The Australia Council (the Council) is the Australian Government's principal arts funding and advisory body. The Council is the national advocate for the arts and its purpose is to champion and invest in Australian arts. This national leadership role is achieved by supporting and building Australia's arts ecology by fostering excellence in the arts and increasing national and international engagement with Australian arts.
The John Monash Scholarships are postgraduate scholarships awarded to outstanding Australians with leadership potential who wish to study overseas. The John Monash Scholarships are amongst the most important postgraduate scholarships currently available in Australia.
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is Western Australia’s largest and busiest performing arts organisation. With a reputation for excellence, engagement and innovation, WASO’s resident company of full-time, professional musicians plays a central role in creating a culturally vibrant Western Australia.
The University of Western Australia is a research-intensive university ranked in the world's top 1%. It is WA's oldest university and located on the Swan River and only the West Australian University belonging to the elite "Group of Eight" Australian Universities.
St George's College, founded in 1931, is the premier residential college at The University of Western Australia. Music at St George's is a beacon of cultural excellence in Western Australia serving as the point of intersection between the state's most promising emerging artists and the greatest domestic and international talents.
Established by Sir Keith Murdoch in New York City in 1948, the American Australian Association is the leading privately funded nonprofit organization dedicated to deepening and strengthening cooperation and understanding between the institutions and people of the United States and Australia.
The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) has a reputation for being one of the world’s most prestigious and innovative training organisations for young musicians. AYO presents tailored training and performance programs each year for aspiring musicians, composers, arts administrators and music journalists aged 12 to 30.
The New York Composers Circle is an artistic and educational organization of composers and performers dedicated to new music, whose mission is to promote public awareness and appreciation of contemporary music through concerts, salons, and other events in the New York metropolitan area.
APRA AMCOS is a music rights organisation representing over 100,000 members who are songwriters, composers and music publishers. We license organisations to play, perform, copy, record or make available our members’ music, and we distribute the royalties to our members.
The Richard Wagner Society of Western Australia (Inc) was formed in 1986 by a group of passionate advocates for the music of Wagner. The Society organizes a series of events and presentations and engages in philanthropic activities such as awarding scholarships to outstanding young artists.
Founded in 2004, the Alba Music Festival has brought hundreds music enthusiasts to its acclaimed concerts in Piedmont, a beautiful region of Northern Italy. The Alba Music Festival is a highlight of the Northern Italian cultural season and has been hailed as the "Spoleto of Piemonte" by the Italian national newspaper La Repubblica.