Facing the Music
β 7 Β· 2001 Β· 89m Β· Documentary Β· Music
Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a year in the life of an academic department that's under the financial gun.
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