2024

Articles

12 September 2024

Sydney Con broadens groundbreaking jazz program

Acclaimed guitarist, vocalist, composer and educator Jess Green has been appointed Equity in Jazz Program Leader to nurture the next generation of women-identifying and gender-diverse jazz musicians at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

05 September 2024

NYC trumpeter Chloe Rowlands promotes equity in jazz at the Con

In her Australian debut, Brooklyn-based trumpeter Chloe Rowlands visits the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as part of the Equity in Jazz program to work with students on their musicianship, ensemble playing and improvisation skills.

British rock band Oasis is back: 10 songs you should know

Dr Jadey O'Regan, lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, revisits the albums of influential rock band Oasis to select 10 songs that matter.

Young leaders from India and Australia convene at the University of Sydney

The Australia India Youth Dialogue 2024 concluded at the University of Sydney on Thursday 22 August, after a week of discussion between emerging leaders from the two nations.

What's on at Sydney Con Semester 2 2024

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is proud to present a diverse program of public performances. Join us this semester for our Greenway Series of orchestral and ensemble performances, a new Australian musical, and a special premiere of four new short operas in collaboration with NIDA.

What an exchange to Arnhem Land taught one Sydney student about the power of music

On exchange to Maningrida in the heart of Arnhem Land, Sydney Conservatorium of Music student and Awabakal/Garigal man Jake Magi learnt how music can help connect young people with education in remote Australia.

ABC TOP 5 media residencies for 2024 announced

Dr Laura Case, an Indigenous musicologist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and Dr Laura Driessen, a radio astronomer in the Faculty of Science, have each won a two-week media residency with the ABC.

How Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century Australia

New research by Dr Laura Case, Lecturer in Musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, shows how Indigenous violin playing throughout 20th century Australia saw Aboriginal people adapting the European violin to fit within ongoing cultural practices.

The value of cultural exchange between Australia and Vietnam

The longstanding collaboration between Vietnam and Australia is enabling opportunities in arts, music, and understanding cultural identities.

New partnership explores the links between jazz and Vietnamese music

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Vietnam National Academy of Music signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the launch of the Sydney Vietnam Institute in June, marking a significant milestone in the long-running collaborative partnership.