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Chris Reid

Chris Reid

Chris Reid has been a freelance writer on music and visual art for over 25 years, writing primarily for the publication Real Time. While pursuing a career in educational administration, he completed a Master of Visual Arts degree in Art History and Theory at the University of South Australia and has taught that subject there. Following retirement from his day job, he coordinated a classical music concert program at Flinders University for five years. He is currently Chair of the Academic Board at Adelaide Central School of Art. A non-musician and non-artist, he tries to write from an audience perspective.

'An Australian Songbook: A platinum concert from Robyn Archer' by Chris Reid

ABR Arts 20 June 2023
How might Australian history be characterised in song? Described as 150 years of alternative Australian voices, Robyn Archer’s An Australian Songbook is a very personal song selection that convincingly shows how song is the lifeblood of a healthy society, and a mirror to it. Her presentation also has the effect of re-examining Australian history. Archer has an abiding concern with the connectio ... (read more)