Dalcroze Australia is holding a one day workshop in Perth following on from the ASME National conference with separate workshops for both  classroom and instrumental teachers!   $10 per workshop tuition reimbursement* for AUSTA members takes the cost to the same level as Dalcroze members!  More details and registration  here!

*To receive tuition reimbursement, AUSTA members need to register for 1 (or both!) workshops and pay in full to Dalcroze.  Upon completion of the course(s), submit a copy of your certificate(s)  to AUSTA WA (WAPresident@AUSTA.asn.au) with your bank account details and you will receive $10 back for each course completed.

AUSTA WA, UWA and Zenith Music present Baroque and folk violist, Katie Yap, in two workshops for VIOLISTS! 

Friday 28 June 2019, 6:30pm @ UWA: All styles masterclass, Baroque viola demonstration & discussion, and viola choir reading session for AMEB Grades 7 and above. This second evening brings a masterclass for more advanced viola players (AMEB Grades 7 and above) in a similar supportive environment. Unaccompanied pieces or excerpts from larger works welcome; there will be a piano available if you chose to perform with your own accompanist.  Bring your violas! There are participation activities for all players in addition to the masterclass, individual performances! Following all the performances, Katie will host a demonstration and in depth discussion of Baroque viola performance and we will end the evening with a viola choir reading session. Performance times for the masterclass will be governed by the number of participants; please list the piece title, composer and duration when registering as a participant.

This event is free to UWA faculty and students, but you must register before 22 June 2019.  Contact Pip White or AUSTA WA for the discount code.  AUSTA members can attend for as little as $10.  Check your email or contact AUSTA WA for the discount code.

AUSTA WA, UWA and Zenith Music present Baroque and folk violist, Katie Yap, in two workshops for VIOLISTS! 

Thursday 27 June 2019, 4:30-7pm @ Zenith Music, Claremont: All styles masterclass, Baroque viola demo and folk song learning for violists from (approx) AMEB Grades 3 and higher. You may bring any piece (or excerpt) up to 5 mins to perform for our supportive viola community and receive a mini lesson! Unaccompanied performances welcome and there will be a piano available if you chose to perform with your own accompanist.  Bring your violas! There are participation activities for all players in addition to the masterclass, individual performances! After all the performances, Katie will give a short promotional demonstration of Baroque viola practices and then lead all the attendees in learning a folk song using the traditional method of teaching (and learning) by ear.  AUSTA members can attend for as little as $5.  Check your email or contact AUSTA WA for the discount code.

A warm and welcoming performance opportunity for young string players of all standards, the AUSTA WA String Festival is an annual event of great acclaim.

Enter as an individual, duet, trio or quartet! 6 minutes maximum per performance. Book here:
Piano accompanists are provided free of charge. Martina Liegat-Wilson and Kathy Stanton will be the festival accompanists. You may also use your own accompanist, or play a piece that does not require piano accompaniment. Every performer receives a medal, certificate and written adjudication from Libby Browning or Kendra Smith.

We warmly welcome you to enter our String Festival and experience the joy of performing!

EARLY BIRD registration closes Fri 3 May.  Register now and save $5 per entry!

***AUSTA members receive a $30 reimbursement for attending!***

Ideal for: Classroom & Instrumental music teachers
Dates: 6 April & 5 October 2019
Location: Quintilian School, Mount Claremont, WA

What is Dalcroze?
The Dalcroze approach uses movement to provide a complete musicianship training. Its emphasis on expression and creativity is balanced by its ability to develop a deep understanding of musical language. It is a creative, rigorous and holistic approach to the study of music.

Enrol today at https://www.dalcroze.org.au/events

To receive your $30 reimbursement, after attending the workshop please send your receipt and certificate of completion to: WApresident@austa.asn.au

Come and play some string chamber music for an afternoon!  Open to string players of all ages, AMEB Gr 5+ (or Equivalent). Come as an individual player or as preformed groups, but do expect some “partner swapping!”. If you have a piece you’ve always wanted to play, bring it along or borrow a duo, trio or quartet from our selection to read through. Bring a plate to share and a friend or 2 or 3! Share the chamber music LOVE!

This is a free event, but please sign up on our Facebook event page so we have an estimate of numbers.  For more information, contact AUSTA WA .

Annual General Meeting / BBQ Sundowner

Time to gather our thoughts on what happened in AUSTA WA in 2018 and plan for next year.  Bring a friend who is thinking of getting more involved in our professional string community.  Let us know what activities you would like to see your Strings Association support, and vote in our officers for 2019.

Before and after the meeting, we’ll have a bring and buy table of sheet music, strings, and other instrument accessories.  If you have quality teaching materials or other useful items that are surplus to your needs, bring them along so they can find a new home.

Bring a starter, salad, or dessert and your own drink(s) and   AUSTA will provide meat and bread rolls for a BBQ. RSVP (on our FaceBook event page or to WAPresident@austa.asn.au) by 30 Sept to let us know you are coming and what you would like to bring.  James’ address and the meeting agenda will be sent to those who are coming.

I am looking forward to celebrating a year of hard work with you all!

CONTACT:

Helen Tuckey      helenvla@bigpond.net.au

Chris Norman & David Greenberg will lead a workshop that includes introduction to, discussion and practice in technique, learning by ear, music’s relationship with dance, movement & language and repertoire/tunes from 18th century through to now. The workshop session is suited for professional and community players of flute (metal or wooden), smallpipes and strings.

Registration via Trybooking.

CHRIS NORMAN & DAVID GREENBERG

21 October 2018, 4pm

Presented by Albany Entertainment Centre

Two of the most imaginative and dynamic international performers in traditional and early music join forces to present a program that runs the gamut of musical expression, including baroque, traditional and original music incorporating flutes, violins, pipes, and voice.

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Canada, these two extraordinary performers have played together as sparring partners for more than 20 years on the concert stage and in the recording studio.

In this program, Chris and David play music of 18th-century European stalwarts like Bach and Telemann, as well as wilder music of Scottish derived traditions. The special quality of their collaboration lies in their exuberant musical conversation played in consummate fluency of Baroque and Celtic genres. Their use of period instruments, which have a wider and more flexible palate of sounds, expands their expressive possibilities to a magical degree. Listeners are treated to the wild & driving sound of Cape Breton strathspeys & reels, the mystery of ancient Scottish airs, the intricate & mesmerizing journey of the border pipe repertoire, the lyrical & tender beauty of the baroque, humorous and tender ballads, soaring songs of the sea, and everything in between. Woven throughout all of it is the joy that lies at the heart of their long friendship and the music they play.

Tickets are available through the Albany Entertainment Center.

Music Improvisation: Learn how to create your own composition

Rupert Guenther

WHEN Sunday 21 Oct 2018  11:30am – 1:00pm

WHERE Albany Senior HS Performing Arts Centre

This is a new breakthrough method of classical music improvisation, which allows classical musicians to create mature, coherent improvised music as a legitimate part of their concert repertoire. It utilizes all the wonderful classical training and experience which classical players already have. By learning a few extra practical insights into the four basic parameters which are at the heart of all music over all the ages, it allows classical players to use all their classical training, experience, sensitivity, and nuance in their own concert improvisations, right from the start.

So no need to go back to being a beginner, no need to spend years learning the complicated theory of jazz before you can improvise!

This method allows classical musicians to improvise freely with great depth and meaning, creating their own works and even entire concert programs, giving wings to their own feelings, imagination and life experience, in much the same way that a painter creates pictures onto a blank canvas.

This workshop is designed for string players (please note minimum level is approx AMEB grade 3), but ANY instrumentalists are most welcome! Register NOW!

Tickets from $5/students and $10/adults

 *all concepts, text, course content, description, including the name Integrated Contemporary Performance are copyright  and remain the property of Flat-Out Artists Pty Ltd

Healing Stage Fright

Rupert Guenther

WHEN  Sunday 21 Oct 2018  9:30 – 11:00am

WHERE Albany Senior HS Performing Arts Centre

Stage fright is a big issue for some people, and a significant issue for many. If you do get nervous to the extent you can’t express yourself or share and enjoy what you really love about music in your performances, this workshop will enable you to begin to heal your fears around performing and regain your original inspiration for taking up music in the first place. You will learn practical on-the-spot approaches which will change your whole experience of playing in public and dissolve the old patterns which caused you to feel anxiety instead of joy. Includes specific take-home techniques and practical tools for on-stage use in even the most demanding performances*

The format will be like a masterclass. Rupert will work one on one with each string participant for 15 mins in front of an audience. Participants please note the focus will be to heal fear when playing in public, and it is not necessary to prepare full works for performance.

STRICTLY LIMITED Participant Bookings.

Register your interest to play before Friday 7th September by calling Festival Sponsor, Julie Parish, at the Classical Music Shop (08) 9842 6117. Preference will be given to string performers.  $15 Students / $20 Adults

 OBSERVERS ONLY  $5 Students / $10 Adults

*all concepts, text, course content, description, including the name Integrated Contemporary Performance are copyright and remain the property of Flat-Out Artists Pty Ltd

CHRIS NORMAN & DAVID GREENBERG

20 October 2018, 7:30pm

Two of the most imaginative and dynamic international performers in traditional and early music join forces to present a program that runs the gamut of musical expression, including baroque, traditional and original music incorporating flutes, violins, pipes, and voice.

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Canada, these two extraordinary performers have played together as sparring partners for more than 20 years on the concert stage and in the recording studio.

In this program, Chris and David play music of 18th-century European stalwarts like Bach and Telemann, as well as wilder music of Scottish derived traditions. The special quality of their collaboration lies in their exuberant musical conversation played in consummate fluency of Baroque and Celtic genres. Their use of period instruments, which have a wider and more flexible palate of sounds, expands their expressive possibilities to a magical degree. Listeners are treated to the wild & driving sound of Cape Breton strathspeys & reels, the mystery of ancient Scottish airs, the intricate & mesmerizing journey of the border pipe repertoire, the lyrical & tender beauty of the baroque, humorous and tender ballads, soaring songs of the sea, and everything in between. Woven throughout all of it is the joy that lies at the heart of their long friendship and the music they play.

Tickets are available through Trybooking.

The West Australian Music Teachers’ Association has been confirmed.

When:
Monday 3rd September— Friday 7th September (Novice- Grade 7)
Saturday 8th September —Sunday 9th September (Grade 8 and up)

Winners Concert: Sunday 16th September 3:30pm

Where: Zenith Music Auditorium 309 Stirling Highway, Claremont WA

Please click here for the Application Form, AMCOS Form and Rules & Regulations 

Why enter the competition?

The experience of performing in public builds confidence.
Each competitor receives a written report, which provides valuable advice for students entering examinations.
Winners have the opportunity to play in the Winners’ Concert.
Prizes and Certificates are evidence of achievement.
Participating competitions can be included and enhance your CV.