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AMEB July Showcase Concert 2024
Teachers, students, friends and parents are warmly invited to join the AMEB July Showcase Concert, to be held in Elder Hall on Sunday 28 July at 2.00pm. This will be an opportunity to hear some of the most outstanding pieces performed in exams in the first half of the 2024 examining year and to celebrate the hard work of these candidates (and their teachers).
LUMEN Bar (Illuminate Adelaide)
The pop-up LUMEN Bar is back on the Goodman Lawns (directly in front of Elder Hall), open from Friday 5 July–Thursday 1 August.
Open Day 2024
Our staff and students have been busy preparing for Open Day 2024, coming up on Sunday 11 August. If you're around on campus, come and say hello, and please spread the word to all who may be interested! Below is a list of events featuring our students and staff.
Pop Culture/Vulture (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
Head of Jazz Mark Ferguson and classical voice alumni Johanna Allen's Adelaide Cabaret Festival show 'Pop Culture/Vulture' was a resounding success.
[Read more about Pop Culture/Vulture (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)]
Open Music Academy Student Concerts (June 2024)
The Open Music Academy (OMA) celebrated the culmination of the first half of the teaching year with a series of captivating concerts held across two days (Friday 28–Saturday 29 June) at Madley Rehearsal Studio.
[Read more about Open Music Academy Student Concerts (June 2024)]
Australian String Quartet's 'Vanguard' Tour Receives 4.5 Star Review
The Australian String Quartet's Vanguard tour culminated on Friday 5 July with a wonderful performance in Elder Hall – their last in a national tour that included concerts in Perth, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
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Adelaide Cello Weekend (Thursday 11–Sunday 14 July)
Our second Adelaide Cello Weekend intensive for 2024 kicks off this Thursday 11 July, with cellists from all over the country meeting at the Conservatorium for lessons, masterclasses, cello ensemble and concerts!
[Read more about Adelaide Cello Weekend (Thursday 11–Sunday 14 July)]
Vale Ronald Woodcock
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of concert violinist Ronald Woodcock, a much-loved member of the teaching staff of the Elder Conservatorium for around 25 years, from the early 1970s to the late 1990s.
Lloyd Van't Hoff with Selby & Friends
Our Head of Woodwinds, Lloyd Van't Hoff, is currently touring the country with Kathryn Selby (piano) and Natalie Chee (violin) as part of the Selby & Friends series, performing Brahms and Bartók in Adelaide (7 July), Sydney (8 July), Melbourne (10 July), Canberra (12 July), Bowral (13 July) and Turramurra (14 July).
Students’ showbiz dreams come alive in A Chorus Line
Students from the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music will be drawing back the red curtains of showbusiness as they strut their stuff in a new production of A Chorus Line.
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