The worsening COVID situation in the eastern states has led to more cancellations this week, with events cancelled or postponed across NSW, Victoria and Queensland.

Joseph Tawadros and Katie Noonan have taken home the Classical and Jazz trophies at the 2021 AIR Awards for their recent ABC albums.

The Dismissal, a co-production between Sydney Theatre Company, Squabbalogic and the Canberra Theatre Centre, which was to have opened in Canberra in October, will not proceed.

Marquee TV has announced the lineup for its second annual online Summer Shorts Festival, with 30 short works from around the world, free for all viewers during August.

Programmed by Artistic Director Annette Shun Wah, OzAsia Festival 2021 features 300 artists including musicians Belle Chen and Mindy Meng Wang, writer Benjamin Law, and dancer Raghav Handa.

Penny Lomax and Maureen Cooney, founders of ABC's The Music Show, will receive the award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2021 Art Music Awards.

The largest gift Bell Shakespeare has ever received, from the Neilson Foundation, will fund company's new studio space, The Neilson Nutshell at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay in Sydney.

Canberra Symphony Youth Chamber Orchestra (CSYCO) will be led by CSO concertmaster Kirsten Williams.

The Australian World Orchestra, ANAM, State Opera South Australia and Bluesfest are among the 82 arts organisations to receive grants in the latest round of RISE funding.

Bernard Lanskey has been announced as the new Director of Queensland Conservatorium after working in Singapore for 15 years.

The Creativity in Crisis report calls for a complete overhaul of arts funding in Australia, and a reworking of government policy, to reflect the vital role played by the arts in not just our economy, but our understanding of what it is to be human.

McMaster will take over the position from Robert Love, who did extraordinary work as Director of Riverside Theatres, Parramatta for two decades.