Five Australian dancers (Mia Atkinson, Christian Carlo-Stella, Milei Lee, Amber Mitchell-Knight and Amelia Soh) have been selected as finalists in The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. Previously known as The Genée, this year’s Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) international competition … Continued
The Peggy Glanville-Hicks Trust has opened applications for the 2022 Prelude composer residencies. The Prelude program offers composers long-term residencies in one of three heritage-listed homes, as well as a stipend to assist with living expenses, so that they can … Continued
Australia’s music licensing and management body APRA AMCOS has announced the winners of the 2021 Professional Development Awards. Now presented annually, the Professional Development Awards aim to support emerging songwriters and composers through nine $10,000 cash prizes across multiple genres … Continued
Multi award winning Australian pianist and composer, Nat Bartsch, announces the LULLABY TOUR. An expert pianist composer known for her soothing compositions in both jazz and classical contexts, Nat Bartsch will perform her suite of lullabies to audiences young and old in a series of daytime and … Continued
Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton will present his first full-length solo orchestral commission, Apii Thatini Mu Murtu, which translates as “To sing and carry a coolamon on country together”, as a world premiere with Queensland Symphony Orchestra later this month. The … Continued
Musica Viva has announced the finalists and first-round prize-winners of the 2021 Strike A Chord competition. After two weeks of deliberation, the jury has decided on the 12 groups from across Australia that will be heading to Melbourne for the … Continued
Due to the severe weather we’ve experienced in the last 24 hours there are currently technical issues at our Mt Dandenong transmitter site affecting our FM broadcast. You can still listen to 3MBS on our digital channel, 3MBS Digital, or … Continued
In an Australian first, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra will head to a remote Indigenous community to collaborate with remote First Nations artists singing traditional songs at the famous Barunga Festival from Friday, 11 June to Sunday, 13 June. The orchestra … Continued
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has announced the second half of the season with a new initiative – Festival of Orchestra! FOFO – as the centrepiece of its July–December Season 2021. The first ever Festival dedicated to orchestra in Australia, FOFO … Continued
