Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
The New Music Network established the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address in 1999 in honour of one of Australia's great international composers. It is an annual forum for ideas relating to the creation and performance of Australian music. In the spirit of the great Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, an outstanding advocate of Australian music delivers the address each year, challenging the status quo and raising issues of importance in new music.
In the past 10 years, the annual Address has become one of Australia’s most established and respected events for contemporary practice, providing a platform to express important issues and challenges facing contemporary music today. Due to its positive response within the music community it has been opened to the general public to attend. The Address is the single most important national forum for contemporary music public discourse.
If you would like to attend the Address contact the Manager to reserve your place.
Peggy's Hothouse. A fascinating insight into Australia's only dedicated composers' house, which has become a hot-house of musical creativity, celebrating the generous vision of one of Australia's first international composers, Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Narrated and produced by Thomas Fitzgerald for ABC RN Into the Music
Lyndon Terracini presents
13th peggy glanville-hicks address
Populism as Art and the Art of Populism
In this time of extraordinary change where major art galleries present fashion designers in major exhibitions, digital ‘art’ is everywhere, and the populism of art as a government imperative is ubiquitous, how does a ‘heritage’ artist relate to our ‘fast food, quick fix’ society.
Lyndon Terracini is an operatic baritone and current Artistic Director of Opera Australia. Terracini’s professional operatic debut was in 1976, as ‘Sid’ in The Australian Opera’s Albert Herring at the Sydney Opera House. Before taking up his post at Opera Australia, he was Artistic Director of the 2001, 2003 and 2005 Queensland Music Festivals as well as Artistic Director/CEO of the 2006, 2008 and 2009 Brisbane Festivals. In 1993, Lyndon Terracini founded Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA), which developed into one of the most important performing arts organisations in regional Australia and was awarded the Myer Foundation Group Award in 2002.
SYDNEY
Date: 6pm, Wednesday
2 November 2011
Where: The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
MELBOURNE
Date: 7.30pm, Friday
11 November 2011
Where: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
Free Event places are limited! Reserve your seat by phoning: 0411 606 077
Photo: Peter Derrett
The New Music Network is grateful for the support from the Historic House Trust, Sydney and the Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne.
You might also be interested in visiting the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer's House. The Australian composer, Peggy Glanville-Hicks gave this house to the nation as a residence for Australian and visiting overseas composers.