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.

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

With a wide-ranging program spanning monumental to comic, the second iteration of City Recital Hall's new music feast doesn't disappoint.

The eight young winners will have their compositions workshopped and recorded by the Australian Youth Orchestra.

With no fewer than five world premieres, Alicia Crossley and the Acacia Quartet invite the audience into a world of musical story-telling.

Not so much a new music tasting plate as a sumptuous multi-course banquet.

Part marathon, part tasting plate, part John Cage’s Musicircus, Lyle Chan’s 12-hour festival will see Australia’s most innovative music-makers converge on City Recital Hall.

Genevieve Lacey, Andrew Ford, Lyle Chan and the Grigoryan Brothers are among the successful applicants in its latest grants round.

Women and groups including women make up 56% of successful applicants.

Australian music, Ross Edwards celebrates a milestone birthday, and a new music micro festival in CRH’s 2018. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The terms ‘new music’ and ‘contemporary classical music’ are now redundant. For John Davis, ‘art music’ is a better alternative.

Lyle Chan, Peter de Jager, Speak Percussion, Moorambilla Voices and Tura New Music among the winners at this year's awards.