Australian Music Centre announces new CEO
Catherine Haridy will helm the AMC from 1 July, following John Davis’ remarkable 32-year tenure.
Catherine Haridy will helm the AMC from 1 July, following John Davis’ remarkable 32-year tenure.
Ten composers will receive $5000 each from the Fund, which is presented by the APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre's Art Music Fund.
Cat Hope takes stock of the incredible service the outgoing Australian Music Centre CEO has dedicated to an organisation that supports a large ecology of creative people and activity.
The Korean-born singer, improviser, and educator shares her knowledge gained through years of creative collaboration with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian musicians.
The Australian Music Centre has put the call out for Expressions of Interest for the $5000 MOMENTUM Commission, which is supported by a leading Australian composer.
The selected composers have each received $1000 bursaries to realise their works as part of the 2020 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.
Over 100 academics have sent an open letter to the Federal Government saying that Australia's cultural future is at stake and calling for urgent support.
Artistic collaboration and music as a force for change were the themes of Australian art music’s night of nights.
Newcomers join established voices in this year’s awards, with more women than men in the running for the prestigious Orchestral Work of the Year category for the first time in the Awards’ history.
The awards have renamed the Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music in memory of the late music educator and conductor.
The $100,000 Art Music Fund for 2019 has been awarded to nine recipients for the creation of new works.
Successful applicants include the Australian Music Centre, Four Winds Festival, and the Sydney Conservatorium's Composing Women line-up for 2018/19.
Both newcomers and past winners have emerged triumphant at this year’s ceremony.