ART MUSIC FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

BREAKING NEWS APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the AMC (Australian Music Centre) have announced the finalists for the 2013 Art Music Awards, “an event which celebrates the outstanding achievements of composers, performers and educators in the dynamic fields of contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music”. Awards in 11 national categories will be presented on Monday, August 26, at the NIDA Parade Theatre in Sydney. … Continue reading ART MUSIC FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

AGAIN THE BELLS TOLLED

BIG NIGHT OUT: Australian Jazz Bell Awards 2013, Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne on Thursday, May 2 It’s a strange night and yet it fits. The oddity is that jazz is being celebrated and its champions honoured in a place of such ostentatious opulence, when its performance is often conducted on lean budgets and rewarded with slim takings. The aptness is that this is one … Continue reading AGAIN THE BELLS TOLLED