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The Future Of Tertiary Music Training In Australia, Michael Francis Hannan
The Future Of Tertiary Music Training In Australia, Michael Francis Hannan
Michael Francis Hannan
In this paper I propose to talk about the present and future of tertiary music training. The focus will be on the tertiary sector in Australia, and on vocational training for musicians. To begin I would like to briefly describe my own involvement in this field as a way of putting my attitudes and observations into some context. In 1986 I was appointed to the Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education (now Southern Cross University) to develop a program in contemporary popular music in response to the needs of the popular music industry in Australia. I�m still doing this job. …