廣東民間音樂團於一九五八年與廣州曲藝聯誼會一、二演出隊合編成立廣東音樂曲藝團。
廣東音樂曲藝團是一專門從事廣東音樂和廣東曲藝表演的專業文藝團體。曾擁有劉天一、方漢、朱海、梁秋等一批知名的廣東音樂演奏家和熊飛影、源妙生、白燕仔、何麗芳、黃少梅、譚佩儀、李丹紅、楊達、黃俊英等一批曲藝演唱家、相聲表演藝術家。繼後，湯凱旋、陳瑞麟、李燕熙、吳國平、何克寧、黃鼎世、劉國強等中青年演奏家及陳玲玉、梁玉嶸、何萍、李敏華等青年曲藝演唱家相繼脫穎而出。劇團擁有雄厚的創作力量，創作、撰寫、編配、整理了一大批優秀的廣東音樂和廣東曲藝作品，廣為流傳，備受讚賞。
廣東音樂曲藝團在歷屆全國及省、市各項音樂、曲藝比賽和調演中，獲得不少榮譽和獎項。其中《雛鳳新聲頌偉人》榮獲文化部第七屆文華節目獎和文華表演獎；琵琶彈唱《悲歌廣陵散》和揚琴、古箏彈唱《天涯璧合慶月圓》獲第二屆中國曲藝節牡丹獎、廣東省宣傳文化精品獎及首屆廣州文藝獎特等獎；曲藝節目《精忠譜》、《二泉映月》、《鄉戀》、《牧馬人》、《我是紅娘》、《故鄉情》等獲全國曲藝節調演一等獎；在第三屆全國民族管弦樂評獎中，高胡獨奏曲《夢中月》獲二等獎，揚琴獨奏曲《雲山春色》獲優秀作品獎。在近年舉辦的三屆廣東省廣東音樂新作品創作大賽中，該團創作的多首新曲分別獲得一、二、三等獎。
該團成立以來，頻繁赴香港演出，還先後訪問過前蘇聯、羅馬尼亞、波蘭、捷克、日本、朝鮮、緬甸、美國、加拿大、英國、新加坡、澳大利亞等國家，為廣東音樂和曲藝走上國際舞台作出了積極貢獻。
Guangdong Folk Music Acrobatics Group This group was actually a combined group of a few similar ones and was founded in 1958. It is a professional group specialised in performing Cantonese opera and music arts. Most of the famous Cantonese musicians and vocal singers were trained and brought up in this group, such as Liu Tian-yi, Fang Han, Zhu Hai, Liang Qiu, Xiong Fei- ying, Bai yan-zai, Tan Pei-yi, Li Dan-hong, Huang Jun-ying etc. As to the younger generation, there were Tang Hai-suan, Chen Rui-lin, Wu Guo-ping, He Ke-ning, Huang Ding-shi, Chen Ling-yu, Liang Yu-yong, He Ping, Li Min-hua etc etc. The group has also strong facilities in composing and rearranging Cantonese music and opera works. Most of their works are very popular allover. They had won numerous awards in competitions in China. By means of their visit to many countries abroad, they had done a great contribution in promoting the Cantonese music and opera art.