Australian National Academy of Music

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Australian National Academy of Music
Established1994
Academic staff
28
Administrative staff
23
Students65–70
Location,
Victoria
,
Australia

37°48′9″S145°0′14″E / 37.80250°S 145.00389°E / -37.80250; 145.00389
Campus Abbotsford Convent
Website www.anam.com.au

The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is a classical music performance training facility situated in Melbourne.

Contents

History

ANAM was established in 1994, as part of prime minister Paul Keating's "Creative Nation" initiative. [1]

On 23 October 2008, the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced that ANAM would not receive any government funding in 2009. [1]

Former artistic director Nick Deutsch  [ de ] was appointed in 2016 and past artistic directors include composer Brett Dean and clarinettist Paul Dean. [2]

Current[ when? ] artistic director Paavali Jumppanen  [ fi ] was appointed in 2021. [3]

Description, governance and funding

ANAM is a national organisation with students from across Australia and New Zealand. Since 2020 located at the Abbotsford Convent in Abbotsford, Melbourne, [4] it is a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence (ARTS8), and partially funded by the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts. [5]

Activities

Education

ANAM's Professional Performance Program is for students wishing to study their instrument in the following categories: strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, and keyboard instruments. From 2012, ANAM offered a master's degree delivered in collaboration with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, along with fellowship and short course opportunities.[ citation needed ]

Competitions

In 2016, Musica Viva took over co-management of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, together with Melbourne Recital Centre and ANAM. [6]

Awards and nominations

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.[ citation needed ]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2013 Conversations with Ghosts (with Paul Kelly, James Ledger and Genevieve Lacey) Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album Won [7] [8]

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References

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  3. "ANAM announces new artistic director: Paavali Jumppanen", ANAM, 11 May 2020
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  5. "National training organisations in the performing arts". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office for the Arts . Australian Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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