Music. Play For Life

Music. Play For Life is an initiative of the Music Council of Australia.  It provides advice, information and inspiration to encourage more Australians to make music.  It is a campaign for all ages, across all genres of music and for all levels of player, from beginner to professional. 

Visit the Music. Play For Life website for all the details.

For the latest information about the Music. Play For Life campaign, click to view October's campaign newsletter.

Sydney Eisteddfod

The McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge is widely regarded as the largest and most successful competitive festival of its type in the world. Its program is crammed with three hundred-plus events for classical and contemporary singers, dancers, musicians, actors, bands, choirs and orchestras, along with creative sections for aspiring composers, writers and poets. It runs from June to September and draws around 26,000 entries annually.

Since beginning as the City of Sydney Eisteddfod in 1933, the Challenge has served as a launching pad for many brilliant careers and contributed a wealth of cultural capital to the Australian nation. Its function is to identify and encourage talent in every area of the performing arts by providing entrants with constructive criticism, prizes and scholarships.

Performing in public is confidence building and, although the competition attracts serious performers, many enter for fun. The Challenge caters for all ages. Not everybody wins, but everyone learns from the experience and most thoroughly enjoy it.

The Challenge is presented by Sydney Eisteddfod, a community based, non-profit making organisation dedicated to encouraging gifted young people in the pursuit of excellence.

Visit the Sydney Eisteddfod website for all the details.

Arts Education Foundation

The Arts Education Foundation Trust raises funds via donations to support extracurricular arts activities in New South Wales Public Schools. For information on how you can contribute to the trust, or apply for funding through the trust, please visit the Arts Education Foundation website.

Inaugural Arts Address

On Tuesday 4 August 2008 Kim Williams AM, CEO and Managing Director FOXTEL, gave the inaugural Arts Address at the NSW Parliament Theatrette. Please use the link below to view and download a transcript of this inspiring address

2008 Arts Address - Kim Williams AM [.pdf 31 KB]