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• A MELLOW CELLO OUTING WILL GET OPEN ROLLING[22 March 2010]

  

  A cello crafted in 1812 that was the pride and joy of the wife of convict-era Governor Lachlan Macquarie will be featured in a special performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's annual Open Day next Sunday. More

• OPEN DAY IS READY TO ROCK, ROLL AND REGALE[18 March 2010]

  The great musical conjunction - Open Day 2010 - is shaping as a blockbuster. The festival, on Sunday 28 March, will present the biggest array of concerts, displays, performances and lectures on record - involving a broad range of musicians, composers, researchers and artists, from apprentices to masters. More

• A FANFARE CONCERT WILL BE A PART OF HISTORY[17 March 2010]

  The momentum is surging for the major music development project, 101 Compositions for 100 Years, with two works to be performed back-to-back in Sydney. On 26 and 27 March The Con will host a premiere of the chamber orchestra version of Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - by Arvo Pärt - together with the Australian premiere Aulis Sallinen's Chamber Music VIII Op. 94 The Trees, All their Green. More

• STARRING ROLE FOR REGIONAL MUSICIANS[25 February 2010]

  

  Performances by a host of musicians from Regional NSW will be an integral part of a special festival at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music next month. More

• THE MASTER AND APPRENTICE IN GALA PERFORMANCE [22 February 2010]

  

  When teenager Harry Ward heard master pianist Gerard Willems play at a major concert, he thought out loud: 'I want to have what he's having.' Now the 13-year-old from Killara is about to see his wish come true. More

• DAME JANET JOINS OTHER "MISSING MUSICIANS" IN SYDNEY[18 February 2010]

  

  Dame Janet Ritterman (nee Palmer) is recognized as Australia's most honoured and credentialed music educator. She is one of several thousand young scholars who attended the former NSW Conservatorium of Music (now the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a faculty of the University of Sydney) between 1940 and 1990 and who are now being recognized as Alumni of the University. More

• RECOGNITION BETTER LATE THAN NEVER SAY NANCY AND ROBERT[14 February 2010]

  

  Nancy Tuck and Robert Dunn will join more than 240 other former students of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on Thursday for induction into the cherished ranks of Alumni of the University of Sydney. More

• TALKING THE TALK, DANCING THE DANCE[10 February 2010]

  

  Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director of the Sydney Dance Company, will have little trouble conversing with the audience at the inaugural Friends of The Con - Music Collaboration session. More

• BALLET EQUALS AWARD FOR HINDSON MUSIC[28 January 2010]

  

  Eminent composer Matthew Hindson is sharing in the glory of a prestigious South Bank Show Award for the Royal Birmingham Ballet announced in London. More

• NETA "TINKLED PINK" WITH SPECIAL AWARD[27 January 2010]

  

  Neta Maughan, a teacher at The Con for 36 years has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2010 Honours List for her services to pedagogy and improving the talent of young people. More

• PETER IS CHARGED-UP FOR COMPOSITION GLORY[21 January 2010]

  

  Aspiring Sydney composer Peter McNamara is the inaugural winner of the 101 Compositions Competition. More

• A YEAR TO REMEMBER FOR CAROLYN - AND ONE VERY SPECIAL CONCERT[17 December 2009]

  

  One of Australia's most adept young conductors Carolyn Watson is well versed in the agreed wisdom that when it comes to classical music, if you can make it in Europe you can make it anywhere. More