Australian
Culture and Recreation Portal
Australian
government subject portal.
Music
Australia
A web-based music service developed by the National Library of Australia to
provide integrated access to Australia's music
resources and information.
Government organisations
Australian
Broadcasting Corporation Classic FM
Artsinfo
An online
gateway initiated by the Australian Department of Communication,
Information Technology and the Arts. Provides access to information on
cultural grants, training opportunities and industry development programs
offered by Australian governments, corporations, foundations and
non-government bodies. Also provides practical advice on issues such as
establishing cultural businesses, statistics, training courses, on-line
tutorials, cultural industry publications and a directory of cultural
businesses.
Australian
Bureau of Statistics
Source of industry statistics and demographics
Australia
Council
Australian
arts policy, research and funding body. Site includes an annual list of
arts research in progress by organisations in Australia.
Australian
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts,
Australian Government cultural policy and development department. Has
initiated online and multimedia projects including the Australian Cultural
Network and Digital Forum Online. Also hosts the Cultural Ministers
Council and its various working groups on archives, heritage collections,
major organisations, new technologies, orchestras and statistics
New
South Wales Ministry for the Arts
Includes information on arts news, opportunities and events
Libraries,
archives & museums
Australian
National University Institute of the Arts Library & Resource Centre
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives
and Documentation Centres
Library and Information Service of
WA Music and Performing Arts Library
Grainger
Museum
Monash
University Library
Holdings include the John Tallis Collection in the Sir Louis Matheson Library,
Clayton Campus.
National
Library of Australia
Holdings include the Ferguson collection of published 19th century
Australian music, Australian Musical Association of Australian
compositions promoted and performed in London from the 1950s-1970s, J.C.
Williamson Collection of operatic and music theatre performance materials,
Symphony Australia Collection of Australian unpublished orchestral
scores and parts, and Lewis Collection of popular dance music of the
1940s-1960s.The Manuscript section holds personal papers and music manuscripts
of composers, such as Peter Sculthorpe, John Antill, Don Banks, Frederick
Septimus Kelly, Margaret Sutherland, Larry Sitsky, Keith Humble, Elena
Kats-Chernin and Andrew Ford, musical performers, scholars, critics and entrepreneurs,
such as Nellie Melba, Kenneth Hince, Joan Hammond, Ernest
Llewellyn, James Murdoch, Rex Hobcroft, Patrick Thomas), and documents relating to the history of musical organisations, such as the
Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Australian Youth Orchestra, Australian Society
for Music Education, Australian Musical Association, NSW Conservatorium of
Music, Wattle Recordings,
Musicological Society of Australia, National Music Camp Association, and
Symphony Australia Collection.
National
Networked Facility for Research in Australian Music
A network of
music libraries and other organisations including the Australian National
University, Monash University, Australian Music Centre, La Trobe University,
National Library of Australia and ScreenSound Australia. Website provides
annotated guide to music collections, archives, libraries and museums, people,
publications and resources such as ephemera, film and moving images,
manuscripts, newspapers, oral history, pictures, printed material, sound
recordings and unpublished material
Powerhouse MuseumHoldings include the collection of the Mastertouch
Piano Roll Company
State Library of New South Wales
Holdings include manuscript and printed resources relating to the history of
music in Australia, including collections of Australian composers and musical
identities such as Edgar Bainton.
State Library of Queensland
Website includes subject links to Australian and international internet
resources.
State Library of Victoria
Symphony
Australia National Music Library
University of New England
Library
Holds
the Gordon Athol Anderson
Music Collection on
medieval musicUniversity
of Queensland Architecture/Music Library
University
of Western Australia Music Library
Opera companies
Opera
Australia
Opera
Queensland
State
Opera of South Australia
West
Australian Opera Company
Orchestras
and orchestral networks
Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Australian
Ensemble
Global
Freeway Australian Youth Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Youth Orchestras
Symphony
Australia
Provides services to orchestras including music hire, copying and editing
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Tasmanian
Symphony Orchestra
The
Orchestras of Australia Network
TOAN
provides services to support artistic and organisational development of
orchestras and appreciation of orchestral music in the community. Site
includes Discussion forum. Resources include catalogue of member orchestral
scores and parts
West
Australian Symphony Orchestra
Other organisations
Alfred
Publishing Australia
Music publisher
Australian
Directory of Music and Speech Teachers
Australian
Festival of Chamber Music
Australian
Jazz
Australian Jazz Festival portal with events calendar, biographies and booking
facilities.
Australian
Mechanical Copyright Owners Society [AMCOS]
Represents the interests of music publishers and their writers music over
copying on to CD, tape or recordings.
Australian
Music Centre
National service organisation connecting performers, composers and students
with Australian music.
Australian
National Choral Association
Australasian
Performing Right Association
Australian Record Industry
Association
Australian
Singing Competition
Competition for young classical singers who are resident or citizens of
Australia.
Boosey
& Hawkes Pty Litd
Music publisher
CD
Collector
Online store of the CD Collector, specialising in Australian musical and
cabaret performance.
Hal
Leonard Publishing Corp
Music publisher
International
Barossa Music Festival
Kookaburra Music
Music publisher specialising in music by
Australian composers and arrangers
Macquarie
Trio
Morton
Music
Music publisher
Music
Council of Australia
National peak body which aims to advance Australian musical life.
Resources include directories of Australian music organisations, music
periodicals and publications.
Music Industry ShowcaseA public event promoting musical products and
services
Music for refugees
Website by Philip Feinstein who is campaigning to collect music instruments
for refugees in detention and providing the means for them to enjoy music.
Musica Viva Australia
Musicology
Society of Australia
New
Music Network
Dedicated to the promotion and performance of new music and sound
artistry.
Opera
Opera
Publisher of Opera Opera monthly newspaper. Site also offers opera plots
and merchandise, including libretti, books and videorecordings.
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia
Sydney
International Piano Competition of Australia
Sydney
Philharmonia Choirs
Youth
Music Australia
