Music and Performing Arts
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Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient
The creator and driving force behind the Gondwana Voices, Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Indigenous Choir, has been recognised for transforming the country’s choral landscape, harnessing in the last 30 years the musical power of young voices, in particular Indigenous voices.
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University appoints new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
The University of Melbourne has appointed Professor Marie Sierra as the new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, home of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Distinguished musician receives Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
Musician, author and advocate, Dr Richard Letts, has been awarded the 2020 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to Australian music.
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University and ABC giving voice to Australia’s brightest arts minds
Early-career arts researchers and practitioners will have the chance to develop their communication skills as part of a new media residency at the ABC, in partnership with the University of Melbourne and the Australia Council for the Arts.
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Alumni filmmakers get seat at table with Los Angeles film group
Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television alumni will have the opportunity to work at the former home of Charlie Chaplin in Los Angeles, thanks to a new partnership between Australian’s in Film (AiF) and the University of Melbourne.
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Digital archive provides rare opportunity to view student films
Victorians are being offered unprecedented access to the archives of Australia’s oldest film school.
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Australian therapy for people living with dementia goes global
A home-based intervention program that uses music to help people with dementia is set to change lives worldwide
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Social Shakespeare: chatbot meets Julius Caesar
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts has reimagined Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, with the launch of a transmedia, immersive digital experience titled #ItWasGreekToMe that incorporates Virtual Reality, chatbots and a game app.
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Former British Columbia music director to head Conservatorium
Dr Richard Kurth has been appointed the new Director at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Deborah Cheetham AO honoured with prestigious award
Acclaimed Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and Artistic Director of Short Black Opera, Deborah Cheetham AO, has been awarded the 2019 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award.
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Australian Chamber Orchestra partnership a win for students
Students and staff at the University of Melbourne will have unparalleled access to education and research opportunities with a $1 million partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO).
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Ian Potter Southbank Centre opens to students and staff
More than 1000 students and staff have moved into the new state-of-the-art Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home to the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Sneak peek at new Ian Potter Southbank Centre in the Melbourne Arts Precinct
The University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Southbank Centre today opened for a sneak preview by Victoria’s Creative Industries Minister Martin Foley.
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Student Symphony Orchestra to tour Singapore and Shanghai
More than 100 young musicians will embark on their first international tour when the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra travels to Singapore and Shanghai later this month.
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Judy Bailey honoured with the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
Prominent jazz pianist and teacher Judy Bailey has been awarded the 2018 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award.
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'Space of Friendship': Melbourne Art Fair joins forces with the University of Melbourne
This year’s Melbourne Art Fair is being held at the University of Melbourne Southbank campus, home of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and Melbourne’s growing arts precinct.
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MoMA at NGV: 'Huddle' performed for first time in Australia
A key work of the minimalist dance movement – first presented at Yoko Ono’s New York studio in 1961 and now part of the Museum of Modern Art’s collection – is being performed for the first time in Australia by University of Melbourne dance and theatre students at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
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Radio programming: could it improve the lives of older Australians?
New research is being undertaken to better understand how and why older people listen to the radio, what they are listening to and how this might be related to their wellbeing.
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'Where We Stand' performance
The performance of DanceOn last Saturday night was part of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's weekend of celebrating 40 years of VCA Dance, with a range of performances, talks and alumni reunions.
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Ronald Farren-Price wins prestigious Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Honorary Principal Fellow Ronald Farren-Price has been awarded the 2017 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award.