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Professor Samantha Bennett. Image: Jamie Kidston/ANU
29
Apr
2025

Breaking barriers: Professor Samantha Bennett recognised for championing under-represented students

Professor Samantha Bennett always saw higher education as alien territory. Growing up in a working-class household where no one in her...
Image (from L to R): Lindy Reksten, Dr Sally Walker, ANU School of Music student band Orbit – Jamie Rea (keys), Aidan Herstik (guitar), Dan Simmons (drums), and Harrison Whalen (bass), Dr Kristin McGee, photo from Friends of the School of Music Ensemble Prize Finals 2024. Photo by Yun Hu / ANU.
10
Apr
2025

Applications now open: Friends Ensemble Prize 2025

Friends Ensemble Prize 2025 The Friends of the ANU School of Music established its ensemble prizes to promote ensemble playing in the...
Image: Friends of Music Ensemble Prize Finals 2024. Photo by Yun Hu/ANU
04
Apr
2025

Applications are now open for the Friends of the School of Music Transition Award for 2025.

Applications are now open for the Friends of the School of Music Transition Award for 2025. The objective of the award is to assist a...
Musician Sally Walker plays her flute as dolphins swim alongside the boat and 'dance' to the melody. Photo: Murray Farrell
26
Mar
2025

Within seconds there was a dolphin right underneath me

ANU School of Music staff members Dr Sally Walker, Matthew Barnes and Professor Christopher Sainsbury are at the forefront of innovative...
ANU School of Music Recording Studio
26
Mar
2025

ANU Open Day 2025: Studying Music at ANU

Join us on ANU Open Day on Saturday, 29 March 2025 to learn more about Bachelor of Music, double degree and minor studies at the ANU.  ...
Katrina Rivera. Photo: Nic Vevers/ANU
03
Mar
2025

You're the voice (a great karaoke song): why are we so afraid to sing?

Katrina Rivera, a piano teacher and ANU Bachelor of Music (Honours) graduate, has taken her passion for music beyond performance and into...
Canberran Bert Whelan… “When I was 12 years old and listening to Melbourne’s 3AW, they played Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and I was hooked for life.” Photo: Peter Hislop
25
Feb
2025

A passion for Gershwin: 70 years of collecting finds a new home at ANU

After 70 years of avid collecting, Canberran Bert Whelan has donated his vast collection of George Gershwin’s music and memorabilia to the...

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