CANBERRA composer Sally Greenaway’s choral love song “Stay Awhile” has come in at number 56 on the ABC Classic FM Top 100 “Love” countdown. Looking at the statistics, she says she’s the first composer under the age of 50 and the only Canberra-based composer to make the listings. Of the call-to-action asking people to vote for the piece at citynews.com.au Greenaway says, “Wowee!”

THERE were former local arts identities named in the recent Queen’s Birthday honours lists: Nicolette Fraillon AM, director of the School of Music from 1998-2002 and now music director and chief conductor of The Australian Ballet; Anne (“Anna”) Gray AM, head of Australian Art at the NGA from 2001- 2016 and head of art at the Australian War Memorial, 1980-1995; and Patricia (“Pat”) Joyce Harry OAM, former lecturer and teacher at the Canberra School of Art, Canberra Technical College and Daramalan College.

“CONFIDENT Collecting” returns to M16 Artspace this winter over four Mondays with a line-up of speakers to help answer questions such as: “Will what we buy stand the test of time?” The next session is “Seeing into Abstraction” with NGA curator Lara Nicholls and contemporary artist Hamilton Darroch. M16, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, 6pm-8pm, Monday, June 26. Bookings to eventbrite.com.au

THE Canberra Gay & Lesbian Qwire will combine with Strange Weather Gospel Choir to present “Classic(al) Hits”, featuring gospel music, classical numbers and the music of Three Dog Night, Queen, Abba, David Bowie and Lauridsen. At The Q, Queanbeyan, 4pm, on Sunday, June 25. Bookings to theq.net.au

“NOT Very Quiet” is a new, twice yearly online journal edited by Moya Pacey and Sandra Renew which offers opportunities for women poets of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds to publish their work. Submissions of poems for the first issue close on July 1. Send to not-very-quiet.com

SKYE McIntosh and the Australian Haydn Ensemble will be joined by forte-pianist Melvyn Tan, who will play Mozart’s concerto No.18 in B flat major. The full orchestra will also perform Haydn’s Symphony No. 85, dedicated to Marie Antoinette. At Albert Hall, 7pm, Thursday, June 29. Bookings to 1800 334388, australianhaydn.com.au or at the door.

ARTSOUND FM’s Winter Solstice Book and Music Fair will be held at the art station’s studios, Manuka Arts Centre, corner of Manuka Circle and NSW Crescent, 9am-4pm, on Sunday, June 25. There’ll be books, CDs, DVDs and Vinyl.

THE woodwinds of the Royal Military College Band will perform a program that includes JS Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 4 at Wesley Music Centre, 12.40pm-1.20pm, Wednesday, June 28. No bookings required.

OPERA Australia is diving into 60 years of costumes, accessories, artworks and memorabilia in an anniversary exhibition at the Opera Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney, from June 24-29, with auctions on June 30 and July 1. All details at opera.org.au/auction