Fanfares sounding soon…

Thinking of entering the Fanfare Competition in 2019? The competition gives students the opportunity to create a short attention grabbing 30 second composition to be recorded by the musicians of the Australian Youth Orchestra and broadcast in venues across Australia. To help get started, there are free student resources and classroom activities. Listen to the past entrants. Entries open February 2019.

Deadline: 5pm, Monday 3 June 2019

Hear the 2018-19 Fanfares!

The 2018-19 Fanfares participants have recently recorded their fanfares with the Australian Youth Orchestra and we now have the final edited compositions ready to program in with our venue partners in 2019. Listen online…

Timothy O’Malley [Age 17], Vic, Tuning in A
Benjamin Lau [Age 17], Qld, Redemption
Aurora Lahur [Age 14], Vic, Jubilance
Maddie Hughes [Age 19], WA, Fanfare Awakening!
Sheree Kuan [Age 18], NSW, Impulse
Ezra Hersch [Age 14], NSW, Beginnings Echo
William Elvin [Age 14], Qld, Cloud Proclamation

ATYP Sound Design Mentorship

Perth based, Maddie Hughes has been busy creating the sound design for ATYP’s production Charlie Pilgram. The show opens November 21 and we can’t wait to hear what she and the ATYP team been preparing. We are pleased to announce the 2019 production is April Aardvark. Another great reason to enter Fanfare!

2019 Fanfare Launch

We are pleased to announce the 2019 Fanfare Launch Party will be held for the first time in Brisbane in March at the Queensland Performance Arts Centre. Thanks to our partners at QPAC. If you are interested in attending the event please send us an email and we will add you to the invitation list.