Music Projects

In 2017, The Australian String Quartet and the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing) partnered through a University of Adelaide collaboration. Over a 2-week period, the Australian String Quartet worked with visiting student string musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing—China’s most prestigious music school. The 2-week exchange culminated in a public concert held with […]

Adelaide has further built relationships with Scotland (specifically Edinburgh—City of Literature, and Glasgow—City of Music) through the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and Made in Adelaide (MiA) campaigns. The Music Development Office (MDO) facilitated the music component of Arts SA’s international market development initiative Made in Adelaide, in Scotland in August 2017 as part of Edinburgh […]

Umbrella: Winter City Sounds is an open access festival. The 2-week live music festival offers an exciting smorgasbord of curated live music projects and other performances across Adelaide metropolitan and CBD to warm and illuminate the colder weeks. Partners include the Adelaide City Council, Guitars in Bars with generous funding assistance from the Australia Council, […]

Resonance is an initiative of the Adelaide Guitar Festival, and it continued to grow in 2017 taking world class musicians to those who cannot otherwise attend.  Recognising the inherent human need for music, and inspired by the growing understanding of music’s role in health, wellbeing and recovery, Resonance treats patients, residents, staff and community members […]

In 2017, Adelaide Guitar Festival Winter School continued growth of the initiative. The 1-week guitar course, held during the July school holidays, provided an opportunity for students to learn from some of Australia’s finest guitarists in a small, immersive, guitar playing and skills development intensive. Adelaide Guitar Festival provided opportunities for guitarists of all ages […]

In 2017, The Winter Jams series, an initiative of Music SA for youth and music development was created specifically for teenagers. The 3-day workshop on different styles of contemporary music and song writing provided opportunities to students to explore song writing, recording, rehearsal techniques and preparation for live performances in an actual live music venue […]

Through support from the South Australian Government’s newly established Live Music Events Fund, the annual AIR Awards was hosted in Adelaide in 2017. The 2-day Indie-Con Australia Conference held in conjunction with the 11th national AIR Awards (27th July) was also held in Adelaide for the first time in the 12 year history of the […]

In July 2017,  10 classical guitarists from the Elder Conservatorium performed a free concert at the Tongyeong Concert Hall in South Korea as part of their Korean tour. The 2-week trip also included cultural activities and festival performances. Tongyeong is one of Adelaide’s partner cities within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).

In March 2017, Adelaide hosted the official meeting of the UNESCO Cities of Music subnetwork. Sixteen delegates from 11 UNESCO Cities of Music met at Adelaide Festival Centre to discuss collaboration and cooperation throughout the network, addressing planned activities in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Represented cities were Bolonga (Italy), Ghent (Belgium), Glasgow […]