Letters from Kim Waldock (NSW), John Drury (VIC), Juliet Almonte (SA), Bob Scrymgeour (VIC)
Rumour and Gossip
Retro Forum
The Musicians and
the Music
THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009
Timothy Stevens
The highs and highers of the ambitious festival
REWARDING JAZZ
Colin Nettelbeck
Pleasant surprises for the 2009 inaugural Future Leaders Jazz Award at the Melbourne Jazz Fest
SOUNDING OUT ABOUT SOUNDING OUT
Claire Tomlin
Needing performances of their music, three young Queensland composers take things into their own hands
WIDE OPEN ROAD – AN AUDIO ROADMAP OF AUSTRALIAN POPULAR MUSIC
Tony Mitchell
The relationship between music and place
Musical Affairs
360 DEGREE RECORD DEALS
Arts Law Centre
The arguments for and against these deals and what artists should consider before signing them
ART, LIVING CULTURE AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND
Gavin Artz
If art were a part of our living culture would we recognize it as art?
AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE ON THE MOVE
AMC has launched its very innovative online service with access to Australian music scores, recordings and information
HINDSON IS THE NEW CHAIR OF THE MUSIC BOARD
Matthew is also on a roll as a composer, as Chair of Arts Music at the Sydney Con, and Chair of the ISCM World Music Days
Education
WHERE TO FROM HERE?
Helen Lancaster
Graduating high school music students should search for a tertiary music school that fits their aspirations and abilities
THE HSC MUSIC BOARD GAME
Anita Collins
Helping boys with HSC music is a game
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Doreen Bridges
Starting on the right foot must be the answer
MEN MAKING MUSIC
Scott D Harrison
How concepts of masculinity contribute to males’ involvement in music
Research
COMMUNITY MUSIC: AUSTRALIA’S “UNSUNG HERO”
Brydie Leigh-Bartleet
The Sound Links project looked at the nature of community music activity in six contrasting communities across the breadth of the land
JOURNAL OF MUSIC RESEARCH ONLINE – JMRO
The first installment of a regular feature on the MCA’s new refereed online journal, with abstracts of the research papers added to JMRO in the previous three months.
Music. Play for Life
THE SONG THAT STOPS AUSTRALIA
Tina Broad
Australia’s biggest school music performance
DISPATCHES FROM HQ
HUMBLE RECORDER LEADS A CHARGE
Musical challenges in three different schools
MUSIC IN COMMUNITIES NETWORK
Tina Broad
A launch, awards, and lots of singing
ORCHESTRAS FESTIVAL FOR REGIONAL STUDENTS
Jane Robertson
Bringing regional and professional orchestras together
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS: RESOUND RESPONDS
Rachel Hocking
An MCA-DRMC partnership provides relief through the Resound Bushfire Appeal
Music Council of
Australia
ARTS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
A small and rare political victory for arts education
RESEARCH AND POLICY HIGHLIGHTS
MCA is becoming a research powerhouse
MCA DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION THINK TANKS
The Think Tanks were recommended by last year’s MCA summit and are now underway
MEAG
Rumours of its death are to be taken seriously
CMWG PLAN FOR INDUSTRY REBIRTHED
After some months of silence, government support has reappeared
ADVOCACY HIGHLIGHTS
Formal submissions on tax and trade treaties, and a bunch of other things besides
REPRESENTATION ROUNDUP
International and in Australia
MCA PEOPLE
Hellos and a goodbye
MCA AS AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE OF MUSIC STATISTICS
We’ve set out to be the comprehensive and authoritative source of stats on the music sector
AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MUSIC COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP BUILDS
CD and DVD Reviews
MUSIC FORUM EDITOR’S CHOICE
Weaver of Fictions. Genevieve Lacey, solo recorders, and sound engineers
AUSTRALIANA
Sounds of Australia. The National Registry of Recorded Sound
CLASSICAL Beethoven, the Late Piano Sonatas: Op. 109, 110 and 111. Ian Holtham Cherry Ripe: Vocal Treasures of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Deborah Riedel (sop), Arcadia Lane Orchestra cond. Bonynge The Classic 100 Opera Concert. Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra cond. Thomas Woods, various soloists Classical Chill. Various artists Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 100 Years: A Celebration in Music
Mystic Songs: Choral Music of Vaughan Williams. Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, dir. Leighton Jones The Portuguese Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. Jacqueline Ogeil, fortepiano, organ Saint-Saëns - The Complete Piano Trios. The Australian Trio Vienna: City of My Dreams. Yvonne Kenny (sop), MSO and Chorus, cond. Bonynge
CONTEMPORARY Confetti. Little Birdy Havilah. The Drones The Second Story. Delta
JAZZ AND IMPROVISATION Days. Sugarbeat It’s neither either or. It’s both and.Greg Coffin Trio Make Some Noise. Johannes Luebbers Dectet Music for Complete Calm. Ten Healing Songs. Composed by Paul Grabowsky. Grabowsky, Sam Anning, Simon Barker, Diana Doherty, Goldner String Quartet The Seed Habit. Keijzer McGuiness Quintet Tell It Like It Is. Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band
NEW MUSIC Autumn never fall. Sunwrae Ensemble David Lumsdaine: complete music for solo piano. Mark Knoop, piano Music of Betty Beath. Schindler, Dunn, Delpratt (sop), Pollett (vla), Spiers, Beath (pno), Queensland Symphony Orchestra cond. Mills, Camerata of St John’s cond. Brendan Joyce Song of Songs. Andrew Schultz. The Song Company, dir. Roland Peelman Testament. Brett Dean. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sebastian Lang-Lessing
WORLD MUSIC Colours of the Drum. David Jones
Our Sound Reviewers
Recordings Received
Book Reviews
The Leipzig Diary. Alfred Hill, ed Donald Maurice Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church. Mark Evans Understanding the Classical Music Profession: the past, the present, and strategies for the future. Dawn Bennett
Our Book Reviewers
Books Received
Music Forum. Journal of the Music Council
of Australia
Vol. 15 No. 4, August - October 2009. ISSN
1327-9300
