Making Music Work: The inner and outer realities for musicians
The research shows that musicians are not motivated so much by wealth or fame as the intrinsic rewards for making music.
August 16, 2020
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Richard Letts
Dr Richard Letts AM is the founder and Director of The Music Trust, founder and former Executive Director of the Music Council of Australia (now Music Australia) and Past President of the International Music Council. He has held senior positions in music and culture in Australia and the United States, advocated for music and music education, conducted research, written policy documents, edited four periodicals, published four books and hundreds of articles.
Australian Honours List, Australia Day 2020
In recognition of a special contribution to the national well-being, Australian Honours are awarded to Australian citizens selected by the office of the Governor General. Following are the awards made on Australia Day 2020 for contributions to music, with a few also of those awarded more broadly in the arts.
August 11, 2020
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August 11, 2020
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The live performance industry in Australia. Ticket Attendance and Revenue Report 2018
Valuable data on major sectors of the music industry. Contemporary music is the largest sector in all of the arts.
August 3, 2020
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The current circumstances of Jazz in Australia
The audience is tiny, the government support is minimal, the music is GREAT!
March 12, 2020
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Freedman Classical and Jazz Fellows Report
These fellowships, run by the Music Trust, have become among Australia’s most prestigious. The winners spend their prize money on special projects and afterward report what happened. You can read the reports.
March 12, 2020
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David Pledger’s cultural revolution
George Brandis’s most remarkable achievement as Arts Minister was to unite virtually the entire arts sector in support of the Australia Council – and in condemnation of his diversion of a large portion of its funding to his own direct
August 27, 2018
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National Opera Review: 5. Response to the Final Report
This response was published as two articles in succeeding months in the Music Council’s ezine, Loudmouth. Article 1 The National Opera Review has reported. George Brandis established this review in 2014 when he was still Arts Minister. It was supposed
April 7, 2018
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National Opera Review:3. Submission by The Music Trust
Dear Review Panel We are pleased to have the opportunity to make this submission. It has been formulated by The Music Trust, a national organisation established in 2013 to undertake projects to advance music in Australia. Since it is new,
April 7, 2018
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National Opera Review: 7. Response to the Government by The Music Trust
Doing the data Is the government making any actual commitments? What recommendations are being implemented? The situation with employment of Australian singers Other matters APPENDIX Artistic autonomy Responsibility to deliver on commitments Separate the funded and the commercial activities State
April 7, 2018
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A Comprehensive National Policy for Music
A NATIONAL CULTURAL POLICY A DEFINITION OF ‘CULTURE’ IS NECESSARY AN ETHICAL BASIS IN HUMAN AND CULTURAL RIGHTS THE ENABLING ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO CULTURE DISCUSSION PAPER PRIORITIES ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE General discussion ‘Excellence’ in arts policy FOSTER ARTISTIC
January 9, 2018
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SWOT Analysis of Classical Music – 2017
INTRODUCTION CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC BASIC FACTS SWOT ANALYSIS TERTIARY AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC BASIC FACTS SWOT ANALYSIS COMPOSITION BASIC FACTS SWOT ANALYSIS PERFORMANCE BASIC FACTS SWOT ANALYSIS RECORDING BASIC FACTS SWOT ANALYSIS MEDIA BASIC FACTS SWOT
November 4, 2017
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National Opera Review: propping up the 19C
Article 1 The National Opera Review has reported. If, as they say, Ministers only set up reviews to produce the recommendations they want, George Brandis is probably well enough satisfied. Brandis established this review in 2014 when he was still
February 3, 2017
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REPORT FROM INQUIRY: Impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts
The inquiry was established by Labor and Greens senators to look into the effects of then Arts Minister George Brandis’s removal of $105m of funds from the Australia Council to his Ministry where he would have direct control over their
December 1, 2016
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Higher Education Base Funding Review – Music Trust Submission
RE: HIGHER EDUCATION BASE FUNDING REVIEW 2011 Preamble 1. General principles governing the level and distribution of government investment in higher education learning and teaching Q1.1 Government investment in higher education has been justified in terms of delivering benefits to
December 1, 2016
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HIGHER EDUCATION BASE FUNDING REVIEW: SUPPLEMENTARY SUBMISSION ON TEACHER EDUCATION IN MUSIC
SUPPLEMENTARY SUBMISSION FROM THE MUSIC COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA: TEACHER EDUCATION IN MUSIC 1. General principles governing the level and distribution of government investment in higher education learning and teaching Q1.1 Government investment in higher education has been justified in terms
December 1, 2016
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HIGHER EDUCATION BASE FUNDING REVIEW: RESPONSE TO ITS REPORT
Enduring Principles Principle 1 Principle 2 Principle 6 Principle 7 Principle 9 Principle 10 Principle 11 Principle 12 Principle 13 Base funding should meet costs of delivering programs Creative arts are underfunded Recommendation 4: Address areas of underfunding Adjust relativities
December 1, 2016
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Opera is history. It needs to be now.
The decline in opera audiences is severe, long term and potentially disastrous. The audience for mainstage opera halved for four major Australian opera companies from 2009 to 2013 – Opera Australia and the state operas of WA, SA and Qld.
September 5, 2016
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A Creative Industries Strategy for Victoria
The Daniel Andrews government has just received a 40-page interim report from a “Taskforce” it set up in April charged with consulting with the “creative industries” (formerly known as “the arts”) to help develop Victoria’s first creative industries strategy, scheduled
September 5, 2016
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Applying the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems to Arts Planning
Introduction Formulating Government Arts Practice The Music Trust Proposals to the National Opera Review Music Education in Australian Public Primary Schools Music Education in Australian Conservatoria Author Introduction The theory of the evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) can illuminate
February 6, 2016
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