Tagged with popular music

Queensland Conservatorium alumnus Danny Harley (The Kite String Tangle), has won the prestigious $25,000 Grant McLennan Fellowship. The grant, founded in honour of legendary Brisbane musician Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens, will allow Danny to spend six months in Berlin honing his craft.

Queensland Conservatorium Popular Music student Jared Porter will be the first to perform at Country Summer, Northern California’s biggest country music festival this June. The 26-year-old was voted the fan’s favourite after more than 400,000 votes were cast worldwide. It’s been a huge year for Jared, who was named the 2014 Toyota Star Maker winner, […]

Brisbane’s top emerging musicians are taking over Brisbane this weekend. Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium Popular Music students will perform throughout the Queen Street Mall as part of The City Sounds from Friday 3 October to Sunday 5 October. In a huge line-up, the free performances showcase the talents of independent emerging artists from the Conservatorium. […]

Queensland ConservatoriumGriffith University graduating popular music students showcase their original music at The Basement in their farewell performance next month. The line-up includes The Orchard (2013 winners of the national Campus Band Competition), Jessie Ryan Allen, Brodie Graham Band, Leteye, Renee Jones and more in a showcase of music ranging from blues, rock, folk and […]

Earworms. They can attack at any time and nearly everyone succumbs to them.   This is the term Dr Tim Byron uses to describe when a song gets stuck in your head and refuses to budge.   “Most of us know that music causes us to feel. It has to do with releasing tension and […]

Seed artists and Head of the Popular Music Dr Donna Weston talk about the innovative industry-first, student-focused project which sees Bachelor of Popular Music students’ original music released in a dedicated album called Seed. The Seed Project’s program of performances at QPAC run from 5-8pm every Friday until 11 October, featuring live original music. The […]