Tagged with Music

Professor Andrew Brown and Dr Stephen Emmerson have received a grant for $87,000 as part of the Griffith University Research Infrastructure Program.   The grant will support the purchase of two Yamaha Disklavier grand pianos (digital-interface enabled) to support and expand the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre’s ongoing research into human-computer musical interaction and innovation in […]

A former graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University will soon take the top post as Director from September 2. Professor Scott Harrison is currently the Deputy Director (Research) and serves on the University’s Board of Graduate Research. The appointment reflects his lifetime connection with music, which has seen him both perform as a rock […]

Queensland Conservatorium students are currently competing in the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, which seeks to encourage young pianists at the threshold of their professional lives. Students Ayesha Gough, Aaron Liu, Alex Raineri, Sine Winther and Jaein Im and alumnus Roger Cui are finalists in the competition which seeks to encourage young pianists to develop their […]

Head of Opera Greg Massingham talks with ABC Afternoons presenter Kelly Higgins-Devine about the classical origins of the music for the 1940s Disney animated movie”Fantasia”. Listen to the interview on the ABC website, at The Link Between “Hello Muddah Hello Faddah” & “Fantasia”.

Open day will be held this Sunday 11 August, 9.00am — 2.00pm, at Gold Coast, Nathan, South Bank campuses. The New Griffith Open Day 2013 event will give future students, their friends and family a chance to experience The New Griffith and discover what it would be like to study at our campuses. Open Day […]

85 young musicians gathered for an intensive and inspirational music-making program in Cairns last week at the annual State Honours Ensemble Program (Middle School). Presented by Open Conservatorium, this program gives nominated Middle School (years 6 to 9) wind, brass, percussion and string students the unique opportunity to collaborate with two nationally respected conductors and […]

Queensland Conservatorium horn ensemble QHorns scored two wins in the International Horn Society’s Horn Ensemble Competition last week. After an energy filled performance in ‘Goin’ to Graceland’…Memphis Tennessee, Queensland Conservatorium’s horn ensemble travelled to Memphis, Tennessee to attend the 45th International Horn Symposium. The Con’s horn ensembles, under the direction of Ysolt Clark, competed with […]