Bridie. JAZZ. Cyclosporin: Allan Browne Quintet. Fear Smile: Survival of the Fiddes. Fortune: Peter Gelling feat. Doug Williams. If Blue Was Orange: Steve Hunter. Jacinta's Song: Jenny Game Ensemble. Keeping The Standards: Mark Isaacs with Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum. Nine open questions: Tim Stevens Trio. NEW MUSIC. Carl Vine, The Tempest: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, cond. Ola Rudner, Diana Doherty, oboe. The Golem: Opera Australia from the 1993 production

Chestnut, Judith

Keeping It Simple

3

5

Simplicity of structure, even in complex art, is what allows it to communicate successfully with audiences

Chestnut, Judith

New opportunities on the NSW Central Coast

3

4

There is a major push to develop community on the Central Coast, bringing great opportunities for the arts,

Choy, Alison Low

The Diary of a Peripatetic Percussionist

3

1

The author, on a Churchill Fellowship, takes lessons from the world’s best percussionists

Clare, John

CD REVIEWS

3

1

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Clare, John

Freedman Jazz 2004

3

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.

Clarke, Lance

Contemporary Passions

3

4

Thoughtful reflections on Christianity, expressed through original community opera

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

3

4

Current opportunities in the community music sector

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

3

3

Current opportunities in the community music sector

CMANet

Community Music Opportunities File

3

5

Current opportunities in the community music sector

Collins, Tim

Young Voices, New Ideas

3

6

Tim Collins says that voices under the age of 18 can be trained to the same level as instrumental players

Colman, Helen

The Art of Performance: Born or Acquired

3

4

Conservatorium students tour performances to regional NSW: a preparation for professional life

Community Briefing

Community briefing

3

3

Community music news from around Australia and the world

Community Broadcasting Assn of Aust

Community Radio: It's Big

3

5

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

Community CD Review

Braddon - A Place of Our Own

3

6

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

Community CD Review

Common Ground

3

2

Students of Eora College, Sydney

Community CD Review

Resonate 2001

3

4

Resonate 2001. Project of Brisbane City Council

Community CD Review

Worldview

3

4

Students of St. Paul’s, Penrith, and community members

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

3

5

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

3

6

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

4

1

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

4

2

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

4

2

News items from the community music sector

Community Music Australia

Community Briefing

4

5

News items from the community music sector

Concert reviews

Reviews of The Necks in London, and the AYO’s Gurrelieder in Perth

4

3

Reviews of The Necks in London, and the AYO’s Gurrelieder in Perth

Conolly, Joy

Better than My Wildest Dream

4

4

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

Conolly, Joy

From 10 to 75+ -- The Hinterland Concert Band

4

1

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

Conolly, Joy

Life -- Death -- Life

4

2

Combining a requiem for a life well spent with a pledge to the local environment.

Conolly, Joy

Never Say Die

4

6

Choirs are doing magical things for ageing residents in two nursing homes in Queensland.

Conway, Suzannah

Australia fumbles the baton

4

3

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

Coote, Martin

Common Expression

4

1

Musings on the meaning of community

Coote, Martin

Regional ROMP

4

5

A program to bring music instruction to outback New South Wales

Corfield, Jeff

String Bands & Shake Hands - The Days of Old Darwin Town

4

6

Darwin’s string bands of the 1930’s may have been the beginning of multicultural arts in Australia

Costello, Stephen

Towards a Community Music Development Policy

4

2

Proposes basic principles for community music development

Coughlan, Mark

How the hatchet was buried in Perth

4

3

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

Coulter, Senator John

Economic rationalism: enemy of the arts

4

3

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

Couttie, Judy

Rocky Fringe

4

3

The fringe festival in Rockhampton, 2001

Couttie, Judy

Rocky Fringe River Rhythms

4

3

A festival of percussion and dance in Rockhampton

Cowley, Rowena

Learning to Sing: What's Happening Now

4

2

Overview of the current state of voice teaching and voice science

Cowley, Rowena

On conducting opera

4

4

Rowena Cowley interviews Richard Gill on the task of the opera conductor

Crawford, John

What could happen to new music on new radio?

4

4

The head of programming for ABC Classic FM looks at possibilities in the digital age

CREATE Australia

Scoping Community Cultural Development

4

6

CREATE’s project aimed to identify the demand among community cultural development practitioners for an industry training package and to develop a draft framework for such a package.

Creative Communities

Creative Communities Project in the USA

4

2

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

Cunningham, Stuart and Sinclair, John eds

Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas

4

4

Book review by Susan Faine

Curtis, Leah

International Education and Training of Screen Composers

4

5

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

Curtis, Leah

Scoring Flicks: Screen Music Matters

4

6

The big issues for screen composition: a series is introduced by its guest editor

Curtis, Leah

The State of the Art: The Los Angeles Screen Music Conference

4

5

Ethical and practical issues confronting screen music professionals in LA, and the implications for Australia.

Davidson, Robert

The Elena Interview

4

4

An interview with composer Elena Kats-Chernin

Davis, Beryl; Johnson, Elverina and McLennon Lesley

Blow ‘im. The Yarrabah Brass Band Story

4

6

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

Davis, John

Under the Overview: some personal musings on Australian “art musics”

4

2

The Director of the Australian Music Centre offers a bird’s-eye view of new music in Australia

De Haan, Simone

Marranu Manikay Bundurr - Manangrida Magic

4

2

The first time four young NT Aboriginal brass players hear a symphony orchestra was when they performed the featured work with the Darwin Symphony

de Klerk, Dirk

Language and Vocabulary in Music

4

4

Music is not a universal language; we benefit from access to the world's music, but have only partial comprehension

De Ruiter, Frans

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

4

6

Letter from the IMC President

de Ruiter, Frans

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

4

5

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

De Ruiter, Frans

Letter to Lady Menuhin

4

6

Letter to his wife on the death of Yehudi Menuhin, from the President, International Music Council

de Vilder< Yantra

On the Couch with Michael Nyman

4

3

The American composer is alarmingly frank to a gathering of the Screen Writers’ Guild

Dean, Brett

Building our own repertoire

4

4

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

Dench, Chris

CD REVIEWS

4

5

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Di Mazio

Can cause-marketing help music? 9 3

4

6

Description of cause marketing and application to music marketing

Diaz, Justo

Papalote Project

4

2

Argentinian/Australian musician Justo Diaz visited Cuba and organised a recording project for Cuban musicians

Dickson, Val

Story of the World’s Greatest Band

4

6

Yes, that was the actual name of the band. Community development through participatory music making in Charters Towers, Qld

Dirkswager, Joost

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

4

6

The arts policies of the Netherlands

Dodge, Greg

Weekend Warriors, Weekend Swing Cats – What’s Next?

4

3

In Brisbane, great programs are drawing in older people. But there’s a shortage of leaders.

Douglas, Jessica

Voices from the Vacant Lot

4

1

How one of Australia’s best and oldest world music choirs organises its affairs

Dreyfus, George

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

4

4

Book review by Fred Blanks

Dunn, Christie

Branching Out

4

3

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

Easton, Michael

Music Sampling

4

5

The tricky copyright issues around music sampling, and how to handle them

Eccles, Jeremy

Angel Exchange

4

3

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

Eccles, Jeremy

Future Priorities for Music Journalism

4

1

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

Elhay, Schmoe

Selling Your Private-Release CDs on the Internet

4

1

New ways Australian musicians are finding their audiences

Elliot, Bridget

Photographs of Australian musicians and composers

4

4

Some photographs of Australian musicians and composers from the studio of Bridget Elliot

European Music Office

Europe Looks after Its Own

4

2

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

European Union of Music Schools

The importance of music schools during economically difficult times

4

1

Calls for continuing government support, as schools contribute to unity, purposefulness in hard times

Evers, Frans and Hiddink, Jan

The new bonds between pop and art music

4

2

Through 'house music', the dance music genre and pioneering electronic art music have come together

Faine, Susan

A Rose by Any Other Name

4

6

Folk and traditional music, and cultural diversity in Australia

Fargher, Matthew

Reinventing the singalong

4

2

A singalong program with disabled people has been very effective and changed the way Matthew teaches

Farrell, Chris

How the Queensland Philharmonic has resisted a takeover

4

2

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

Fauire, Rosemary

Soundasations: Sound and Dance Conversations

4

1

The story of an evolving community improvisation ritual that has continued for some years

Ferdinand, Pamela

The arts as academic panacea

4

4

New research from Harvard says yes, and no

Fin, Rita

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

4

5

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

Findlay, Gavin

The Map is not the Territory: Towards a cooperative approach to the future development of orchestras in Australia

4

1

A powerful plea for more cooperation in development of the orchestral sector and for institution of national teaching standards and accreditation

Fletcher, James

The Abstract Truth

4

3

First installment of a new column on jazz, written by James Fletcher of Sydney’s Jazzgroove Association

Fletcher, James

The Abstract Truth

4

3

News of the jazz world

Fletcher, James

The Abstract Truth

4

2

News from the jazz world

Fletcher, James

The Abstract Truth

4

4

James Fletcher writes of current events in jazz

Flores, Hernan

Multicultural music: more than local colour

4

3

Australia should do more to make professional careers possible for multicultural musicians

Flynn, Sebastien

True Art or Taxidermy?

4

5

How Brisbane Ethnic Music and Arts Centre translates multicultural policy into practice

Ford, Andrew

Oom-pa-pah

4

1

A personal insight. The composer recalls his experiences in writing The Waltz Book – 60 concert waltzes.

Ford, Andrew

Why Bother with Classical Music?

5

2

The Second Annual MCA Address, 2003. Part of Ford's answer: notated music makes possible a depth of musical content and expression that is not possible with improvised music

Foster, Martin

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

5

4

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

Franklin, Gavin

CD REVIEWS

5

4

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Future of Music Coalition

Radio Deregulation in the USA: Has It Served Citizens and Musicians?

5

4

Published in Music Forum as a cautionary tale

Future of Music Coalition and others

Payola is back

5

2

Narrowing ownership of radio in the USA has been bad for music there. The same could happen in Australia.

Gardner, Sarah

Australia hom to new international arts federation

5

1

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

Gareth Grainger

Protection of Cultural Sovereignty in a Free Trade Environment

5

1

How can Australia's culture be preserved from foreign powers if free trade agreements give them unlimited access

Gill, Richard

For Goodness' Sake

5

6

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

Gill, Richard

On conducting opera

5

4

Rowena Cowley’s interview of Richard Gill gives insight into the task of the opera conductor

Gillard, Sue

Teaching Music Business in the Schools

5

3

The AUSMUSIC secondary school curricular packages for vocational training in music business

Gillespie, Kirsty

Digitisation of Printed Music at the National Library of Australia

5

5

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

Given, Jock

Mr Marconi’s Music

5

2

Looking back over 100 years of radio since Marconi’s first transatlantic broadcast

Godbolt, Peter

‘Tide of Dreams’: An Outreach Music Performance Project

5

1

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

Gould, Tony [QLD]

Arts and the Corporate (Money) Box

5

1

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

Gould, Tony [VIC]

Music, Education, Culture - and the Myth of the Real World

5

6

Inveighs against music education directed to financial objectives instead of musical values

Gregory, Sean

Collaborative Approaches: Putting Colour in a Grey Area

5

4

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

Greiner, Sonja

What the European Parliament of Young Musicians Decided

5

6

Parliament of young choristers organised by Europa Cantat proposes some music policy objectives

Groessler, Samantha

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

5

6

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

Grove, Margaret

Choralation's path to success

5

2

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

Grunstein, Sarah

CD REVIEWS

5

2

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Gruzelier, John

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

5

1

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

Guivarra, Nancia

Indigenous cultural and intellectual property: singing the unsung

5

6

An argument for copyright law coverage for collectively owned indigenous arts

Gullick, Mark

Is Pearl Jam Still Relevant?

5

3

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

Gullick, Mark

The Bendigo Scene: An Undiscovered Goldmine

5

5

The Victorian regional city is a fertile source for new, young bands

Gyger, David

Opera Australia, money, censorship and smug city

5

2

Its publisher tells the history of the periodical, Opera Australasia

Gyger, David

Opera in the Age of Economic Rationalism: Skimmed and Homogenised

5

4

With opera funding ever more inadequate, Australian opera companies are losing their individuality and originality

Halton, Rosalind

A New National Early Music Initiative

5

6

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

Halton, Rosalind

Introducing the Online Early Music Directory of Australia

5

6

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

Halton, Rosalind, editor

Early Music Now

5

6

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

Hampton, Nick

Music Publishing on the Edge

5

2

Global communications are changing the music publishing industry, with transnational publishers closing their Australian offices

Hanley, Peter

The noble art of losing face – five years of kazoo playing in North Queensland

5

3

The Amnesty International Kazoo Band is already 12 months old

Hannan, Michael

A Digital Agenda for Music

5

5

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

Hannan, Michael

CD REVIEWS

5

3

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Hannan, Michael

Mapping the Australian Music Industry Through Careers Research

5

2

Michael Hannan has had an incredibly varied work experience in the music sector. But even this did not quite prepare him to write The Australian Guide to Careers in Music

Hannan, Michael

The Future of Tertiary Music Training in Australia

5

3

Hannan says the field is oversupplied but undersourced, and there needs to be a much greater vocational focus

Hannan, Michael

The Training of Contemporary Popular Musicians

5

4

The head of Australia’s formost institution for training in popular music considers objectives, problems

Harders, Julie

ARPA payout for music on hold

5

1

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

Harders, Julie

How APRA pulled royalties from the telephone cables

5

5

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

Harrison, Gillian

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

5

5

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

Harvey, Frances Ravel

A Shadow without Substance

5

6

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

Harvey, Francis Ravel

Miracle on Castlereagh St

5

6

The miraculous rebirth of a Guernari viola in the hands of an obscure Australian luthier, Lloyd Adams

Harvey, Lawrence

An Aural Renaissance

5

6

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

Harvey, Lawrence

RMIT Capitol Theatre: centre for acoustic environment and culture

5

6

A new project in acoustic science is to be established in the old Walter Burley Griffin theatre in Melbourne

Havey, Claire

Banging Down the Door – Where is Your Audience?

5

3

Accessibility is about social justice – AND box office

Hawkes, Jon

The Vocal Nosh: Creating Community through Song -- and Food

5

6

Singing and eating together, together, is spreading like wildfire across Victoria

Hawkes, Jon

Victoria’s Concept of Community Music

5

1

The foundation of strengthening community and the starting point for unleashing community creativity

Hayward, Philip

Macquarie University's new Music Center

5

5

Program of new university music department - non-traditional, music production

Heatlie, Shane

Children’s Music: Not as Easy as ABC

5

6

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

Henderson, Moya

New Music (Tomorrow)

5

2

What motivates composers, and what gets in the way

Herd, Nick and Harris, Richard

Chirac: Don’t bomb culture!

5

4

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

Hinchliffe, Meredith

Lobbying in Canberra

5

2

A guide to effective arts lobbying

Hinchliffe, Meredith

No More Cuts!

5

5

The budget policy position put to the government by the National Campaign for the Arts Australia

Hinchliffe, Meredith

The Federal Budget and the Arts

5

5

The potential effects of the 1996 federal budget on the arts

Hoegh-Guldberg, Hans

Statistical Light Dawns on the Music Sector

5

4

The results of a scoping study for a statistical framework for the music sector

Holden, Marcus, and Okumura, Lucia

Hey Diddle Diddle – a Festival of Fiddles

5

2

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

Holmes, Robyn

Music at the NLA

5

5

A fresh approach from the incumbent of the new position of Curator of Music at the National Library of Australia.

Holmes, Robyn

Supporting Australian music publishing

5

2

The National Library of Australia will set up an International Standard Music Number (ISMN) Agency

Holmes, Robyn

The Australian ISMN Agency: Open, on-line and accessible!

5

5

National Library of Australia has become the agency for ISMN, a unique number used to identify music publications

Holmes, Robyn; Waller, Caroline, and Davis, John

Preserving the ‘Symphony Australia Collection’

5

3

How the Symphony Australia collection of scores went to the National Library

Holten, Kasper

The Opera Director's Challenge: Developing Opera from the Inside

5

4

Finding new expressions in classical and contemporary opera, while working in a traditional framework

Hood, Sara

Free program for childcare centres: Sesame Street Music Works

5

3

Free program for childcare centres: Sesame Street Music Works

Howell, Sarah

Andrew Robson wins the 2003 MCA/Freedman Jazz Fellowship

5

1

Andrew Robson wins the 2003 MCA/Freedman Jazz Fellowship

Howell, Sarah

Karin Schaupp's photo session

5

4

Freedman Classical Fellowship winner Karin Schaupp spends some of her award money on a photo session

Howell, Sarah

Keller Captures Czechs

5

3

MCA/Freedman Fellow Andrea Keller carries Prague jazz into the 21C, and brought news that women play jazz too

Howell, Sarah

MCA/Freedman Fellowships Program up and running for 2003

5

3

MCA Freedman Fellowships

Howell, Sarah

Melbounre Guitarist Wins Music Council/Freedman Fellowship

5

5

The 2004 Classical Fellowship was won by guitarist Geoffrey Morris, who specialises in contemporary classical music

Howell, Sarah

News of MCA/Freedman Fellows

5

5

The Fellows have been chalking up some substantial career successes

Howell, Sarah

Pianist, didgeridoo player joint winners of MCA/Freedman Classical Fellowship!

5

6

William Barton, didgeridoo, and Tamara Anna Cislowska, piano, are the winners for 2003

Howell, Sarah

The MCA/Freedman Fellows All Over the World

5

1

News of activities and achievements of the Fellows

Howland, Sally

Options APRA offers

5

3

APRA composers have new options for assigning rights to their works

Huckle, Linda

Beat Time at Whittlesea

5

6

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

Huhtanen, Kaija

Once I Had a Promising Future ... (Facing Reality as an Ex-Promising Pianist)

5

1

Kaija interviewed 13 Finnish female pianists trained to be concert soloists to discover how they made the transition to a life of piano teaching and how they feel about it.

Humphries, Lee

Artistic Process and Elegant Action

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6

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

Hurworth, Greg

CD REVIEWS

5

4

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

International Federation of Musicians

How orchestral musicians suffer

5

4

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

International Federation of Musicians

The feasibility of e-music cooperatives

5

3

The IFM has a new possibility for musician survival. It also has some interesting observations about the state of the musical world

International Music Council

Call for Action

5

3

The role of community music schools in promoting intercultural music education

International Network for Cultural Diversity

International Network for Cultural Diversity

5

1

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

International Network for Cultural Diversity

Towards a Global Cultural Pact

5

2

Declaration from the second conference of the INCD, which is advocating an international instrument as a device to protect local cultures from the economic forces of globalisation

International Network for Cultural Diversity

GATS: A Growing Threat to Culture

5

4

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

International Society for Music Education

Community Music in the Modern Metropolis

5

4

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

International Society for Music Educ'n

Education of the Professional Musician

6

6

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

Irish Times/Kate Tregaskis

Arts Funding in the Isles

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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.

Isaacs, Mark

Jazz Co-ordination: R.I.P

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1

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

Isaacs, Mark

One Man's Life in Jazz

6

3

An autobiographical article from jazz pianist Mark Isaacs

Istanbul Declaration

Intangible Cultural Heritage, mirror of cultural diversity

6

4

Istanbul declaration by Ministers of Culture

Jackson, Martin

Jazz Co-ordination and Strategic ‘Accidents’

6

6

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

James, Chris

Community Halls: Centres for Renewal

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6

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

Janke, Terri

Deep Forest, and the Commercial Exploitation of Indigenous Music

6

5

An overview of the issues concerning copyright and indigenous music

Jeanneret, Neryl

ASME Wants Equity of Opportunity

6

6

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

Jekta, Mahmoud, and Diaz, Justo

At last, Sydney gets a multicultural music center

6

1

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

Johannessen, Martin

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

6

4

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

Johnson, Bruce

Making a Future for the Past

6

2

The story of the establishment and evolution of the Australian Jazz Archive

Johnson, Bruce

The Inaudible Music: Jazz, Gender and Australian Modernity

6

1

Book by Johnson, reviewed by Andy Sugg

Johnson, Bruce

Vernacular music. What is is? Where does it happen? How [to support it]?

6

5

We need to known more about the situation of 'vernacular music': generated locally, expressing lived experience

Jonas, Peter

The Germans: Government and the Arts in Harmony

6

6

Opera Director describes the joys of the funding regime in Bavaria compared with his trials over 9 years at ENO

Jones, Anthony Linden

Editorial: “Community” begins with individuals

6

6

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

Jones, Anthony Linden

Lend Me a Tenor

6

5

A conductor’s first six months with a community choir

Jones, Anthony Linden

Roland Peelman Interview

6

6

The director of Australia’s great a cappella ensemble, The Song Company, talks about its challenges

Jones, Julia

What Is Happening to Music in NSW Government Primary School Classrooms?

6

3

According to this comprehensive literature review, not a lot, unfortunately.

Jones, Peter

Don't entangle music education with notions of class

6

4

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

Kaiser, Michael M

How to Save the Performing Arts

6

2

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

Kane, Pat

Don’t Police Pop

6

6

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

Kapetopoulos, Fotis

The Brokerage of Cultural Music

6

4

Multicultural Arts Victoria's view of its role as official promoter of cultural diversity in the arts

Kats-Chernin, Elena

The Elena Interview

6

4

An interview by Robert Davidson with composer Elena Kats-Chernin

Kelly, Patricia

Cathedrals Week in Brisbane

6

3

Details of a festival involving 5,000 performers

Kemp, Senator Rod

Do not underestimate Australia’s resolve

6

6

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

Kemp, Senator Rod

The News is Good: the Free Trade Agreement with the USA

6

4

The Federal Minister for Arts and Sport defends the agreement

Kenny, Dianna T.

Treatment Approaches for Music Performance Anxiety: What Works?

6

3

Scientific assessment of a large number of treatments shows great differences in effectiveness

Kenny, Dianna T.

Music Performance Anxiety: Is It the Music, the Performance or the Anxiety?

6

4

The first of two articles introducing the current knowledge about “stage-fright” – or music performance anxiety.

Kilbey, John, interviewed by Baynes Graham

Sounds of the Street

6

2

A community music program that changes – and saves – lives.

Kirchner, Bob

Tamworth Country Music Festival

6

1

The whole town helps to run Australia’s largest country music festival

Klein, Eve

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

6

1

Eve Klein talks with Seb Chan of Sub Bass Snarl

Klein, Eve

Invisible Atmospheres: Happenings and Missings in Australian Experimental Electronica

6

2

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

Koch, Gareth

CD REVIEWS

6

6

Has been responsible for a number of Music Forum CD reviews

Koehne, James

Sydney Symphony as an International Orchestra?

6

3

With additional funding, the orchestra considered divestment from the ABC, chose internal autonomy

Lacey, Genevieve

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

6

5

Interview with Australian recorder virtuoso.

Laing, Bill

Biggest Meeting of Black and White in North Queensland History

6

1

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

Lalor, Stephen

Interview with Mats Nilsson

6

4

Interview with the new Musical Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Lancaster, Helen

A Regional Conservatorium That Bridges the Local and the National

6

1

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

Lancaster, Helen

Leading Musicians. 1. CONTEXT

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5

Continuing changes in conservatoriums and universities have placed radically new demands on their leaders

Lancaster, Helen

Leading Musicians. 2. CHALLENGES

6

5

The second of this series of three articles gets down to cases: the leaders of our conservatoriums and university music departments face the most complex, fluid and demanding task.

Lancaster, Helen

Queensland: the arts in a state!

6

5

The subversion of peer assessment processes in Arts Queensland

Lancaster, Helen

Leading Musicians. 3. SUCCESSION

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6

In the third of this acclaimed series investigating the leadership of our tertiary music education institutions, Helen. Lancaster questions current leaders about their situation and about succession planning.

Leek, Stephen

Composers of the future: out there in the world

6

3

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

Lehman, Paul R.

Art in life, and the future for the professional musician

6

4

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

Letts, Richard

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

6

3

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

Letts, Richard

½ a cent a year for music – on Your ABC

6

3

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

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

6

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

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Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

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Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

2

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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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

6

2

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

4

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

5

Gossip and commentary

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

3

On the decline of arts programming at the ABC

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

6

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

Letts, Richard

3rd Column

6

6

Comments on the Australia Council reorganisation, among other things

Letts, Richard

A Ministerial Review of Music Education

6

3

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

Letts, Richard

A new Australian arts coalition

6

6

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

Letts, Richard

A new national folk arts organisation

6

4

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

Letts, Richard

A new treaty to save culture from globalisation

6

1

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

Letts, Richard

A World Trade Primer

6

4

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

Letts, Richard

ABC Improvisatory Music Festival

6

6

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

Letts, Richard

ABC Orchestras: a New Freedom

6

2

The potential for the ABC orchestras after corporatisation

Letts, Richard

Adelaide’s City Arts Strategy

6

3

Adelaide City becomes an active supporter of the arts

Letts, Richard

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

6

5

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

Letts, Richard

Andrea Keller

7

4

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

Letts, Richard

Ausmusic Announces the Australian Music Education Council

7

2

Australian Contemporary Music Development Company announces education initiatives

Letts, Richard

Australia Council strategic plan

7

1

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

Letts, Richard

Australia Council Wastes Money in International Touring

7

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

7

5

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

Letts, Richard

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