Sing Your Own Opera
Saturday 31 March, 2.30pm – 8.00pm

Victorian Opera’s annual community sing-along gives audiences the opportunity to take a turn in the spotlight. Richard Gill brings together a range of opera favourites for everyone to enjoy covering the complete spectrum of operatic styles, in an event sure to delight singers of all ages. In 2012, Sing Your Own Opera will feature the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Master of Music (Opera Performance) students (pictured).

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Weekly Art Forum Series
Semester One,
Every Thursday from 12.30pm

The VCA School of Art hosts a weekly Art Forum Series over Thursday lunchtime. Semester One guest speakers include Aleks Danko, Peter Hill, Katie Hill, Katie Lee, Helen Hughes, Amy Marjoram, Siri Hayes, Mathieu Briand, Ricarda Bigolin, Tom Nicholson and Lane Cormick.  All are welcome to come along, bring a sandwich and engage in the question and answer session afterwards.

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Workshop with Prue Lang and Mathieu Briand
11 – 13 April

Originally trained at the VCA, Prue Lang spent 6 years dancing and choreographing with William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. Now working as an independent choreographer in Europe with a strong focus on exploring new formats for contemporary dance, Prue returns to Melbourne with French visual artist Mathieu Briand to give an interdisciplinary workshop and share a common fascination with the infinite act of creation.

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Sydney Symphony prize for Conservatorium composer

Composition lecturer at the MCM Elliott Gyger has won the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 80th anniversary composition prize with his work ‘on air: dialogue for orchestra’. In writing the nine-minute work, Gyger took inspiration from the history of the ABC and the Sydney Symphony’s origins as a broadcast orchestra. The work will be performed on 22, 23, 24 March at the Sydney Opera House under the baton of Principal Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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'Lemonade Stand' wins Tropfest

Alumna Alethea Jones (BFTV, 2007) directed this year's winning film, Lemonade Stand, at Tropfest - the world’s largest short film festival.  Written by and starring fellow alum Tim Potter (BDramArt, 2007), the film is a tale of mateship and courage with a little hint of magic. Tropfest Founder and Director, John Polson said Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and "a favourite amongst the judges" who included Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Asher Keddie.

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iPad Theatre by Fish & Game

Theatre lecturer at the VCA Robert Walton's current work with Fish & Game, Alma Mater, received widespread critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011. Next month it opens at Arts House in Melbourne.  A filmic tour-for-one, Alma Mater fuses high-technology with lo-fi charm as individual audience members enter a specially constructed, full-scale child’s bedroom to immerse themselves in the world of a little girl – weaving a complex, handheld fairytale for the 21st century via an iPad.

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Selby and Friends

In 2012 the ‘Selby & Friends’ chamber music series at BMW Edge Theatre will present a stunning line-up of emerging and seasoned artists performing with the acclaimed pianist Kathryn Selby (formerly TRIOZ and Macquarie Trio). 

For your chance to win a double pass to the first concert on Wednesday 21 March featuring Sophie Rowell on violin and New-York based cellist, Clancy Newman, simply email the VCA & MCM e-newsletter at vcam-enews@unimelb.edu.au.

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ANAM in 2012

In 2012 ANAM will offer a wide variety of performances, masterclasses and seminars with a distinct focus on French music.  Students will work side-by-side with Dale Barltrop, Sara Macliver, Nicolas Altstaedt, Paul Daniel, Anthony Marwood and Paul Kelly. 

For your chance to win one of 6 ANAMates Memberships, to receive access to almost all of ANAM’s performances and other exclusive benefits, email vcam-enews@unimelb.edu.au.

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Fred Williams: Infinite Horizons

Pioneering a new vision of the Australian landscape, Fred Williams (a graduate of the VCA's predecessor, the NGV Art School) became one of the most important Australian artists of the twentieth century. This comprehensive retrospective is the first major exhibition to focus on Williams in more than twenty five years.

For your chance to win a double pass to the exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square from 7 April until 22 July, email vcam-enews@unimelb.edu.au.

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