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Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini Awarded 2025 UNESCO Adelaide City of Music International Collaboration Award
On Thursday 7 November, Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini (Associate Director of Postgraduate Coursework Programs and Senior Lecturer in Guitar and Pedagogy) was announced as the winner of the 2025 UNESCO Adelaide City of Music International Collaboration Award.
2024 SA Music Award Winners Announced
Elder Conservatorium students and alumni had a stellar night on Thursday 7 November at the SA Music Awards, held at the Dom Polski Centre.
Keynote ABC Boyer Lecture Now Available on iview
On Thursday 31 October, Professor Anna Goldsworthy, Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, recorded the opening 2024 ABC Boyer Lecture at the ABC Ultimo Studios in Sydney – the first of four orations delivered by noted musicians and luminaries on classical music in the contemporary age.
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'Daylight Express' Series to Return to Elder Hall in 2025 Adelaide Festival
The Adelaide Festival's 'Daylight Express' series will return to Elder Hall in 2025 (Friday 28 February–Friday 14 March), including performances from Elder Conservatorium Faculty Lloyd Van't Hoff (clarinet), Emma Gregan (horn), Lucinda Collins (piano), Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Elizabeth Layton (violin), Stephen King (viola), Edith Salzmann (cello) and Michael Ierace (piano).
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Teddy Tahu Rhodes to Star in Kaija Saariaho's 'Innocence' (Adelaide Festival)
On Monday 3 November, the Adelaide Festival announced their full program for 2025, which includes Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence (starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes) and the welcome return of the Daylight Express series (Friday 28 February–Friday 14 March) in Elder Hall.
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Helpmann Academy Jazz Awards and Elise Ross Regional Award Presented at A Night of Jazz with Jazzmeia Horn
'As graduates, these students have created music in an academic environment for years, focusing on perfecting their craft under the pressure of exams and the eyes of their peers. But one can see how Horn pushes the students she works with, creating formative experiences for them as they find their voices as artists. Her style opens up the world of music to show how joy, play and experimentation can become a part of the musical experience, giving them glimpses of new musical frontiers.'
– InReview
Two ECMT students included in 'Theatre stars to watch in 2024 and beyond'
Two of ECMT’s 2024 graduating students have been celebrated in an article published by The Advertiser, profiling The 10 rising South Australian theatre stars to watch in 2024 and beyond.
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Call for Papers – Music and Mediation
Mediation, in all its possible senses, from transmission to conflict resolution, is particularly relevant in times of technological innovation, sustainability challenges, forced displacement and struggles for equality or survival. This conference, generously supported by the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA), is concerned with the ways music and the study of music may contribute to the many theories and practices around mediation. We invite proposals from all disciplines, for panels, individual papers, and roundtable discussions, until Monday 16 December.
Professor Anna Goldsworthy to Give ABC Boyer Lecture on Classical Music in the Contemporary Age
In a series of four orations delivered by noted musicians and luminaries, the 2024 ABC Boyer Lectures will explore the state of classical music in Australia in the contemporary age. The series will commence with Professor Anna Goldsworthy delivering a moving lecture with live music exploring the connections between life and music on Thursday 31 October at the ABC Ultimo Studios.
Michael Cox Flute Course 2024
Emerita Fellow Associate Professor Elizabeth Koch AM directed the fourth flute course to be held in Adelaide with Michael Cox in October this year. The course attracted some of the best players from around the country.
