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'The Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, in partnership with Short Black Productions, is pleased to present the 2009 Spring Intensive Course as part of its new Indigenous Talent Identification Programme. The 2009 Spring Intensive coincides with the creation of "Pecan Summer", Australia's first Indigenous opera.' Source: http://deborahcheetham.com/ (Sighted 21/11/08).
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- Preview held at Federation Square BMW Edge, Melbourne, Victoria, 5 July 2010.
- Premiere held at the Westside Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna, Victoria, 9 October 2010. Subsequently produced at the Playhouse, Melbourne, Victoria 28-30 September 2011.
- 3-5 July (Winter season) 2014 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia.
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In a Notoriously Sexist Art Form, Australian Women Composers Are Making Their Voices Heard
2019
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 May 2019;'Classical music has traditionally not been a welcoming environment for women composers. Opera Australia’s 2019 season, for instance, features just one work by a female composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.'
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Where Is the Great Australian Opera?
2018
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 17 August 2018;'In 1986, the Adelaide Festival staged an operatic adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning writer Patrick White’s 1957 novel Voss, a pivotal work in the Australian literary canon. The opera, with music by a leading figure of the classical music avant-garde, Richard Meale, and libretto by acclaimed novelist and poet, David Malouf, was conceived in the period leading up to the Bicentennial celebrations in 1988. It certainly tapped into the zeitgeist.' (Introduction)
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Deborah's Music Is Honoured in SA
2018
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 18 April no. 674 2018; (p. 45)'When Yorta Yorta woman, Deborah Cheetham attended UniSA's graduation ceremony to receive her Honorary Doctorate, one of her own compositions played as music at the ceremony. '
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So Much Still Pending
2018
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— Appears in: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 2018; (p. 55-61)'It's not a question you hear very often: 'When did you grow up?' But it is one I have asked myself many times. Yes, you read it right the first time and, no, I didn't mean 'when', I meant when.' (Introduction)
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Opera Takes Top Awards
2017
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 January no. 643 2017; (p. 4)
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Opera Tells Resistance Story
2010
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 October no. 486 2010; (p. 45)
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Walk-Off Opera Prompts Tears
2010
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 October no. 487 2010; (p. 61)
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Indigenous Voices Re-Create a Gripping Emotional Journey
2011
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 1 October 2011; (p. 24)
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More Musical, Less Drama
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 September 2011; (p. 14)
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Perth is Set for Pecan Summer
2012
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 5 September no. 534 2012; (p. 61)
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Pecan Summer On Way
2008
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 September no. 435 2008; (p. 53) 'Opera is story telling. Story telling is ancient and a traditional practice for Indigenous people. Opera is an innovative form of expression for Indigenous story telling.' (Koori Mail 24/09/2008) -
Celebrating Indigenous Protest
2009
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— Appears in: Voice , 10 August - 13 September vol. 5 no. 5 2009; (p. 2) -
Pecan Summer : Indigenous Opera
2009-2010
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— Appears in: Indigenous Newslines , December - February 2009-2010; (p. 6-7) -
Indigenous Opera Project Finds Soprano's Personal Link
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 28 June 2010; (p. 5) -
Cheetham Brings Forth a Truly Australian Opera
2010
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— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 28 October vol. 9 no. 213 2010; (p. 43)
- Cummeragunja Reserve (1881- 1940), Barmah, Nathalia - Barmah area, Yarrawonga - Cobram - Nathalia area, Northern Victoria, Victoria,
- Deniliquin - Boundary Bend - Moama area, Far South West NSW, New South Wales,
- 1939