In order to get more accurate results, our search has the following Google-Type search functionality:
If you use '+' in front of a word, then that word will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry +Potter will return results with the word 'Potter'.
If you use '-' in front of a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry -Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between two words, then both of those words will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry AND Potter will return results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between two words, then bth of those words may or may not be present in the search results.
ex: Harry OR Potter will return results with just 'Harry', results with just 'Potter' and results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry NOT Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
Placing '""' around words will perform a phrase search. The search results will contain those words in that order.
ex: "Harry Potter" will return any results with 'Harry Potter' in them, but not 'Potter Harry'.
Using '*' in a word will perform a wildcard search. The '*' signifies any number of characters. Searches can not start with a wildcard.
ex: Pot*er will return results with words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er'. In this case, 'Potter' will be a match.
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2007
What is the culture of our place, of our backyard? Lyndon Terracini, who spent thirty years in the opera houses of Europe before settling in the NSW town of Lismore, reveals the rich diversity of Australia’s country-town culture and makes a strong plea for their right to the same respect as metropolitan culture. With the rapid demographic changes presently taking place, he writes, our European traditions are fast becoming irrelevant. Preservation of our stories is as essential to our survival as our flora and fauna. He writes of many months spent in outback towns, building huge collaborative performance works in which whole districts participated; and describes the way the communities took ownership. A creative culture, he argues, should be based in the stories of our backyard and the culture of place. From that grows innovation, skill and professional art practice and at the summit the kind of work that can be life-changing.
Lyndon Terracini is a distinguished operatic baritone with a special interest in new music. He has had a wide influence on the careers of Australian composers and the cultural life of Queensland. In the 1990s he established the Northern Rivers Performing Arts, then the Queensland Music Festival, followed by directorship of the Major Brisbane Festivals. Today he is artistic director of Opera Australia.
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2007
What is the culture of our place, of our backyard? Lyndon Terracini, who spent thirty years in the opera houses of Europe before settling in the NSW town of Lismore, reveals the rich diversity of Australia’s country-town culture and makes a strong plea for their right to the same respect as metropolitan culture. With the rapid demographic changes presently taking place, he writes, our European traditions are fast becoming irrelevant. Preservation of our stories is as essential to our survival as our flora and fauna. He writes of many months spent in outback towns, building huge collaborative performance works in which whole districts participated; and describes the way the communities took ownership. A creative culture, he argues, should be based in the stories of our backyard and the culture of place. From that grows innovation, skill and professional art practice and at the summit the kind of work that can be life-changing.
Lyndon Terracini is a distinguished operatic baritone with a special interest in new music. He has had a wide influence on the careers of Australian composers and the cultural life of Queensland. In the 1990s he established the Northern Rivers Performing Arts, then the Queensland Music Festival, followed by directorship of the Major Brisbane Festivals. Today he is artistic director of Opera Australia.