• Title
  Item 1: Mary Vallentine interview by Vincent Plush
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  22 August 2023
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9676105
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (2 hr., 14 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Mary recalls the importance of music in the family home, of learning an instrument and going to ABC concerts at the Sydney Town Hall. She examines her working life at Musica Viva, specifically her role as first manager of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, her tenure as Managing Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and her role as Managing Director of the Melbourne Recital Centre. Mary explains negotiating the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s structural and financial extraction from the ABC and the work she and her collaborators did to grow its reputation. Mary also touches on the many influential figures in her career, including Donald McDonald, Ken Tribe and Jim Sharman and discusses her preoccupations and contributions in both the music industry and the world more broadly.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales on 22 August 2023
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Vallentine, Mary, 1950?-
  
• Subject
  Arts administrators--Australia.
  Musica Viva Australia.
  Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
  Vallentine, Mary, 1950?---Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20783794

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