Music of Adelaide
Music of Adelaide includes music relating to the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes all genres of both live and recorded music by artists born or living in the city, live music events happening in the city, and other aspects of the music industry relating to Adelaide.
Adelaide is a
Artists of some renown such as Sia, Paul Kelly, Redgum, Cold Chisel, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Hilltop Hoods, No Fixed Address and Guy Sebastian originate from the city.
Live music
2013: Reverb report leads to new support
In 2012, the
As a result of Elbourne's report, the Music Development Office and adjunct St Paul's Creative Centre was created by the state government (then under
A new independent body called Musitec and an advisory body known as the Music Industry Council were also established.[7][8][9][10]
City of Music
Adelaide was awarded a UNESCO City of Music title from the
In 2015, it was said that there were more live music venues per capita in Adelaide than any other capital city in the southern hemisphere,[14][15] and Lonely Planet labelled Adelaide “Australia’s live music city”.[16]
2017–2020: Live Music Action Plan
In 2017 the City of Adelaide produced a report entitled Adelaide: City of Music: Live Music Action Plan 2017−2020, after holding its first Live Music Summit to coincide with a visit by other global UNESCO Cities of Music on 8 March 2017. The report outlined the council's strategic plan and role in sustaining live music in the city.[17]
Live music events
The city and surrounding area showcases many different genres of music with international and local artists in events such as the
The touring music festival, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, visits Adelaide each February with a range of contemporary artists, since 2014 at Hart's Mill in Port Adelaide.[22][23]
The first Adelaide Jazz Festival was held in 2023.[24]
Classical music
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1937, with William Cade as conductor.[25] The ASO often plays for the State Opera of South Australia, the Adelaide Youth Orchestra and Adelaide Chamber Singers.[12]
Music education
Music education starts in primary and secondary public and private schools across the state. A number of public schools (19 as of 2019[update] have been designated "music focus schools" by an
The primary tertiary academy of music is the
In the south-east of the state at
Music organisations
As well as those mentioned above (Music SA, Music Development Office, etc.) there are other organisations based in Adelaide which focus on various aspects of the music industry.
SCALA (Songwriters, Composers, and Lyricists Association) is a non-profit,
Awards and events
From 2017 to 2020, the
Music SA presents the annual South Australian Music Awards (SAM Awards), which replaced the Fowler's Live Awards from 2015, with support from the Music Development Office, APRA AMCOS and other sponsors.[33][34] The 2019 Awards are to be held at the Bonython Hall in November.[35]
SCALA presents the annual FOOM (Festival of Original Music) Song Competition, with the finals awards event held in September at the Wheatsheaf Hotel.[36][37]
Local radio
Local community radio stations Fresh 92.7 and Radio Adelaide play and promote local music.
Venues
Music venues for live music of all types and for musicians at all levels of experience include the
List
(Local names in parentheses for reference)
- Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- Adelaide Festival Centre
- Adelaide UniBar
- The Crown & Anchor (The Cranker)
- Electric Light Hotel
- Enigma Bar
- The Exeter
- The Fat Controller
- The Gaslight Tavern
- The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel(The Gov)
- The Grace Emily
- Lion Arts Factory
- L!ve on Light Square
- Jade Monkey
- Jive
- The Highway
- Producers Bar
- Rhino Room[38]
- Rocket Bar
- Thebarton Theatre (Thebby)
- The Metropolitan Hotel (The Metro)
- The Wheatsheaf Hotel ("Wheaty")[39]
- Whitmore Hotel
Musicians of note
Adelaide has produced a number of popular bands and musicians, including
Other popular bands include
Electric Fields, winners of the 2016 Emily Burrows Award[40] and Best New Talent in the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards as well as being a contestant for representing Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest,[41] hail from Adelaide.
List
The following is a list of some artists, past and present, originating in Adelaide and/or based in Adelaide.
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- Adelaide Youth Orchestra
- Amber Calling
- Atlas Genius
- Australian Pink Floyd Show
- Bad//Dreems
- Bit by Bats
- Chalice
- City Riots
- Clowns of Decadence
- Coerce
- Cold Chisel
- Double Dragon
- Electric Fields
- Embodiment 12:14
- Exploding White Mice
- Fear and Loathing
- Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
- Fraternity
- Funkoars
- Fury
- Guy Sebastian
- Headband
- Hilltop Hoods
- I Killed the Prom Queen
- In Fiction
- Iwantja (band)
- JAB
- James Taylor Move
- Jimmy Barnes
- King Snake Roost
- Leader Cheetah
- Lowrider
- Mere Theory
- No Fixed Address
- Orianthi
- Paul Kelly
- Redgum
- Reece Mastin
- Sia
- Screaming Believers
- Testeagles
- The Angels
- The Audreys
- The Dairy Brothers
- The Hot Lies
- The Mad Turks from Istanbul
- The Mark of Cain
- The Masters Apprentices
- The Open Season
- The Shaolin Afronauts
- The Sundance Kids
- The Superjesus
- The Sweets of Sin
- The Transatlantics
- The Vibrants
- Unitopia
- Universum (band)
- The Urban Guerillas
- Virgin Black
- Wes Carr
- Where's the Pope?
- Wolf & Cub
- Wrench
- Young Adelaide Voices
- Zephyr Quartet
- Zoot (band)
See also
- Adelaide Music Collective
- List of festivals in South Australia
- SA Music Hall of Fame
References
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- ^ "Martin Elbourne's Live Music Residency". University of Adelaide. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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- ^ "Musitec". Music SA. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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- ^ "The Future Of Music In South Australia. Thinkers In Residence Reverb Report by Martin Elbourne". Live Music Office. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Fedorowytsch, Tom (12 December 2015). "Adelaide gains UNESCO city of music recognition". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Live music in Adelaide". City of Adelaide. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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- ^ Sutton, Malcolm (4 March 2015). "Cold Chisel a reminder of SA's music scene before pokies and inner-city apartments 'decentralised' it". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Baker, Andrea Jean (16 May 2017). "Is Melbourne the music capital of Australia? Sydney or Adelaide might pip it to the post". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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- ^ Kelly Noble (2 December 2014). "Port Adelaide New Home To St Jermone's Laneway Festival". Glam Adelaide. Glam Digital Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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- ^ "The inaugural Adelaide Jazz Festival set to surprise, inspire, and delight". AustralianJazz.net. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Adelaide Symphony Orchestra". Archived from the original on 9 February 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2006. History of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- ^ "Instrumental music education". South Australia. Dept for Education. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Home". James Morison Academy of Music. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "About". SCALA. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Songwriters, Composers & Lyricists Association Inc. (SCALA)". SA Community. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Saunders, Matt (9 October 2015). "The Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists Association's 23rd Compilation of Original Music "Brighter Than The Sun" – CD Review". The Clothesline. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Miller, Adrian (5 June 2019). "SCALA ~ Showcases Aboriginal artists: Witness some of Adelaide's finest indigenous songwriters @ Wheatsheaf Hotel: Interview". The Clothesline. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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Further reading
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