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 12:00

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 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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts