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Music really doth hath charms to soothe a savage breast
Heart disease, depression and anxiety may be alleviated by listening to the right composers, a UK study has found.
Here they are! NPEA draft guidelines released
The Federal Government has released guidelines on how it will spend the money it has taken from the Australia Council…
How to get your work into international festivals
Jonathan Holloway, Artistic Director in-waiting of Melbourne Festival, describes his programming vision and offers advice for artists hoping to be…
Theatre broadcasts a vital link for isolated audiences
Streaming productions out into the regions offers companies much more than just audience development opportunities.
New age markets for classical music
Are meditation, mindfulness and therapeutic audiences the next growth market for the classical music sector?
Getting political: David Berthold’s debut Brisbane Festival
Explorations of race, colonialism and the environment are among the many connecting threads running through the 2015 Festival program.
MTC touts a major's support for S2M
The MTC Board has bought into the conflict between majors and S2M sector with a diplomatically-worded statement emphasising the relationship…
Cheap tickets for opera first-timers
The Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation has gifted $1.5M to Opera Australia for a new access program in Sydney and…
Sofie Laguna wins 2015 Miles Franklin Award
Former YA author awarded $60,000 in prize money for a book described as ‘an extraordinary novel about love and anger’.
How to create a digital archive
Dusting off your archives and putting them online may seem like a good idea, but how exactly is it done?