Registrations are now open for the “Resource Description for the 21st Century” seminar to be held from 10:00 am to 4.30 pm on Monday 13 August 2018 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. The seminar is being organised by the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) and is an opportunity to learn about the IFLA-LRM…
University of Queensland School of Music has a new Studio and refurbished Music Technology Lab. UQ School of Music offers Australia’s first university music technology programs built around Ableton Live, Push and Link. With a focus on creative music making, our programs teach students to produce and arrange music, to perform live using Push, Live,…
Come and see, one and all. This exhibition celebrates the Conservatorium’s longstanding relationship with Indonesian music and dance traditions. Gamelan music is the traditional ensemble music of Bali. It consists mainly of percussion instruments. The study and performance of Balinese gamelan music has been an active component of Conservatorium of Music life since 1999. This…
Louise Dyer and Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre: The Establishment of a Music Press 18-19 May 2018, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Parkville The University Library and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, are hosting a symposium on 18–19 May 2018, entitled: “Louise Dyer and Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre: The Establishment of a Music…
IAML Australia members are currently involved in the selection panel for the Letty Katts Award hosted by State Library of Queensland. The Letty Katts Award supports the research and documenting of Queensland’s music history. It gives a musician, composer, scholar or researcher the opportunity to study, experiment and explore new thinking in their art/study, leading…
Russ Bauer from the New England Conservatorium of Music is looking for unwanted music collections. ******** For some time now, the New England Conservatorium of Music has had access to a collection of orchestral scores, miniatures and LP (vinyl) recordings of art music. Sadly, this collection is owned by the local University, who have just…
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has recently announced proposed dramatic changes to their Reference and Sound Libraries. These proposed changes if implemented will reduce the number of specialist staff, change services to their customers and see the reduction and relocation of parts of the vast audio collections held by the ABC. In response, the IAML Australia…
From 1993 – 2008 IAML Australia produced the regular print newsletter Intermezzo. It invited contributions from all members and is full of stories and endeavours of its members including editorials, letters to editors, conference reports, humoresques, staff movements and more. Intermezzo has lots of fascinating history of the Association and the evolution of music libraries in…
The Liesbeth Hoedemaeker-Cohen Fund for IAML Congress Travel Call for applications The Liesbeth Hoedemaeker-Cohen Fund for IAML Congress Travel, established by the Cohen family in Liesbeth’s honor, is a cash award intended to help support travel to attend the annual congress. It is open to all individual members of IAML, with priority given to those…
The Score @ The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne: 1 August – 5 November 2017 A musical score is a form of translation. It transcribes sound into drawing, by representing the aural complexities of pitch, rhythm and tempo as visual symbols. The Score expands upon this spirit of transformation to ask, if music can be…
