The TSO and UTAS have launched the programme, which looks to the next generation of conductors.

The Confederation of State Theatre Companies calls on Fairfax Media to review its drastic reduction of arts coverage.

Timothy Sexton, also the company’s chief executive and regular conductor, has stood down citing personal reasons.

Jarryd Madden and Dimity Azoury have both been promoted to the rank of senior artist.

Off to study in Wales, mezzo-soprano Bronte Zemlic talks to Limelight about winning the award and where she goes from here.

Dancers and Equity will meet with AB management today in a final bid to reach an agreement reports the MEAA.

The soprano plays Melba in a new musical, while David Campbell and Toby Francis also star in Hayes shows.

Despite a trio of nominations, including the Opera Australia Chorus, the predominantly European jury chose their own.

The arts sector is up in arms over management proposals to decimate arts coverage at SMH and The Age.

The new instrument, valued at $1.4 million, is an Amati and was played by the cellist Amaryllis Fleming.

The University of Tasmania’s Conservatorium cites a new focus behind the decision to axe the summer school.

The winner will get to appear in a production at one of the opera houses represented by those on the jury.