Christmas Dinner

AUSTA members are invited to join us for dinner at Ian & Gillian Graham’s.

6 December 2018

7.30pm

Bring a meal to share.

RSVP katrina_vesala@hotmail.com
and let her know what you would like to bring.
Salad, casserole, dessert.

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

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.

Book your tickets here

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.

AUSTA 2018 – Basically Baroque Flyer

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.

AUSTA 2018 – ACT Reading Day

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

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.