"Many Sydney schools have fine music programs and ensemble playing is always an integral part of this. Years ago as part of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, I put into place a chamber music competition which attracted great competitive enthusiasm from the schools and has been an enduring annual event. If we could do it in Townsville, we can do it in Sydney with its wealth of talent and quality music programs."
Charmian Gadd. Honorary Artistic Director, Australian String Academy.
$1000 "Gerringong Music Club Prize" for Outstanding Chamber Group
(includes performance opportunity in Feb 2009)
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$400 "Violinery Prize" for the best String Chamber Group
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$300 Prize for the best Chamber Group with Piano
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$200 Prize for the best Duet
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Three other professional performance opportunities including:
Crossroads Festival (September 2008)
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Musicians' Own Concert Series in Lindfield (2008)
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AUSTA 2009 Conference in Perth (July 2009)
Invaluable preparation for future competitions
Competition runs from 3pm to around 6pm.
The three adjudicators will be Robert Masters, Robert Harris and Andrew Lorenz.
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