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Professor Kenneth Lampl is constantly charting new ground. Photo: Jame Kidston/ANU
05
Nov
2025

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…

04
Nov
2025

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-…

From left to right: Will Kepa, Christopher Sainsbury, Brenda Gifford. Image: Erika McGown/ANU.
20
Oct
2025

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…

Image: Yil Lull studio technician and leader Will Kepa
26
Sep
2025

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…

Jazmourian Ensemble (Dr Anna McDonald and Malek Mohammadi Nejad). Photo by Andrew Sikorski.
21
Aug
2025

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…

19
Aug
2025

Song To Studio wraps up for 2025

Our Annual Song to Studio Course just wrapped up, with ten original songs. We're so proud of our participants, who went from dream to fully recorded songs in only five sessions. Our participants…

19
Aug
2025

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…