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Professor Anna Goldsworthy
Director, Elder Conservatorium of Music
Message from the Director
Welcome to the Elder Conservatorium of Music, the home of music education in South Australia. We are not only one of the most established musical institutions in this country, but one of the most forward-looking, as we seed the artists and teachers of the future.
Our dedicated and passionate staff teach across the disciplines of Classical Performance, Jazz, Popular Music, Composition, Sonic Arts, Musical Theatre, Music Education, Musicology, and at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music. Alongside the opportunity to learn from Australia’s most celebrated musicians, we offer unrivalled ensemble experience, ranging from small ensembles to big bands and symphony orchestras; cutting-edge exposure to emerging technologies; performance opportunities in spectacular productions; close working relationships with the cultural institutions on our doorstep; and a bespoke model of care for our students, from our Open Academy Program through to our postgraduate courses.
We live in an era of enormous exponential change, in which the connectivity and humanity of music has never been more important. Come and join our community!
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17 Sep Two current vocal students of the Open Music Academy (OMA) – Pallas Hannan and Kate Magner – were hand-picked to participate in the highly competitive Class of Cabaret program run by the Adelaide Festival Centre in conjunction with the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. 10 Sep Congratulations to Elder Conservatorium graduates Shawn Hui and Dr Simón Pazos Quintana, who were recently announced as two of the three finalists for the Accompanists' Guild of South Australia's Geoffrey Parsons Award 2025. 08 Sep In their most recent season, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra featured staff member Rob Nairn as a soloist in his own arrangement of Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in C minor, RV 401. Six performances in Sydney at the City Recital Hall (Tuesday 17–Saturday 21 June) were followed by three at the Melbourne Recital Centre (Thursday 26–Sunday 29 June). Rob also joined the Australian String Quartet and members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in UKARIA's 10th anniversary celebrations on Friday 22 and Sunday 24 August, in a program led by Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
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