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“It’s for students doing our bachelor of music degree, and that comprises contemporary music students who are singer-songwriters and also [studying] composition for creative industries which is film music and gaming and all those things that require music to be made for media,” said Anna Reid, the conservatorium’s dean. “Then there is digital music in media which is all those hardcore boffins that really like to compose music using electronics. It’s to make a contemporary offering rather than being a castle on the hill.” The Con’s second campus represents a breakthrough moment for music education in one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most culturally diverse regions. Western Sydney Philharmonic (WSP) this month found a new permanent rehearsal, training and concert home at Western Sydney University’s Sir Ian & Nancy Turbott Auditorium, which was rebuilt after fire. The orchestra partnership aims to strengthen music education and the professional standard pipeline of talent while providing a much-needed permanent base for the orchestra’s rehearsals, training and concerts.
