Music academy thrown a government lifeline

After eight years of discussion the future looks secure for a national centre for excellence in classical music training.

4 Oct 2016

Richard Watts

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ANAM students are dancing for joy. Photo credit: Mark Lobo.

The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has announced a six-year arrangement with Victoria’s Andrews Labor Government, ensuring the Academy’s continued presence in South Melbourne.

ANAM will receive $175,000 each year for the next six years under the new funding agreement.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts