Arts Access

Musica Viva In Schools is partnering with The 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.

The Community Centre concert series enabled Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to enrich and create many lasting impacts on the lives of South Australians who face a range of seemingly insurmountable barriers to attend mainstage concerts.

Australian Chamber Orchestra Quartet will perform a free concert at the Art Gallery of NSW and Sydney Symphony Orchestra will broadcast their performance to the world on 21 June - Make Music Day. A free celebration of music making now held in more in 120 countries worldwide.

Bell Shakespeare has proudly partnered with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company supported by Wesfarmers Arts as they work on an educational cultural language program that includes the development and presentation of a full-length adaptation and translation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Noongar language.

The Australian Ballet and NurseWatch partnered to host special dance workshops so senior people can positively engage in ballet.

WASO is hitting the road this October and November with a touring party of over 70 musicians to share a complete live symphony orchestra experience in Esperance and Albany.

Opera Australia has announced a public, Auslan-interpreted performance of their hugely successful schools touring production of By the Light of the Moon at its Sydney headquarters on Saturday 27 April.

Australian adult arts and cultural participation grew by 4.4% between 2013/14 and 2017/18 with women's participation a driving force, up 6.1% while men's participation rates were up 2.4% according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2017-18 Australian youth participation rates in creative activities totalled 63.4% and that adult participation rates are highest for people between the ages of 15-34.

Congratulations to BSSTC on winning the Perdaman-sponsored Workplace Diversity Excellence Award at the AIM WA Pinnacle Awards.

Musica Viva will present a diverse range of music programs and initiatives amking the city of Orange in central-western NSW a music hub thanks to the support of two local music trusts, dedicated to the Orange region.

Deakin University has launched Australia’s first comprehensive digital resource to promote inclusion in dance for children with developmental challenges, as well as a directory of inclusive dance schools.

When governments, arts organisations and philanthropy combine to support artistic vision by building legacy assets, it can result in extraordinary partnerships that spark new momentum and creative energy across the sector.

CONNECT Open Rehearsals are a new initiative by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which provide registered community groups the opportunity to observe an orchestra and conductor putting the final touches on a concert performance.

A research and development project between UK 's Diverse City/Cirque Bijou and Circus Oz bringing artists together to explore ways to deepen Circus access and diversity.

Inclusive practice and an internationally unique approach to classical music education and self-expression builds access to The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Opera Australia has been named as a finalist in the 2014 National Disability Awards for its Auslan Shadow Interpreting Program.
The program has been performed as part of the company’s Victorian and NSW schools tours.

​AMPAG companies celebrate and support access to patrons of all abilities and economic circumstances to the performing arts.