The Australian Music Centre was established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world.
In 2005, the National Library of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra launched Music Australia - an ambitious project to put Australian musical archives from collecting institutions around the country on-line.
Symphony Australia supports orchestral music in Australia and manages a national Artist Development program, which commissions Australian music and fosters Australian talent.
The Australasian Performing Right Association Limited is an association administering the rights of the world's composers, songwriters and publishers in Australia and New Zealand.
Radio New Zealand Concert is ABC Classic FM's sister station across the Tasman. We regularly exchange concerts and features, thus enriching the program mix for both networks. Concerts heard in Australia include the 'NZSO' and recitals from 'Chamber Music New Zealand'.
The Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild at www.operainfo.org has information available in many languages, as well as excellent curriculum materials for classroom and music teachers with audio samples and still photographs from each opera's Met performance.
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