The 4th annual Aurora Festival of Living Music (4-13 May) showcases a variety of new and innovative art-music artists from across a diverse range of contemporary practices and genres-anything from opera to noise. This year’s impressive festival program has been put together by artistic director Andrew Batt-Rawden, and features an eclectic range of showcases and industry
ARIA welcomes court decision over sporting broadcasts
Last Friday the Federal Court ruled that phone giant Optus had breached copyright law by streaming near-live broadcasts of football matches, a decision welcomed by ARIA.
The International Space Time Concerto Competition
Organisers waive competition entry fee to make it more accessible to entrants nation wide.
Missy Higgins joins Song Summit 2012
APRA/AMCOS announced today that singer-songrwriter Missy Higgins will be joining Song Summit 2012.
Beats n Roots Hip Hop Summit 2012
The Beats n Roots Hip Hop Summit 2012 is a three day youth summit between April 26-29th exploring youth arts and leadership as part of National Youth Week. The summit aims to create and promote pathways for young people to engage with the hip hop culture through both performance and creative arts. The summit aims to explore issues
The Seed Fund 2012
Applications are now open for The Seed Fund 2012, a grant initiative that aims to help emerging musicians, artists and art workers. Applications close May 9, 2012. This year the Seed Fund will be broken down into two music categories. Management Workshop A workshop that aims to provide practical strategies to manage artists in the establishment
Inertia and Hub join forces
Inertia and Hub Artist Services have joined forces to launch a new label called HUB.
Breakthrough Grant Recipients Announced
The recipients of the third round of Breakthrough grants have been announced, funding some incredible Indigenous talent cross the country. The Breakthrough: Emerging Indigenous Contemporary Musicians Recording Initiative (Breakthrough) provides funding of up to $25,000 to eligible emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and bands to produce a high quality recording of original tracks, suitable for broadcasting and
Stars urge music community to support Music Victoria
Some of Victoria’s most respected musicians have urged the music commuity to sign up Music Victoria’s supporter drive.
MusicNSW Presents: New Technologies in Music Workshop
MusicNSW have developed a series of workshops to educate and support people working in the music industry. The next workshop in our series is called ‘New Technologies in Music‘ and will provide musicians and industry professionals with an understanding of the way technology is changing in the industry. This workshop will cover the way