Sydney Conservatorium of Music TheSydney Conservatorium of Music is 61 years old. During those years a tradition of excellence in teaching and performance has been established. Graduates from the
Conservatorium have taken their place as eaders in all fields of music in Australia and
Overseas. The vitality of the Conservatorium is reflected in the wide range of advanced education courses it offers, including
degree majorsin performance and
composition, and diploma majors in opera,
music education, jazz studies and church music; in the range of concerts, master
classes, seminars, workshops and
in-service courses open to the public
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264 in 1976; in the number of distinguished resident artists and visiting musicians each
year, and through its renowned ensembles Such as the internationally acclaimed
Sydney String Quartet and Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra.
Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute of Australia Patron:
Right Honourable J. M. Fraser, Ch.M., M.P., The Prime Minister of Australia. The Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute was founded by Claire Dan, oBE in 1976 and formalised Miss Dan's extensive involvement in, and patronage of, the Arts in Australia. The Institute was formed to exchange in all fields of the
promote cultural
Arts, specifically to allow young Australian students and artists to study and work overseas to allow overseas students and artists to study and work in AUstralia to allow art and music teachers, and and directors of theatre and
producers
film to gain overseas experience to allow teachers from overseas to visit
Australia for brief periods during which time they would give lectures demonstrations and master classes.
The Institute has a Board of eminent Australians who specialise in various
areas of the arts, and is the first private organisation established in this country to
encourage and develop cultural exchange.
Apart from being instrumental in conceiving
the idea of holding the Competition, and playing an important role in assisting with its
organisation, the Institute is alsoamajor foundation sponsor of the Competition which is being held under the joint auspices of the Institute and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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