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The Bridge music class, run by The Song Room. Photo: Supplied.
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The Bridge: inside the new program revamping music education in Australian schools

A new program from The Song Room, The Bridge is putting contemporary creators in primary school classrooms.

Community radio: our national sound. A cartoon image of a green radio drawn in thick black lines against a yellow background.
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Community radio delivers $153 million to Australian music economy

Community radio stations broadcast more than double the volume of local music played by commercial networks, according to a new…

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Dracula bites: West Australian Ballet performs to recorded music in Adelaide

In a controversial move, the West Australian Ballet stuck to its original decision to stage Dracula in Adelaide without a…

Young people at The Push Stage at St Kilda Festival. 10-year plan for young Australians and music
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The Push unveils 10-year plan for young Australians and music

The Push's new national plan sets out a decade-long strategy to place Australian music on par with education, sport and…

First Nations performance Guuranda X will be reimagined in India. Photo: TJ Garvie.
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This Narungga-led First Nations performance will premiere in India in a historic cultural exchange

This month, Indigenous Elders and artists travel to Chennai to debut GUURANDA x KMMC – and you can livestream it in Australia.

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker at Adelaide Festival 2026. Cocker, a fair-skinned, middle aged man with glasses, raises his right hand high and sings loudly into a microphone. A video screen behind him shows dazzling, colourful images.
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‘All voices should be heard’, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker tells Adelaide Festival crowd

Cocker's pointed reference to an earlier censorship issue was made as Pulp played the opening night of Adelaide Festival 2026.

Kala Gare in the MTC production, My Brilliant Career. A young woman in a Victorian-era dresses stands atop a piano, holding one fist up triumphantly; an ornate chandelier hangs above her.
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My Brilliant Career wins Australia’s richest playwriting prize at AWGIE awards

The MTC's musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career has won the $120,000 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for…

A man seen from behind on a bushwalk through Yarraville, Victoria. He wears a cap, a loose shirt, shorts and sturdy boots as he walks away from the camera down a dirt track lined with ferns and trees. A camera is slung over his back, and he carries a slender brach as a walking stick. arts sector appointments
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Carsten Nicolai's installation Bausatz Noto (1998) at The Vinyl Factory: Reverb. A dark skinned woman wearing a red leather jacket and headphones listens to music at a desk of turntables. A rack of brightly coloured vinyl records stands behind her.
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London's The Vinyl Factory coming to ACMI for RISING

The Vinyl Factory: Reverb is an expansive exhibition about the grooves music has left in history and culture.

Thelma 2024 (detail) by National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Finalist, Em Jensen | opportunities and awards
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 16 to 22 February 2026

Closing soon: amazing opportunities for musicians, photographers, poets and literary journals.

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