| Source | Description |
| White Hat | Information about Melbourne which is
"informed, intelligent, independent (and occasionally) irreverent". You can search by Music style, Festival, Gallery, Museum, Market and many other categories. You can subscribe to their weekly newsletter to get an email each Friday of forthcoming events. |
| Melbourne City Life | Information about events in Melbourne, as well as general tourist information. You can select a particular month to check all manner of events, festivals, etc. |
| Australian Music Centre | Music lovers, festival programmers, teachers, students, and the creators and performers of original Australian music across the globe now have an indispensable new resource in Australian Music Centre Online. Australian Music Centre Online is the result of more than five years of planning, development and work. The site already incorporates over 21,000 works from the Centre's collection, and there are many more to come. Biographies of 530 composers, improvisers and sound artists are included and there are some 30 guided tours of major works and themes in the history of Australian music. Featured throughout the site at launch are over 2600 audio samples, including 35 integrated links to full length recordings hosted by the ABC's Classic Amp website. An advanced repertoire finder already includes more than 1200 score samples for teachers, students, orchestras and ensembles to try, with some available for download, and there is an online shop with over 10,000 items including CDs, books and education kits for sale.Australian Music Centre's well-respected magazine, "Resonate", has been incorporated into the site, making nearly 300 news, reviews and feature articles available to all readers free for the first time Last but by no means least, Australian Music Centre Online includes a comprehensive national events calendar which already has over 320 listings in it, with links to information about people and works, and a click-through to buy tickets. |
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| Dates | Festival | Location |
| Mid January | Ballarat 'Organs in the Goldfields' Fine Music Festival | Ballarat, VIC |
| Late March - early April, odd years | Castlemaine State Festival | Castlemaine, VIC |
| Easter weekend, even years | Four Winds Festival | Bermagui, NSW |
| May | New England Bach Festival | Armidale, NSW |
| Mid May | Canberra International Music Festival | Canberra, ACT |
| Late May | Past Echoes Autumn Music Festival. Not operative | Melbourne, VIC |
| Queen's B'day weekend | Woodend Winter Arts Festival | Woodend, VIC |
| Early August | Australian Festival of Chamber Music | Townsville, QLD |
| August | Bangalow Music Festival | Bangalow, NSW |
| Early October | Port Fairy Spring Music Festival | Port Fairy, VIC |
| October | Melbourne International Arts Festival | Melbourne, VIC |
| October | Melbourne Spring Early Music Festival | Melbourne, VIC |
| Late November | Huntington Music Festival | Mudgee, NSW |
| Late Dec - early Jan | Peninsula Summer Music Festival | Sorrento, VIC |
| Dates | Concert Series | Location |
| Monthly | Macedon Music | Mt Macedon, VIC |
| Twice weekly | Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) | South Melbourne, VIC |
| 5 per year | Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC |
| 10 per year | Music at St Aidan's | 17-21 Duggan St North Balwyn, VIC |
| several times a year | Bach Cantata Series | St John's, Southgate, VIC |
| several times a year | Bach @ Trinity 2012 by the Australian Bach Society, Inc | German Lutheran Trinity Church, 22 Parliament Place, Melbourne, VIC |
| 3 on Tues mornings, 3 on Sat evenings | Camberwell Music Society | Camberwell Uniting Church, Camberwell, VIC |
| 8 per year | Music Lovers' Society | Ewing Memorial Uniting Church, Malvern East, VIC |
| 7 per year | Peninsula Music Society | Peninsula community Centre, Mornington, VIC |
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| Dates | Competition | Location |
| July, 2012 | Sydney International Piano Competition | Sydney, NSW |
| September, 2012 | Australian National Piano Award | Shepparton, VIC |
| May, 2013 | Australian International Chopin Piano Competition | Canberra, ACT |
| July, 2013 | Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition | Melbourne, VIC |
| July, 2015 | Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition | Melbourne, VIC |
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| Link | Description |
| ABC FM | Listen to live programs, the previous day's programs or special features such as the 2007 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the 2008 Sydney Piano competition, the Classic 100 Mozart Collection as well as various special features. |
| 3MBS | Listen to 3MBS at your computer. |
| Naxos | Listen to more than 5,000 CDs including all Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo recordings in FM quality sound (20Kbps) and access to about 50 new releases per month. The cost is US$/EU19.95 per year, paid by credit card on line. When you select a piece to listen to, you need to click on each movement or track. |
| Naxos Web Radio | Naxos Web Radio offers over 80 channels of quality music in pre-programmed playlists. The channels cover a range of genres from Classical Music to Jazz/Blues. All are available 24 hours a day, commercial-free.
Each channel offers a specific style/category of music streamed in 64 kbps audio quality, but if you don’t have broadband connection, the channels are also available in 20 kbps audio quality. Each channel is updated frequently with the current day's program shown in the respective Channel Guide, including details of each track played and the album it appears in, enabling you to explore the tracks that were played and the ones to come. The costs are i) FM quality US$/EU 9.95 per year, or ii) Near CD quality US$/EU 19.95 per year. Payment is online by credit card. |
The category 'Links with diverse Content' at the bottom of this webpage is also worthy checking out.
Viewing Recitals on the Internet
| Link | Description |
| The Music Page | "The Music Page" web-streams both live and archived performances to anyone wishing to view them. It is an Australian initiative. It currently has over 690 videos across a range of musical genres availables on demand, including the ANAM Celebration Concert with speeches by Brett Dean and Richard Tognetti, the Benaud Trio, the Flinders Quartet and James Morrison. It also has live concerts. The 3MBS Melbourne Chamber Music Feast from May 2008 was broadcast live in video. The videos can be downloaded as well. |
| Youtube | Youtube has an enormous range of classical music videos. For some the sound quality is poor, but there are many enjoyable performances, it is just a matter of searching through the dross for the gold nuggets, e.g the search category "classical music piano" produces 42,000 videos. A search by a composer or by a performer will also generate many results. The videos can also be downloaded. By refining the search criteria, many extraordinary performances can be found. |
| The New York Harp Trio (7.39 min) | The New York Harp Trio (flute, harp and Viola) play the first movement of the Debussy Sonate. The Trio performed at the 2008 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival and at ANAM. YouTube. |
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| Source | Description |
| Naxos "Classics online" | A very large selection of CDs are available to download at US$9.99 per CD, some at US$6.99 per CD. Individual tracks can be purchased for US$0.99 if less than 5 minutes and US$1.99 if greater than 5 minutes. Payment is online by credit card. |
Media
| Outlet | Description |
| ABC Classic FM | Their website provides details of the music played during programs, an opportunity to listen to programs live and well as recently missed programs. Podcasts of Margraet Throsby's interviews are also available. |
| 3MBS | The only classical music station in Melbourne. Their website provides details of its programs and concerts. Its 'Arts Diary' is a useful compendium of events in Victoria. You can also listen to the current program. |
Music Writing Software
| Source | Description |
| Sibelius | "Sibelius" has an extensive range of the music software, from packages for both the professional and amateur composer, to educational packages. |
| Finale | "Finale" is a quality music writing software package for the professional and amateur composer. it does not have an educational package. |
| Lilypond | "Lilypond" is free musical notation software. |
| Rosegarden | "Rosegarden" is a free, general-purpose music composition and editing program. |
| Fleximusic | This company, based in India, provides a wide range of inexpensive software including a Wave editor, a composer program as well as a chidren's version, a sound generator and an orchestra program. |
For more information check the Wikipedia entry on scorewriters, it includes of a list of scorewriter programs along with a table of comparative data.
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Chamber Groups
Choirs
Orchestras
Industry Organisations
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Other Music Societies (Also check 'Concert Series' above)
Educational Institutions
| Link | Description |
| Monash University School of Music: Concert Series | The School of Music-Conservatorium 's Lunchtime Concert Series provides staff, students and the wider community an opportunity to enjoy a musical lunch break. Classical, jazz, world music, new music - international, staff and student soloists & ensembles perform a vast array of musical styles guaranteed to suit every palate. These are held very Thursday during semester from 1.10pm for approximately 40 minutes in the Music Auditorium, Rm G36, Building 68. Admission is $3 at the door. |
| The Victorian College of the Arts Events | The VCA regularly hold music events during the year. Check their Events Diary. |
| The Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library | This collection of rare manuscripts is housed at the University of Melbourne Library |
| ANAM: Australian National Academy of Music | The academy holds two or more concerts almost every week of the year. Most of the concerts are free. They are held in the South Melbourne Town Hall. |
| Melbourne Youth Music | Based in Melbourne, Melbourne Youth Music (MYM) is the pinnacle of youth music education in Victoria. It provides an annual program of rehearsals, tutorials, music camps, concerts and tours for talented young musicians aged 8 to 25. |
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| Link | Description |
| Classical Music Directory | This website is a compendium of over 50 websites of specific interests. Each has a description. Websites include: composer biographies, reviews and online magazines, performer groups such as male sopranos as well as several music on line websites. |
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If you have any suggestions for other Music Links please email Dan O'Keeffe
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