Totally Huge New Music Festival
By Tos Mahoney. Published in Music Forum magazine, Vol 18 Issue 3 (May 2012)
With the burgeoning of Festivals of every shape and colour across Australia (from Chili to Tulip, Baroque to Apres Post Modern) it is increasingly difficult for a music festival to catch the attention of the broader public or even the arts community itself. Every week seems to bring the announcement of some new festival.
14 years ago Tura initiated the Totally Huge New Music Festival. It followed the almost demise of the company (previously name Evos Music) for a confluence of reasons, out of which came a need to reinvent itself. A Festival was chosen then as the best medium to continue the best of the previous years as well as a path to the future.
Four Winds Festival
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This is an environment that encourages risk, supports innovation, and loves building long term, nurturing relationships with artists.[i]
These aspirations were realised in the first festival in 1991 and in all sixteen festivals since then. The Four Winds Festival was begun by a group of friends and visionaries passionate about classical music. Several of these are still active participants, including Neilma Gantner, her son Carrillo Gantner, many other members of their Myer family, Sheena Boughen, the current Chairperson and others.
For the first festival, Professor Michael Brimer provided musical expertise; Rodney Hall had run early music festivals in Canberra and all the others were equally committed to quality classical music. This background enabled the festival to ‘establish a reputation for excellence in music that is enhanced by being performed in a magical site, where artists, winds, birds, even on occasion a Four Winds frog, all contribute to the proceedings‘.
Tamworth Country Music Festival – 40 years young!
by Bob Kirchner. Published in Music Forum magazine, Vol 18 Issue 3 (May 2012)
In January, the iconic Tamworth Country Music Festival celebrated its 40th year with possibly its biggest crowd ever and looks set to continue for at least the next 40! The Tamworth event has grown to a point where it has been recognised as one of the top 10 music festivals in the world.
But why so successful?
WOMAD and cultural globalisation in Australia
By This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Published in Music Forum magazine, Vol 18 Issue 3 (May 2012)
The WOMADelaide festival, held every March in Adelaide’s beautiful Botanic Park, is a unique event which highlights both the importance and the exciting potential of global cultural exchange. In a world of over 7 billion citizens, multiculturalism is inevitable. Events such as WOMADelaide show that it should be cherished and, indeed, celebrated.
The acronym WOMAD – World of Music, Art and Dance – refers both to a UK-based organisation, and an international series of festivals which celebrate the diversity of music, art and dance traditions from around the globe. The original WOMAD festival was held in 1982, in the English town of Shepton Mallet, and featured performers including Peter Gabriel, Don Cherry, The Drummers of Burundi, Imrat Khan and Prince Nico M'barga. The Australian WOMADelaide festival tradition began in 1992 as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Although it was originally a biennial 3-day event, since 2003, the festival has been held annually, and in 2010, the celebration was extended to four days.
Bigsound
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Bigsound Live is a unique urban music festival that takes place as part of Bigsound music industry conference, each September. It is the curated showcase event that provides artists with the opportunity to not only perform in front of the who’s who of the music industry but also attracts significant numbers of music fans.
