Perspectives on creative arts in higher education
NiTRO celebrates its third anniversary in July 2019. Since our first edition in July 2016 we have produced 22 editions, which have been accessed by nearly 30,000 users from across the world. NiTRO articles are increasingly cited in scholarly literature and general media, and included in institutional repositories. While readership
Dates: 2-4 August 2019Location: Recital Hall West and Atrium, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, SydneyWebsite: https://sydney.edu.au/music/our-research/research-events/international-conducting-studies-conference-2019.html Presented by The University of Sydney and the Oxford Conducting Institute, key note speakers include: David Robertson, Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Neal Peres da Costa, Head of Historical Performance at the Sydney
The University of Melbourne soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham has been awarded the Sir Bernard Heinz Memorial Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian music. Ms Cheetham is particularly acclaimed for her works Baptist Abba Fan and Pecan Summer, Australia’s first Indigenous opera. She is Artistic Director of
Call for proposals deadlines: roundtables: 1 Jan 2020 panels: 1 Feb 2020 individual proposals: 1 Feb 2020 Conference dates: 17-19 Sept 2020Location: University of Leuven, BelgiumWebsite: http://www.eam-europe.be/2020-conference The 7th biennial conference of the EAM intends to tackle the ways in which the avant-garde and modernism in Europe relate to crisis/es.
UNSW PhD Candidate Marco Susino will take up a research fellowship as a visiting scholar to New York’s renowned Juilliard School after receiving an Endeavour Research Award. His move will contribute to his doctoral project The Music that Moves Us through the co-creation of six bodies of work with Juilliard
Dates: 22-23 August 2019Location: Waterview at Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park, SydneyWebsite: https://home.artsactivated2019.com Arts Activated is one of Australia’s leading forums for making arts and culture in Australia more accessible for artists and audiences with disability or who are Deaf. The biennial event attracts up to 250 artists, arts workers,
Edith Cowan University’s WA Screen Academy is celebrating a number of recent successes. WA Screen Academy Films Filch, Spiral, Noah, Raw, When Harri Met Salma, and Pretty Face – all short films starring 3rd Year WAAPA acting students and written, directed, produced and crewed by WA Screen Academy Bachelors and
Dates: Conference: 6-7 May 2020 Call for papers deadline: 15 October 2019 Location: University for Music and the Performing Arts, Graz, AustriaWebsite: https://musikaesthetik.kug.ac.at/institut-14-musikaesthetik/symposien/imperfection-as-an-aesthetic-idea-in-music.html Coming from the dual perspectives of artistic research and musicology, this conference aims to broaden our perspectives on how imperfection can inform our aesthetic understanding of music,
The University of Melbourne’s First Commissions project invited emerging artists to respond to the commission briefs that resulted in some of the world’s most iconic artistic works. Without knowing the famous artistic works that originally resulted, 30 emerging artists were invited to respond to the commission briefs that inspired: Michelangelo’s
Dates: 21 – 23 July 2019Location: The Ian Potter Southbank Centre, 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, MelbourneWebsite: https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/events/baroque-winter-academy The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is thrilled to announce the inaugural Baroque Winter Academy – a unique, immersive educational experience including masterclasses, talks and concerts exploring motion, emotion and improvisation through the Baroque
In the spirit of reconciliation, the DDCA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.