News: Open Music Academy
Jazz Combo Inspirational in Port Augusta for OMA Tour
Mark Ferguson, Head of Jazz, and students, Victoria Katsoulis, Daisy Davidson, Emily Dennis, James Ho and James Nisbet spent three days and two nights in Port Augusta (Monday 23–Wednesday 25 September) for the final Open Music Academy tour of the year. The group's packed schedule saw them providing inspirational performances and bespoke workshops for over 700 students from reception to Year 12 across three schools.
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OMA Student William Heuzenroeder Achieves A+ for AMEB Grade 7 Music Theatre Exam
Open Music Academy (OMA) student William Heuzenroeder achieved an A+ for his AMEB Grade 7 Musical Theatre Exam. William is based in Loxton, and through the support of OMA's regional scholarship program, has been receiving weekly lessons from the fantastic Music Theatre instructor David Gauci.
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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.
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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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Dr Evgeny Sorkin Violin, Viola and Chamber Ensemble Masterclasses and Workshops
The Elder Conservatorium of Music is delighted to welcome violinist Dr Evgeny Sorkin for a weekend of violin, viola and chamber music masterclasses and lectures.
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Open Music Academy students perform at Arts Connections
TWO students from the Open Music Academy performed at an event held by the Faculty of Arts on Tuesday, November 26.
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Open Music Academy undertaking regional tours in SA
The Elder Conservatorium’s Open Music Academy is a new initiative committed to supporting and developing high quality music education across the state.
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Open Music Academy opened to country kids
The University of Adelaide’s Open Music Academy will give school students from regional and remote South Australia access to learn at the Elder Conservatorium of Music thanks to new funding from the State Government.
