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Students practice the violin during teaching sessions with  at the ANU School of Music (Lannon Harley/ANU).
29
Jun
2026

Now open: Joy and Norman Wheatley School of Music Scholarship

Applications are now open for the School of Music's most recently established award: the Joy and Norman Wheatley School of Music Scholarship.This award seeks to support up to 3 first-year…

L-R: Lillian Fromyhr, Molly Jae and Sophie Edwards in the recording studio control room.
22
Jun
2026

Songwriting to Studio: Two First Nations Artists Embark on CMC’s Recording First Nations Program

The Australian National University (ANU) Community Music Centre (CMC) is excited to welcome two young First Nations singer-songwriters, Lillian Fromyhr and Molly Jae, to participate in the Recording…

20
May
2026

Applications Now Open! ANU Orchestra and ANU Jazz Orchestra Auditions Semester 2, 2026

Are you an orchestral musician looking to play in the ANU Orchestra in 2026?Housed at the ANU School of Music and conducted by Rowan Harvey-Martin, the ANU Orchestra offers a unique opportunity to…

08
May
2026

Community Rockers Unleashed In 5-Week Intensive at the Community Music Centre

The Community Rock School is a long-standing and popular program run by the ANU Community Music Centre (the Outreach programs of the ANU School of Music, funded exclusively through generous grant…

05
May
2026

ANU School of Music Mourns the Passing of Michael Sollis

The ANU School of Music community is mourning the loss of Michael Sollis, who sadly passed away late last week. Michael was in the School’s PhD program and was widely recognised not only as a fine…

Image: First Prize & People’s Choice: 4th Year (Shivi Vaschaspati – bass, Elisha Adisa – drums, Ruben Hinton – keys)
28
Apr
2026

Applications now open: Friends Ensemble Prize 2026

Friends Ensemble Prize 2026The Friends of the ANU School of Music established its ensemble prizes to promote ensemble playing in the tertiary student cohort, in all musical genres taught at the ANU…

Lamine Sonko. Photo by Vicent Vincenzi
17
Apr
2026

Meet MPhil candidate Lamine Sonko: Guewel Knowledge Systems as Living Epistemologies

Lamine Sonko is currently a Higher Degree Researcher and an MPhil candidate in Ethnomusicology at the School of Music, supervised by Associate Professor Bonnie McConnell and Professor Christopher…