Editing Tasmania (section)

===Music and performing arts===
[[File:Princess Theatre at night, Launceston.JPG|thumb|The [[Princess Theatre, Launceston|Princess Theatre]] and Earl Arts Centre, [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]]]
Tasmania has a varied musical scene, ranging from the [[Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra]] whose home is the [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart|Federation Concert Hall]], to a substantial number of small bands, orchestras, string quintets, saxophone ensembles and individual artists who perform at a variety of venues around the state. Tasmania is also home to a vibrant community of composers including [[Constantine Koukias]], [[Maria Grenfell]] and [[Don Kay (composer)|Don Kay]]. Tasmania is also home to one of Australia's leading new music institutions, [[IHOS Music Theatre and Opera]] and gospel choirs, the [[Southern Gospel Choir]]. Prominent Australian metal bands [[Psycroptic]] and [[Striborg]] hail from Tasmania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=329|title=Psycroptic: Rise Above|access-date=6 March 2010|website=themetalforge.com|archive-date=17 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317135605/http://themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=329|url-status=live}}</ref> Noir-rock band [[The Paradise Motel]] and 1980s power-pop band [[The Innocents (Australian band)|The Innocents]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.theinnocents.com.au/| title= Beathoven and The Innocents – Official Web site| website= theinnocents.com.au| publisher= The Innocents| access-date= 2 April 2010| archive-date= 20 May 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140520201204/http://www.theinnocents.com.au/| url-status= live}}</ref> are also citizens.

The [[Tasmanian Aboriginals]] were known to have sung [[oral traditions]], as [[Fanny Cochrane Smith]] (the last fluent speaker of any [[Tasmanian languages|Tasmanian language]]) had done so in recordings from 1899 to 1903.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/fanny-cochrane-smith-recordings-inducted-into-unesco-register/8254806 |newspaper=ABC News |date=9 February 2017 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/fanny-cochrane-smith-recordings-inducted-into-unesco-register/8254806 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Longman |first1=Murray J. |title=Songs of the Tasmanian Aborigines as Recorded by Mrs. Fanny Cochrane Smith |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |date=1960 |volume=94 |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14096/1/1960_Longman_Songs_Tasmanian_aborigines.pdf |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614185541/https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14096/1/1960_Longman_Songs_Tasmanian_aborigines.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Tasmania has been home to some early and prominent [[List of Australian composers|Australian composers]]. In piano, [[Katharine Parker|Kitty Parker]] from [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] was described by world-famous Australian composer [[Percy Grainger]] as his most gifted student.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kitty Parker |url=https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/kitty-parker |website=Australian Composers |publisher=Wirripang |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111030/https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/kitty-parker |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Peter Sculthorpe]] was originally from [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] and became well known in Australia for his works which were influenced by his Tasmanian origins, and he is, by coincidence, distantly related to Fanny Cochrane Smith.<ref>{{cite web |title=The life, love and legacy of Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/12/4065785.htm |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/12/4065785.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, Sculthorpe composed the piece ''Port Arthur: In Memoriam'' for chamber [[orchestra]], which was first performed by the [[Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Arthur: In Memoriam |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/port-arthur-in-memoriam-2986 |website=Faber Music |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905112539/https://www.fabermusic.com/music/port-arthur-in-memoriam-2986 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Charles Sandys Packer]] was an early Tasmanian example of the tradition of [[Australian classical music]], transported for the crime of embezzlement in 1839, and at a similar time [[Francis Hartwell Henslowe]] had spent time as a [[Civil servant|public servant]] in Tasmania. [[Amy Sherwin]], known as the ''Tasmanian Nightingale'' was a successful [[soprano]],<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Sherwin, Frances Amy Lillian (1855–1935) |id2=sherwin-frances-amy-lillian-4574 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sherwin-frances-amy-lillian-4574 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Eileen Joyce]], who came from remote [[Zeehan]], became a world-renowned pianist at the time of her peak.<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Tunley |first1=David |title=Joyce, Eileen Alannah (1908–1991) |id2=joyce-eileen-alannah-14817 |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918074450/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/joyce-eileen-alannah-14817 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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