Admission Open to classical voice students. Limit 8 students.

Activity Students will be given an introduction to the International Phonetic Association (IPA) symbols, which will stand them in good stead for the rest of their vocal career. The main emphasis will be on the correct pronunciation of Italian, which is often taken for granted by singing teachers, and therefore often mispronounced. In addition, comparative pronunciation of sung French, German and, if requested, Spanish will also be covered. Students who participated in this class in 2009 should be aware that the same material will be covered. Students should be prepared to perform at least one, and preferably more than one, song, aria, chanson, lied etc. A copy of the music needs to be in the lecturer’s hands at least one week in advance of the course.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00 pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Born and educated in Piacenza, Italy, and moving to Melbourne where she completed her schooling, Paola Bastreri- Grey originally trained as a clarinettist, gaining her B.Mus. and Dip.Ed. from the University of Melbourne, and being awarded the Austral Salon Prize.

Paola has broad musical experience including orchestral and band conducting, chamber music, orchestral performance and instrumental and classroom teaching, specialising in VCE Solo Performance and aural skills. Since taking up singing, Paola has successfully completed a Dip.Mus. at the Melba Conservatorium of Music, undertaking intensive language studies in German with Peter Mander, and further enhancing her previous six years of French language study under Sylvie Leprohon. Paola gained her A.Mus.A. in singing from the A.M.E.B. under the guidance of Ruth Guthrie (née Dumont). Combining her interest in languages and music, Paola now lectures in Italian Language and Diction for young singers at Melbourne University and the Melba Conservatorium, and was invited by Merlyn Quaife to assist her in giving a master class to semi-finalists in the Mietta Song Recital Award.

Paola is also Musical Director and Conductor of French language choir La La La and medieval vocal ensemble Damask.

Admission Open to instrumentalists and vocalists. Limit 20 participants.

Activity The course is designed to give up-and-coming composers a firmer understanding and knowledge of the essential principles behind creating their own music. The sessions will focus on various aspects of the creative process, including harmony, melodic creation, counterpoint, and orchestration. Students will also look at various musical genres/styles (such as jazz) and explore the benefits of using a wide range of influences in combination with their own musical background and strengths. Applicants should have an understanding of simple chord structures, with a basic minimum theory level of Grade 3.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00 pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Nicholas Buc (B.Mus, A.Mus.A.) is a composer, arranger, conductor, violinist and pianist. He studied Composition with Professor Brenton Broadstock at the University of Melbourne, where he received the inaugural Fellowship of Australian Composers Award. As well as being in demand as a freelance composer and arranger, Nicholas teaches Composition at Scotch College, Hawthorn.

His music has been performed by the Melbourne Youth Orchestra, the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, The Australian Voices and Concordis Chamber Choir, of which he is the Assistant Musical Director and Composer-in-Residence. In 2007 he was nominated for "Best Original Song Composed for the Screen" in the APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards.

Nicholas has worked with Tina Arena on her last two Australian tours, as both concertmaster & conductor/arranger, where he wrote new orchestral arrangements for many of her old hits. 2008 saw the world premiere of his “Requiem Concordia”, especially commissioned for the 10th Anniversary of Concordis, and he has recently completed work on his first musical “TROT”, based on Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield.

Admission Open to students who are interested in Jazz Improvisation who play electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and piano. No more than 4 of each instrument type will be admitted.

Activity Students will receive direction in how to work together as a musical ensemble and balanced rhythm section. This activity is designed for students who wish to further their practical experience and theoretical knowledge of playing in a jazz band’s rhythm section. Dr. Tony Gould AM will take students through both the theoretical and practical aspects of rhythm section playing. In addition, some non-rhythm instrumentalists from the morning Jazz Improvisation classes will be invited to attend.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00 pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Tony Gould is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. For the past three decades he has been involved in an extraordinary number of recording projects both as pianist and composer and has been at the forefront of music education at various tertiary institutions in world-wide. His career has embraced many styles of music, not least jazz and other improvisatory music in addition to traditional and contemporary classical music. In early 2005, Tony resigned his position as Head (Dean) of and Associate Professor at the School of Music, Victorian College of the Arts to pursue his career in performance, composition, and writing.

He has received many accolades for his contribution to music in Australia. Tony was awarded a Music Board Fellowship to play and compose in 2006-2008 and more recently the prestigious Don Banks Award from the Australia Council for the Arts. In 2008, he was awarded an Order of Australia (AM).

He is currently making several new recordings, one with the saxophonist Robert Burke, one with guitarist Stephen Magnusson, one with cellist Imogen Manins, and another with singer Rebecca Barnard. Tony has also just completed two books, as part of the commitment to a Fellowship awarded by the Australia Council for the Arts: Essays on Music and Musicians in Australia, and, The Art of Musical Improvisation: Thoughts and Ideas

Admission Open to instrumental music students between AMEB Grade 3 to 6 standard. Limit 15 participants per class. Class 1 will be for more junior students while Class 2 will cater for the more advanced.

Activity Students will be exposed to a variety of activities that will help them to develop greater fluency in sight-reading. Through reading, writing, singing and playing, students will be led to an understanding of notation that will enhance their performance.

Hours 1.00pm – 2.30pm (Class 1)
2.45pm – 4.15pm (Class 2)

(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $180

Facilitator Gina Lee began her piano studies at the age of four. In 2002, she completed a Bachelor degree in Music Composition in Korea and moved to Australia. Gina played at the National Theatre Ballet School as an accompanist while she completed a Graduated Diploma of Education in Melbourne. She was heavily involved in the annual musical productions for Xavier and Genazzano Colleges as a repetiteur for many years and taught classroom music for younger students at Grange Hill (Genazzano’s Junior School). In 2007 Gina toured to China with the Genazzano Choir. She is currently teaching at Genazzano FCJ College and Presentation College Windsor as well as playing for the Royal Academy of Dance in Victoria.

Admission For students who will be studying VCE Solo Performance Units 3 and 4 in 2010. Limit 20 participants.

Activity The workshop will focus on the main areas of assessment for Solo Performance Units 3 and 4. Participants will take part in practical workshops designed to improve aural and theoretical skills, practical help in choosing repertoire, planning practice schedules and refining performance techniques, as well as useful information for students on SAC’s and how they contribute to overall assessment. Three sessions will be devoted to the important issues of how to select and prepare the best program of solo works, how to present yourself at your exam, how to combat performance anxiety, VCE aural skills, how to approach the analysis of the set works and getting the best out of your SAC’s.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator As a singer and pianist Jayne Turner graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Music Education and has been working in schools ever since. As a long standing member of The Melbourne Chorale, Victoria Chorale and Victorian Opera, she has sung semi-professionally for more than twenty years. She is also the Artistic Director of the Choral Institute Melbourne. Jayne is currently Head of Choral and Vocal Music at PLC, where she is a choral specialist, and senior music specialist, teaching VCE Music, IB Music and AMEB Theory. Jayne has conducted many workshops for VCE students, within schools and also for AMUSE.

Admission is open to percussionists who are approximately AMEB Grade 5-8 on their instrument. Limit 8 students.

Activity This masterclass is for advanced percussion students who will have the opportunity to perform 4–6 prepared works for comment and advice in an advanced masterclass setting. Technical, tone, phrasing, dynamic control and style concepts will be discussed. This will be a valuable opportunity for students to prepare for advanced AMEB and VCE exams.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Christopher Lane has long been facinated by percussion’s broad range of sonic, rhythmic and expressive capabilities. A former member of the Melbourne and Australian Youth Orchestras, Chris has a Bachelor of Music from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and has also studied in Europe with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras, and in New York with members of the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras. Chris has performed and toured extensively throughout Europe, and was guest Principal timpanist and percussionist with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal in 2005-2006. He was Principal Timpanist of Orchestra Victoria from 2007-2009, and maintains a busy freelance schedule, performing timpani and percussion with the Melbourne Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Ensemble Kanazawa and OrchestraVictoria, in addition to various chamber music and solo performance projects. Chris teaches percussion privately and at Monash University.

Admission is open to woodwind players who are approximately AMEB Grade 5-8 on their instrument. Limit 8 students.

Activity This masterclass is for advanced woodwind students who will have the opportunity to perform 4–6 prepared works for comment and advice in an advanced masterclass setting. Technical, tone, phrasing, dynamic control and style concepts will be discussed. This will be a valuable opportunity for students to prepare for advanced AMEB and VCE exams.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Robert Schubert studied at the Victorian College of the Arts with Isobel Carter-Stockigt and Phillip Miechel. He then studied with James Campbell, James Morton (Canada) and Larry Combs, Principal Clarinetist, Chicago Symphony. Hiroyuki Iwaki appointed him Principal Clarinet with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Japan in 1988. Tetsuya Nishibe, Mark Pollard and Julian Yu have all have composed clarinet quintets for Robert and both Julian Yu and Peter Tahourdin have written concertos for him. He has recorded with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa on Deutsche Grammophon, Victor and Sony. Robert is a freelance solo and orchestral performer having appeared with the MSO and Orchestra Victoria and at the Melbourne International Festival, The Australasian Clarinet and Saxophone Conference and in live and studio broadcasts for the ABC. Robert is Lecturer in Woodwind at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Admission is open to double reed players who are approximately AMEB Grade 5 and above on their instruments. Limit 8 students

Activity This masterclass will focus on pathways to successful and enjoyable performance. It will include discussion of musical, technical, preparation, presentation and historical issues, and reed adjustment. Participants are encouraged to bring solo repertoire they are working on for use in the classes, and will have the opportunity to play together in double reed ensemble repertoire. This will be a valuable opportunity for students to prepare for advanced AMEB and VCE exams.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator One of Australia’s outstanding oboists and teachers, Anne Gilby grew up in Canberra and after taking her Bachelor of Arts Degree at the ANU, studied in Adelaide with Jiri Tancibudek. Further study followed with Leon Goossens in London, Helmut Winschermann in Detmold and Maurice Bourgue in Paris. She has held positions as Principal Oboist of the Bremerhaven Orchestra, the Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra and as Lecturer in Oboe at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Head of Woodwind at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and Lecturer in Ensemble Studies at Monash University’s School of Music-Conservatorium. Anne has a passionate interest in the education of young musicians, with a special interest in the formative years and approaches to learning. She has chaired the Artistic Committee of the Australian Youth Orchestra Ltd and devised innovative teaching programs for young musicians for both the Australian National Academy and Monash University.

Admission is open to brass players who are approximately AMEB Grade 5-8 on their instrument. Limit 8 students.

Activity This masterclass is for advanced brass students who will have the opportunity to perform 4–6 prepared works for comment and advice in an advanced masterclass setting. Technical, tone, phrasing, dynamic control and style concepts will be discussed. This will be a valuable opportunity for students to prepare for advanced AMEB and VCE exams.

Hours 1:00pm – 4:00pm
(Wednesday – Friday, January 13 – 15)

Program Fee $280

Facilitator Tristram Williams is a leading young trumpet soloist, ensemble musician, improviser and educator. He has appeared as a soloist in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia, with orchestras such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Het Brabants Orkest, the Queensland Orchestra, the WASO, Beethoven Academy Orchestra (Antwerp) and the MSO. Williams was Associate Principal Trumpet of the MSO at age 21, before moving on to his solo career. He has performed as acting Principal Trumpet with most major Australian orchestras, with the Australian Art Orchestra under Paul Grabowsky, and is a founding member of the Australian Brass Quintet. Tristram is also an avid improviser, and has an electro-acoustic group, based at SIAL sound studios at RMIT, called DIODE. He is a laureate of major international trumpet competitions and the winner of a 2007 Symphony Australia Young Performer Award and a 2008 Churchill Fellowship. Tristram has been teaching at a tertiary level for ten years. His teaching combines a scientific, methodical approach to building the best possible technique with a creative, spontaneous approach to making the best possible art. He believes in allowing each student’s own musical interests to flourish, and tries give them the means to best discover their place in the musical world.