Each year the New Music Network invites an outstanding advocate of Australian music to deliver an Address which, in the spirit of the great Australian Composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, challenges the status quo and raises issues of importance in the world of today’s music. In 2009 the Network has invited Robyn Archer and for the first time will be presented in Melbourne at the BMW Edge on 4th Sept and in Sydney at The Mint 1st Sept.
Title: Universally Adored, Unequivocally Abused: the paradox of music and its composers
Robyn Archer began singing in public at 4 years old, earning pocket money from it at 12, supporting herself from it at 16, and in all her roles as singer, songwriter, playwright, international festival director and arts advocate, her heart and practice have rarely strayed far from music, especially new music. In her widely acclaimed 2009 Manning Clark Lecture (Canberra, March 13), she lamented the customary overlooking of the role of the composer in the cultural roll call, and in particular the widespread ignorance amongst those who should know better, of the breadth and depth of the Australian musical canon. In the 2009 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address she will continue these themes: and the audiences for her addresses worldwide now know always to expect something fresh and pertinent each time.
FREE Event bookings essential please phone 0411 606 077 to secure your seat.
SYDNEY
Date: 6pm Tuesday 1 September 2009
THE MINT, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney
MELBOURNE
Date: 7:30pm Friday 4 September 2009
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
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