ARTS ALIVE	PGM 35 - 2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 3 September 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 31' 16"

Hi I・m VINCENT O・DONNELL* And welcome to Arts Alive * Australian arts and culture current affairs*  First up an apology* regular listeners whose stations take Arts Alive on a Monday afternoon will have noted we have had some transmission problems over the past few weeks*  Those probs. have been beyond our control and, I hope, are now at an end.  

So sit back and enjoy this week・s edition of Arts Alive that includes*.  New measure introduced by the Commonwealth government to support the Australian film and television production industry have drawn criticism from independent producers... we have an extended interview on the subject.  And also a report on the three month long festival season in Darwin that is now concluded.

Last week I mentioned an interview I conducted with New Zealand film producer and academic, Roger Horrocks.  We will bring you that interview will on a later program* so this week our guest is Aura Go, a young Australian pianist who is now exploring her interest in conducting.  I recorded the interview for today・s program last week while she was working with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, at the Australian national Academy of Music and at the ABC Southbank Melbourne studios.  
But first a round up of the news*

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As mentioned on a previous program, The Commonwealth government has substantially changed the way it supports the film and television production industry.  When first introduce almost forth years ago, committees appointed by the Australian Film Commission recommended how government funds were invested or granted to films.  Now the mechanisms are to be market-driven and implemented through the taxation system.  Independent producers say there are flaws in the system and will disadvantage documentary production and give a free kick to the networks*  Ewan Burnett・s production experience is broad covering documentary, television drama and animation.  I asked if the concerns of the independent producers were well founded*

Item 1:Ewan Burnett (11.26 )
First words: 
Last words: *.；

Ewan Burnett of Burberry productions. And he is presently working on an animated series based on the popular Animalia picture book by Graeme Base.

Track 1:  Circus OZ sting

Item 4A: Aura Go  (8.47)
First words: You・re listening to*
Last words: *more conversation with Aura.；

Track 2: First movement, Sonata No. 2 ．Fire Sermon・ Rautavaara/ Aura Go

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Item 4B: Aura Go (9.25)
First words: You・re listening to*
Last words: *Thankyou.

Track 3: Allegro Molto from Beethoven・s Sonata in A flat, opus 110 and the pianist again was Aura Go.  Certainly a young Australian musician to watch. 

Up in Darwin, there are but two seasons each year* the wet and the dry* and the dry from June to September is also the festival season.  The season drew to an end last week with the announcement of the winners in the Fist Full of Films 2007 Awards.  So congratulations to Darwin film maker Huni Bolliger who was awarded the Best Film and received the overall Pick of the Crop for her animated film titled "Love From The See；.  "Can I Have a Banana Please, Chris", a film by the Gochan Jinny-Jirra community and Formation Studios received Best Actor and the People Choice Award. 
And congratulations to other winners too.

For a rundown on the festival season in Darwin I spoke to Andrish Saint-Clare, the Manager of Community Arts at Brown Mart Community Arts Centre and the producer of the Darwin Fringe Festival*

Item 5: Darwin festival season report with Andrish Saint Clare (8.00) First words:  ：Darwin has become Last words: ...in our eccentricities；

Andrish Saint-Clare from Darwin・s Browns Mart Community Arts Centre.  And Darwin is a place I have never visited.  Must try to make it for next year・s festival season. That is the program for this week* thanks for listening* ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive financial support from the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... and the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is heard on the COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK, on the SBS DIGITAL RADIO SERVICE, and is distributed by THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE.

And the spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com  Thanks to our website manager, Vincent Fok.  I・m Vincent O・Donnell and I think 

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APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: Federation Bells 10 secs, Track 1: Circus Oz sting 10 secs Track 2:  ：Sonata No. 2 ．Fire Sermon・/ Rautavaara/ Aura Go/ location recording/ 3.40 Track 3:  ：Allegro Molto from Beethoven・s Sonata in A flat, opus 110/ Aura Goh/ 2.09 Track 4:  ：Ah Wish/ Belinda Moody/ ditto Sextet/CP/Sacred Stones/ 3.15