23 Aug, 2019

Playwright Kate Mulvany’s epic and acclaimed stage adaptation of the Australian classic The Harp in the South has won the David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, the Stage Category and the highest honour of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards, the 2019 Major Award.

23 Aug, 2019

Musica Viva In Schools is partnering withThe CASS Foundation on a new teacher professional development initiative to support music education and teacher capacity in disadvantaged schools throughout Victoria’s south-west in 2019.

22 Aug, 2019

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s Australian Composers’ School is a unique opportunity to develop orchestral composition skills with one of Australia’s foremost symphony orchestras and forms an integral part of the TSO’s Australian Music Program.

21 Aug, 2019

Welsh National Opera is pleased to welcome Tianyi Lu as the first Conductor in Residence. This follows an open call for aspiring conductors to apply for the post and an audition process with WNO Orchestra earlier this year.

21 Aug, 2019

Winners have been announced across 11 national categories and eight state categories of the 2019 Art Music Awards.

21 Aug, 2019

Seven exemplary individuals from Australia’s philanthropic, business and arts sectors were honoured at the 2019 Creative Partnerships Awards in Melbourne.

16 Aug, 2019

We are delighted to welcome Mary Jo Capps AM as the incoming Chair of AMPAG and Elizabeth Jameson as Deputy Chair.

15 Aug, 2019

In a new partnership 31 Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) musicians joined West Australian Symphony Orchestra musicians - 16 of whom are ANAM Alumni – to create an epic 101-member orchestra under the baton of Simone Young, who has a long-standing relationship with WASO and ANAM.

14 Aug, 2019

Sydney Theatre Company expressed its absolute devastation, confirming the passing away of Ningali Lawford-Wolf in Edinburgh, Scotland on Sunday 11th August, while she was touring with STC and performing in The Secret River. This is a great lose to the artistic life of our country. Ningali was an incredibly talented performer as well as a wonderfully caring and thoughtful person. We’ve lost one of Australian theatre’s greatest treasures.

08 Aug, 2019

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Festival of Learning held in the last week of July was an immersive week of activity dedicated to educating and encouraging students to be involved in orchestral music. The week included both professional development for teachers, and inclusive concerts that encouraged participation for students of all ages and abilities.

08 Aug, 2019

Wyniss bring traditional song, dance and games to Perth kids with Musica Viva In Schools.

08 Aug, 2019

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra partnership with Hobart youth dance company DRILL has enabled three emerging Tasmanian composers to work one-on-one with a choreographer to develop the context that informed their musical scores. These works have been recorded by the TSO o be experienced through wireless headphones during DRILL performances in August.

08 Aug, 2019

Circus Oz had the privilege of touring their show Precarious to remote communities on the Tiwi Islands in June that enabled cultural exchange and community engagement.

07 Aug, 2019

Now entering the third year of the program, 25 writers have been commissioned or are in residence with Melbourne Theatre Company. 25 workshops have been held to further the development of 16 plays and the first NEXT STAGE Commission to be staged, Golden Shield by Anchuli Felicia King, opened as part of Season 2019.

01 Aug, 2019

The leading Japanese electronic musical instruments brand has joined forces with Musica Viva to support music education programs in schools nationally. Casio is providing keyboards as prizes for competitions organised by Musica Viva In Schools (MVIS) which will go to winning schools across the country, encouraging students and teachers to explore more musical activities in the classroom.

31 Jul, 2019

Bangarra have collaborated in Story Factory's new, three-year project. Generously funded by The Balnaves Foundation, this project will give more than 600 young people from across Western Sydney the opportunity to engage with one of three contemporary artists, from different disciplines, and develop writing inspired by their creative practice.

31 Jul, 2019

Circus Oz announces that Penny Miles is appointed as Circus Oz Executive Director.

26 Jul, 2019

Grigoryan Brothers/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey win Best Independent Classical Album at AIR awards.

25 Jul, 2019

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre announce the 2019 Art Music Awards finalists.