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Wamburang Women's Choir: warbling out 2025 in final concert for the year
The ANU Community Music Centre's, Wamburang Women's Choir have been very active in the Canberra music scene in 2025. They've talked (and sung!) with ABC radio, performed at Parliament House,…

A musical metamorphosis: Kenneth Lampl is mastering the art of reinvention
There’s no better gift for a budding musician than growing up in New Jersey – home to one of the world’s greatest jazz scenes. Music was ever-present in childhood for ANU professor and composer…
A Week in the Life of the Community Music Centre
It’s Monday afternoon, and five tutors from the Community Music Centre (CMC) are on their way to Gugan Gulwan Aboriginal Youth Centre in Wanniassa to work with young people attending the music drop-…

Name a First Nations Composer. Many of You Can’t. But that’s about to change.
Most Australians can name First Nations actors, authors, or visual artists, but far fewer could name a First Nations composer working in classical or new music. Yet over the past decade, this field…

Applications Now Open: Space to Create - First Nations Music Residency
We're excited to announce that applications are now open for the Space to Create: First Nations Music Residency. This immersive program is designed for emerging and established First Nations…

ANU School of Music welcomes the Jazmourian Ensemble as new Ensemble-in-Residence
We are delighted to announce that a new Ensemble-in-Residence at the ANU School of Music is the Jazmourian Ensemble, a Persian-Australian collaboration which seeks to respond musically to the beauty…

Counting Down to the Conductor's How-To Guide
We’re looking forward to welcoming Monica Buckland for her sellout conducting workshops starting September 24. With a conducting career spanning multiple decades and continents, Monica is the best…