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 family had been to university, she attended what she describes…
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 tertiary student cohort, in all musical genres taught at the ANU…
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 School of Music graduate with the transition between formal study…
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 music research, drawing together performance, composition and…
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. Studying Music at ANU (Presentation) 10 AM - 10.20 AM…
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 research. Now pursuing a PhD at the ANU School of Medicine…
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 ANU School of Music. “It all started when I was 12 years…