About Symphony Australia
Symphony Services Australia Ltd commenced operations on 1 September 2006. It is a public Company limited by Guarantee and has six member companies. Its principal aim is to provide high quality, cost effective and efficient shared services to its customers.
The main customers are the six state based orchestras namely:
> Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
> Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
> Queensland Symphony Orchestra
> Sydney Symphony
> Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
> West Australian Symphony Orchestra
all of which are independent public entities.
The predecessor to Symphony Services Australia was Symphony Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ABC. Prior to 1997, Symphony Services Australia and the six orchestral companies were all part of the Concerts Division of the ABC, but successive reviews, culminating in the Orchestras Review 2005, led to the devolvement from the ABC and the establishment of the individual entities that exist today.
Symphony Services continues to use the internationally recognised trading name of ‘Symphony Australia'.
Services offered by Symphony Australia
The services offered to our customers include:
- Artist Development - a national program encompassing
> conductor development (including workshops & assistant conductor attachments)
> composer commissioning
> the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
> composer workshops
> artistic administration training
- International Artist Management - this includes
> artist contracting
> artist travel and immigration
- National Music Library
> supply of orchestral scores to orchestras
> music hire service for community ensembles
- Program Notes
For media enquiries about Symphony Australia, please contact Louise Cornege at tjc, Symphony Australia's Publicists. Click here for further information about tjc.
Click here to contact Louise directly.
To download Symphony Australia's Annual Report for 2009, click here.