Read more about the article Applications open for Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Grants 2024
2023 Bouddi Foundation for Arts grant recipients (l-r) Suzie Kim, Xianna Miller, Jerome Drobot, Elana Sydenham, Mia Cross, Xavier Cardozo and Kaito Deed. Photo: Geraldine Cardozo

Applications open for Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Grants 2024

Applications are now open for the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts 2024 Awards Program with awards of up to $5000 on offer.

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Earn your place on the podium in Central Coast Conservatorium conducting class

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a conductor? Central Coast Conservatorium Artistic Director and conductor, Patrick Brennan, is sharing his years of diverse training and experience with the baton in a Conducting and Music Teaching class in Gosford’s Robert Knox Hall on Friday evenings.

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Central Coast Jazz League offering 10 Intro to Improv scholarships

Central Coast Jazz League is offering 10 scholarships to students taking part in the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music’s Intro to Improv program. The Intro to Improv group class is held on Thursday nights at Central Coast Conservatorium in Mann Street, Gosford, from 6.15pm-7.15pm with resident jazz master Ash Turner.

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Read more about the article ‘It doesn’t matter where you come from’: regional youth orchestras help fight music education inequality
Regional Youth Orchestra and conductor Patrick Brennan performing in Sydney in 2023. Photo: Geraldine Cardozo

‘It doesn’t matter where you come from’: regional youth orchestras help fight music education inequality

Regional youth orchestras are lighting the fire for young musicians who are poised to prove that "music is something everyone can do".

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Read more about the article Feast on a  ‘banquet of masterpieces’ with Phillip Shovk and Georg Pedersen
(l-r) Charmian Gadd, Tony Gault, Phillip Shovk and Georg Pedersen practicing in Charmian's Copacabana home.

Feast on a ‘banquet of masterpieces’ with Phillip Shovk and Georg Pedersen

“A banquet of three masterpieces” is how Central Coast Conservatorium of Music patron and violinist Charmian Gadd describes the upcoming Great Sonatas for Cello and Piano concert on 7 April at the Gosford conservatorium. 

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