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Yamandu Costa, virtuoso guitarist: ‘I believe in the beauty of people’
Ahead of Yamandu Costa’s performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium in early August, guitarist and Faculty of Fine Arts and Music alumna Rose de La Montaña speaks to the Brazilian superstar....
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VCA Digital Archive: Word Art
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection. Enjoy!...
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Meet Ng Sze Min, Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) graduate from the Melbourne Conservatorium
After completing a three-year diploma in music composition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Ng Sze Min moved to Melbourne to study Interactive Composition. She discusses daily life at the Conservatorium, personal highlights from her studies, and her hopes for the future....
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Sally Smart: “First Commissions takes our artists to the world”
Ahead of the First Commissions exhibition in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July, multidisciplinary artist – and Vice-Chancellors Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne – Sally Smart tells Mireille Stahle about the “commission” that launched her career, and how Australian artists are turning their gaze to the rest of the world. The one thing that's critical for a young artist …
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VCA Digital Archive: The City
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection. Enjoy!...
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Southbank Campus to open for Open House Melbourne
Open House Melbourne visitors can be among the first to see the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music's new world-class spaces at Southbank on 27 and 28 July, as part of a broader Open House Melbourne program at the University of Melbourne....
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Elijah Wald: how the guitar shaped – and didn’t shape – the world
Elijah Wald is a musician, writer and historian who has been playing guitar for more than 50 years. Ahead of his keynote address at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s academic conference The Guitar Century (c. 1880-1980): Global Trends and Local Contexts – part of the Guitar Perspectives Winter Celebration (2–4 August 2019) – he talks to Head of Guitar Dr Ken Murray....
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The origins of musical expertise: beyond born versus made
The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) is a biennial meeting of performers and scientists that provides a platform to discuss all facets of performance and the skills that underpin it. Ahead of his keynote address at this year’s symposium in Melbourne, Michigan State University Professor Zach Hambrick argues for a move beyond "born or made" in musical ability. By Zach …
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VCA Digital Archive: an interview with filmmaker Qiu Yang
He recently won the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize during Critic’s Week at Cannes. Meet the Changzhou-based filmmaker and VCA Master of Film and Television graduate Qiu Yang....
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Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa in six videos
His talents and virtuosity are recognised and celebrated worldwide. Ahead of Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa's performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium next month, Head of Guitar Dr Ken Murray takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Costa's work. ...
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Bill Henson: “There is no formula for how creativity unfolds”
Bill Henson is one of Australia's best-known contemporary photographers – but it was not always thus. As the First Commissions art project launches ahead of an exhibition in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July, he tells Mireille Stahle about his early years as an artist. ...
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First Commissions art project launches in Florence
A major Australian arts project presented by the University of Melbourne has been launched at the feet of Michelangelo’s David, the world’s most famous statement on physical perfection, ahead of exhibitions in Florence and Melbourne this month....
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The International Symposium on Performance Science, Melbourne – what you need to know
The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) is a biennial meeting of performers and scientists that provides a platform to discuss all facets of performance and the skills that underpin it. Ahead of this year's symposium – convened by Melbourne Conservatorium Director Professor Gary McPherson, the Conservatorium's Dr Solange Glasser and the Royal College of London's Professor Aaron Williamon – …
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VCA Digital Archive: why so queer?
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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VCA Digital Archive: menstruation as inspiration
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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Jesus Christ! Meet VCA Superstar Robert Tripolino
Robert Tripolino graduated in 2011 with the first ever cohort of Music Theatre students at the Victorian College of the Arts. Now Robert has landed the title role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, at the Barbican, on the West End in London. Here he discusses his serendipitous rise to fame....
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VCA Digital Archive: #Metoo and the myth of male genius
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Ivana Brehas Sunday Emerson Gullifer’s dazzling short film tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (2018), examines the physical and psychological damage inflicted on people …
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Deborah Cheetham AO wins the Sir Bernard Heinze Award
Acclaimed Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and Artistic Director of Short Black Opera, Deborah Cheetham AO, has been awarded the 2019 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award....
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VCA Digital Archive: top ten horror films
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Felix Brown There is nothing quite like a good horror film. The genre is often misconstrued as tactless, mindless and merely exploitative for …
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Photo gallery: Ian Potter Southbank Centre launch
More than 250 student and staff musicians helped bring The Ian Potter Southbank Centre to life for the official launch on 1 June 2019, with a program featuring orchestral works, world-premieres and specially-commissioned pieces....
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Australian Chamber Orchestra partners with University of Melbourne
Students and staff at the University of Melbourne will have unparalleled access to education and research opportunities with a $1 million partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO)....
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VCA Digital Archive: Justin Kurzel, Adam Elliot, Ariel Kleiman
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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Alumni stories: Eugene Ughetti
The percussionist, composer, conductor and artistic director of Speak Percussion is known for tackling complex and ambitious art music projects. Here, he discusses his time at the Victorian College of the Arts. ...
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Meet Bethany Fellows, Master of Design for Performance student, University of Melbourne
Although Bethany Fellows knew she wanted to study at the Victorian College of the Arts, she never knew she’d end up studying stage design in the Master of Design for Performance – but from making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to making tiny furniture, stage design was definitely the right choice. It was a circuitous path to studying at the VCA. I …
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VCA Digital Archive: animation and diversity
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Jean Tong Along with many contemporary artists, I spend a lot of time contemplating "diversity" and its representation in the media we …
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VCA Digital Archive: multiculturalism in Australia
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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VCA Digital Archive: outsiders and misfits
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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Albert Herring by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: review
The University of Melbourne's new Master of Music (Opera Performance) proved its mettle in this fully-staged operatic production of Britten's classic opera. ...
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VCA Digital Archive: the Aussie musical short film
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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VCA alumni stories: Janno McLaughlin, artist
After many years living between New York and Argentina, artist Janno McLaughlin completed a Master of Contemporary Art at the VCA in 2018. She paints and writes stories about hope, optimism, resilience and loss, and uses her art practice to highlight the plight of the most fragile in our community....
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Meet Kliment Poposki, Master of Dramaturgy, University of Melbourne
It was a long journey for Kliment Poposki from science to Dramaturgy, but now he can’t imagine doing anything else. Ten years ago, I didn’t even know what dramaturgy was. Now this has become the most natural space to create, think, even exist in. The immersion into dramaturgy has opened a mode of existence and creation in which I find myself …
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Adam Elliot, filmmaker – Alumni Stories at the VCA, University of Melbourne
Adam Elliot completed his Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996. He went on to win the 2004 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, for the claymation film Harvie Krumpet. ...
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VCA Digital Archive: Chinese families through children’s eyes
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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Capital D Disability in Theatre with Julie McNamara at the University of Melbourne
Julie ‘Mack’ McNamara, an Honorary Fellow at VCA Theatre and the Artistic Director of Vital Xposure, one of UK’s leading disability led touring theatre companies. As a Visiting Fellow of the University of Melbourne's Miegunyah Foundation, she talks to Mireille Stahle about making theatre that puts disability first....
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Herbie Hancock comes to the University of Melbourne for International Jazz Day
UNESCO's 2019 International Jazz Day will be presented this month in partnership with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Head of Jazz and Improvisation Associate Professor Rob Vincs explains more. ...
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VCA Digital Archive: short documentaries
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy...
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Lin Onus: eternal landscape of the artist’s mind
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne celebrates the work and ongoing influence of the late Yorta Yorta artist Lin Onus. ...
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Five questions for Dr Anthony Lyons, Interactive Composition lecturer, University of Melbourne
Composer, performer and academic Dr Anthony Lyons has created an incredibly diverse range of music in his career, from orchestral works to EDM to multimedia installations. But how does this all tie together? Hi Anthony, how would you sum up Interactive Composition to someone who's never heard of it? If I had to sum it up in three words, I’d say it’s …
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VCA Digital Archive: film festivals, and what they’re looking for
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Braiden Asciak At the Victorian College of the Arts, young filmmakers are given the freedom to think differently and tell bold stories, …
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Vale Jonathan Taylor: remembering a giant of VCA Dance
Choreographer and educator Jonathan Taylor was appointed Dean of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1988, and worked at the College until 1997. VCA Dance lecturer Helen Herbertson remembers the former Artistic Director of Australian Dance Theatre, who died last week, aged 77. By Helen Herbertson The dance community were deeply saddened to hear the news of Jonathan Taylor's …
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Five questions for Dr Annabelle Murphy, Senior Lecturer (Film and Television), University of Melbourne
As part of our ongoing Staff Stories, Dr Annabelle Murphy discusses her filmmaking and academic career, which began with a classic red typewriter and a big imagination....
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VCA Digital Archive: Melbourne, you’re a star!
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Victoria Perin Don’t let Melbourne ruin your student film. She will, if you let her. Mid-2018 I watched dozens of student films, …
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I Wayan Dibia: bringing Balinese traditions into performance study at the VCA
Professor I Wayan Dibia is a Senior Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and a master teacher from Bali. Each Summer, via the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Global Atelier Program, students in the BFA (Acting) spend a week in Bali with Dibia, Senior Lecturer in Acting Budi Miller and local colleagues working on their …
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The Ian Potter Southbank Centre opens for Melbourne Conservatorium students and staff
More than 1,000 students and staff have moved into the new state-of-the-art Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home to the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music....
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VCA Digital Archive: Towering storeys
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy!...
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Chiptunes and coffee spoons: meet Kenny McAlpine, lecturer in Interactive Composition
Professor Kenny McAlpine is the New Melbourne Enterprise Fellow in Interactive Composition at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. He talks to us about the creativity born of constraint, and what attracted him to working at the University of Melbourne....
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Meet Hannes Lackmann, Master of Music (Performance Teaching) graduate, University of Melbourne
Percussionist Hannes Lackmann was performing regularly on the Melbourne music scene after graduating – so what inspired this Jazz & Improvisation graduate to pursue teaching?...
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VCA Digital Archive: Ding! Ding! Melbourne trams
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Cassandra Gorton Sydney has the internationally recognised firework and traffic receptacle the Harbour Bridge. Adelaide’s skyline is slashed with steeples and spires. …
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VCA Digital Archive: Gay experience
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Aaron Hughes Each short film in the VCA Digital Archive is a vignette: a passion project capturing a writer-filmographer’s idea as a …
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VCA Digital Archive: Girl at the Window, inspired by a Gerald Murnane documentary
The VCA Digital Archive is a living audiovisual record of student films that date back to 1966. The articles in this series respond thematically to the depth and breadth of the collection, which will be available for research from mid-2019. Enjoy! By Monica Raszewski Morning sunlight streamed in through the window above Anna’s desk and reminded her of summer mornings at Klara’s place. She thought …