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November 2025
31oct(oct 31)5:00 PM02nov(nov 2)5:00 PMAUSTA NQ - Celebration of Strings 2025
Event Details
The ‘AUSTA NQ Celebration of Strings’ Festival is an annual workshop which brings together hundreds of the string players from primary schools in the Townsville region for a great concert
Event Details
The ‘AUSTA NQ Celebration of Strings’ Festival is an annual workshop which brings together hundreds of the string players from primary schools in the Townsville region for a great concert celebrating the fun of string playing. For to students up to year 8, in five massive orchestras, our concert promises to be a hit, especially for an auditorium full of adoring family and friends.
Come and enjoy the fun and festivity as these keen string players strut their stuff on the big stage.
Time
31/10/2025 5:00 PM - 02/11/2025 5:00 PM(GMT+00:00)
Location
Annandale Christian College
Organizer
Register now for the AUSTA Q Bundaberg Strings Festival. Full details and register here:
https://www.trybooking.com/DGKYW
Entry Fee
$15 (incl. GST) + try booking fees (50c)
Please note, entries must close Tuesday 28th October 2025.
No matter whether your child is a beginner or more advanced (and some will have just learnt to play open strings!) AUSTA Q String Festival offers them the opportunity to perform a solo accompanied by a professional accompanist in front of a small, supportive audience of family, friends and peers. They will receive a constructive, encouraging adjudication report from one of AUSTA’s many teachers.
St Luke’s Anglican College
Mezger St
Kalkie QLD 4670
01nov9:00 AM2:00 PMAUSTA Q Bundaberg Strings Festival
Event Details
Register now for the AUSTA Q Bundaberg Strings Festival. Full details and register here: https://www.trybooking.com/DGKYW Entry Fee $15 (incl. GST) + try booking fees (50c) Please note,
Event Details
Register now for the AUSTA Q Bundaberg Strings Festival. Full details and register here:
https://www.trybooking.com/DGKYW
Entry Fee
$15 (incl. GST) + try booking fees (50c)
Please note, entries must close Tuesday 28th October 2025.
No matter whether your child is a beginner or more advanced (and some will have just learnt to play open strings!) AUSTA Q String Festival offers them the opportunity to perform a solo accompanied by a professional accompanist in front of a small, supportive audience of family, friends and peers. They will receive a constructive, encouraging adjudication report from one of AUSTA’s many teachers.
St Luke’s Anglican College
Mezger St
Kalkie QLD 4670
Time
01/11/2025 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM(GMT+00:00)
09nov12:00 AM12:00 AMAUSTA Q International Reading DayOnline via zoom!
Event Details
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER – AUSTA Q International Reading Day on Zoom Registration and Full information here. A selection of AUSTA Q’s most experienced ensembles directors will guide you through a selection
Event Details
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER – AUSTA Q International Reading Day on Zoom
Registration and Full information here.
A selection of AUSTA Q’s most experienced ensembles directors will guide you through a selection of the latest works the overseas publishers. This is a great opportunity to finalise budgets, order new music for the beginning of 2026 or just top up your PD hours.
As with past International Reading Day’s, this event will be run online so watch your email for the zoom link.
Time and Date
Sunday, 9 November 2025 – 9am to 10:30am.
Registration closes Thursday 6th November.
Venue
ZOOM meeting online. An email with the Zoom link will be sent on the 8th of November. Please check your email.
Please sign into the meeting with the link anytime from 8:50am on the 9th November.
Presenters
- Neridah Oostenbroek – Levels 0.5 to 1.5
- Bernadette Connolly – Levels 2 to 2.5
- Daniel Holloway – Levels 3 to 3.5
- Theo Kotzas – Level 4 and above
Time
09/11/2025 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM(GMT+10:00)
Organizer
16nov8:00 AM4:30 PMAUSTA (NSW) String Festival at St Ives
Event Details
The AUSTA NSW String Festival is an event designed to give young players the opportunity to perform in friendly, non-competitive and supportive environment. Participants are invited to play one piece
Event Details
Location
St Ives Preparatory School – Sydney Grammar School
11 Ayres Rd , St Ives NSW 2075
ACCOMPANISTS
- Piano accompanists will be available on the day, but participants may also bring their own
- Any piece that is intended to be performed with accompaniment must use an accompanist. Only perform solo/unaccompanied if that is how the composer wrote the piece
- When booking, please answer ‘Yes’ if you wish to use one of the AUSTA accompanists
- Several accompanists will assist with the event. Once you have enrolled, an accompanist will be allocated to you three to four weeks before the event
- Rehearsals must be arranged privately before the event. No rehearsals are possible at the venue
- You must supply the piano part to your accompanist, with any cut sections clearly marked
Note: for the upcoming String Festival, our regular pianist Alison Cameron will only be available for the morning session. Additional accompanists will cover other sections.
CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES
Each participant will receive a certificate of participation, a trophy, and a panel report with valuable feedback.
ENROLMENT
- All enrolments are through trybooking.com
- There is a maximum performance length of 7 minutes
- Teachers may enrol students, or students may enrol individually
- Payment by credit card is required at the time of booking
- A 10% discount via discount code is available for current AUSTA members and their students. AUSTA members (not students or parents) should contact the event organiser if they cannot locate the discount code
- Performers will be placed in a session based on the age and level provided in the enrolment form. The organiser reserves the right to move a performance to a nearby session if necessary.
- Please enrol with the correct repertoire and performance length at the time of enrolment, as this may not be altered.
Time
16/11/2025 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM(GMT+11:00)
Location
Sydney Grammar School - St Ives
16nov1:00 PM4:00 PMAUSTA SA STRINGS SHOWCASE NOV 2025Celebration of Strings
Event Details
SA String Showcase The SA String Showcase, presented by AUSTA SA, is a celebration of string playing in all its forms. Open to all ages and levels, it provides
Event Details
SA String Showcase
The SA String Showcase, presented by AUSTA SA, is a celebration of string playing in all its forms. Open to all ages and levels, it provides a supportive, non-graded and non-competitive chance to perform. Solos, chamber music (duos, trios, quartets), and accompanied works are all welcome.
To ensure every performance shines, we strongly encourage performers to use an accompanist unless their piece is unaccompanied. An official accompanist will be provided by AUSTA SA.
Session Times
1:30pm Concert: For unaccompanied works, chamber groups, or those with their own accompanist/teacher.
3:00pm Concert: For performers using the AUSTA SA accompanist. If booked, arrive at 1:00pm for a compulsory rehearsal. Parents may drop students at 1:00pm and return at 2:45pm.
At its heart, the Showcase is about confidence, progress, and community in SA’s string world.
Time
16/11/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM(GMT+10:30)
16nov5:30 PMAUSTA SA's 50th Birthday CelebrationCheers to 50 years of AUSTA
Event Details
You’re invited! Join us as we raise a glass to 50 years of AUSTA – celebrating music, community and the incredible
Event Details
Let’s Party!
A relaxed evening to connect, reminisce and celebrate five decades of strings.
From 5:30pm 16th November
KENSINGTON HOTEL 23 Regent Street KensingtonTime
16/11/2025 5:30 PM(GMT+00:00)
30nov2:00 PM5:00 PMAUSTA ACT: Workshop For Teachers with John Ma
Event Details
AUSTA ACT Workshop For Teachers with John Ma Date & Time: Sunday 30th November 2025, 2.00-5.00pm Venue: Orana Steiner School – Unwin Street Weston Cost: Members $40, Non-Members $60, Tertiary Students $20 with student
Event Details
AUSTA ACT
Workshop For Teachers with John Ma
Date & Time: Sunday 30th November 2025, 2.00-5.00pm
Venue: Orana Steiner School – Unwin Street Weston
Cost: Members $40, Non-Members $60, Tertiary Students $20 with student ID on the day
Online Registration: www.trybooking.com/DFODM
Contact: austaact@gmail.com
Would you like to know more about historically informed interpretations of repertoire for string instruments? Then bring your instrument and join us for this AUSTA ‘hands on’ practical workshop for teachers.
Time
30/11/2025 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM(GMT+11:00)
Location
Orana Steiner School - Music Room - Unwin Street Weston
Organizer
single line
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