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Regional Touring Expressions of Interest

Share your music with communities across NSW - Applications now open!

Musica Viva Australia invites exceptional musicians to share their talents with regional audiences, ensuring that communities across NSW have access to high-quality live performances.

We partner with performing arts centres, regional conservatoriums, volunteer music societies, and festivals to connect artists with new audiences. With the support of Create NSW, we assist regional presenters by:

  • Handling contract administration
  • Covering domestic travel and accommodation for artists
  • Advising on technical and artistic needs
  • Supporting local marketing efforts

This ensures regional presenters can host high-quality performances on an equal footing with their metropolitan counterparts—all they need to cover is the artist fee.


HOW IT WORKS

From the applications, we will select approximately 10 soloists or small ensembles to feature on our website and promote directly to presenters across NSW. Ideally, artists will perform short tours of 2–5 concerts, though this may vary based on demand.

We offer presenters a diverse selection of artists and programs, including:

  • Classical chamber music
  • Music from diverse cultural backgrounds
  • Music-driven works that cross into other artforms

We are seeking outstanding musicians and excellent communicators who can also offer workshops and community engagement activities alongside their concerts.

We Encourage Applications From: First Nations artists, People with disability, LGBTIQA+ artists, Artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Please note that this program is offered to Australian residents and/or citizens only.

Join us in bringing exceptional live music to communities across NSW—apply now!

 

Expressions of interest close at 11:59PM AEDT, Monday 10 March 2025. 

Timeline

Monday 10 March 2025, 11:59PM AEDT

Monday 31 March - Friday 4 April 2025

Tuesday 29 April 2025 

Applications close 

Applicants notified of outcome

2026 Touring Artists announced 

How to Apply

If you are interested in being considered for our 2026 featured artist list, please complete the form below by 11:59PM AEDT, Monday 10 March 2025. All applicants will receive a response by Friday 4 April. 

Please note that this program is currently offered to Australian residents and/or citizens only. 

Submissions missing information from the required fields may not be considered. 


PHOTO SUBMISSION CRITERIA 

Our presenting partners require imagery that reflects the artists and performance; what will be on stage. Please supply THREE (3) different photo options, with at least one portrait and one landscape option, each a minimum of 2MB in size. If you have any difficulties or concerns regarding photo delivery, please contact us.  


Submissions without two images may not be considered. 

Applications Open!

APPLY NOW

What Musica Viva Australia does

  • We use the information you provide in your application to create artist pages which will be sent to our regional touring presenting partners. In discussions with our presenting partners, we hope to build short tours for your ensemble in regional NSW on mutually agreed dates.
  • Once these dates are confirmed, Musica Viva Australia will liaise with you to create an appropriate travel itinerary. We will then book and pay for your domestic flights, accommodation and hire vehicle (away from your home city), and reimburse you for the petrol consumed during your tour.
  • Each member of your ensemble will also be paid a daily travel allowance for each night they are away on the Musica Viva Australia tour in addition to their performance and workshop fee.
  • Your ensemble will be covered by Musica Viva Australia’s public liability insurance for all concerts performed with Musica Viva Australia.
  • Musica Viva Australia will report and cover the cost of the APRA/OneMusic performance licence for your concerts while on tour.

What we ask of you

  • After we launch our artist pages, all program/repertoire and personnel changes must be approved by Musica Viva Australia, so that there is no confusion between all the different people involved in a tour.
  • The success of our presenting partners’ events can be greatly affected by any of our artists performing for someone else nearby, which in regional NSW can mean up to two hours’ drive away – the distance audience members might travel. Because of this, we will need exclusivity in certain regions in 2026. Performances in Sydney are not a problem.
  • Any additional activities organised by yourself or other management while on tour must be agreed to by Musica Viva Australia, and we may require reimbursement for a share of your travel expenses.
  • If you are approached for another performance outside of your engagements with Musica Viva Australia in regional NSW for 2026, we would like you to talk to us about it early, to see whether we can support your travel costs for that event. We love building new networks and working with new presenters – and they’re usually happy for the assistance, too.

For more information please contact:

Elizabeth Dedman - Manager, Regional Touring & Special Projects
Phone: 0407 200 332
Email: ededman@musicaviva.com.au

I loved regional touring for Musica Viva Australia! Music is all about connection in the moment, and it felt inspiring and enriching to connect with communities around NSW in various ways - hearing students and talking about music and making music in masterclasses, dancing with kids and talking about what stories and feelings and colours music evokes, meeting audience members and talking with them before, during, and after performances. It was a real privilege to share music with lots of different and absolutely beautiful communities around NSW.

- Andrea Lam, 2022 & 2023 Regional Touring Artist

 

Image credit: Orange Regional Conservatorium