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Nicole Marshall Wins 2024 Rosemary and John Hopkins Award for Conductors

Nicole Marshall

Congratulations to conductor Nicole Marshall, who is the recipient of the 2024 Rosemary and John Hopkins Award for Conductors.

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Arjun Singh in European Summer Festivals

Arjun Singh, a second-year cello student studying with Edith Salzmann, has been invited to participate in several of Europe's major festivals in July this year.

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Dylan and Christopher Crismani's 'Barrabarra' on Display at Samstag Museum of Art

Barrabarra Scultpure by Dylan and Christopher Crismani

On Thursday 6 June Samstag launched its Kudlila season with Mulka Yata (The Knowledge of Place) which features a sonambient sculpture titled Barrabarra (to make a rushing noise) by Dylan and Christopher Crismani jointly commissioned by Arts SA and Samstag Museum of Art.

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Second String Quartet Weekend for 2024 Announced

Australian String Quartet. Photo by Jacqui Way

After the success of the April quartet weekend, we will have our second intensive String Quartet weekend on Saturday 27–Sunday 28 July.

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Second Adelaide Cello Weekend for 2024 Announced

Adelaide Cello Weekend 2024

In our second Adelaide Cello Weekend for 2024, cellists from all over the country will meet the Conservatorium from Thursday 11–Sunday 14 July for lessons, masterclasses, cello ensemble and concerts.

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PianoLab Receives 4.5 Star Review in Limelight

PianoLab 2024. Photo by Oscar Lewis

The second iteration of PianoLab (Friday 14–Saturday 15 June), co-curated by Lewis Godwin (Creative Producer at ILA) and composer, pianist and Elder Conservatorium alumnus Benjamin Nicholls, received a 4.5-star review in Limelight.

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Adelaide Horn Days

Adelaide Horn Days 2024

On Sunday 9–Monday 10 June, the Elder Conservatorium of Music and Adelaide Horn Jam co-hosted Adelaide Horn Days 2024, a two-day festival celebrating all things horn.

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News from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) During National Reconcilation Week

Aaron Fraser playing the keyboard; Basso Edwards on vocals at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

In an effort to champion Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander voices, The Hospital Research Foundation Group – Creative Health welcomed Basso Edwards and Aaron Fraser, two musicians from the APY Lands and students at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) to perform at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on Tuesday 28 May.

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Elder Conservatorium / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Training Program

ECM/ASO Orchestral Trainees Isabella van Loenen, Tim Tran and Joyce Kwok

In this new initiative in collaboration with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Elder Conservatorium of Music students have the opportunity to take a deep dive into the life of an orchestral musician, participating in side-by-side playing within the orchestra, mock auditions, rehearsal observations, before a final audition for casual employment with the Orchestra.

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Open Music Academy Students Compose with ASO

Open Music Academy Students Compose with ASO

A group of regional OMA students from years 7–12 were involved in creating a new composition with Julian Ferraretto as part of the Compose with ASO project. The OMA students spent a full day at Grainger studios writing thematic material and orchestrating their music using graphic notation, from which they took away a full score and a recording of their work.

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