Digital Concert Hall goes national

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall gains a new name and a new national focus.

Having raised over $1.6 million for classically-trained musicians since the start of COVID through an ongoing series of live-streamed concerts and recitals, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall has announced a new name and a new national focus as it moves towards 2022.

Now known as the Australian Digital Concert Hall (ADCH), the duo behind the initiative, Chris Howlett and Adele Schonhardt, intend to present an ambitious program in 2022, working with ensembles and orchestras across the country.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts