Woven into a tradition
Elizabeth Younan’s String Quartet No. 1 takes centre stage as the Australian String Quartet launches a national tour exploring intimacy, expression and connection.
May 11, 2026
Liza Lim awarded Australian Research Council Fellowship worth $3.74m
Liza Lim to lead a five-year program designed to encourage engagement with urgent climate and social issues through music.
May 30, 2024
Bust-ing for gender equality
The addition of three new female busts to the collection in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music library seeks to redress age-old inequities.
March 21, 2023
Composing Women: A glass ceiling finally broken?
It’s time to move beyond “special programs” and one-off celebrations for female composers, argues Liza Lim.
March 8, 2023
Sydney Con replaces Composing Women with new postgraduate program
Announcing a new postgraduate program for 2023, Words, Text, Voices, Music, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will halt its successful Composing Women program for the foreseeable future.
November 4, 2022
Joel Bray and dancers flock to New Breed
Known for his solo works, the Melbourne dance maker is creating a new piece for Sydney Dance Company inspired by the murmuration of birds, to music by Brenda Gifford.
November 24, 2020
The Australian Turn?
While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?
September 21, 2020
Sydney Conservatorium’s Liza Lim and Composing Women program takes out international award
The initiative focused on advancing women composers has won a Classical:NEXT 2020 Innovation Award.
May 21, 2020
Composing Women line up for 2020-2021 announced
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music has announced the next cohort of composers who will take part in the program, led by Liza Lim.
October 23, 2019