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Overview
Information about the current issue
Sample articles from past issues
Index of music forum articles to date
Write for Music Forum
Subscribe to music forum
Advertising rates
Overview
Music Forum is Australia's most interesting music magazine. Over time, you'll see articles on musicians and composers, orchestras, music funding, jazz, chamber music, music technology, music theatre and opera, music and the internet, community music development, governments and music, music education, psychology of music, music copyright, indigenous and multicultural music, international developments, folk music, research, industry data, music broadcasting, choral music, musicology, contemporary music, reviews of CDs and books...
In short, on just about anything connected with music.
Music Forum is both entertaining and meaty. One of its objectives is to inform its readers of the situation of music in Australia and internationally, so that they are more knowledgeable and better able to act to advance our musical life.
It includes topical news items and commentaries, debate through the letters column, and in-depth articles of lasting interest. Some CD reviews draw attention to excellent CDs that you would not hear about through normal commercial channels. The book reviews mostly feature Australian books.
In Music Forum, MCA publishes its policy submissions and invites comment from readers. Over time, readers gain a broad knowledge of issues important to music of all types.
Music Forum is published quarterly in February, May, August and November and is distributed by mail to subscribers, and to important decision-makers in governments, the bureaucracy, and industry.
ISSN 1327-9300
Write for Music Forum
Music Forum magazine invites articles and news items about the situation of music in Australia and the world.
If you would like to contribute a piece, please email the Editor at
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stating briefly the topic and the experience you bring to writing about it.
You can submit completed articles but there may be advantage in contacting the Editor first to discuss suitability, length, viewpoint and so on.
Music Forum unfortunately does not have funds to pay fees to writers. Writers must guarantee that any submitted articles are original and entirely the author’s own work, except for appropriately attributed quotations within the article itself.
Deadlines
The deadlines for submitting final copy for articles and news items are the 1st of March, June and September and November. Letters may arrive up to 14 days later.
Subscribe to Music Forum
To subscribe to Music Forum, you become a member of the
Music Council of Australia A subscription to Music Forum is a member
benefit for paid-up members of the Music Council of Australia.
If your
magazine will go to an Australian address, you can become a general
member of the Music Council for $49 a year including GST.
If your
magazine will go to an address outside Australia, you can become a
general member for AU$75 a year, airmailed. The extra charge covers
mailing costs.
Member benefits include:
- Music Forum magazine, mailed to you quarterly
- As of May 2010, access to members-only section of the new Music Forum website, including an online version of the magazine
- Discounts on MCA publications and for attendance at the annual Assembly
- Occasional give-aways
- Occasional special online bulletins
Fill out our on-line form to subscribe to Music Forum or to join the network.
You can also download a form to mail or fax, or you can phone in your subscription to the number below.
Membership enquiries should be directed to:
Sara Hood
Music Council of Australia
MBE 148/45 Glenferrie Rd
MALVERN VIC 3144
Phone (03) 9507 2315
Fax (03) 9507 2316
or by email to:
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NOTICE: eBULLETINS NOW FREE OF CHARGE
The MCA eBulletins are renamed the Music Forum eBulletins.
They are now available free of charge. All you need to do is register.
What are the Music Forum eBulletins?
They include
WEEKLY:
Australian Music News
Music employment: comprehensive Australian categories, some international
FORTNIGHTLY:
Commissions, Opportunities: composition, recording and publishing, media, collaborations, internships, residencies, marketing
Community Music: community festivals, sessions and rehearsals, performance/composition/recording/media opportunities, amateur or student competitions, grants funding, information sources, conferences, workshops/seminars/courses, volunteers wants, news, other
Competitions, Scholarships: performances, compositions, other
Events: festivals, conferences, workshops/seminars
Financial sources: government and other grants, scholarships, other sources
Information: policy, research, information sources
Click here for a free registration for the Music Forum eBulletins.
Advertise in Music Forum
Music Forum is the is the only music magazine in Australia that serves the entire music sector. Music Forum gives you and your brand or business access to some of the brightest minds in the music world. It is a high quality, involved readership with a passion for all things musical. Many of our readers manage music departments in some of the country’s leading tertiary institutions and schools. In addition copies are sent to government departments, policy makers and music industry people. There are various advertising options. Alternatively you can insert a flyer or thin promotional item.
Music Forum advertising can be coordinated with advertising on MCA websites and online bulletins – an unusual opportunity to reach customers across Australia and around the world.
Click here to download our Media Kit for information on sizes, prices, artwork format requirements, dates and the booking form for securing a space.
To discuss your advertising needs, or to enquire about joint promotion opportunities with the MCA, please contact our Advertising Representative:
Anne Lee-Archer
Phone 0418 353 327
Email:
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YEAR DISCOUNT
Full year contract (Four Issues) brings 15% discount on the single copy rate. Year discount requires prepayment.
All prices are in Australian dollars and must be paid in Australian dollars.
GST
Prices include GST. GST is 1/11 of the price. GST is not charged to advertisers outside Australia and therefore, for you, can be subtracted from the price.
ART
Prices require provision of camera-ready art. Graphics in 100 lines bromide, or by internet, 300dpi., or by compact disc. Two colour (black + one other) or full colour are available for an extra fee.
FREQUENCY
Music Forum is published quarterly on 1 February, 1 May, 1 August and 1 November.
DEADLINES
Booking deadline is 2 January, 1 April, 1 August and 1 October.
Deadine for art is 15 January, 15 April, 15 August and 15 October.
CIRCULATION
Circulation as of November 2007 is circa 1,000 copies, with a multiple readership for many copies through libraries etc. This circulation includes regular subscriptions, and promotional complimentary copies to changing mailing lists.
READERSHIP
Readership is comprised mainly of music professionals: libraries (public, university, conservatorium, schools), administrators, managers, musicians, teachers, composers, enthusiastic public. The publication also goes to all relevant Commonwealth and State government ministers, senior bureaucrats.
DIMENSIONS
Full page: 265 x 18 5mm
Half Page, Horizontal: 110 x 180 mm
Third Page, Horizontal: 60 x 180 mm
Third Page, Vertical: 220 x 56 mm
Sixth Page, 108 x 57 mm
Twelfth Page, 60 x 90 mm
RIGHT RESERVED
The MCA reserves the right to change any of these terms at any time without notice.
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