THE ONLY WEB PORTRAYAL OF A NATION'S ENTIRE MUSICAL LIFE - DESCRIPTIONS, NUMBERS, ISSUES, FUTURES

    Rainbow Serpent Festival - January 2013
    By Asher Floyd (Creative Commons)


    Credit: Simon Whitaker (Creative Commons)

    ABOUT 'MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA'

    The Music in Australia Knowledge Base provides the world with a source of information about musical practice in Australia and/or by Australians that can assist in its further development and lift its status in Australian life and culture, and in the world at large.

    The Knowledge Base describes the situation of music in Australia. So, for instance, it could describe the situation of music in schools – what is provided, the competence of the teaching, government attitudes and so on, but would be much less likely to dwell on intricacies of pedagogy or syllabus.

    It covers the entire music sector including the role of music in human development and society, music’s creation and practice, the music sector and its components, government policies, regulation, support, the international context. It covers facts, issues of contention, statistics, research.

    The Music in Australia Knowledge Base is produced and published by the Music Trust. The Trust’s slogan: The Music Trust works with energy, imagination and authority for music in Australia.

    New ADDITIONS TO MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA

    The year everything got cancelled: how the arts in Australia suffered (but survived) in 2020

    Jo Caust
    The challenge for many is the sector is complex: not defined by one artform, one form of artistic expression or one mode of organisation. Not the least challenged is the Federal government.
    7 May 2021

    INSIDE THE MUSICIAN. Zela Margossian: Why I Think It Is Never Too Late

    Zela Margossian
    Zela Margossian trained in classical music in Lebanon and Armenia, and then changed both country and music, moving to Australia are taking up jazz improvisation and composition.
    7 May 2021

    ‘Refine, realign and declutter’ – what might that mean for the Australian Curriculum: The Arts – Music

    Helen Champion
    Considerations for a review of the national curriculum, the Australian Curriculum: The Arts - the curriculum for music, dance, drama, media arts and visual arts.
    7 May 2021

    Australian Honours Awards Australia Day 2021: awards to music people

    Richard Letts
    7 May 2021

    INSIDE THE MUSICIAN. Tamara-Anna Cislowska: Your Persistence Has Not Gone Unnoticed

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska
    Remember the words of Yehudi Menuhin ‘there’s plenty of room at the top’. Be the best at what you want to do, plan it, live it, prepare for who you want to be. When you look at the future with those eyes you will see opportunity and when you see opportunity – take it.
    28 March 2021

    INSIDE THE MUSICIAN. Helen Svoboda: Defying genre, following nature.

    Helen Svoboda
    I consider myself to be a genre-fluid artist: defined only by my sonic direction in a given moment... Everything that I create from here on is merely an audio snapshot of that particular period in my life, as it always has been.
    28 March 2021
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    Loudmouth is the free monthly online magazine of the Music Trust. It reports current developments, discusses matters of policy, politics and cultural development. Its music education section covers issues ranging from early childhood to career development, community music and educational research. Its excellent reviews are written mostly by musicians, and include important recordings and books not reviewed elsewhere.

    THIS MONTH ON LOUDMOUTH

    THE GROWING EDGE

    Reports on what 27 other government are doing for their artists. Makes Australian government look perverse. Survey: Australians want government lifeline for creatives. / INSIDE THE MUSICIAN: famous opera singer Peter Coleman-Wright and virtuoso international flautist  Lina Andonovska / Carriageworks and HOTA: what two arts centres are facing during COVID. / Literary magazines are essential for new authors – but they are being killed by funding cuts / ABC and NLA commissioning opps / Aussies win big international pop  music competitions

    MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA KNOWLEDGE BASE

    Launch of entirely restructured site.

    MUSIC EDUCATION 

    How music education stays afloat during COVID / Paavali Jumppanen a brilliant choice for Artistic Director of ANAM / NZ teachers danced in the streets when their ‘NAPLAN’ was terminated / NZ principal says students will need the arts in a changed post-coronavirus world / Defining a context for music learning / Online resources for music education

    FREEDMAN FELLOWSHIPS

    All the candidates have been nominated. But by whom? See the list. / The Classical nominees are being announced daily on the Fellowship FB site / Concerts replaced by special recording projects.

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    MUSIC AND BOOK REVIEWS

    THE BEST MUSIC REVIEWS page in Australia. Written mainly by musicians.

    LOUDMOUTH’S OCTOBER REVIEWS

    BOOKS

    A Musical Missionary – The Life and Music of Dulcie Holland Rita Crews and Jeanell Carrigan

    RECORDINGS

    CLASSICAL

    Thomas Meadowcroft. Speak Percussion / Siegfried’s Story.  A Musical Journey through Wagner’s ‘Ring of the Nibelungs’. Arranged for horn, tuba and piano. Bonza Brass / Romantic Dreams. Quintets for Piano and Strings by Louise Farrenc and Camille Saint-Saëns. Ironwood / Greta. Piano Sonata #5: Concerto in No Need of an Orchestra. Michael Kieran Harvey / Forgotten Dreams: Australian Guitar Music. Timothy Kain

    CONTEMPORARY

    No Weapon But Love. Icecream Hands

    IMPROVISATION

    By ONe of thE night. Mary Rapp, Dewhurst, Barker / Prophecy. Laurence Pike, drums/electronics

    JAZZ

    There’ll Be Some Changes Played. Tim Stevens Trio / FIKA Elysian Fields – The Scandinavian Project

    IMPROVISATION

    Interweave. Simon Barker and Scott Tinkler

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