Australian National Academy of Music
| Established | 1994 |
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Academic staff
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14 |
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Administrative staff
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15 |
| Students | 52 |
| Location |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 37°50′03″S 144°57′35″E / 37.8343°S 144.9598°ECoordinates: 37°50′03″S 144°57′35″E / 37.8343°S 144.9598°E |
| Campus | South Melbourne Town Hall |
| Affiliations | University of Melbourne |
| Website | http://www.anam.com.au/ |
The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is a classical music training facility for advanced/post-university students. Located in South Melbourne, Victoria, it is a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence. Its Artistic Director until June 2010 was the composer Brett Dean; his brother, the clarinettist Paul Dean was appointed as his successor.
Established in 1994, ANAM offers a range of intensive programs and short courses, both credit bearing and non-credit bearing, for string, woodwind, French horn, harp and keyboard instruments. From 2012, ANAM offers a master's degree delivered in collaboration with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.
On 23 October 2008, the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced that ANAM would not receive any government funding in 2009 despite funding having been arranged initially in 1994 by the then Prime Minister, Paul Keating. A spokesman for Garret is reported to have said, "ANAM no longer represents the most efficient way of delivering support for elite classical music training." The ANAM Artistic Director Brett Dean said, "That is heart-breaking for music education in this country."
Current faculty include Paul Dean and William Hennessy. Guest faculty have included Nicolas Altstaedt, Paul Daniel, Diana Doherty, Eighth Blackbird, Tony Gould, Paul Grabowsky, Paul Kelly, Michael Kieran Harvey, James Ledger and Anthony Marwood.
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