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FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 14/ 1967
MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD FOR ASSISTANCE TO
AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, announced today
that following on the Commonwealth Government's decision to provide
assistance to enable Australian composers to make their works known,
arrangements have been completed for the setting-up of an Advisory Board
to administer this aid. The Membership of the Board is as follows
Sir Bernard Heinze, Chairman
Professor F. A. Callaway, Professor of Music,
University of Western Australia
Mr. John Hopkins, Director of Music, Australian
Broadcasting Commission, Sydney.
The Secretariat for this Board will be provided by the Prime
Minister's Department and enquiries should be addressed to the Secretary,
Advisory Board Commonwealth Assistance to Australian Composers, Prime
Minister's Department, Canberra.
CANBERRA, 29th January, 1967
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS REGARDING THE ABOVE:
Sir Bernard Heinze, M. A. ( Melbourne) LLD, Brit. Coil. Mus., Doc W. A.,
W7. R. C. M. , Loii Director N. S. W. Conservatorium of Music, Sydney,
1956-66. Ormond Professor of Music, University of Melbourne 1925-56.
Conductor University Symphony Orchestra 1924-32, Victorian Symphony
Orchestra 1933-1956.
Frank Adams Callaway, Mus. B. L. R. A. A. R. F. T. C. L.,
CX. Dean Faculty of Arts University of W. A. 1960-62. Professor
of Music, University of WN. A. Since 1959. Conductor University Choral
and Orchestral Societies W. A. since 1953. Member Australian Music
Examinations Board since 1955.
John Raymond Hopkins, Director of Music, Australian Broadcasting
Commission, Sydney. Hon. Fellow Royal Manchester College of Music.
Asst. Conductor B. B. C. Scottish Orchestra 1949 -52, Conductor B. B. C.
Northern Orchestra Manchester 1952-1957. National Orchestra N. Z.
Broadcasting Commission, Wellington 1957 -63. Musical Director N. Z.
Opera Co. 1957-61.