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You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is unable to continue providing the national project “Lowdown” as it...
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Eleven young pianists links to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, who competed at the prestigious Australian Natio...
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You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is ...
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The Come Out Festival Board has announced announced the appointment of NSW artist Noel Jordan as Artistic Director ...
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Australian experts in young people's theatre, Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) Executive Director, Ji...
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This year, it’s Brisbane’s very own non-profit organisation Flipside Circus who is set to host this exc...
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Youth Arts Queensland invites young and emerging artists from across Australia to make their artistic match and app...
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posted 7 Jul
Emerging Queensland singer songwriter, 16 year old Hannah Karydas launches her new EP, WRITE, a...
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posted 11 Jul
The planning for the annual 2high Festival is also well underwayand this month the Backbone Ens...
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posted 27 Jul
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, as part of Edith Cowan University’s Mo...
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posted 28 Jul
InCite Youth Arts have put the call out to those wanting to support local young Alice Springs a...
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posted 29 Jul
The Youth Arts Industry farewells Anne Godfrey Smith by Margaret Leask. Most young YPAA practit...
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posted 14 Jun
Its crunch time for Lowdown and we need your help. We would like to know what you value in the ...
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posted 29 Jun
Chamber Made Opera and the Victorian Writer's Centre are thrilled to announce a new initiat...
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posted 12 May
The Australia Council for the Arts has recently welcomed the budget announcement of $10 million...
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posted 17 May
The Australian String Quartet is currently calling for submissions from emerging composers for ...
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posted 17 May
Queensland Arts Council's Youth Program is seeking a range of creative endeavors for inclus...
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posted 24 May
The British Council have once again called for application for creatives to have a one-of-a-kin...
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posted 30 May
Carclew Youth Arts is calling for applications for its 2012 Scholarship Program and Independent...
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posted 4 Apr
Attention Lowdown readers - Win your self a copy of a stunning 30 year retrosp...
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posted 29 Apr
After months of hard work, the 2011 Shockwave Festival team are happy to ‘flick the switc...
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posted 3 Mar
Live music fans have the opportunity to see some of South Australia’s best aspiring bands...
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posted 11 Mar
Theatre in Perth has never been more intimate and tantalizing than at the city’s hub of i...
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posted 24 Mar
Signal is back with a cutting edge program jam-packed with workshops and events destined to ins...
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posted 7 Feb
Currency House have released Platform Papers 26, Not Just An Audience: Young People Transformin...
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posted 7 Feb
Live music fans can see some of South Australia’s best aspiring bands and musicians at si...
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posted 7 Feb
The WiM forum held in March in Brisbane include a stellar line up of female artist. Emerging an...
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posted 21 Feb
What makes a youth show? What defines them as “youth”? Who can critique these...
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posted 26 Feb
After twenty productions around the world including the USA, UK, New Zealand and Australia, Dar...
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posted 6 Jan
Fancy yourself as a bit of a whiz on the ole' decks? Time's running out to enter the Fr...
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posted 12 Jan
The Adelaide Fringe Festival and Fuse Festival have "banded" together to bring you on...
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posted 24 Jan
Forty-nine young artists from around Australia were announced as participants in the 2011 JUMP ...
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posted 6 Dec
Are you aged 12-26 and fancy getting your hands dirty by planning and programming six live musi...
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posted 9 Dec
Calling all piano owners, players, sellers and lovers; and all you volunteering whiz kids! COME...
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posted 9 Dec
Featuring international artists from island locations across the globe, alongside some of Austr...
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posted 9 Dec
The country's most gifted and aspiring young musicians, composers, music journalists and ar...
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posted 13 Dec
WIN WIN WIN TICKETS to see The Red Shoes in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, courtesy of Ar...
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posted 20 Dec
Award-winning physical theatre ensemble Born in a Taxi will be teaming up with Riverland Youth ...
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posted 23 Dec
Funk It Up About Nothin’ is a feisty, urban remix of traditional Shakespeare, funking up ...
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posted 1 Nov
Time's almost up to register for the Music NT/APRA Alice Springs Song Retreat!
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posted 1 Nov
The FReeZA Push Start is a state-wide Battle of the Bands competition that showcases young and ...
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posted 1 Nov
A harvest of 2010’s freshest local talents, 10 months...4 Short Circuit nights......
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posted 1 Nov
Brisbane's media and up-and-coming musicians are "banding" together.
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posted 1 Nov
The sounds of some of the freshest local musos are now available to anyone in the world as Kurr...
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posted 9 Nov
After a show-stopping performance during the 2010 National Youth Concerto Competition Finals Co...
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posted 9 Nov
COME OUT Festival 2011 presents a schools’ program packed full of fun for every genre.
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posted 11 Nov
Aged 18-25? FReeZACentral are giving you the chance to meet and work with your dream music indu...
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posted 12 Nov
Check out the exciting array of events Signal have to take you into the summer months.
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posted 15 Nov
Power. Precision. Passion. Don't miss this one night only performance!
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posted 25 Oct
You can win a double pass to see Canberra Youth Theatre's Retrieval at the National Library...
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posted 7 Oct
The Push is thrilled to open applications for their Face The Music Regional Scholarships Progra...
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posted 14 Oct
One of the nation's best young oboists has found a symmetry between making music and roasti...
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posted 14 Oct
Ten Days on the Island announces a very special concert.
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posted 14 Oct
The Arts NT October Funding round has now opened for projects occurring after January 1, 2011.<...
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posted 21 Oct
Felicity Doukakis is only 22 years old but for her, a rising star of the violin, music is timel...
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posted 21 Oct
Two of Australia's most promising young pianists will be collaborating in Germany in 2012.<...
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posted 25 Oct
Victoria is preparing to showcase its vibrant and diverse youth arts sector. Presented by Young...
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posted 22 Sep
A project pairing emerging artists who work with sound with those who work with light/video/fil...
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posted 2 Sep
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posted 3 Sep
The ACT Government is seeking feedback from the community on the findings of an independent rev...
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posted 3 Sep
Canberra Youth Theatre is opening its doors to invite emerging artists from outside the ACT who...
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posted 30 Sep
Musica Viva is pleased to present two of the most exciting young musicians in their October Tou...
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posted 2 Aug
A major new musical set to open in Melbourne in March 2011 is holding open auditions in Sydney ...
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posted 2 Aug
For the third year running PlayFest_10, the Riverland's community arts festival, will hit t...
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posted 2 Aug
A new work created with and performed by young people is premiering at Gymea’s Hazelhurst...
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posted 5 Aug
Registrations are now open for the 2010 Mullet Youth Arts Festival.
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posted 9 Aug
If you've got even one artistic bone in your body, then pay attention: the 2011 Adelaide Fr...
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posted 9 Aug
Celebrate the International Year of Youth and AYMC's first birthday at the Youth Music Conf...
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posted 9 Aug
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the music industry (and more!) at one of FRee...
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posted 12 Aug
The Creative Pathways team are back in the Central West in September with brand new creative wo...
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posted 12 Aug
The FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands hits Geelong this August.
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posted 16 Aug
Grants for arts activity or projects occurring between January 1st and June 30, 2011 are now op...
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posted 19 Aug
Coopers Alive 2010 is set to be music to your ears, with a line-up of SA finest home brewed mus...
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posted 19 Aug
After an extensive national search, Jigsaw Theatre Company, Canberra’s professional theat...
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posted 20 Aug
To celebrate Gustav Mahler’s 150th birthday, Queensland Youth Symphony will perform his m...
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posted 6 Jul
Fifty-seven young musicians are jumping for joy at being accepted as part of the Townsville Bul...
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posted 6 Jul
Q Music have announced the finalists for hotly contested Q Song 2010 awards. Tickets are now av...
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posted 14 Jul
The hunt is on for the new YouthFM Mentor; a supportive, savvy and stylish ruler of the airwave...
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posted 14 Jul
A rock concert / group therapy mash up marks the return of Perth performer Shane Adamczak's...
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posted 24 May
2009 sell-out hit Power Hip Hop is bringing its musical magic to Hobart's Theatre ...
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posted 1 Jun
Do you know a young person making a difference through arts and culture? Nominate them now for ...
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posted 3 Jun
Have you ever wanted to be a famous radio star and get valuable hands on experience in radio pr...
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posted 7 Jun
The Fuzzy team are excitedly preparing for another epic instalment of Parklife, Australia&rsquo...
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posted 15 Jun
The festival season may be in hibernation for the winter, but get excited kids - Parklife have ...
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posted 17 Jun
The Garma Festival, now in its 12th year is a celebration and cultural exchange with the Yol?u ...
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posted 17 Jun
Arts and culture lovers, get ready to immerse yourselves in the best of regional and community ...
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posted 17 Jun
The National Youth Choir of Australia hosts its major 2010 concert at Adelaide’s Elder Ha...
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posted 22 May
Over two days on June 12 and 13 at the Street Theatre, audiences have a chance to witness dance...
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posted 4 May
Its official! The winner of Outstanding Solo Show at the 2009 New York Fringe and Best Puppetry...
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posted 5 May
The University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music in association with the American Society of ...
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posted 7 May
QPIX has a fantastic opportunity for TV and filmmakers to pitch their concepts to Australia'...
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posted 11 May
The second annual Shockwave Youth Arts Festival is coming to Blackall’s Memorial...
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posted 18 May
Congratualtions to Elizabeth Surbey, Drama Coordinator @ Sydney Girls High School who is the wi...
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posted 19 May
After two years of development, Patch Theatre Company’s latest work Me and My Shadow ...
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posted 19 May
The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) today announced that it will strengthen its focus an...
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posted 20 May
Attention all artists, creative types and general Melbournians! The City of Melbourne ArtPlay a...
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posted 20 May
Carclew’s 2010 Off The Couch program – featuring some of South Australia’s to...
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posted 20 May
June 2010 sees the second bi-annual Song Summit music industry development event hit Sydney.
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posted 20 May
Local, interstate and international industry will converge on Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, this ...
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posted 20 Apr
Young people from all walks of life can be leaders of positive social change, so Foundation for...
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posted 22 Apr
triple j Unearthed is teaming up with internationally renowned hip hop producer M-Phazes to cre...
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posted 1 Apr
Banjos are so hot right now; just see Triple J Hottest 100 winners Mumford and Sons for proof. ...
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posted 1 Apr
The nation’s most valuable individual music prize – the Australia Council Don Banks...
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posted 8 Apr
The St Martins Glee Club begins April 19th!
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posted 13 Apr
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the thirty-six successful applicants to JUMP ...
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posted 15 Apr
Get your kids moving to the beat with African Soul's kids drumming classes.
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posted 15 Apr
ArtsCAMP is an exciting week - long creative experience for young people aged 15 – 17 yea...
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posted 15 Apr
Tetrafide Percussion present their Young Artists concert at WAAPA's Music Auditorium this M...
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posted 16 Apr
The Arts Centre, in conjunction with the Australia Council, is launching a national two year $3...
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posted 16 Apr
The Australian Youth Music Council (AYMC) has launched its online presence during National Yout...
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posted 2 Mar
An Australian Council for the Arts survey of over 3000 Australians has revealed that 15-24 year...
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posted 3 Mar
Lowdown Magazine is thrilled to welcome new ACT Contributing Editor Adele Chynoweth. A...
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posted 4 Mar
SYO has announced a tantalising program for 2010 featuring 100 talented classical musicians age...
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posted 4 Mar
‘Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music’ returns to the State Theatre on Thursday 4 – S...
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posted 4 Mar
The Seymour Centre has entered a partnership with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this ye...
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posted 4 Mar
Over two weekends in January, young people in the Devonport area got the chance to work with ar...
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posted 4 Mar
For its 30th Anniversary year, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts is pulling out...
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posted 4 Mar
Applications are almost closed for music SA's latest offering, 'How to Plan and Manage ...
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posted 4 Mar
Selby & Friends, the acclaimed Australian chamber music series, will commence its 2010 Adel...
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posted 15 Mar
Glen Street Theatre’s children and family programme, KidsPlay, opens the 2010 season pres...
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posted 18 Mar
A fresh and innovative new theatre company is set to debut in March when it brings EDGES - ...
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posted 18 Mar
The team at Lowdown Magazine Online would like to extend a warm welcome to Milyika Scales, the ...
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posted 18 Mar
Four of the NT's leading musical acts will take to the stage at this year's Byron Bay B...
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posted 1 Feb
FUSE Festival has announced the 2010 line-up for its ever-popular Songwriting and Management Ma...
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posted 1 Feb
The Department of Culture and the Arts offers one $30,000 International Scholarship annually fo...
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posted 1 Feb
Fuse Festival 2010 is the best opportunity for emerging Australian bands to connect with the wo...
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posted 1 Feb
Multi-award winning, local theatre company Ladykillers’ new show 'Based On A True Sto...
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posted 2 Feb
South Australia’s aspiring bands and musicians will be getting up Off The Couch in the co...
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posted 3 Feb
Jigsaw Theatre Company's artistic director Kate Shearer has announced her retirement from J...
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posted 4 Feb
A must see performance for children and families, QPAC presents the Queensland première ...
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posted 8 Feb
The ACT Department of Education and Training in partnership with the ANU School of Music and Ar...
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posted 11 Feb
Fuse Festival has announced the massive line-up of music industry professionals who'll be f...
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posted 18 Feb
We here at Lowdown Magazine Online are pleased to announce the publication of a new set of reso...
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posted 7 Jan
Bird in Hand winery will host baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes and tenor David Hobson for one unforge...
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posted 14 Jan
Two of Australia’s favourite performers, Australian singing legend, Julie Anthony and TV ...
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posted 14 Jan
Addicted to Darcy? Lost all Sense and Sensibility? Bonkers for Big Balls? Well put down your cr...
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posted 14 Jan
On March 11 QPAC will play host to some of the hippest, sexiest beats on the planet, when the &...
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posted 14 Jan
The Neverbells are the music brainchild of some of Adelaide’s most well known independent...
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posted 21 Jan
For the first time in its 33 year history, Adelaide Baroque takes baroque music out of the conc...
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posted 7 Dec
A national Music Theatre Symposium will be held on Saturday 12 December 2009 at the Barr Smith ...
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posted 7 Dec
A unique arts-based project devised and conducted by Carclew Youth Arts, and supported by the A...
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posted 8 Dec
Musica Viva brings quality music education to three disadvantaged schools in South Australia. T...
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posted 8 Dec
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett recently announced $...
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posted 9 Dec
The winner of the 2009 MBS National Young Performers’ Award, was soprano, Milica Ilic, 25...
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posted 9 Dec
CarriageWorks’ Platform Hip Hop Festival returns in March 2010 with a 2-day celebration o...
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posted 9 Dec
Experience the oldest living culture in the world at the 2009 Spirit Festival.
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posted 11 Dec
Carclew Youth Arts the State Government's Youth Arts Policy body and is responsible for pol...
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posted 17 Dec
53 budding artist careers fertilised with first ArtStart grants The Australia Council for the A...
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posted 16 Nov
Adelaide Youth Sinfonia & Adelaide Youth Strings Diary Dates
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posted 18 Nov
The main street of Bundaberg came to life with the vitality and exuberance of Bundaberg’s...
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posted 1 Oct
The Sydney Conservatorium’s Open Academy has a program for gifted young musicians aged 5 ...
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posted 1 Oct
From October 9 to 11 Canberra will host a country music festival over five stages.
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posted 11 Aug
School children who do not have music are being discriminated against, according to leading con...
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posted 11 Aug
The bitter battle over illegal downloads continues with a woman in the US recently fined US$1.9...
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posted 11 Aug
The Australia Council for the Arts has released its Arts Content For The Digital Era Strategy.<...
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posted 11 Aug
DDA is a new music format. It’s essentially a way of releasing a record on a USB drive in...
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posted 11 Aug
The NSW government recently announced a budget boost of $16.1 million to it’s arts fundin...
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posted 11 Aug
Music Play For Life continues to assist school children around the country to access music educ...
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posted 11 Aug
The Sydney Youth Orchestra will celebrate spring on September 19 with eight of the SYO’s ...
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posted 11 Aug
Heats for the National Campus Band Competition 2009 will be held throughout August, with state ...
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posted 11 Aug
On Sunday August 2 The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts opened its doors to showca...
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posted 11 Aug
Now in its ninth year, the MusicOz Awards are becoming known as the alternative or ‘indie...
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posted 11 Aug
As part of it’s 150th Anniversary celebrations, Kiama, NSW will host what promises to be ...
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posted 11 Aug
From September 16 to 18, Gundagai will host the Spring School of Irish Music and Dance. The thr...
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posted 11 Aug
You have until September 30 to enter Toyota Star Maker 2010, the country music event that has t...
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posted 30 Jul
MFE’s Rock Academy bands Hail Lucy Nation, Morning After, Red Letter Box and The Fuse imp...
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posted 30 Jul
Interested in learning African drumming? Drum Effect provides ongoing classes for young people ...
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