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Music from Another Species: Australian Birdsong Transcriptions
by Hollis Taylor
The ambitious new book Music from Another Species presents over a hundred transcriptions of pied butcherbird vocalisations, revealing their combinatorial creativity, structural sophistication, and expressive range. Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, the book compares individuals across geography and time, explores subspecies differences, and examines ensemble singing. Complementary online audio examples and images invite musicians into the rich musical culture of this remarkable Australian songbird.
Celebrating Indigenous art music creators this NAIDOC week
by Australian Music Centre
AMC is proud to represent 21 Indigenous art music creators in 2026. This NAIDOC week, we're celebrating them by sharing some recent highlights.
The music we hear is the music we love
by Catherine Haridy
Eight Australian works featured in this year's ABC Classic 100, a cause for celebration and also reflection. The works that made the list share one thing: sustained pathways to Australian ears. Exposure precedes love, and the work of building future canons starts now, in programming, broadcast, and education.
The Rosenberg Museum - reimagined instruments and a new audio collection
by Jon Rose
The Rosenberg Museum, founded by Jon Rose in 1976, is a living collection of playable homemade and reimagined instruments exploring the violin's possibilities. Now based in Central Australia, it has inspired a four-disc box set documenting five decades of sonic experimentation.
A Sutured World: Liza Lim and the impact of an idea
by Australian Music Centre
Liza Lim has been awarded the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for her cello concerto A Sutured World. The award recognises creative ideas with broad impact, decided in part by a panel of engaged lay listeners.
Reflections from Classical:NEXT 2026
by Chloé Charody
Chloé Charody shares her reflections as Australia's 2026 Classical:NEXT fellowship recipient, including a standing ovation for the performance of her work LIMBO and the hunger for works that dare to ask different questions.
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