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Destination Opera: Opera Studies students and alumni take to stages around the world
In 2024 current students and graduates of Opera Studies from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music are being noticed, not only within the state, but internationally, writes Professor Jane Davidson.
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Triennial competition opens to celebrate talented young violinists
Australia’s finest young violinists will once again compete for a total prize pool of $55,000 in the country’s most generous violin scholarship, the University of Melbourne’s Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship.
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'We are all artists' — Renowned human rights educator visits University of Melbourne
Internationally renowned human rights speaker and educator Professor André de Quadros recently presented the public lecture ‘Freedom dreaming, storytelling, and reconciliation: The arts in a new world’ at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music.
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Musicologist Linda Barwick receives Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
Renowned Australian musicologist Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award.
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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music appoints two world-class pianists
The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is thrilled to announce two new appointments to its keyboard performance program, Andrea Lam and Konstantin Shamray. Both are widely regarded as among the most exciting and accomplished pianists in Australia today.
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is proud to present ‘The Magic Flute’
This December sees students from the Master of Music (Opera Performance), Bachelor of Music (Voice), Master of Production Design (Stage), and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music orchestra bring to life a modern retelling of Mozart’s classic opera, Die Zauberflöte "The Magic Flute."
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Anna Bao En Sing: Balancing Music and Medicine
For the first time in more than five years, The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (UMSO) has just completed an international tour of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
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Rhythms of discovery: Kate Tempany’s Great Barrier Reef Concerto
Ahead of its premiere with the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, Kate Tempany discusses her latest work, 'Great Barrier Reef Concerto'. An intricate blend of Guinean rhythms and Western harmonies, highlighting our profound connection to the natural world.
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From Melbourne to Asia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Meet pianist, Timothy Kan
Hear from Timothy Kan, a Master of Music (Research) student, as he prepares to accompany the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as soloist for piano in Ginastera's Piano Concerto no. 1, Op. 28, for an upcoming tour to Singapore and Malaysia.
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David Arden on sharing his song lines and latest project ‘MEERTA’
In the world of music, careers are often born from chance encounters. For Kokatha/Gunditjmara song man David Arden, it was a single album gifted to him in high school that helped set his musical journey in motion. In this article, David shares his experience of working with students from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music on his project 'Meerta - Rise Up! The Ballad of James Arden' supported by the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development.
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From Melbourne to Asia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Meet trombonist Joshua Dulfer
Hear from Joshua Dulfer, a Bachelor of Music (Performance) student, as he speaks to his study experience and preparations for an upcoming international tour to Singapore and Malaysia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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Opera student Amanda Hargreaves on performing with Victorian Opera and falling in love with classical music
As a child, Amanda Hargreaves had big dreams. She wanted to become a pop star, then an actor, and later longed to grace the stage in musicals.Fast forward twenty years, and the current Master of Music (Opera Performance) student has experienced her debut with Victorian Opera in 'The Grumpiest Boy in the World' at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Meet University of Melbourne’s Sabrina McKenzie
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music celebrates the success of alumni and staff at the 40th Annual Green Room Awards
The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music would like to extend our warmest congratulations to alumni and staff who were recognised at the 40th Annual Green Room Awards.
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Meet Melbourne Conservatorium of Music student Joshua Morton-Galea
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‘Australian Canvas’: Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams to deliver his final concert as Conductor of Wind Symphony at Melbourne Recital Centre
Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams’ three-year term as Music Director and Conductor of the Wind Symphony at the Conservatorium has drawn to a close, and he has taken up a position as Director of Bands at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. He is flying back to Melbourne for his final concert with the University of Melbourne’s Wind Symphony at the Melbourne Recital Centre next week, ‘Australian Canvas’.
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Miriama Young: Kinds of Blue
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Music, animation, and dance students take over Fed Square’s digital façade on New Year’s Eve
Students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at the University of Melbourne will take over Fed Square on New Year's Eve with an electrifying evening of performances from 6.30pm.
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Piers Lane (AO) announced as recipient of 2022 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
Acclaimed pianist, Piers Lane (AO), has been awarded the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award at a concert with Joseph Calleja and Amelia Farrugia.
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A powerful musical experience: University of Melbourne Orchestra to perform Mahler 2
The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be returning soon to the Hamer Hall stage with Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony (The Resurrection), led by their Chief Conductor, Associate Professor Richard Davis.