Australian National Academy of Music

Australian National Academy of Music
Established	1994
Academic staff	28
Administrative staff	23
Students	65–70
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 37°48′9″S 145°0′14″E / 37.80250°S 145.00389°ECoordinates: 37°48′9″S 145°0′14″E / 37.80250°S 145.00389°E
Campus	Abbotsford Convent
Website	https://www.anam.com.au/

The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is a classical music performance training facility. ANAM is a national organisation with students from across Australia and New Zealand. Since 2020 located at the Abbotsford Convent in Abbotsford, Melbourne,^[1] it is a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence.^[2] Current artistic director [fi] was appointed in 2021.^[3] Former artistic director [de] was appointed in 2016 and past artistic directors include composer Brett Dean and clarinettist Paul Dean.^[4]

Established in 1994, ANAM's Professional Performance Program is for students wishing to study their instrument in the following categories: strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, harp and keyboard instruments. From 2012, ANAM offers a master's degree delivered in collaboration with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, along with fellowship and short course opportunities.

2008/09 funding crisis[]

On 23 October 2008, the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced that ANAM would not receive any government funding in 2009^[5] despite funding having been arranged initially in 1994 by the then Prime Minister, Paul Keating. A spokesman for Garret is reported to have said, "ANAM no longer represents the most efficient way of delivering support for elite classical music training." The ANAM Artistic Director Brett Dean said, "That is heart-breaking for music education in this country."

References[]

^ "ANAM at Abbotsford Convent", anam.com.au
^ Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (15 September 2008). "Arts training bodies". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
^ "ANAM announces new artistic director: Paavali Jumppanen", ANAM, 11 May 2020
^ "ANAM Announces New Artistic Director" at Australian Stage, 26 March 2010
^ Canberra axes music academy funds, Robin Usher, The Age, 24 October 2008

External links[]

Official website

[1] "ANAM at Abbotsford Convent", anam.com.au

[2] Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (15 September 2008). "Arts training bodies". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.

[3] "ANAM announces new artistic director: Paavali Jumppanen", ANAM, 11 May 2020

[4] "ANAM Announces New Artistic Director" at Australian Stage, 26 March 2010

[Age-5] Canberra axes music academy funds, Robin Usher, The Age, 24 October 2008

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show v t Performing arts schools in Australia
Acting	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Adelaide College of the Arts Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (formerly Australian Academy of Dramatic Art) Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Institute of Dramatic Art New York Film Academy Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Screenwise Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Dance	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Ballet School Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Music	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Institute of Music Australian National Academy of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music UWA Conservatorium of Music Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Musical theatre	Australian Institute of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Secondary	Australian Performing Arts Grammar School Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School John Curtin College of the Arts

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Training organisations	Australian Ballet School (Southbank, Victoria) • Australian National Academy of Music (South Melbourne, Victoria) • Australian Youth Orchestra (Sydney, New South Wales (NSW)) • Flying Fruit Fly Circus (Albury, NSW) • NAISDA Dance College (Mount Penang, Gosford, NSW) • National Institute of Circus Arts (Prahran, Victoria) • National Institute of Dramatic Art (Kensington, NSW)
Associated training organisations	Australian Film, Television and Radio School

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