The orchestra will be back in Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre in September, as long-serving concertmaster Natsuko Yoshimoto bids the ASO farewell.

Michael Cassel, Benjamin Law, Trudy Dalgleish, Eddie Perfect, Simon Phillips and Ursula Yovich are among 11 industry leaders participating in the new arts mentorship program.

The ACO will perform a week-long season of socially distanced concerts at the Sydney venue in September, while the orchestra has reduced its administrative staff by eight positions due to the impact of COVID-19.

The composer, sound artist and scholar will receive this year’s Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music.

Creating the Future, a new survey conducted by the Australia Council, shows a growing number of people have been engaging with the arts and support arts funding.

The Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize will be split between two Australian-born composers with connections to the US.

Eight young composers will have their fanfare recorded and broadcast at venues around Australia, while another 16 will see their work performed at a concert at QPAC.

Dr Mark Temple, indie-rock drummer turned lecturer in molecular biology, is celebrating International Strange Music Day with a unique composition derived from the SARS-CoV-2 RNA sequence

The company returns with a socially distanced season of Angus Cerini’s new play Wonnangatta, starring Wayne Blair and Hugo Weaving.

The company has told staff that it is selling its Alexandria warehouse and undertaking an organisational restructure, which will include redundancies.

The prestigious musical theatre scholarship has come under fire after announcing an almost entirely white cohort of semi-finalists – and again for its “jawdropping” response to criticism.

The company returns to the stage, adhering to strict COVID-Safe guidelines, with Anita Hegh in A Room of One’s Own.