Australian Festival of Chamber Music awarded two significant grants
As the festival moves to Cairns, the new grants will support regional touring and the invitation of international artists through a tourism initiative.
Maddy Briggs is a writer, sound designer and composer who works across theatre, screen, dance and video art. Her work has been featured in VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s International Electroacoustic Music Festival, SBS on Demand on BBC Music 6. She was also a 2024 Media Fellow with Bang On a Can.
As the festival moves to Cairns, the new grants will support regional touring and the invitation of international artists through a tourism initiative.
Stephen Adams and The Music Box Project tune into the whimsical, lo-fi world of radio with fun, fantastical sonic results.
Inaugural recipient Beau Dean Riley Smith will develop a new major work which the dance company will premiere.
The company appeals to youngsters with a major new discount as Music Australia reports a decline in opera attendance.
The collaboration aims to highlight how classical music can thrive online with an "accessible, creator-led and community-driven" approach.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Composer and broadcaster Stephen Adams' new work with The Music Box Project explores "radio as a cultural and social experience".
Titled Before the Mirror, the rediscovered song is believed to have come from the estate of a student of Gustav Holst.
The local music industry grows in value but venue closures, inflation and audiences prioritising international artists add up to a hip pocket hit for artists.
The renowned Australian composer will write the music for a new opera based on Wim Wenders' classic 1987 film.
Violist Ella Beard talks through their brand new commissioning project, which sees the premiere of three new works that address child sexual abuse.
Andrea Lam, Joseph Tawadros and William Barton are among this year's independent artists being celebrated for new releases.
Sixty projects to share in more than $1 million in funding; State Opera South Australia and Opera Hong Kong to partner up for Hansel & Gretel.