A new orchestra for western Sydney
Western Sydney Philharmonic aims to provide a platform for students and professional musicians in the fastest growing population centre in the country.
February 19, 2022
Circus Oz backflips, will continue with new board, as sexual harassment charges proceed through courts
After an Extraordinary General Meeting the company will move forward with a new board, but serious issues still need to be resolved.
February 18, 2022
Four Winds announces the program for its 2022 festival
Over the Easter weekend in April, Bermagui will host some of Australia’s finest musicians from Pinchgut Opera to the Acacia Quartet.
February 18, 2022
Sydney Theatre Company announces second half of 2022 program
Act 2 features Richard Roxburgh as Prospero in The Tempest, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold, and the premiere of five new plays by Australian playwrights.
February 17, 2022
Richard Mills to depart Victorian Opera
The acclaimed composer and conductor will leave VO at the end of the 2023 season, after a decade as Artistic Director.
February 17, 2022
A New Approach report reveals Australia falling behind in arts funding
"Australia's leading arts and culture think tank" finds per capita government expenditure on arts and culture has dropped over the past fifteen years.
February 17, 2022
Expanding Australian music’s presence on Wikipedia
The Australian Music Centre is working with Wikimedia Australia to get more information about Australian music onto the world’s biggest encyclopaedia.
February 16, 2022
Subsidies offered for Australians to attend Jazzahead
The Australian Music Centre is offering $5,000 subsidies for Australian artists, administrators and music industry professionals to attend Jazzahead, a conference, trade fair and showcase in Bremen in April.
February 15, 2022
Elaine Chia to lead new Melbourne cultural precinct
Arts executive to head project bankrolled by arts philanthropist Naomi Milgrom
February 15, 2022
Melbourne Opera to take Wagner’s Ring to Bendigo
Melbourne Opera will tour its new Ring Cycle to Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre in 2023 in a national first.
February 15, 2022
Introducing the March 2022 issue of Limelight
This month's features explore electric instruments in classical music, and women and sexual violence in opera. We also interview Paavali Jumppanen, Artistic Director of ANAM, and explore Halévy's grand opera La Juive.
February 11, 2022
Music in the Regions unveils inaugural program of events
Acacia Quartet will perform at venues and conservatories through NSW, establishing a touring route for other artists to follow.
February 10, 2022
Queensland government announces new arts funding
Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch has announced two new initiatives, creating new funding channels for diverse and First Nations artists.
February 10, 2022