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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!
Exciting changes to the Bachelor of Music degrees from 2024
From January 2024, most of the undergraduate degrees at the Elder Conservatorium of Music will undergo some small but important changes. These changes will affect the structure of the Music degrees, not the content.
The degrees affected by these changes are: Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music (Advanced) and Bachelor of Music (Honours). The Bachelor of Music Theatre degree is not affected by these changes.
From the beginning of 2024, these degrees will offer four majors instead of the current eight majors:
- Classical Performance
- Jazz Performance
- Creative Practice
- Music Education
More details about program changes here Combined and concurrent degrees Auditions
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21 Aug
Lucy Macourt in Toronto and Michigan
Lucy Macourt recently travelled to the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute at the University of Toronto and the Centre Stage Strings Institute at the University of Michigan with the support of the Decie Denholm Scholarship. 21 Aug
Jake Ameduri in Sister Act: The Musical
Our Bachelor of Music Theatre graduate Jake Ameduri is touring Australia with Sister Act The Musical, visiting Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth, before lighting up Adelaide in March 2025! 21 Aug
Dr Anne Cawrse and Michael Ierace Release New EP
Friday 16 August saw the release of before, during, after, an EP of solo piano music composed by Dr Anne Cawrse and performed by Michael Ierace. Recorded in late 2023 in Elder Hall by Lachlan Bramble, this beautiful new release includes three works of Anne's, each composed for Michael between 2016 and 2020. The work is available on all streaming platforms, and for purchase at https://annecawrse.bandcamp.com/album/before-during-after.
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