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09sep12:00 AM11:59 PMAUSTA Concerto Day
Event Details
AUSTA Concerto Day
Sunday 9th September
Canberra Girls Grammar School Music Centre
Rehearsals from 9.30am
Concert at 3.30pm
$25.00 for students
more
Event Details
AUSTA Concerto Day
Sunday 9th September
Canberra Girls Grammar School Music Centre
Rehearsals from 9.30am
Concert at 3.30pm
$25.00 for students of AUSTA members
$35 for all other applicants
For further details please see attached flyer.
AUSTA 2018 – Concerto Day Flyer
Time
(Sunday) 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar Music Centre
48 Melbourne Ave, Deakin ACT 2600
Organizer
Louise Butlerlouise.butler@optusnet.com.au, 02 6251 6195
august 2018
Basically Baroque, Playing it & Living it
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Canberra Girls Grammar Music Centre
- 48 Melbourne Ave, Deakin ACT 2600
12aug1:30 PM5:00 PMBasically Baroque, Playing it & Living it
Event Details
Come and join us for a fascinating afternoon where Tim Blomfield will explain how to make all those
more
Event Details
Come and join us for a fascinating afternoon where Tim Blomfield will explain how to make all those Baroque pieces sound more Baroque. He will explain Baroque bowing techniques, demystify Baroque ornamentation, explain all those dance movements and show us how to make Baroque accompaniments sound authentic.
BYO modern instrument and your students Gr 4 and above
Adults $50 / Concession $40
Recieve a FREE! ticket to the Salut! Baroque Concert on Friday 10th August (usually $43)
with purchase of workshop ticket.
TIM BLOMFIELD is a leading Australian baroque cellist and Australia’s foremost proponent of the bass violin. As a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium (studying modern cello with Colleen McMeekin & Nathan Waks) and the Royal Conservatorium, The Hague (studying baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden), he has accrued thirty-five years’ baroque performing and teaching experience.
A frequent visitor to Canberra, Tim is a founding Artistic Director of the 23 years old Salut! Baroque ensemble, which gives annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney. Salut! Baroque www.baroque.com.au has released 9 CDs for various labels including ABC Classic FM, ArtWorks, Walsingham Classics and its own label, Salut!. His other more recent venture, Cellissimo, is a gut-strung cello duo with (baroque) cellist Belinda Manwaring. Cellissimoperforms regularly on the Gold Coast, in the Queensland granite belt, in Sydney and the Southern Highlands. The highlight to date was a performance, in 2016, in Paris at L’Oratoire du Louvre. Working at Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart since 1999, Tim is cello teacher, string ensemble and orchestra conductor, and practical performance, composition and musicology consultant for HSC students. He also maintains a successful private teaching studio.
For further details see the attached flyer.
Time
(Sunday) 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar Music Centre
48 Melbourne Ave, Deakin ACT 2600
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
04aug1:30 PM4:00 PMAUSTA ACT Reading Day
Event Details
AUSTA ACT Reading Day
Come along to our annual Reading Day to choose new
more
Event Details
AUSTA ACT Reading Day
Come along to our annual Reading Day to choose new music for your String Ensembles and network with your peers.
We will be reading through the latest releases from Australian and International composers and publishers.
Bring your instrument.
Cost: Members free
Please see the flyer for all details.
Time
(Saturday) 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Radford College Performing Arts Centre
College Street Bruce
Organizer
Louise Butlerlouise.butler@optusnet.com.au, 02 6251 6195
june 2018
03jun9:00 AM5:00 PMCanberra String Festival - Sunday
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
9:00am Section 204 Competitive AMEB Grade 4 – Time limit 4 mins
9:35am Section 205 Competitive AMEB Grade 5 – Time limit 6 mins
10:35am
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Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
- 9:00am Section 204 Competitive AMEB Grade 4 – Time limit 4 mins
- 9:35am Section 205 Competitive AMEB Grade 5 – Time limit 6 mins
- 10:35am Section 206 Competitive AMEB Grade 6 – Time limit 7 mins
- 11:35am Section 501 Yrs 6 & under Competitive Concerto movement – Time limit 5 mins
- 1:30pm Section 105 Non-competitive – School Yr 5 – Time limit 6 mins
- 2:40pm Section 106 Non-competitive – School Yr 6 – Time limit 7 mins
- 3:20pm Section 107 Non-competitive – School Yrs 7-12 – Time limit 8 mins
For more details visit the Canberra String Festival website
Time
(Sunday) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
02jun12:00 PM9:30 PMCanberra String Festival - Saturday
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
12:30pm Section 102 Non-competitive – School Yrs 2 and under – Time limit 3 mins
1:30pm Section 103 Non-competitive – School Yr 3 – Time limit 4 mins
more
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
- 12:30pm Section 102 Non-competitive – School Yrs 2 and under – Time limit 3 mins
- 1:30pm Section 103 Non-competitive – School Yr 3 – Time limit 4 mins
- 2:10pm Section 104 Non-competitive – School Yr 4 – Time limit 5 mins
- 3:40pm Section 202 Competitive AMEB Grade 2 – Time limit 3 mins
- 4:10pm Section 203 Competitive AMEB Grade 3 – Time limit 4 mins
- 5:00pm Section 207 Competitive AMEB Grade 7 – Time limit 7 mins
- 7:30pm Section 208 Competitive AMEB Grade 8 and up – Time limit 10 mins
- 8:30pm Section 502 School Yrs 7-12 Competitive Concerto movement – Time limit 14 mins
Visit the Canberra String Festival website for more details.
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
march 2018
24mar2:00 PM4:00 PMTo bounce or not to bounce, that is the question!
Time
(Saturday) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
november 2017
19nov10:30 AM2:30 PMLoreta Fin Book Launch and Workshop
Event Details
Sunday 19th November
10.30-12.00pm - Session 1: Book Launch –
Free!!
Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT! We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
more
Event Details
Sunday 19th November
10.30-12.00pm – Session 1: Book Launch –
Free!!
Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT! We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
Books & orchestral scores available for purchase on the day!!
1.00-2.30pm – Session 2
Members: $15.00
Non-Members: $30.00
Loreta Fin – Technical Work – the SUPERFOOD of MUSIC – Violin & Violas
Christine Wang – Video Session- 3D Approach to teaching
Cello Technique patterns
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar – Music Department Melbourne Avenue Deakin
Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=325885
Contact: louise.butler@optusnet.com.au
Loreta Fin
Loreta Fin studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has since performed regularly in chamber music and has been Principal Viola player with the Queensland Pops Orchestra for over 25 years. During this time, Loreta has worked with some of the world’s most renowned artists and entertainers. She has held the position of Director of Strings and Instrumental Music at Somerville House School in Brisbane, since 1993. Loreta teaches from Year 3 to Year 12 and her ensembles have gained almost 30 Platinum Awards in competitions over the last 10 years. An experienced and passionate educator, Loreta has presented at several Australian National Music Conferences, as well as two American National String Teachers’ Conferences.
Loreta Fin – Book Launch
Session 1: Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT!
We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
A hands-on workshop, demonstrating ideas on how to get beginner students playing quickly and easily, within a group or one-on-one situation. The presenter believes: “all children have an innate love of music, but if we can teach them to use their brain in a way which is both engaging and educational, rather than just have them sing or play along to a CD, then we are helping to create the next generation of thinking, feeling human beings”.
The presenter will share the method with which she gets a class of over 60 beginner string students to succeed, year after year. The program is student–centred, age-appropriate, and organised in a way that builds on prior knowledge to effect lasting skills. It also aligns with the new Instrumental Music Curriculum’s 10 levels of achievement and the Australian Curriculum. Bring your instrument.
Session 2: Technical Work –
The SUPERFOOD of MUSIC
Teaching Technique is teaching the skills needed to play better, whether it be Tennis, Swimming, Gymnastics, or playing a musical instrument. If we can get students to understand this concept, that is great. If we can simplify it and minimise it, EVEN BETTER!
With an emphasis on metacognition (students understanding how they learn) success is achievable – and not just those with high levels of musical aptitude. Students who are able to transfer and integrate knowledge in this way are ensured of acquiring strong and secure skills and understandings. Using simple, clear patterns, the presenter will demonstrate how simplifying technique makes for faster learning of scales, arpeggios, pieces and theory. A free handout, which can be copied and shared, will be available. Bring your instrument.
Christine Wang
Christine Wang, Principal Cellist, Qld Pops Orchestra, Freelance Cellist and Teacher, Ameb Examiner.
Video Session –
3D approach to teaching Cello Technique patterns
Christine will explain her “3D approach” to teaching Cello Technique patterns.
They assist with perfecting intonation, based on Janos Starker’s work in “An Organised Method”.
Time
(Sunday) 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location
pin Canberra Girls Grammar – Music Department Melbourne Avenue Deakin
september 2018
09sep12:00 AM11:59 PMAUSTA Concerto Day
Event Details
AUSTA Concerto Day Sunday 9th September Canberra Girls Grammar School Music Centre Rehearsals from 9.30am Concert at 3.30pm $25.00 for students
more
Event Details
AUSTA Concerto Day
Sunday 9th September
Canberra Girls Grammar School Music Centre
Rehearsals from 9.30am
Concert at 3.30pm
$25.00 for students of AUSTA members
$35 for all other applicants
For further details please see attached flyer.
AUSTA 2018 – Concerto Day Flyer
Time
(Sunday) 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar Music Centre
48 Melbourne Ave, Deakin ACT 2600
Organizer
Louise Butlerlouise.butler@optusnet.com.au, 02 6251 6195
august 2018
12aug1:30 PM5:00 PMBasically Baroque, Playing it & Living it
Event Details
Come and join us for a fascinating afternoon where Tim Blomfield will explain how to make all those
more
Event Details
Come and join us for a fascinating afternoon where Tim Blomfield will explain how to make all those Baroque pieces sound more Baroque. He will explain Baroque bowing techniques, demystify Baroque ornamentation, explain all those dance movements and show us how to make Baroque accompaniments sound authentic.
BYO modern instrument and your students Gr 4 and above
Adults $50 / Concession $40
Recieve a FREE! ticket to the Salut! Baroque Concert on Friday 10th August (usually $43)
with purchase of workshop ticket.
TIM BLOMFIELD is a leading Australian baroque cellist and Australia’s foremost proponent of the bass violin. As a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium (studying modern cello with Colleen McMeekin & Nathan Waks) and the Royal Conservatorium, The Hague (studying baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden), he has accrued thirty-five years’ baroque performing and teaching experience.
A frequent visitor to Canberra, Tim is a founding Artistic Director of the 23 years old Salut! Baroque ensemble, which gives annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney. Salut! Baroque www.baroque.com.au has released 9 CDs for various labels including ABC Classic FM, ArtWorks, Walsingham Classics and its own label, Salut!. His other more recent venture, Cellissimo, is a gut-strung cello duo with (baroque) cellist Belinda Manwaring. Cellissimoperforms regularly on the Gold Coast, in the Queensland granite belt, in Sydney and the Southern Highlands. The highlight to date was a performance, in 2016, in Paris at L’Oratoire du Louvre. Working at Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart since 1999, Tim is cello teacher, string ensemble and orchestra conductor, and practical performance, composition and musicology consultant for HSC students. He also maintains a successful private teaching studio.
For further details see the attached flyer.
Time
(Sunday) 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar Music Centre
48 Melbourne Ave, Deakin ACT 2600
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
04aug1:30 PM4:00 PMAUSTA ACT Reading Day
Event Details
AUSTA ACT Reading Day Come along to our annual Reading Day to choose new
more
Event Details
AUSTA ACT Reading Day
Come along to our annual Reading Day to choose new music for your String Ensembles and network with your peers.
We will be reading through the latest releases from Australian and International composers and publishers.
Bring your instrument.
Cost: Members free
Please see the flyer for all details.
Time
(Saturday) 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Radford College Performing Arts Centre
College Street Bruce
Organizer
Louise Butlerlouise.butler@optusnet.com.au, 02 6251 6195
june 2018
03jun9:00 AM5:00 PMCanberra String Festival - Sunday
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival 9:00am Section 204 Competitive AMEB Grade 4 – Time limit 4 mins 9:35am Section 205 Competitive AMEB Grade 5 – Time limit 6 mins 10:35am
more
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
- 9:00am Section 204 Competitive AMEB Grade 4 – Time limit 4 mins
- 9:35am Section 205 Competitive AMEB Grade 5 – Time limit 6 mins
- 10:35am Section 206 Competitive AMEB Grade 6 – Time limit 7 mins
- 11:35am Section 501 Yrs 6 & under Competitive Concerto movement – Time limit 5 mins
- 1:30pm Section 105 Non-competitive – School Yr 5 – Time limit 6 mins
- 2:40pm Section 106 Non-competitive – School Yr 6 – Time limit 7 mins
- 3:20pm Section 107 Non-competitive – School Yrs 7-12 – Time limit 8 mins
For more details visit the Canberra String Festival website
Time
(Sunday) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
02jun12:00 PM9:30 PMCanberra String Festival - Saturday
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival 12:30pm Section 102 Non-competitive – School Yrs 2 and under – Time limit 3 mins 1:30pm Section 103 Non-competitive – School Yr 3 – Time limit 4 mins
more
Event Details
2018 Canberra String Festival
- 12:30pm Section 102 Non-competitive – School Yrs 2 and under – Time limit 3 mins
- 1:30pm Section 103 Non-competitive – School Yr 3 – Time limit 4 mins
- 2:10pm Section 104 Non-competitive – School Yr 4 – Time limit 5 mins
- 3:40pm Section 202 Competitive AMEB Grade 2 – Time limit 3 mins
- 4:10pm Section 203 Competitive AMEB Grade 3 – Time limit 4 mins
- 5:00pm Section 207 Competitive AMEB Grade 7 – Time limit 7 mins
- 7:30pm Section 208 Competitive AMEB Grade 8 and up – Time limit 10 mins
- 8:30pm Section 502 School Yrs 7-12 Competitive Concerto movement – Time limit 14 mins
Visit the Canberra String Festival website for more details.
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
march 2018
24mar2:00 PM4:00 PMTo bounce or not to bounce, that is the question!
Time
(Saturday) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Canberra Girls Grammar
Organizer
AUSTA ACT
november 2017
19nov10:30 AM2:30 PMLoreta Fin Book Launch and Workshop
Event Details
Sunday 19th November 10.30-12.00pm - Session 1: Book Launch – Free!! Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT! We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
more
Event Details
Sunday 19th November
10.30-12.00pm – Session 1: Book Launch –
Free!!
Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT! We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
Books & orchestral scores available for purchase on the day!!
1.00-2.30pm – Session 2
Members: $15.00
Non-Members: $30.00
Loreta Fin – Technical Work – the SUPERFOOD of MUSIC – Violin & Violas
Christine Wang – Video Session- 3D Approach to teaching
Cello Technique patterns
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar – Music Department Melbourne Avenue Deakin
Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=325885
Contact: louise.butler@optusnet.com.au
Loreta Fin
Loreta Fin studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has since performed regularly in chamber music and has been Principal Viola player with the Queensland Pops Orchestra for over 25 years. During this time, Loreta has worked with some of the world’s most renowned artists and entertainers. She has held the position of Director of Strings and Instrumental Music at Somerville House School in Brisbane, since 1993. Loreta teaches from Year 3 to Year 12 and her ensembles have gained almost 30 Platinum Awards in competitions over the last 10 years. An experienced and passionate educator, Loreta has presented at several Australian National Music Conferences, as well as two American National String Teachers’ Conferences.
Loreta Fin – Book Launch
Session 1: Hear it, See it, Feel it, PLAY IT!
We are MUSICIANS from Day One!
A hands-on workshop, demonstrating ideas on how to get beginner students playing quickly and easily, within a group or one-on-one situation. The presenter believes: “all children have an innate love of music, but if we can teach them to use their brain in a way which is both engaging and educational, rather than just have them sing or play along to a CD, then we are helping to create the next generation of thinking, feeling human beings”.
The presenter will share the method with which she gets a class of over 60 beginner string students to succeed, year after year. The program is student–centred, age-appropriate, and organised in a way that builds on prior knowledge to effect lasting skills. It also aligns with the new Instrumental Music Curriculum’s 10 levels of achievement and the Australian Curriculum. Bring your instrument.
Session 2: Technical Work –
The SUPERFOOD of MUSIC
Teaching Technique is teaching the skills needed to play better, whether it be Tennis, Swimming, Gymnastics, or playing a musical instrument. If we can get students to understand this concept, that is great. If we can simplify it and minimise it, EVEN BETTER!
With an emphasis on metacognition (students understanding how they learn) success is achievable – and not just those with high levels of musical aptitude. Students who are able to transfer and integrate knowledge in this way are ensured of acquiring strong and secure skills and understandings. Using simple, clear patterns, the presenter will demonstrate how simplifying technique makes for faster learning of scales, arpeggios, pieces and theory. A free handout, which can be copied and shared, will be available. Bring your instrument.
Christine Wang
Christine Wang, Principal Cellist, Qld Pops Orchestra, Freelance Cellist and Teacher, Ameb Examiner.
Video Session –
3D approach to teaching Cello Technique patterns
Christine will explain her “3D approach” to teaching Cello Technique patterns.
They assist with perfecting intonation, based on Janos Starker’s work in “An Organised Method”.
Time
(Sunday) 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location
pin Canberra Girls Grammar – Music Department Melbourne Avenue Deakin