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ACO artististic director Richard Tognetti with students from Marys North Public School. (L to R) TanginoaHalaifonua-Palu, 6, Ava Tuckwood, 6, Rebel Nordsven, 6 and Peyton Arecco, 7. Story details: a music program for students in low Socio-Economic Status (SES) schools run by ACO Foundations it is based on research showing that learning an instrument at a young age can improve the executive function of the brain. We’ve run it as a pilot program at St Marys North Public School in Western Sydney over the past 5 years, working closely with academics who have tracked the impact its had on the school and its students.

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Composer Sam Adams with his friend and collaborator Richard Tognetti.

Richard Tognetti and the ACO go searching for the ‘American sound’

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Richard Tognetti, the ACO’s chief violinist and artistic director, in the company’s new home.

Secret musical messages in Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new home

Braille and Morse code messages are hidden in the walls of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new concert hall, The Neilson, which overlooks Sydney Harbour,

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Matt McMahon and Richard Tognetti are bringing together their musical worlds in Sketches of Spain.

Jazz and classical music meet in Spain and the result is ‘heaven’

For decades, jazz and classical music have sought out common ground on which to meet - with varying results.

Jennifer Peedom’s River.

Hypnotic and spectacular, River demands you surrender to the Earth’s beauty

This seductive documentary induces a trancelike state of reflection as you drink in the romantic glories of gushing torrents and fast-flowing streams.

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James Crabb, virtuoso button accordion player, who is touring with the ACO.

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