Create NSW and the ABC have also announced support packages, while the City of Melbourne has announced the first of its successful grant recipients and Queensland's HOTA announces newly funded projects.

State Opera South Australia will Keep the Home Fires Burning with a free concert of nostalgic wartime songs, streaming on ANZAC Day morning.

We speak to curator Robert Gibson about administering a daily dose of music from the orchestra in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now in its sixth year, Fanfare offers a unique opportunity for budding young composers from 12 to 21.

Fourteen concerts in eight days aim to support musicians affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Three Australian composers will be awarded $1500 each for a work, which the choir will premiere on its 2021 tour to Northern Europe and the Baltic – COVID-19 permitting.

The project will curate a selection of artwork by primary school children in an online AGNSW exhibition, and on ABC platforms.

We will use the support to run a new series of weekly columns highlighting some of the gems among the plethora of arts material now available online.

The organisation will continue to deliver its world class training program to students at home.

Audio conceptual artists Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey will deliver the first of two Addresses this year, while vocalist, improviser, composer and educator Sunny Kim will deliver the second.

The Sydney arts venue has stood down almost half of its core employees for an anticipated minimum period of four months.

As the shut down of live performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, the ASO has launched a series of online recitals by its musicians.