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PPCA & Australia Council Recording Grant Recipients Announced

The PPCA and the Australia Council have announced the recipients of five recording grants offered under a joint initiative between the two organisations. Five grants of $15,000 were offered to assist Australian artists creating new sound recordings.   Minister for the Arts, Senator Brandis welcomed this valuable partnership to support musicians. “The Australian Government strongly supports partnerships such as

IAM: Indigenous Arts Mentorship Recipients Announced

Congratulations to the ten young Indigenous creatives that have been selected to take part in the IAM: Indigenous Arts Mentorship, which matches the emerging creatives, aged between 16 and 25, with arts industry professionals. This group of young creatives demonstrated strong passion and determination to pursue a career in their artform, which varies across music,

Youth Rock applications closing soon!

Applications for Youth Rock are closing on March 20! Youth Rock is a state-wide talent search band competition held during Youth Week in Sutherland, with past winners including Silverchair, Alex Lloyd and 2009 Australian Idol runner up Hayley Warner.

Cheviot

Cheviot is the musical brainchild of friendly neighbours Matt and Sam. After years of collaboration in make-shift music spaces around their homes, they’ve decided it’s time to finally out themselves as a serious musical act, producing a wide-gamut of fresh sounds from alt. rock to synth pop. Cheviot also happens to be the name of

Let Indent Rock Your Town In 2015!

Indent, the crew behind the annual Indent Tour, are inviting young event teams across NSW to submit expressions of interest to host the Indent Tour in 2015! Indent’s annual regional drug and alcohol free all-ages tour is the only tour of it’s kind in Australia.

Legends of the Past – Sydney Youth Orchestra

Spectrum Now, an inaugural festival sponsored by The Sydney Morning Herald and presented by ANZ happening in Sydney between March 11-29, will be marking the anniversary of Gallipoli in a special WWI commemorative concert which includes Cathedra, a new work by celebrated young Australian composer Andrew Howes. Sydney Youth Orchestra will be performing the Australian

MusicNSW & APRA Present: GIG GUIDE

Are you a young musician hoping to secure a solid support, or a club gig for under 200 people? Come along and hear from some of the city’s most influential bookers and managers about how to book a great gig in Sydney. From the minimum promotional requirements, to the legal, technical and financial necessities, our panel of