The Music Council of Australia (MCA) is a national peak music organisation for Australia. It is the official Australian representative to the UNESCO world peak music organization, the International Music Council

International Music Council

The International Music Council was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization...

 (IMC), Paris. The MCA It is also a member of the International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD), Ottawa.

The 50-member council of the MCA includes nominees of major national music organisations and individual experts. It conducts research, gathers and disseminates information and undertakes advocacy on issues in the musical life of Australia it considers important. The Executive Director of the Music Council of Australia is Dr Richard Letts

Richard Letts

-Life & Work:Richard Letts trained as a classical pianist and composer and worked as a jazz band leader in his early years. In 1964 he moved to the University of California where he completed his Ph.D. in 1971. In 1972 he build and became the director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, a...

, who has also been the President of the International Music Council

International Music Council

The International Music Council was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization...

since 2005.