April 2 WAAPA

Early Morning Chamber Groups 9am, followed by 11am Junior, 1pm Intermediate, 2.45pm Advanced

Come and watch a session, or stay for the whole day. There will be a chance for brief discussion and Q & A at the end of each session. Discounted entry for AUSTA members. Enquiries: Louise Sandercock louise.sandercock@gmail.com

BOOKINGS and INFORMATION: https://www.trybooking.com/CGGDF

Based in Europe as a tenured Professor of Violin, Viola and Chamber music since 1990, Australian violinist Brian Finlayson was appointed Head of Strings at the Carinthian State Conservatorium in Klagenfurt, Austria in 2008 until his retirement in 2019. Brian was a keynote presenter at the AUSTA National Conference in Perth in 2018 and he has conducted masterclasses and workshops on several  previous visits to Perth, Melbourne and Albany. This is his fourth visit to Perth.

MELBOURNE STRING ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL
Sunday 21 May VENUE: Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School 

12.15pm Registration and warm-up for performing ensembles in set-up rooms.
Please BYO one music stand per player
1.00pm – 2.30pm Festival String Orchestra rehearsal.
Festival Music: TBC
Festival Conductor: Tim Veldman
2.30pm Afternoon tea
3.00pm – 4.00pm FESTIVAL CONCERT including all string ensembles who wish to perform an
item, plus the Festival String Orchestra.
Parents and guests invited – Gold coin donation

Request a registration form at – austavicstringorchfestival@gmail.com

Guest presenter LORETA FIN

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THURSDAY SESSION 2pm – 7pm

Developing your string program, Conducting, Confidence and Style, String Ensemble Repertoire

Bring your instrument and conductors baton, if you have one

THURSDAY NIGHT NETWORKING DINNER 7:30pm

FRIDAY SESSION 9am – 1pm

Year 3 String Program and interactive Group Teaching workshops

AUSTA ACT Masterclass

A Masterclass led by John Ma

Date & Time: Sunday 7^th May, 2.00 pm – 4:30 pm (AEST)

Venue: North Belconnen Uniting Church, Conley St, Melba ACT

Cost:

Participant: $50

Observers: AUSTA Member: $20,  Non Member: $40, Student: $15

Online Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/CHNWH

Contact: austaact@gmail.com

This Masterclass is suitable for senior string students, AMEB Grade 5 and above and all string teachers.

This Masterclass is a wonderful opportunity for senior string students and teachers to experience the wealth of expertise John Ma brings to interpreting Baroque repertoire. Working with selected individual students, John will guide their understanding and interpretation of some of the standard repertoire, often presented in exams and performances at this level.

John Ma

John Ma is a Violinist/Violist and Viola d’amore player specialising in Early Music. He has performed in various roles with groups around the world including Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (NL), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (UK), Academia Montis Regalis (IT), Bach Collegium Japan (JP), Musica Poetica (NL), Apollo Ensemble (NL), Fantasticus (NL), New Collegium (NL), Collegium 1704 (CZ), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra (FIN), B’Rock (BG), Trondheim Baroque Orchestra (NOR).

In Australia, John has appeared with groups such as Pinchgut Opera, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Haydn Ensemble, Australian Bach Akademie, Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Salut!, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, and Sinfonia Australis.

As a teacher and ensemble leader, he is keen to seek a balance between technique and exploration. A robust technique is meaningless if it does not form the basis for a playful exploration and communication with colleagues and audience.

John is an avid gamer, comic book reader, and tech-nerd. He retains an interest in scientific and mathematical developments and tries to stay up to date with the latest news and advances related to his previous studies. He is now based in Canberra where he has decades of learning the finer points of gardening and vegetable growing ahead of him.

AUSTA Members are invited to attend the Southeast Asia Music Academy (SEA Music Academy) Conference from 22nd June 2023 – 23 June 2023

The journey of the past few years has been one of adaptation and repair – and perhaps now we can take this resilience and the new skills garnered in reimagining boundaries of our art, our craft, and our industry. The Musicverse Conference of 2023 carries us into territories both familiar and uncharted, from music education to leading the world’s greatest musical team.

In approaching the Academy’s third anniversary, we also remind ourselves of the importance of community, bringing to you a talk on the Alexander Technique approach to practicing and performing, and an international leader in music therapy, as well as in building spaces for new conversations.

Reimagining Boundaries, Building Community: as we blaze trails anew, we do so hand in hand.

AUSTA Members are eligible for a 20% discount to this online conference! Full details of how to access the discount is HERE

Full conference information online HERE

All times are Singapore times. (2 hours behind AEST, same time as WA).

Paul McDermott Violin Scholarship 2023 – Sunday 18 June

Today young Victorian violinists are invited annually to apply for the scholarship that bears Paul McDermott’s name but few know the story behind the man and the scholarship.

The scholarship was created in 1980 by an anonymous local music lover and benefactor. Paul McDermott was chosen as the dedicatee for the scholarship as he was a much loved local violinist and conductor. He served as the chief conductor of the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra from 1960 – 1973 and was founder and president of the Australian Musicians’ Guild.

The guild was established in 1971 and gave regular concerts including Music in the Round which became a fixture in the musical life of Melbourne from 1972 to 1985. It involved a whole weekend of music at an historic venue such as Werribee Mansion or the Abbotsford Convent. This also became the perfect event to showcase the talents of the annual recipient of the Paul McDermott scholarship where they had the chance to play alongside professional Australian chamber musicians and international guests.

The Music in the Round concerts unfortunately came to an end when Paul McDermott died in 1985. Until that year he had continued to work tirelessly as both artistic director and a busy performer. The Australian Musicians’ Guild also folded in 1996 at which time the running of the scholarship was entrusted to AUSTA.

In recent years there have been two resurrections of Music in the Round, one by oboist Jeff Crellin at Monash University, and another for the 10 year anniversary of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation in 2014 directed by Chris Howlett. The legacy lives on with a prestigious award to add to any young violinist’s biography, a prize of $1500 to aid further study, and a public performance at an AUSTA event. Violinists that reside in Victoria and are younger than 15 years on July 1st 2021 are invited to apply for this year’s scholarship.

Bibliography: Cooke, Max. The Australian Musicians’ Guild [online]. Australian Journal of Music Education, No. 9, Oct 1971: 47-48.

Cost to enter: $35

More details to follow

We look forward to welcoming teachers and students of all levels. One piece only is to be performed for each ticket purchased. Beginner medleys may be approved on application. Chamber groups of up to 4 players are also welcome, and each student must play an individual part.  For the second year in a row, we will also offer an Adults Only performance session. Bring your spare change, as there will also be a sale of second-hand sheet music and music books, donations welcome. A discount code will be sent to current AUSTA members, for their use and for use by their students. Early Bird registrations close April 9. All registrations close May 14.

Festival Adjudicators: Joanna Drimatis, Daniel Schmitt &  Joan Wright

Accompanists: Katherine Stanton (south of river – contact via SMS 0401 138 876), Stephanie Nicholls (north of river – contact via email stephanienichollsmusic@gmail.com OR Book AUSTA Rehearsals with Stephanie Nicholls online here) 

BOOKINGS OPEN:  https://www.trybooking.com/CFSWI

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR ZENITH MUSIC

Date & Time: 30th July 2023 9.30am (9am registration) – 4.45pm

Venue: Genazzano FCJ College, 301 Cotham Road Kew

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CIVXH

Presenters include: Michael Loftus-Hills, John Quaine, Howard Penny, Helen Holt, Andrew Moon, Lizzy Welsh, Edwina Cordingley

AUSTA VIC is excited to announce an upcoming Pedagogy Day for string players and teachers. See below for details on session presenters, topics and a schedule of the day. These include an afternoon focus on Historically Informed Practices (HIP) and a Q and A session with Peter Fabian (viola). The event will be hosted in Kew at Genazzano FCJ College,
301 Cotham Road.

String departments and music schools are encouraged to share this event with their networks, particularly string teachers in the early years of their practice. Personally, I attended a similar event in 2017 one year after graduating from Uni. It was an accident that I attended, but boy am I glad I did as it introduced me to the world of professional development, learning from colleagues, networking and being inspired by all the different facets of our String community.

Keep an eye on the AUSTA VIC social media pages, as we will be posting the bios of all presenters in the coming months, as well as further information about the day.

AUSTA VIC looks forward to seeing you at this event.

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CIVXH 

Please see the timetable for the day below:

TECHNOLOGY for Musicianship and Creativity

ONLINE EVENT
SUNDAY AUG 27 2pm WA, 4pm AEST (and available later as a recording)
Do all the new music apps available make your head spin?

Have you wanted to incorporate some technology to your studio teaching but don’t know where to start?

This workshop will help you unleash the full potential of simple metronome apps, through beat makers/drum machines, and, finally, full looper pedals in your instrumental lessons.

These tools can help beginners find fun ways to internalize pulse, developing students keep interest in all those boring, repetitive scales and exercises, and advancing players to explore improvisation and composition.

Get ready to explore new dimensions in your students’ potential as we delve into ways to integrate these powerful apps and devices into your teaching toolbox.

AUSTA WA is honoured to present experienced WA violinist and teacher Ruth Klein Cook in this exciting online event, which will also be available later as a recording for all who register.

Link to book: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1098299

 

About Ruth Klein Cook:

American violinist Ruth Klein Cook is a charismatic and captivating presence on today’s music scene. Classically trained, she comfortably embraces various genres of music from jazz to pop to folk.  Seamlessly moving between musical genres and ensembles, you can find Ruth playing solo, leading the sFOURsando Chamber Ensemble, or as a member of the Perth Symphony Orchestra, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, and Australian Baroque.

As founding member of the Whitestone Duo, Ruth received a Chamber Music America Rural Residency Grant to live and teach in rural Kansas.  The violin/viola duo expanded into the Red River String Quartet, moved to Oklahoma and became the inaugural graduate quartet-in-residence partnering the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Baptist University.  Ruth performed in orchestras across the US before moving to Australia in 2011.

Committed to mentoring young players so they may find their own, unique voice, Ruth tutors privately and at the Hale School, coaches chamber music with the WA Chamber Music Program (WAYACHAMP), and is a sought after festival adjudicator.  She strongly believes that the young people today need to have opportunities in all genres of music. Ruth has served on the AUSTA WA Committee and is the immediate Past President of AUSTA WA.

Our string pedagogue for 2023 is Markiyan Melnychenko.
This masterclass is for students in Years 11 and 12
preparing for performance examinations. String
students and string chamber groups are invited
to apply. Year 11 IB performers are also welcome.
Performers will have a minimum of 20 minutes
each and more than one work may be presented.
Students need to bring their own accompanist for
works with piano. Performers must register for this
event. (See details below.) Register early to avoid
missing out! Registration opens on June 1.

Date&Time: Sunday August 13 2-5pm
Venue: Wren House, Burke Hall Xavier College, 2 Nolan Avenue
Fees: $40 per performer, one family
member free
Performers must register to receive a special
booking link
Registrations: Emily Cameron
austavicvcestringmasterclass@gmail.com
Observers: Members $20,
Non-members $30,
Concession $20

AUSTA NSW Double Bass Day

Sunday 17th September, 2.30 pm – 5.30pm

Santa Sabina College
90 The Boulevarde, Strathfield NSW

An afternoon of inspiration, workshops and masterclasses for double bass players.
Kees Boersma and Alex Henery from the Sydney Conservatorium and the Sydney Symphony lead the learning: Improve your playing … learn now!

Program (draft)
2.30 pm Technique Workshops
3.15 pm Masterclasses
4 pm Afternoon Tea Break
4.20 pm Double Bass Ensemble rehearsal
5 pm Final Performance(s)

ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE

AUSTA Q Professional Weekend

Incorporating Historically Informed Performance Practices into Modern String Teaching
with the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Saturday 16^th & Sunday 17 September 2023 (9.00am – 4.15pm)
Brisbane Boys’ College

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN HERE 

Register now for an incredible weekend with faculty of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra. Gain deeper insight into Historically Informed Performance concepts and stylistic approaches to Classical and Romantic era repertoire. The weekend will include String Masterclasses (Classical and Romantic – Solo and Chamber Music) with the ARCO faculty, and delegates will have the opportunity to play in a in a side-by-side string orchestra directed by Rachael Beesley. This invaluable weekend with ARCO is not to be missed!

Read more about ARCO here: https://www.arco.org.au

Photo by Robert Catto, @robertcattophotographer

Cost:

AUSTA Q Members
$80 single day
$150 both days

Non-Members
$150 single day
$290 both days

Students
$35 single day
$60 both days

Please bring your instruments both days.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN HERE  

AUSTA Q will again be offering individually catered lunch packs for a fee of $20 per person per day. The boxes include: Finger sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fresh fruit and mini sweet. Dietary options can include: Gluten Free, Vegan, and Vegetarian. Delegates are also welcome to bring their own packed lunch and snacks. AUSTA Q will encourage everyone to gather in an outdoor area during break times in order to facilitate our usual and important collegial chit chat. Please also be aware the venue has requested that food/drink not be consumed within the facilities.

If you have any questions or queries please email AUSTA Q Secretary Alex Chin at austaeventsqld@gmail.com

Professional Weekend Schedule:

Saturday 16 September

Sunday 17 September

The Side-by-Side String Orchestra repertoire will be:

ARCO Faculty:

• Rachael Beesley Director Orchestra/Violins
• Marlane Bennie Violin
• Stephen King Viola
• Anita Gluyas Cello
• Chloe Ann Williamson Double Bass
• Neal Peres Da Costa Presenter
• Nicole van Bruggen Presenter

AUSTA VIC is very excited to be presenting our ninth String Performers’ Festival – a welcoming, non-competitive performance opportunity for students. String students of all levels are welcome and all performers will receive written feedback and a medallion

Sunday September 10th.
9am – 2pm

Auburn South Primary School
419 Tooronga Road
Hawthorn East Vic

There will be five sessions on the day to choose from. A Festival Accompanist will be available for Preliminary – Grade 4 pieces on the day.

Session One: 9.00 am – 10.00 am – Festival Accompanist Available

Session Two: 10.00 am – 11.00 am – Festival Accompanist Available

Session Three: 11.00 am – 12.00 noon – Festival Accompanist Available

Session Four: 12.00 noon – 1.00 pm – Festival Accompanist Available

Session Five: 1.00 pm – 2.00 – pm – Festival Accompanist Available

Cost: $30 per performer / $15 per additional family performer

Senior players are always welcome to perform at the Festival, however the day tends towards beginner and middle level players.

Bookings now Open!

ONLINE BOOKINGS HERE

Download a flyer HERE

String Seminars at the King’s school 2023

Presented by Dr Goetz Richter, AM.
Goetz is Associate Professor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and President of the NSW chapter of AUSTA

Each seminar includes a masterclass with three performers, followed by a presentation and discussion focussing on the evening’s topic and any ideas arising from the masterclass. This interactive series is for players, teachers, and parents who want to improve their teaching and learning strategies, support their students, explore the playing of strings, and to share and learn about the journey of music teaching and playing.

1. Tuesday 8th August, 6:30pm- Foundations of String Playing – Streaming link will be sent on the day if selected. 

2. Tuesday 5th September, 6:30pm- Developing technique efficiently 

3. Tuesday 17th October, 6:30pm- Preparing for Performance 

4. Tuesday 14th November, 6:30pm Motivation and Practice 

The King’s School Music Department
87-129 Pennant Hills Road,
North Parramatta.

Enter via The King’s School Main Entrance on Pennant Hills Road.
Continue straight past first roundabout, then take slight left into the large carpark at the second roundabout. The Music School is the large grey building adjacent to the carpark. Walk around to the front for the entrance.

The Austa NSW String Festival gives young players the opportunity to perform in friendly, non-competitive and supportive environment. Participants are invited to play one piece either solo or with an accompanist to the best of their ability. Performers will play one by one in a small group with other players of a similar age and ability.

Unlike an eisteddfod there are no section winners and no first or second places. All participants will leave with a Certificate of Participation, a trophy and an adjudicators report. Each session is expected to take around 45-60 minutes. Hugely popular and successful event for Austa (NSW)… book early!

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Strings Association Limited (AUSTA) will be held on Thursday November 23 at 8.00 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time.

Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held online via Zoom on Thursday November 23 at 8:00 pm ADT.

Members who would like to participate should contact Emily AUSTA National Administrator) by email admin@austa.asn.au or phone 0439 885 754 for access to the relevant Zoom links.

The audited financial statements will be made available to members on the website prior to the meeting.

Read more HERE

An ENCORE screening of the AUSTA ACT Webinar: Shifting for Cello Players, What’s in it?

Presented by Megan Taylor

This webinar was recorded on 22/10/2022.

If you purchased tickets to the original webinar, no need to register again – you’ll be sent a link to watch the Encore recording.

The recording will be available to watch: Monday 6th November – Monday 13th November 2023.

Cost:

AUSTA Member: $10

Non Member: $15

REGISTER HERE 

Webinar details:

Mapping out a fingerboard is lifelong fun for cellists, including the travel between positions.

This workshop will be a forum where we discuss how to approach shifting from the earliest years of learning, right up what we do as professionals. We will look at how a good knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of shifting give us certainty and style, and how we provide a left hand base for the bow to operate on in an unencumbered way. What artistic and historical considerations do we consider to help us make choices about the mechanism and style we decide to use? What are all the mechanisms we use at different musical points? How do we organise the bow in relation to shifts?

What have anticipation, ground force, momentum and gravity to do with it? How do our bodies work? How does an understanding of anatomy help the specifics of shifting?

Megan Taylor

Megan Taylor was educated at the NSW Conservatorium of Music High School. beginning cello studies with John Painter.

After spending 1O years in London studying with Raphael Wallfisch and Stefan Popov, and working in a freelance capacity with many ensembles, Megan moved to Copenhagen to study with the European Suzuki Group, beginning a lifelong passion for learning about teaching. After returning to Sydney Megan worked with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and many touring groups such as the Royal Ballet and The Bolshoi Ballet orchestras. She undertook her Teacher Training for Alexander Technique in Sydney and began teaching Alexander Technique in Sydney including training other teachers at the Centre for Alexander Technique Studies. She taught cello at many schools in Sydney and ran many large workshops for cellists and study workshops for teachers with her colleague Pip Jackson (Philippa Harding).

Megan then moved to Canberra to undertake a B Mus (Perf) with Lois Simpson, graduating in 1994. She has been teaching both cello and Alexander in Canberra since then.

Megan has been a cello tutor at Youth Orchestras in Europe, Sydney and Canberra. She considers cello classes or tutorials essential for learning and developing the young cellist, given the highly specialised nature of the fingering system, patterns idiosyncratic for different composers, and the traditions and learning passed down through generations. That is the best fun!

AUSTA Q International Reading Day

Sunday, 5th November 9am-10:30am AEST
Online Zoom meeting

Registration: Online with trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/CMPLK 

AUSTA Q Invites you to the annual International Reading Day (online). This online event has been so well attended in year’s past that this year it will again be held online. We again invite members from all around the country to participate. Some of AUSTA Q’s most experienced ensemble directors will guide you through a selection of the latest works from the overseas publishers.
Presentations will be as follows:

Loreta Fin – Levels 0.5 to 1.5
Raquel Bastos – Levels 2 to 2.5
Bernadette Connolly – Levels 3 to 3.5
Stephen Chin – Level 4 and above

This is a great opportunity to finalise budgets, order new music for the beginning of 2024, or top up your PD hours.
Please register using the link above in order to secure your place in the Zoom meeting.

Registrations Essential and Close: Wednesday 1st November.
Ticketholders will be emailed on the Saturday 4th November with the ZOOM link.

Cost
Members: Free
Non-Members: $10.00

Instrumental Workshops for players, teachers and parents of all ages

Presented by Dr Goetz Richter, AM.

Goetz is Associate Professor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and President of the NSW Chapter of AUSTA

To access your FREE AUSTA MEMBER LIVE STREAM access to these workshops, visit the MEMBERS ONLY SECTION HERE.

Saturday 4th November, 2:00 – 3:30pm: Motivation and Practice….. really… do I have to?

This workshop explores an interactive dialogue about a mysterious topic: individual practice! Why do we do it? Is it necessary? Why do teachers insist on it? Could we enjoy it? Is it effective and if so why and how?Pedagogy insists that it is a game changer- Carl Flesch famously says that 80% of students’ challenges would be met if students only practiced properly. Fritz Kreisler thinks practice can be dangerous and too much can be bad for you. Students find it hard to figure it out consistently. So, what needs to go on in practice to make it work? Goetz will explore this topic as comprehensively as possible in dialogue with students and teachers. Students: please bring instruments and prepare some music (half a page) of something that you find boring or impossible…. I want us to end up with something very useful and immediately productive in response. No one will leave without ideas for improvement … money back guarantee…

Saturday 4th November, 3:45 – 5:15pm: Developing Technique Efficiently

So, what then is Technique? We are supposed to have a good one. But when we invoke “technique” it does rather sound like we are supposed to be robots that produce stuff quickly and efficiently, flamboyantly and successfully. What is the point of that when music is human and all about feeling?

In this workshop I want to introduce a concept of technique as condition and fitness (rather like sports…) and suggest that our aim is to play (not produce). If technique, actually, is our fitness to play we might need to learn it in a quite specific way, think about it with particular awareness (as condition, rather than tool) and consider in turn more carefully why playing is disrupted and our (analytic) consciousness might interfere when we think of ourselves as producing performance. (PS. For those wondering whether this is rather abstract… there will be plenty of examples of useful and quick exercises for players to wake up and get attention flying…for all instruments, including erhu and ukele…)

From New England Conservatorium of Music, Armidale, NSW

Free Attendance for AUSTA Members on Zoom

To access your FREE AUSTA MEMBER LIVE STREAM access to these workshops, visit the MEMBERS ONLY SECTION HERE.

AUSTA ACT Pedagogy Day

Passionate about string teaching? Join us for the AUSTA ACT String Pedagogy Day.
Meet other string teachers in our region and make lifelong supportive connections and partnerships.

We will begin with a forum comparing the differences and particular needs of upper and lower strings: particularly useful if you conduct young players in string orchestras.
After a short break we will split up into upper and lower strings to explore ideas and approaches to skill building, and troubleshoot difficulties we all experience. Join us for an inspiring and informative afternoon!

Date: Sunday, 25 February 2024
Time: 2.00-4.30pm
Venue: Orana Steiner School,
Unwin Street Weston

Cost:
AUSTA Members: $20.00
Non Member: $30.00
Student: $10.00

Register online HERE.

AUSTA WA Zoom Presentation: Ensemble Success with Jade Martin – Part 2

Sunday 25 February 2024

Please note UPDATED TIMES below.

1pm WA
4pm AEDT
3pm QLD
3.30pm SA
2.30pm NT

Explore key elements that contribute to the successful running of a string ensemble, with something for every ensemble director – how to motivate students, plan for effective rehearsals, encourage good aural and music reading skills and tricks to keep things moving! Jade is excited to share this jam-packed presentation with other passionate string teachers and encourage us to create an exciting year of ‘Ensemble Success’!

Bookings at:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1171558

AUSTA Member $10
Non-member $25

This webinar will be recorded and available as an Encore Presentation at a later date. 

AUSTA VIC 2024 Reading Afternoon & AGM

Get 2024 off to a musical start by reading through a collection of new music for string orchestra. Take part in our Annual General Meeting, enjoy refreshments and catch up with colleagues!

BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN – CLICK HERE TO BOOK.
We prefer bookings so that we can cater appropriately and plan for the correct number of people. You can pay on the day, but please book if you can.

Sunday 11 February 2024: 1 – 4:30pm

Lauriston Girls’ School, Irving Hall
38 Huntingtower Rd,
ARMADALE VIC 3122

Cost: Members – $20, Non members – $45, Concession – $25

How to get there: 
We will be playing in Irving Hall, which is best accessed from Huntingtower Rd.
Look for the Orange AUSTA signs
If driving, we have access to the Huntingtower Road above-ground car park.
The closest public transport is Armadale Station and trams along Malvern Rd. High Street & Glenferrie Rd.

Chairs & stands provided but please bring a Keep Cup! 

PD certificates can be collected on the day upon registration.

The AUSTA VIC AGM will take place at 2.30pm just before afternoon tea. Wine and cheese will be served at the conclusion of the day.

Bring along any excess music you have and give it away on the day. Find that piano part you are missing, or track down that piece that you remember so well! Share with your colleagues and find that hidden gem!

We look forward to seeing you on the day!

Enquiries: Andrew Schellhorn 0449 766 632

AUSTA Q Annual Reading Day & AGM
When: Sunday, 4th Feburary 9am-1pm AEST
Where: BBC College Hall
Registration: Trybooking click here 
Registration is essential and must close Wednesday 31st January 2024.

AUSTA Q’s hugely popular Reading Day is on again in 2024 ready to take you into the new year. We look forward to welcoming as many pedagogues as possible to this event. While the reading day will have a local focus, a few of the best shortlisted pieces from the International reading day from 2023 will be included. The short AGM will follow the reading day at 12pm. Then we invite you all to catch up with colleagues and friends over lunch kindly supplied by Music Fest.

Sunday, 4 February 2024 – 8:30am for 9am Start.  Feel free to join us for tea and coffee before we start playing. Bring your instruments!

Venue:
Brisbane Boys’ College
College Hall.
Kensington Terrace
Toowong, QLD 4066

Contact Details:
austaeventsqld@gmail.com

Registrations Essential and Close: Wednesday 31st January.

Cost
Members: Free
Non-Members: $40.00

AUSTA MEMBER SPECIAL OFFER! 

Check your email for the free zoom link for members only.
Free 45 minute Introductory Zoom Seminar – Sun 24th March

A new concept in string teaching, Enchanted Quest is an adventure game for teachers of violin and viola to share with their primary school students of any level of ability via the web based game.

enchantedquest.net

Enchanted Quest offers each student a unique pathway to skill development with a focus on

• Posture
• Coordination
• Left hand technique
• Competent use of the bow
• Physical and mental stamina
• Flexible thinking
• Self-reflection
• Expression

So, if you have students who need help to play scales, practise mindfully, know what ‘success’ looks like or just dig a little deeper, then why not take them on a magical journey through an enchanted forest in search of the BOOK OF SPELLS?

For more information please contact Enchanted Quest directly: info@enchantedquest.net