AUSTA VIC presents

2022 String Performers Festival

After a difficult 2020-21, we are very excited to be presenting our eighth 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, 11th September 2022

9am – 2pm

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 – 10.00am   Festival Accompanist Available
      • Session Two:              10.00 – 11.00am Festival Accompanist Available
      • Session Three:            11.00– 12.00pm  Festival Accompanist Available
      • Session Four:              12.00 – 1.00pm   Festival Accompanist Available
      • Session Five:               1.00 – 2.00pm     Unaccompanied or BYO accompanist

Cost: $20 per performer / $10 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 are now open and can be made here: https://www.trybooking.com/CAYXJ

For any queries, please contact Hamish Paterson – austavicpresident@outlook.com

A pedagogy workshop led by:

John Ma

Date & Time:

Sunday 30^th October, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm (AEST)

Venue:

Holy Covenant Church,

89 Dexter St, Cook ACT

Cost:

AUSTA Member: $20

Non Member: $40

Student: $15

Trybooking:

https://www.trybooking.com/CCOQB

Contact:

austaact@gmail.com

Workshop is suitable for all bowed string instruments

BYO Instrument and stand

Early Music for Teachers

Over the last few centuries, the norms and aesthetics of Art, Architecture, Society, and Language have changed quite significantly. It would be considered strange to view and literally interpret the works of the past with the expectations of the present with little consideration for the time and place in which they were created. The same is true for Music.

The beginnings of Historically Informed Performance Practice in the 20th century were dominated by the rediscovery of contemporary manuscripts and treatises that cast new light on the interpretation of blobs on a page. The replacement of “traditional modern” ways of interpretation meant that new norms had to be established. Unfortunately, this has led to the perception that Early Music is a strict rules-based method of interpretation and that the contemporary treatises are the end-point of Performance Practice.

Another approach to Early Music suggests that ideas and concepts learnt from treatises and manuscripts are only the beginning of a journey. They serve to inform our basic musical intuition; a home base of academic knowledge to inform our understanding of music. From a solid foundation of historical understanding, we are then free to explore individual expression within this new framework.

In this workshop, John introduces the idea that Baroque and Classical Music are as expressive as later forms of music when viewed through the lens of Early Music. The idea that much of the interpretative treatises only attempt to codify intuitive patterns of human experience, emotions, and patterns of interaction.

This will be followed by a practical workshop on three AMEB Baroque pieces which we will explore and interpret through an Early Music lens. Suitable for all stringed instruments. Please bring your instrument and a music stand.

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.

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

A pedagogy workshop led by:

Megan Taylor

ARCM, CATTS, AUSTAT, BMUS (Perf) ANU

Date & Time:

Saturday 22^nd October 2022, 4pm – 5pm (AEST)

Venue:

Online

Cost:

AUSTA Member: $10

Non Member: $15

Trybooking:

https://www.trybooking.com/CCOPV

Contact:

austaact@gmail.com

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!

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

EMERGING STRING TEACHER’S DRINKS AND DISCUSSION

An opportunity for emerging string teachers to wind down from 2022. Connect and share ideas with more experienced string teachers over pizza and drinks. A raffle on the night will also include a year’s free membership with AUSTA among the prizes.

Wednesday 30th November 2022 at 5pm.
LOCATION
Sarah Sands Hotel (upstairs)
29 Sydney Road, Brunswick

Venue is accesible via:

No. 19 Tram – stop No. 19 – app. 20 mins from Flinders St

Jewell station on the Upfield line – app. 5 mins walk from the station

Street parking is available – we strongly suggest the east side of Brunswick Rd

Enter on Sydney Rd – straight up the stairs

CONTACT DETAILS

Hamish Paterson

austavicpresident@outlook.com

Ticket price for emerging teachers – $5 entry

Booking link – https://www.trybooking.com/CDJCI

Please book early to avoid missing out.

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

Fintan Murphy will present a series of six evening classes on Violin Pedagogy in Term 4.

With sessions focusing on Left Hand set-up, Intonation, Shifting and Fingerboard geography, Scales, Double Stops and Vibrato, the class size is limited to ensure active engagement by participants. This is a wonderful PD opportunity for both developing and established string teachers.

Held on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7.00-9.00pm, the series of six classes commences on October 6 and together cost only $200. Presented in association with AUSTA, the classes will be held at St Kevin’s College, Toorak, with easy access to the Heyington train station.

For further information and to enrol, contact Lachlan Harris at lachlanfharris@gmail.com

Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQYZB35

Fintan Murphy

After studying with Nathan Gutman in Melbourne, Fintan completed further study in Cologne with Helfried Fister, Christoph Poppen and the Amadeus quartet. He completed his Masters degree with Robert Gerle in Washington, D.C. A member of the Melbourne Symphony for many years, Fintan now performs as a recitalist and chamber musician.

AUSTA VIC 2023 Reading Day

Get 2023 off to a musical start by reading through a collection of new music for string orchestra.

Sunday 12 February 2023: 1 – 4:30pm

VENUE: Overnewton College – Yirramboi Campus

2/50 Overnewton Rd, Keilor

Cost: Members – $15, Non-members – $40, Concession – $20

As well as reading through new string music, take part in our Annual General Meeting and catch up with colleagues over wine and nibbles after!

Bookings open on January 22 here: https://www.trybooking.com/CFGMK

PD certificates can be collected on the day upon registration.

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

BOOK NOW trybooking.com

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