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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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29 Oct
2025 SA Music Awards Announced
MusicSA's 2025 SA Music Awards were presented at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday 28 October. We were especially proud to see such a strong Elder Conservatorium representation: our alumni and students were finalists in 19 out of the 31 separate nomination categories. Our students and alumni were the recipients of 13 awards, and we are very proud that our Head of Jazz, Mark Ferguson, was also the winner of the UNESCO International Collaboration Award. 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.
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