NEWS

NEW LOUISE HANSON-DYER EXHIBITION

The Holst Victorian House, birthplace in Cheltenham of Gustav Holst, is holding an exhibition this year showcasing its acquisition of a Louise Dyer collection. The exhibition will run from 8 June 2024 to 1 February 2025 and is accompanied by an illustrated booklet, to which the Hanson-Dyer Library at the University of Melbourne has contributed. For further information see their website here.

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NEW CD COLLECTION

Shane Lestideau, author of a chapter in Memories of Musical Lives (Lyrebird, 2023), has just released a new CD with the Evergreen Ensemble, featuring performances of works from the music collections of the two Scottish immigrant violinists she discusses in the book. The Bell Birds of Scotland is available as a digital album here.

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BOOK LAUNCH: PURSUIT OF THE NEW

Pursuit of the New: Louise Hanson-Dyer, Publisher and Collector, edited by Kerry Murphy and Jennifer Hill, with contributions from Jim Davidson, Gerard Vaughan, Sarah Kirby, Catherine Massip, Susan Daniels, Rachel Orzech, Thalia Laughlin, Carina Nandlal, Madeline Roycroft and Isabelle Ragnard, will be launched at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music on 28 February 2024. The book is now available in both print and digital formats in the online shop here.

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BOOK LAUNCH: MEMORIES OF MUSICAL LIVES

Memories of Musical Lives, edited by Rosemary Richards and Julja Szuster, was launched at the conference of the Musicological Society of Australia held in Adelaide in November 2023, in the presence of both editors. Further details can be found on the Books page of the website and in the online shop here. A review of the book by Duncan Stuart Warren Reid has appeared in Musicology Australia and can be read here.