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07
Oct
2015

Friends of the School of Music present: Historic instruments concert - Vienna: "the land of the clavier"

Entertainment

Piano Masterworks from 18th and 19th-century Vienna “Vienna is certainly the land of the clavier!” wrote Mozart enthusiastically to his father from Vienna in June of 1781. Viennese piano technology was renowned across Europe from Mozart to Brahms and the works written for the unique Viennese…

07
Oct
2015

Being language: Roles, responsibility and respect in Ngaanyatjarra society

Lecture

How you speak and what you talk about reveals much about your society and its worldview, how you manage knowledge, what you consider beautiful, and how you relate to others. Drawing on a large collection of recordings of verbal arts from the Western Desert region of Central Australia, Ellis will…

07
Oct
2015

Being language: Roles, responsibility and respect in Ngaanyatjarra society

Lecture

CASS Annual Public Lecture on Future Directions in Indigenous Research 2015 This lecture will be followed by a performance by musical artists Biliirr and a reception: 6.30-8.00pm. Please register via Eventbrite for the event and performance. How you speak and what you talk about reveals much…

06
Oct
2015

Two-by-four: Canberra Mentorship Exhibition 2015

Entertainment

Reception: 09 October 2015 6:00pm Two-by-four is the inaugural exhibition of the Canberra Mentorship Prize. Four acclaimed artists from Canberra– Byrd, Megan Jackson, Peter Vandermark & Samantha Small – have spent 2015 mentoring four ANU School of Art graduates: Isobel Rayson, Kael Stasce,…

01
Oct
2015

PIAZZOLLA and NUEVO TANGO public lecture

Lecture

For All Music Lovers! PIAZZOLLA and NUEVO TANGO. “The most haunting, sensual and melancholic music “ Public lecture by Marcela Fiorillo. The international circulation of Piazzolla’s music, its fusion with multiple styles, genres and interpreters, happened parallel to its propagation as a symbol…

01
Oct
2015

art forum VISITING ARTIST: Jon Goulder

Lecture

Internationally acclaimed designer Jon Goulder founded his studio in 1996 after graduating from the Canberra School of Art. Jon was the inaugural winner of the prestigious Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award, the winner of the Hobart Art Prize and People’s Choice Award, and has featured in a…

01
Oct
2015

Is education a silver bullet for solving corruption in developing countries?

Seminar

Much of the academic and policy literature suggests that educated citizens are likely to report corruption, and this belief shapes global anti-corruption policies. But is this really the case? And under what conditions might citizens be more likely to fight corruption? In this seminar, Grant…