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The Sydney Eisteddfod is an independent, community-based, not-for-profit organisation in Sydney, Australia. [1]
Sydney Eisteddfod is an annual musical competition that is held with the help of arts and education professionals. The competition involves events for singers, dancers, actors, musicians, choirs, bands and orchestras, along with creative categories for composers, writers and poets.
Sydney Eisteddfod, previously known as the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, opened in 1933. [2] [3] The first eisteddfod took place from 9 to 26 August in the Sydney Town Hall, the Assembly Halls, the Railway Institute Halls and Paling's Concert Hall. The illustrated souvenir programme cost one shilling. [4]
The Sydney Eisteddfod provides information on other competitions and opportunities in the arts, assists various arts organizations, and supports both commercial and non-profit performances. It also creates opportunities for emerging artists to perform publicly, hosts recitals and concerts, and fosters interest in the performing and creative arts to engage future audiences. [5] [ clarification needed ]
Sydney Eisteddfod won the City of Sydney Business Award, Cultural and Creative Services section in 2011 [6]
The Sydney Eisteddfod grew out of the Music Week Festival, first held in 1930. In 1932, representatives of the Music Week Festival and the Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee announced plans for an Eisteddfod to be held at the Town Hall in August 1933. The New South Wales State Conservatorium (now the Sydney Conservatorium of Music) and the President of the NSW Music Week Committee proposed holding a large-scale event to bring together the best musical and elocutionary talent of the Australian states. [7]
The first Eisteddfod executive meeting was held on 20 February 1933 and the first Official Syllabus was released in April of that year. The First City of Sydney Eisteddfod offered a program of 84 vocal, choral, speech, and musical events and drew 5,410 entries. It opened on 19 August 1933 with artists including Joan Hammond, Ernest Llewellyn, and Joy Nichols.[ citation needed ]
The Eisteddfod was suspended for four years during the Pacific War but resumed again afterwards. [8] [9] The aria section was sponsored by the Sun News-Pictorial newspaper from 1949, organised in parallel with the Melbourne Sun Aria contests. [10] Notable prizewinners include Joan Sutherland in 1949 and June Bronhill in 1950.
McDonald's Australia commenced its association with Sydney Eisteddfod in 1988 with naming rights sponsorship. The Eisteddfod was cancelled in 2020 due to health and safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
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