News & Events

Yamaha Wind Orchestra brings together performance and professional development

After extremely positive beginnings in 2018, Sunday August 12, 2019 marked the end of a second successful delivery of the Yamaha Wind Orchestra Professional Development project.

Tim Minchin Launches Yamaha's 2019 Great Start Grant at Ravenshoe

A regional Far North Queensland school, Ravenshoe State School P-12, received a special visit from Tim Minchin in June as part of their prize as winners of the 2019 Yamaha Music Australia Great Start Grant.

Ravenshoe Strikes A Winning Chord With Yamaha's Great Start Grant

The school will be awarded with almost $60,000 worth of musical instruments, three days of specialised music training for students and teachers and a launch concert with internationally acclaimed composer, musician and comedian, Tim Minchin.

Yamaha participates in Inaugural Adelaide Horn Jam

Applications Open For Yamaha's Great Start Grant

Now in its third year, the Great Start Grant will be searching for an Australian school with a passion and drive to promote quality music education but need a helping hand to get their music programs off the ground.

Yamaha Releases a Documentary of the I’m a HERO Program―A Six Month Story of 26 Colombian Children Overcoming the Invisible Barriers with a New Instrument

Medellín, Colombia―From March 31st to September 30th, Yamaha Corporation ran the I’m a HERO Program for children in the Republic of Colombia.

Yamaha's Venova™, NS-5000, and WXC-50 acclaimed as "Winners" at German Design Award

Yamaha Corporation's Venova casual wind instrument, NS-5000 premium bookshelf speaker, and WXC-50 wireless streaming preamp were all announced in the "Winner" category at the internationally prestigious German Design Award 2019, awarded for excellence in products.

Yamaha's Venova Wins Grand Award with Special Mention in the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2018

Yamaha Corporation announces that the Venova—a casual wind instrument from Yamaha—was recognized by the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2018 with the prestigious Grand Award with Special Mention.

YolanDa Concert Inspires

Yamaha Saxophone artist YolanDa Brown ran a workshop at Wangaratta High School to an audience of enthralled students

$50K Yamaha Music Grant to Help Beat 'Back to School' Blues

Following on from the inaugural success of the Great Start Grant 2017, this year’s grant will once again be searching for Australian schools in need of a helping hand to get their Music Performance Program off the ground.