[Queensland Music Festival (QMF) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia]
- Bib ID:
- 3530524
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
- folders of programs and miscellaneous pieces.
- Series:
- Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection
- Summary:
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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
- Biography/History:
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The Queensland Music Festival (QMF) is a biennial state-wide celebration of music, which has been held since 1991. The festival has been renamed twice: it was originally called the Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music, and between 1999 to 2005 the Festival was re-named the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, with a remit to extend the Festival's reach across the State of Queensland. It was then renamed again in 1997 to the Queensland Music Festival (QMF). The founding Artistic Director of the Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music was Anthony Steel, who directed the 1991 and 1993 Festivals. In his autobiography, Steel remarks the 1993 event was one of his finest achievements. The 1995 and 1997 Festivals were led by Nicholas Heyward as CEO, and Artistic Advisors Jonathan Mills and Richard Mills. The first Artistic Director in 1999 was Simone de Haan, and then from 2001 to 2005 the festival was led by Lyndon Terracini, who established large-scale community projects in regional areas as centrepieces of the Festival's programming policy. Terracini was succeeded by jazz pianist, composer and conductor Paul Grabowsky, who programmed the 2007 Festival (which was also re-named the Queensland Music Festival) before leaving to become Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival. The 2009 and 2011 Festivals were directed by leading Australian artist Deborah Conway, whose programs have developed the QMF reputation and reach, carrying a hallmark of deep long term community engagement in remote Queensland, using the finest Australian artists, combined with daring commissions for Brisbane stages, with music at their core. In February 2012, QMF announced the appointment of internationally renowned jazz musician James Morrison as Artistic Director for the 2013 and 2015 Festivals.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- This collection is featured in the Guide to Australian Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) Collections in the National Library of Australia
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 9999
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