Music and Performing Arts

Composer Carl Vine wins Bernard Heinze Memorial Award

18 Feb 2012, 8.33 PM

One of Australia's finest composers Carl Vine has been honored as the recipient of the 2012 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to music in Australia.

Australia’s future opera stars to study in Melbourne

20 Dec 2011, 2.03 PM

Eight of the country’s best and brightest opera singers have been selected for a new National Graduate Opera Program that will run next year as part of a collaboration between the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne and Victorian Opera.

Australia’s future opera stars to study in Melbourne

8 Dec 2011, 3.44 PM

Eight of the country’s best and brightest opera singers have been selected for a new National Graduate Opera Program that will run next year as part of a collaboration between the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne and Victorian Opera.

Production graduates spotlight backstage

14 Nov 2011, 5.04 PM


The performance spotlight will shine on backstage talent as Production graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts, School of Performing Arts, showcase their work in set design, costume, workshop, sound, lighting and stage management.

VCA dance students celebrate with leading choreographers

3 Nov 2011, 9.20 AM

Graduating dance students at the Victorian College of the Arts who have been studying under four leading Australian guest choreographers this semester will present their season works from the 12 to 17 November in Southbank.

VCA dance students celebrate with leading choreographers

28 Oct 2011, 10.50 AM

Graduating dance students at the Victorian College of the Arts who have been studying under four leading Australian guest choreographers this semester will present their season works from the 12 to 17 November in Southbank.

Generous new Creative Scholarships available at Victorian College of Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

21 Oct 2011, 11.51 AM

A range of new creative scholarships will be available for outstanding and/or disadvantaged students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) at the University of Melbourne, from next year, thanks to $3 million dollars of funding support announced today by Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu.

Heavy metal music has negative impacts on youth

20 Oct 2011, 10.17 AM

Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Dr Katrina McFerran has found.

Indian percussionist Karaikudi R Mani shares the importance of rhythm

14 Oct 2011, 10.44 AM

As part of the Simplot International Masterclass Series, acclaimed Indian percussionist Karaikudi R Mani will take up his post as artist-in-residence at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Contemporary Music, University of Melbourne later this month.

Scholarships worth $150,000 awarded by VCA

7 Oct 2011, 11.28 AM

The Victorian College of the Arts’ School of Performing Arts at the University of Melbourne has presented more than $150,000 worth of scholarships to its theatre, dance and production students.