Message from the Directing Team

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTING TEAM

Welcome to the National Arts Summit, 2013

How does positioning the Arts and Art Education measure up to the aspirations of artists, cultural leaders and educators in today's Australia? What are the present challenges and how can they be faced and resolved resolutely, so the Arts take a deserved, respected place in our society? These are the questions frequently asked in our artistic world and they have to be taken seriously. Today, we may be able to not only gain insights into the reality of artists' lives and their perceptions, but also, hopefully, to carve much needed changes. So, let us engage in shaping the future we want for ourselves and our offspring, and while working on the very pragmatic outcomes - let us play and dance, and celebrate!

Dr Jolanta Gallagher Wanda Horky Liz Lea Director Deputy- Director Artistic Adviser

CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE

Christopher Lawrence, MC & Panel Facilitator is one of Australia’s favourite radio personalities working for ABC national and local radio. He is also a successful recording producer, author and conductor.

He is best known for his work with ABC Classic FM, presenting the network's Breakfast and Drive programs between 1994 and 2001. The three Swoon collection CDs that evolved out of his Breakfast program broke sales records in the Australian classical music industry, each achieving Platinum status.

1 Christopher has various recording awards and a Churchill Fellowship. In 1999 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Communications by the University of Central Queensland for his career in broadcasting. Christopher has written three best-selling books: Swooning - a classical music guide to life, love, lust and other follies; Hymns of the Forefathers, based on his documentary series about the history of hymns seen on ABC TV; and Swing Symphony.

2 National Arts Summit, 2013 Program Arts Quest – Heights and Hopes

Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Tuesday 12 February 2013

Patrons are requested to be seated by 9.00 am

PART I

8.45-8.55 Musical Prelude Contemporary Ensemble directed by John Mackey 9.00-9.15 Welcome Christopher Lawrence Fanfare for the Enhancement of the Arts by John Mackey – World premiere 9.10-9.15 Opening Address Ms Robyn Archer AO 9.15-10.20 Speakers’ addresses Professor David Throsby Lisa Colley Hugh Mackay* (paper read in absentia by Don Aitkin AO) Don Aitkin AO Monica Penders Richad Gill OAM Professor Claudia Visca* Les Murray AO* (poetry) Those marked * are not on the Panel. Julie Dyson, Panel Member 10.20-10.30 Bluebird – dance performance by Liz Lea Floating in a sea of silk this bird plays between Baroque, Bharata Natyam and Burlesque 10.30-10.50 Results of the National Arts Survey Presented by Deborah Stone, artsHub Australia 10.50-11.20 INTERVAL (Foyer, Terrace) Morning tea featuring artistic surprises, installation 11.20-11.30 Keynote Address The Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 11.30-12.30 Q & A Panel Questions from the live & online audience 12.30-1.30 Part II Thank You Canberra Artistic Production 1.35-3.00 LUNCH (Foyers, Terrace) Networking, artistic surprises, meet the artists, installation

3 SPEAKERS In order of presentation

Robyn Archer AO is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate of the arts. She is currently Creative Director of the Centenary of Canberra (2013), Artistic Director of The Light in Winter and Deputy Chair, Australia Council for the Arts. She is also serving with the Commemoration and Celebration Group for the ANZAC Centenary. Her career has spanned over 35 years giving many successful one woman shows, cabarets, concerts. Robyn Archer is an Officer of the Order of Australia, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) and holds honorary doctorates from Flinders University (SA), and the universities of Sydney and Canberra.

David Throsby is Professor of Economics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is internationally known for his research and his many publications on the economics of art and culture. His interests include the economics of the performing arts, the role of artists as economic agents, heritage economics, and the relationships between economic and cultural policy. His book Economics and Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2001) has been translated into seven languages. His book, The Economics of Cultural Policy, was published in 2010, also by Cambridge. Creative arts and the national economy Discuss ways in which the fundamental importance of the creative arts in the economy and in society can be properly recognised in contemporary cultural policy.

Lisa Colley has led a national team for the last three years delivering business advisory services to more than 800 creative enterprises through the Enterprise Connect Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC). The value of creativity and its role in the health and economic future of Australia, informs Lisa, both in her role working with the commercial creative sector, and as a non-executive director of the Arts and Health Foundation, a health promotion charity she founded that is dedicated to supporting and promoting the role that arts play in the health and wellbeing of Australians. Healthy, wealthy and wise – why the arts are important for the health of our nation Unlocking the creativity within improves individual and community health and wellbeing. All forms of art are being used to enhance health and wellbeing across a broad spectrum of health services.

Hugh Mackay is a social researcher and the author of fourteen books, including What makes us tick? His latest book, The Good Life, will be out in April and his sixth novel, Infidelity, will also be published in 2013. In recognition of his pioneering work in social research, he has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and awarded honorary doctorates by four Australian universities. Hugh is an honorary professor 4 of social science at the University of Wollongong, a former Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, and was the inaugural Chairman of the ACT government’s Community Inclusion Board. In what way are 'the arts' good for us? Participating in the arts provides for mental wellbeing, good relationships and improves the ills of contemporary society. Why isn't more public money going into community arts programs to simulate greater public participation in the arts?

Don Aitkin AO, historian and political scientist, was the Foundation Chairman of the Australian Research Council, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra, and after his retirement from that position, Chairman of both the Cultural Facilities Corporation and the National Capital Authority. He is the Chairman of the Canberra International Music Festival, one of the organisers of The Musical Offering, and a supporter of other community groups in the creative life of Canberra. His website is www.donaitkin.com. He is the author of a dozen books, which include a novel and a family memoir. What is government’s role in the arts? That government funding should facilitate the creative urge rather than impose its ideas of what is good art. To get more funding requires a public culture in which ‘the arts’ have the same status as ‘jobs’.

Monica Penders is the Director of ScreenACT. She has a diverse background in business including advertising and public relations, marketing with the Walt Disney Company and her last corporate role was as Vice President of Corporation Communications at Lend Lease in New York. In 2008 she produced the US$27million film The Secret of Moonacre which was shot in Budapest, Hungary and enjoyed a global theatrical release. She continues developing and producing her own projects under the Batavia Creative brand and has been awarded grants from Screen Australia and artsACT for her next feature project Eight Seasons.

Balancing the "show" and the "business" in the Australian screen industry Of all arts forms, film is the perfect blend of creativity, collaboration and commerciality. And therein also lies the paradox – art/culture versus commerciality. Can these opposed forces co-exist?

Richard Gill OAM, is one of Australia’s pre-eminent and most admired conductors and is internationally respected as a music educator. He is Founding Music Director and Conductor Emeritus of Victorian Opera and is currently Artistic Director of the Education Program for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He has been Artistic Director of OzOpera, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, and the Adviser for the Musica Viva In Schools program. He has conducted all the major Australian orchestras and youth orchestras, and his extensive operatic repertoire ranges from works of the Baroque era to 21st century Australian and international works. He has held several important posts including Dean of the West Australian Conservatorium of Music and has 5 received numerous accolades including the Bernard Heinze Award, Honorary Doctorates from the Edith Cowan University of Western Australia and the ACU, and the Australia Council’s Don Banks Award. The importance of music education Creativity in schools is being stultified by standardised testing. If we obliterate arts education entirely from the curriculum then we obliterate the potential imagination of a nation. Arts Education, led by Music Education is our only hope.

Claudia Visca is Professor of Voice, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. A soprano born in New York, she graduated from the acclaimed Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with Anna Moffo’s teacher, E. Giannini.

During her long stage career she has been a guest artist at more than 25 opera houses in Europe and has embodied more than 75 opera, operetta and musical roles and sung concert repertoire in more than 2,000 performances. She has performed with numerous conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Istvan Kertesz and artists such as Placido Domingo, Agnes Baltsa, Edith Mathis, Rudolf Serkin, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal among many others. Professor Visca travels widely giving international master classes in voice technique and interpretation. She is a jury member of international voice competitions. Her students are engaged in acclaimed opera houses of the world.

Crossroads Examines the importance of maintaining an international perspective in the performing arts through interaction between artists and institutions.

Les Murray AO is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic whose work has been published in ten languages. His career spans over forty years, and he has published nearly 30 volumes of poetry, as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings. His poetry has won many awards and he is regarded as the leading Australian poet of his generation, and one of the greatest poets writing in English.

Deborah Stone, Editor, artsHub Australia. She is a journalist and communication professional who is passionate about words, people and the arts. Deborah has been a reporter, feature writer and arts writer on The Age, The Sunday Age, The Australian and the New Zealand Herald. Her former leadership roles include Editor of the Australian Jewish News and Executive Director of the Anti-Defamation Commission. She has also worked as a communications trainer, speechwriter and freelance editor. artsHub Australia is the leading centre for arts news, jobs and information online. Its features, news, reviews and analysis are essential reading for anyone working in the creative industries in Australia or the UK. artsHub’s editorial provides independent, educated content for people who know and care about the arts. 6 The Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004. He was Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts and is the current Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. He has twice been President of the Australian Conservation Foundation and a former band member of the Australian band Midnight Oil. He is a passionate advocate and campaigner on a range of contemporary Australia and global issues. He has received many awards including the Member of the Order of Australia in 2003 for his contribution to the environment and the music industry. In 2009, the French Government appointed Peter an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2010, WWF Australia and International presented Peter with their Leaders for a Living Planet award.

7 PART II

12.30-1.30 Thank You Canberra Artistic production showcasing Australian Talented Youth Project alumni with local & interstate talent

Liz Lea, Artistic Adviser

Recuerdos de la Alhambra Alison Plevey (dance), Kate by Francisco Tarrega Rafferty (soprano), Alison Laurens (violin), Carl Rafferty (piano)

Sempre Libera from the opera Kate Rafferty (soprano), “La Traviata” Alison Laurens (violin), by Giuseppe Verdi Carl Rafferty (piano)

Gypsy Dance from the opera “Aleko” Alison Laurens (violin), by Sergei Rachmaninoff Carl Rafferty (piano)

Panis Angelicus Katie Senior (dance) by Cesar Franck

Nocturne in C# minor no.20, op. posth Bernice Chua (piano) by Frédéric Chopin (ANU Pre-Tertiary Program)

Tarantella Roger Kong (piano) by Franz Liszt

Eastern Glow from “The Album Leaf” Michael Smith (dance) by Jimmy La Valle Explores “One by one, We force ourselves, Turn it on, It comes in waves.”

We weave the skeins of life (Poem) Liz Lea (reciter) by James Woodman

The Power of Acceptance (Film) Treya Long (dance) The dance explores the growth of a new creation through metamorphosis – from innocence and purity to mature complexity

8 Untitled Sidney Creswick by Sidney Creswick Liam Budge, Matt Dixon

Summer from the “Four Seasons” Dance by Project Beats by Antonio Vivaldi

Hallelujah from the oratorio “Messiah” Canberra Choral Society by George Frederic Handel The Llewellyn Choir & Oriana Chorale conducted by Tobias Cole. Marko Sever (organist)

ARTISTS

Liz Lea is Artistic Director of Liz Lea & Co. and the Canberra Dance Theatre and Associate Director at QL2 Dance. She is also Choreographer in Residence at CSIRO Discovery, Canberra. In 2013 she will premiere InFlight at the National Library of Australia; direct Life is a Work of Art at the National Gallery of Australia; curate DANscienCE – a dance and science festival based at CSIRO Discovery for National Science Week; premiere two solos at The Street Theatre– Kapture for herself and Magnificus Magnificus for indigenous dancer Tammi Gissell. Liz’s international commissions include KZN Dancelink, South Africa; Maya Dance Theatre, Singapore; Royal Opera House, London and Darpana, India.

John Mackey is one Australia's finest saxophonists and has performed with national and international icons including James Morrison, Vince Jones, Grace Knight, Mike Nock, BB King, Ray Charles, Dame Kiri Tekanawa, Woody Herman, Jim McNeely, Roy Hargrove, Ronnie Scott and many more. He looks forward to contributing his recent "Fanfare" to the National Arts Summit as part of Canberra's centenary celebrations.

Artists in order of performance Contemporary Ensemble, directed by John Mackey, contains professional alumni from the ANU School of Music. Today’s performance will highlight their creative skills of this talented ensemble. Members are Liam Budge (voice), Oisin Smith-Coburn (saxophone), Matt Dixon (guitar), Evan Dorrian (drums) James Luke (bass), John Mackey (saxophone). Liam, Oisin, Matt are ATY Project Alumni and John was their mentor.

Kate Rafferty has played Hannah Glawari in The Merry Widow and Queen of the Night in Magic Flute. Aged 22, Kate has a broad repertoire of opera, operetta and musical comedy roles and a busy schedule of concerts. She has enjoyed a profound learning experience with teachers Stephen Delaney and Professor Claudia Visca in Vienna. Kate has been invited to join the Martha Argerich Project in Europe this summer.

9 Alison Laurens is on a scholarship at the Sydney Conservatorium where she studies with Alice Waten. At age 14, the Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusist invited her to join him in concert with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Alison’s playing has attracted international attention and she is counting down the days to her 18th birthday when she can accept the backlog of international invitations for performance engagements, including the Martha Argerich Project.

Alison Plevey graduated from WAAPA in 2009 with a BA Dance (Hon). She recently completed a year long site specific improvisation project, documented on her blog '100,000 frames'. As a 2012 ArtStart recipient she is developing her regional arts practice with collaborator actor/director, Adam Deusien, through their collective Lingua Franca. Their work 'right behind you' performed at the Brisbane Powerhouse and in Bathurst in 2013. In Canberra Alison works as Education officer at QL2 Dance.

Kate Rafferty and Alison Laurens are accompanied by Carl Rafferty. Carl performs as a piano soloist and accompanist, produces youth opera and is a mentor and advocate of young musicians. His goal is to ensure that their work is measured against international standards and that they are nurtured in a performance culture of excellence and ambition.

Katie Senior is an actress, dancer and choreographer working in a community, cross cultural and special needs context. Katie was a JUMP! mentee in 2012 and choreographed ‘Angels’. She regularly performs with Canberra Dance Theatre and interstate eisteddfods and competitions. She volunteers as a student teacher with young dancers and a special needs dance troupe.

Bernice Chua is a school student. Since completing the Early Childhood Music Program, ANU School of Music, she is continuing her music studies with Marie Cull (piano) and Lindy Reksten (cello). She is a member of the Fridays@School of Music Chamber Program.

Roger Kong took part in the 2010 ATY Project under the mentoring of Dr Geoffrey Lancaster. More recently he performed a recital on 2MBS-FM and in 2009, he achieved his licentiate diplomas for AMEB and Trinity College London with distinction. He also enjoys playing the saxophone and organ. Currently he is pursuing an Arts Law degree at the University of Sydney.

Michael Smith is a Perth based emerging artist working in dance, theatre, circus, puppetry, film and related art forms. Michael graduated from the John Curtin College of the Arts in 2008 and in 2012 completed his Advanced Diploma in Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He was nominated for Best New Comer, by the Media Alliance Actors Equity West Australia.

10 James (Jim) Woodman is a young writer who, following the ATY Project in 2007, formed a young writers’ group in the ACT, which published Roundabout Town, a collection of short stories.

Treya Long began dance in Karratha. Through the Michael Leslie Foundation she benefited from various professional workshops and participated in the Canberra Australian Talented Youth Program. In 2011 Treya performed in the American Blacks in Dance Conference, LA. She has successfully graduated from the Certificate II dance course at WAAPA.

The Power of Acceptance. Director: Courtney Loney. Production Manager: Natalie Hind. Editor: Ryan Svirac. Composer: Jack Perejuan. Dancer/ Choreograher: Treya Long.

Sidney Creswick is a Canberra based band. Since winning the ACT Band Competition in 2011 they have gone on to record their critically acclaimed debut E.P. A grant from artsACT will culminate in a dance and music collaboration at the Street Theatre in 2013.

Project Beats is a Canberra based dance initiative aimed at bringing Canberra into the Australian dance scene as one of the leaders in hip-hop. Their Project Beats’ methodology is based on a single idea: A dancer cannot exist in solitary. He/she must have a “scene”, or “community”, to provide room for growth, support and inspiration.

Canberra Choral Society regularly performs works from the established choral repertoire as well as 20th Century and contemporary works, including specially commissioned compositions. It receives many invitations to participate in significant events and anniversaries. It was established in 1952.

The Llewellyn Choir from Canberra has close ties with the ANU School of Music and Canberra Youth Music. It provides performance opportunities for their graduates and other young professional musicians. It was established in 1980.

Oriana Chorale is from Canberra and performs a range of styles from a cappella to works with orchestra. It has won particular acclaim for its innovative programming. It was established in 1977.

Tobias Cole is one of Australia’s most successful countertenors, having performed throughout Australia, New Zealand, the UK and USA. He has sung title roles with Opera Australia and Victorian Opera, winning a Green Room award for Xerxes in 2009. He is the Artistic Director of the Canberra Choral Society.

Marko Sever (L.Mus.A.) has just completed his first year at the ANU School of Music studying organ with Dr. Calvin Bowman. He intends to

11 continue his musical pursuits at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, once again studying under Philip Swanton.

12 Courtyard & foyer artists

The Canberra College Jazz Band is critically acclaimed and invited to perform at many community and ACT Department events. Graham Monger has taught Music at the Canberra College for nine years. He has lead the Band in approximately twenty performances per year, including performances at the Merimbula and Moruya Jazz festivals (annually), Parliament House, the National Gallery of Australia and the National Museum of Australia.

Graham Adler, Chrissie Shaw (A Bunch of Posers), Cirquaholics (The Fool Factory)

ART INSTALLATION Aimee Fitzgerald is a young Australian photographer. Born in 1990, she holds a bachelors degree with first class honours in Visual Arts. Her awards include the ANU Visual Arts Scholarship, the Canberra Grammar School Exhibition Award, and the CASS Honours Scholarship. Her work has been exhibited in Canberra and Sydney. For the Summit, she has been commissioned to create temporary works to decorate the foyer of the ANU School of Music. Inspired by op art and French Impressionist explorations of colour, she has made improvised stained glass windows using only cellophane and electrical tape.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Australian Talented Youth Project (ATY Project) warmly thanks our valued hosts, sponsors, donors, supporters, guest speakers, Master of Ceremonies, artists and patrons of the arts around Australia for making this significant Summit possible.

Their inspired words and performances aided by the wonders of modern technology has meant that all Australians will reap the benefits and to think and act for a vibrant, diverse and sustainable arts in Australia – partly from the experiences of today’s Summit, the emerging artists of today will become the cherished established and senior artists of tomorrow’s Australia. SUMMIT SPONSORS Australian National University – host ANU School of Music Professor Peter Tregear, Niven Stines, Craig Greening, Tim Levy & assistant, Deanna Riddell, Christopher Wind, Kirsty Guster. ANU Marketing and Communications, CASS, Kathleen Rolfe, Manager.

Photography and Media Arts, School of Art, CASS, Jean-Philippe Demarais.

ANU Volunteers Magdalena Kucharska (President), Katrina Marson (Founder, Ex- President) with a dedicated group of volunteers. 13 Australian Dept. of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Jose Robertson, Jonathan Dyer, Rosa Dacic. artsHub Australia - Andrew Murray, Deborah Stone, Lachlan Richardson.

Molonglo Group - Johnathan and Agapy Efkarpidis, Suzie McKinnon. Coordinate - Jamie Wilson, Logan Knight, Andrew Kominek. David B. Simmonds, Photographer, Rosanna Horn Design

SUMMIT SUPPORTERS

Canberra100, ArtSound FM Radio, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT Dept. Education and Training, Ausdance, Canberra Dance Theatre, Australian Capital Tourism, Canberra College, 666 ABC Canberra, Monica & John Andrew, Wojciech E. Horky, Octavia Doerschmann, Anne Murn, Moya Pacey, Ben James, Emily Criticos, Gail Kingston

ATY PROJECT SPONSORS Canberra Grammar School, The Street Theatre, Minter Ellison, Murrays Coaches, Dr Ann Villiers - Mental Nutritionist, Lake Burley Griffin Cruises, Elite Taxis.

ATY PROJECT DONORS & SUPPORTERS Barbara Blackman, Mundango Charitable Trust, National Film and Sound Archive, artsACT, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Museum and Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Australian War Memorial, ABaF, Canberra Glassworks, Franz Kornfeld, Biginelli Café.

ORGANISERS Australian Talented Youth Project (ATY Project) provides a biennial, multi-arts mentoring program for talented young Australians especially those from remote and rural areas not readily able to access high level tutorship. Please visit http://atyp.org

The main aim of the Project is to develop artistic capacity and community leadership skills in young artists, and provide them with ongoing support through continuing guidance and artistic networking in the areas of music, dance, visual art, creative writing, film production, and drama.

ATY Project Committee Johnathan Efkarpidis (Chair), Dr. Jolanta Gallagher (Vice-Chair), Wanda Horky (Secretary), Liam Budge (Treasurer). Members: Gordon Bull, Caroline Stacey, Leanne Craig, Adrian Keenan, Natalie Price, Arnan Wiesel.

National Arts Summit Committee

14 Dr Jolanta Gallagher (Director), Wanda Horky (Deputy-Director), Liz Lea (Artistic Adviser), Natalie Price, Sarah Campbell, Liam Budge.