Next Concerts:
Kirribilli Concert: 5.00pm Sun 3 March
Next Playing Days:
Sydney PD: Sun March 17 | Abbotsleigh Wahroonga
Canberra PD: Sat March 2 | 1.15-5.00pm | ANU School of Music
Brisbane PD: Sun 17 Feb 2019 | Churchie
Blue Montains PD: Sat Apr 27 | Uniting Church Hall Glenbrook
]]>With bases now in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, ACMS brings non-professional musicians from many parts of Australia to play Chamber Music for the enjoyment that such playing brings. If you would like to explore the chamber music repertoire, then take advantage of a society that facilitates the organisation of ensembles by providing music, venues and contacts with like-minded musicians.
]]>At ACMS we: -
ACMS is a non-profit organisation of committed non-professional chamber music players. Our aim is to further the playing of chamber music by amateur musicians.
Our patron is Rachel Valler, OAM.
As a member you'll get:
]]>
]]>
ACMS has a substantial library of chamber music - please browse.
The main reason for the Library's existence is its availability for Playing Days and the annual Music Camp. However, music can be borrowed between Playing Days but it must be returned before the Playing Day if the member is not attending that day, or on the day itself, before the first playing session. As Playing Days are normally up to 2 months apart, this provides the borrower with an adequate borrowing period. The Librarian will advise the borrower of the latest date by which the item must be returned.
Borrowing is a privilege reserved for members so you need to become a member. Once you have your membership please contact the Librarian as follows:
Phone: See ACMS Membership Register, p1.
Mailing Address: PO Box 356, Kellyville NSW 2155
Email: jennyw970@gmail.com
Items will be posted using Registered Mail, and the postage charged to the borrower. Items should be returned using Registered Mail at the borrower's expense. Insurance coverage up to $75 is included in Registered Mail charge.
Borrower's Responsibilities and Liabilities Returns
Copyright It is unlawful to copy music that is still under copyright, nor is it lawful to reproduce published music without the express permission of the publisher. Although having access to a library such as ours may provide a temptation to copy and save money, doing so is tantamount to stealing. We urge our members not to be tempted to break the law.
]]>ACMS is a non-profit organisation of amateur chamber musicians. Our aim is to further the playing of chamber music by amateur musicians. ACMS began in Sydney, but we are also active in Canberra and Brisbane.
Our patron is Rachel Valler, OAM.
The links below explain more about the benefits of membership and our activities:
The Society was formed in 1984 by Irwin Imhof, Nils Korner and Judy Mitchell, who believed that there must be a large number of musicians who wanted to play chamber music, but who never had their wishes realised because they did not know how to go about contacting other musicians. From this small beginning, the Society has now grown to a membership of about 300 musicians, spawning similar societies in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. Our patron is Rachel Valler OAM.
ACMS aims to promote the amateur playing of chamber music. We want to give members the opportunity to meet other players and to play chamber music at whatever level suits them - for their enjoyment, their greater appreciation of music, the improvement of their playing and the formation of musical friendships. The Society is non-profit.
The majority of members concentrate on the classical repertoire, but the choice of music is made entirely by the players forming an ensemble. The majority of their activities involve ensembles of from two to eight players and covers keyboard, string and wind instruments, and voice.
Our members have varying backgrounds. Some play in community orchestras or bands; some have returned to their instrument after a break due to life commitments; some have played at a high standard for many years.
Self-Grading is an assessment of your playing ability and experience. While it's tempting to see it as a status symbol, it should not be.
It is used:
So it is important that you assess yourself honestly. Being either too generous or too modest in your assessment will mean that you may be grouped inappropriately, leading to disappointment all round. You can re-assess your self-grading at any time as your circumstances change.
Not necessarily, but you should be familiar with works of that standard. The works listed are examples only, but are regarded by many musicians as core chamber music repertoire.
Level | Description |
P | Professional. You are better than grade "1". You perform professionally. |
1 | You are able to play fairly almost anything. |
2 | You are very comfortable with the standard chamber music repertoire, though you like to practise before attempting difficult pieces. |
3 | You are able to play many standard works, though you avoid the more difficult ones. |
4 | You have some experience playing chamber music, and are starting to explore the standard chamber music repertoire. |
5 | You are a beginner, with little or no experience playing chamber music. |
The items listed below are some of the many benefits of membership of ACMS.
Membership Register: |
Members receive a Membership Register each year in October, which includes contact details so that you can organise chamber music groups with others. |
Newsletter: |
Our newsletter "TUTTI" is e-mailed to members five times a year. The newsletter includes details of events and other information. |
Playing Days: |
You can participate in our playing days held bi-monthly from March (excluding January), in Sydney; and at various times thoughout the year in Canberra and Brisbane. |
Annual Music Camp: |
You can participate in our Music Camp held in January each year. |
Kirribilli Concerts: |
There are opportunities to perform to a small audience regularly throughout the year. |
Independent Theatre Concerts: |
Opportunities to perform to a small paying audience, in an ideal venue for chamber music. |
Music Library: |
Members have access to an extensive music library. Certain borrowing rules apply and music must always be returned so as to be available for our playing days and music camp. |
There are currently about 380 members of ACMS. All members of the society must be adults, that is, over the age of 18 years. To participate in events run by ACMS, such as Playing Days, the annual Music Camp and Kirribilli and Goethe Institut concerts, you are required to be a member.
1 Year 3 Year Individual $20 $60 Full Time Student $15 n/a Centrelink Pensioner $15 $45
To Join:
1. Please complete the on-line Membership Application Form (Recommended)
or alternatively,
2. Download and complete one of these forms below:
Membership Application Form (pdf format - opens with Adobe Acrobat)
Membership Application Form (Microsoft Word format)
Then post to ACMS at PO Box 584 Balgowlah NSW 2093 together with your payment.
1. EFT: Direct transfer via internet banking to ACMS. (Recommended)
Account Name: | Amateur Chamber Music Society |
BSB: | 032101 |
Account Number: |
139251 |
2. Cheque or Money Order made payable to Amateur Chamber Music Society.
ACMS members grade themselves into five levels of competence from Grade 1 (highest) to Grade 5 (lowest).
You can work out your grade by using the Interactive Self-grader.
Remember that self-grading is not a hard and fast science. Everyone's interpretation of the questionnaire will be personal to some extent. You may like to consider the following explanations, which might help to clarify things for you.
'Daily' means most days. That is, in a typical month where you are not travelling overseas, camping, or otherwise unusually unable to practise, you would practise at least an average of four days a week, each practice session being 30 minutes or more in duration.
The practice subject should be technical items such as bowing, scales and studies as well as technically challenging parts of chamber music. Just playing through a work for pleasure doesn't count!
N.B. Playing in a regular group should not be counted. This is addressed in the next question.
A full morning, afternoon or evening session with a chamber group can be defined as 'one'. So, if a full day plus evening session is organised once each week with your group, it can be counted as three groups. Christmas and/or annual holidays, when it can be difficult to get together, can be ignored in the calculation. If a regular group comprises only two members, the gatherings should be halved.
This assumes that you are playing in a group of three to five players, all of whom are as experienced as - or slightly more than - yourself. You are sight-reading a work you have not played or heard (or only once at least several months ago). The work is one that, within a week or two of normal practice, you would feel 'comfortable' with.
'Lost' means missing notes or playing in the wrong place for at least two bars in the tempo of Allegretto or faster, or one bar when slower than Allegretto. Missing a few semi-quavers in a difficult run or leaving out some of the piano's left-hand notes does not constitute being 'lost'.
N.B. If you find your way back within the bar or two mentioned above then you haven't been 'lost'. However, if you recovered quickly (as above) and haven't counted it as 'lost', you can't then count this as 'finding your way back' as is explained in the next question.
You have found your way back if, without stopping, you rejoin the group within a phrase or by the next general pause or conspicuous fortissimo, whichever is the shorter period. So if the group stops, or continues to play without you beyond a phrase, you haven't found your way back.
Comfort is defined in the context of a well-matched group playing through a work for their own pleasure (not in a public performance and not necessarily with a public performance in mind).
You may have played the work many times before or are able to sight-read it comfortably, but the question assumes that there is no forewarning, so you have no opportunity to practise it beforehand. It means that you can play the work in whole without getting lost and that wrong notes and timing errors are sufficiently few that stopping would be a matter of choice rather than of necessity. The tempi need not be professional speed but at least, say 70%, so as to have the right 'feel' to the music.
Most (at least 70%) of the dynamics and phrasing marks should be observed. For strings, bowing directions need not be observed provided that style and expression marks are largely (also 70%) correct.
]]>]]>
These events are organised by ACMS:
Click The Group Finder
Playing Day Groups for Sydney and Brisbane are usually available here about 6 days prior to the next Playing Day. For Blue Mountains and Canberra playing days you should contact the organiser of that event.
These groups are always provisional, and may change for example if we get late cancellations. It is therefore important to recheck closer to the event and also at the event.
Click The GUIDE for PIANISTS at Playing Days
Due to the nature of playing days that often require a lot of sight reading this is a useful guide which may assist in preparing to play at playing days. It has been written by one of our more experienced pianist members in consultation with some of our tutors.
]]>The purpose of these guidelines is to provide practical orientation for member pianists participating in playing sessions at ACMS playing days and camps.
Ever since its evolution through the eighteenth century, the pianoforte has been widely used in small chamber ensembles. The great composers all wrote extensively for piano in chamber music – reflecting the expressive capacity of this instrument.
The art of playing chamber music is all about achieving 'sympathetic dialogue' between each of the players, and for a number of reasons it is often the case that the piano is the odd man out. Firstly, whereas most string or woodwind players will have had prior experience of ensemble playing, pianists are in the main taught to think and play as soloists. Secondly, unlike strings and winds, the piano is a percussive instrument, and for this reason it doesn't always blend sympathetically with the other members of the ensemble. And thirdly, the size of the modern piano makes it capable of a huge sound - undoubtedly useful for concerto playing - but often a liability when attempting to blend in a small chamber ensemble.
So these guidelines are intended to provide the pianist with helpful hints about how to best cope with these challenges when playing chamber music, and more specifically to give guidance about how to go about preparing for ACMS playing occasions, together with a few words of advice about the art of self-improvement.
There is an extensive repertoire of chamber music with piano. As evidence of this, about half of the chamber works in the ACMS library include the piano as one of the instruments. The repertoire can be conveniently subdivided either by group sequence - or chronologically.
By group sequence, we can divide the repertoire into a) works with strings, b) works with winds, and c) works for ensembles including both strings and winds (in addition to the piano). The most common ensemble grouping is the so-called 'piano trio' - comprising piano, violin, and cello. The smallest groups are duos, and the largest are perhaps the nonets, although there are really only a handful of works for ensembles larger than five instruments. So we use nomenclature such as: PS3 (ie for piano + two strings), PW5 (for piano + four winds), and PSW4 (for piano + three instruments that includes a mix of string and wind).
Chronologically, it is generally considered that the classical period – from about 1785 through 1828 – represents the foundation of the repertoire. It was then that chamber music with piano truly became established. Before then most keyboard writing was for harpsichord, and the music was more primitive in the sense that one instrument (often the keyboard) usually has the dominant role – while the role of the other instrument(s) was merely to accompany or embellish. The idea of there being an equally shared dialogue between the keyboard and the other members of the ensemble only became a reality from the 1780's. Then from about 1828, we enter the romantic period. From then on, the music becomes more expressive, with the pianist’s role often becoming more dominant, and correspondingly more difficult. In summary:
Difficulty | Generally accessible to grade 3 pianists. |
Main Composers | J S Bach, CPE Bach, JC Bach, Corelli, Handel, Haydn (early), Loeillet, Purcell, Stamitz, Telemann, Vivaldi |
Other Composers | Benda, Boccherini, Cimarosa, Gluck, Lotti, Quantz |
Difficulty | Generally accessible to grade 2/3 pianists (Beethoven and Schubert mainly grade 2). |
Main Composers | Haydn (late), Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert |
Other Composers | Glinka, Hummel, Pleyel, Weber. |
Difficulty | Earlier works accessible to grade 2 pianists. Later works more likely to be grade 1. |
Main Composers | Arensky, Brahms, Chausson, Chopin, Dvorak, Faure, Franck, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Smetana, Tchaikovsky |
Other Composers | Bruch, d'Indy, Reinecke |
Difficulty | Music is stylistically varied, so difficulty may range from easy through to very demanding. Therefore, choose thoughtfully! |
Composers | Bartok, Bridge, Debussy, Delius, Dohnanyi, Elgar, Mirium Hyde, Janacek, Martinu, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Roussel, Shostakovich, Sitsky, Suk, Turina |
As a general rule, we can say that the pianist will usually be the most stretched member of an ensemble when it comes to delivering the goods. This is essentially because the pianist has many more notes to find and deliver – and all with reasonable sensitivity! So for an ensemble of equally graded players (ref. ACMS self-grading method), the sight-reading task will usually be most challenging for the pianist. It is for this reason that ACMS usually gives the pianist the responsibility for determining the music to be played. And it is important for the success of a session that the music that you choose lies within the capacity of all of the players.
The relative difficulties indicated above are based on the premise that a pianist of the grade indicated will usually be able to adequately cope with such a work during a playing session. Even so, some prior familiarisation is recommended.
As a generalisation, most pianists can reasonably expect to cope with works one level above their personal grading so long as they do reasonable preparation in advance. To this end, you are encouraged to borrow one or two works from the ACMS library at the conclusion of any playing day (or at any other time) – and to use the intervening period to familiarise yourself with the sound of the music and the piano part ahead of future playing occasions. You should then nominate your preference to play this work when registering for playing days.
As preparation for your first playing sessions, it is suggested that you familiarise yourself with one or two of Mozart's piano trios (or selected movements) and nominate your preference to play these works when registering. A single volume music score and a double CD set of Mozart's seven piano trios are readily available commercially. Thereafter, the resources of the ACMS library are at your disposal.
The act of self-preparation ahead of every playing session is perhaps the most fruitful initiative you can take towards improving your ensemble skills over time, and will lead to greater enjoyment and fulfilment from playing. Advance preparation not only ensures that you will play more right notes, but gives you greater scope to interact sensitively with the other players. If you've ever wondered how it is that experienced chamber players achieve their mastery, the main reason is that over the years they have made it their habit to prepare ahead of group playing sessions.
The other major opportunity you have to improve your ensemble playing skill is to take full advantage of the experienced tutors that are on hand to assist members at all ACMS playing occasions. If indeed you have prepared your part in advance, you won't be using your tutor merely for the basic task of holding the group together. Rather the focus will switch to aspects of playing like dynamics, phrasing, articulation, and developing a greater sensitivity to the other parts.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide basic guidance to pianists in the selection of repertoire for playing sessions as well as advice about how to improve ensemble playing skills over time. If you have any questions about these or other matters please ask other members, or any committee member, for assistance at any time. We hope that you will derive lasting pleasure from your participation in the wonderful world of chamber music.
Acknowledgment: ACMS acknowledges the contribution of some experienced tutors in the preparation of these guidelines.
]]>Date (Sundays) | Venue | Status of availability of venue | Registration forms due |
---|---|---|---|
March 17 |
Abbotsleigh School Wahroongah |
Confirmed |
No later than Friday March 1 |
May |
No later than Friday May |
||
July |
No later than Friday July |
||
September |
No later than Friday Aug |
||
November |
|
No later than Friday Nov |
On-line Enrolment Form is here: Online enrolment form
Enrolment must be completed by the Friday 2 weeks before the event to allow for planning. Participation cost is $30. Participation is for members.
Check your Self-Grading here using the Interactive Self-Grader.
Players who do not turn up will inconvenience the other players in the group, in some cases making that group unworkable. It is, therefore, essential to inform Ian Butler on 02 4296 2889 or 0423 293 728 before the playing day of any unavoidable absences so that the committee can provide alternative solutions.
9.30-9.50am | Player Registration |
9.50-10.00am | Briefing |
10.00-12.00pm | First Playing Session |
12.00-1.00pm | Lunch |
1.00-2.30pm | Second Playing Session |
2.30-3.00pm | Afternoon Tea |
3.00-4.30pm | Third Playing Session |
Before each session, please check the playing list to see:
Tutoring is available at playing days. Inexperienced or timid players will be looked after and those attending for the first time will be made to feel welcome. Please tick the appropriate box on the Enrolment Form to request tutoring.
Close to Pymble Railway Station. The music building is located on the city side of the quadrangle. If travelling by car, enter via Gate 3 on Avon Road, park in the car park and walk through to the Music Centre.
Blue Mountains Playing Days are held at the Uniting Church Hall, Lucasville Road, Glenbrook, NSW and are on Saturdays agreed by participants.
Dates for 2019
Saturdays: Jan 19 | April 27 | July 13 | Sept 28 | Oct 12
To register, interested members are asked to contact one of the members below to advise of your intention to attend.
Bill | 02 4739 5570 | bjonzn@hotmail.com |
Alice | 0449 899 123 |
The timetable is similar to Sydney playing days, but less formal.
9.30-9.50am | Player Registration |
9.50-10.00am | Briefing |
10.00-12.00 | First Playing Session |
12.00-1.00pm | Lunch |
1.00-2.30pm | Second Playing Session |
2.30-3.00pm | Afternoon Tea |
3.00-4.30 | Third Playing Session |
The ACMS three-day residential Music Camp is the highlight of our year and it attracts players from interstate. Participation is open to members only, or to members of affiliated societies interstate.
The Music Camp is held over three days on the University of Wollongong campus in late January.each year. Members can indulge in chamber music playing for a full three days in delightful, relaxing surroundings. Events include a dinner and barbeque.The camp provides opportunities for both organised and self-arranged sessions of chamber music. Tutors are engaged to provide some chamber music tuition. There are opportunities to perform short pieces in lunchtime concerts or simply enjoy the informal performances by being part of the audience.
PHOTO GALLERY: Here are some shots from the 2012 music camp. For those who were there, and those who want to see why we keep going back, here is our photo gallery
DATES for MUSIC CAMP 2019:
From 4.30pm Friday 25th to 4.00pm Monday 28th January 2019
MUSIC CAMP ENROLMENT :
Enrolment is now CLOSED. Thank you.
COST & PAYMENT OF BALANCE: If you have paid a $100 deposit, please pay the balance listed below by Monday 17th December 2018.
Option |
Full Cost $ |
Deposit $ |
BALANCE payable |
|
1a. |
Kooloobong 4-bedroom apartments Player - 3 nights |
670 |
100 |
570 |
1b. |
Kooloobong Single Bedroom Studio apartments Player - 3 nights |
735 |
100 |
635 |
2. |
Kooloobong 4-bedroom apartments Non-player - 3 nights |
575 |
100 | 475 |
3. |
Player staying OFF CAMPUS |
335 |
100 | 235 |
GROUP FINDER Groups are expected to be finalised about 10th January.
Click here to find your Wollongong Music Camp Groups: GROUP FINDER
]]>Kirribilli Concerts provide an opportunity for members to perform for a small audience, while performing gives players a goal and the incentive to practise. The concerts are organised by ACMS members. The concerts are being held on the first Sunday of months as detailed in the concert programs table below.
Venue: Gallery Room, upstairs at the Kirribilli Centre, 16 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli map tel 99224428. (For lift access, inquire at office.)
Time: 5 pm on first Sunday of the months March to December (second Sunday in October only if it is the Labor Day weekend)
Entry: $15, $10 concession. Entry at the top of the eastern stairway. Price includes light refreshments after the concert. Surplus if any goes to the Kirribilli Centre.
Volunteers are always needed to organise concerts. If you wish to nominate for inclusion in a program, contact the Organiser. If you wish to organise a concert, contact Concerts Coordinator Tony Tenney (contact details in the Membership Register). Advice for organisers click on Organiser's Role. The organiser is responsible for preparing a printed program to give to members of the audience; an optional template for this is here. Direct inquiries about the template to George Carrard, who is also responsible for the information in the table below. For publicity purposes, George would like to have an electronic copy of the full program to put on the website at least two weeks prior to the date of the concert.
e-Mailing list: Keep up to date with ACMS concert announcements: Join the ACMS Concerts email list.
The following are planned programs.
Date 2019 | Organiser |
Proposed program includes |
Items or organiser wanted |
3 March | Susan Butler | program | no |
7 April | George Carrard |
BEETHOVEN Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano Op 1 No 1 in E-flat major. BRAHMS Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major Op 78. PAGANINI Two Movements from Sonata Concertante for Guitar and Violin. RACHMANINOFF Three of the Six Pieces for Piano Duet Op 11. |
maybe |
5 May | Jenny Allison | yes | |
2 June | Richard Willgoss | yes | |
7 July | yes | ||
4 August | yes | ||
1 September | Miriam Blatt | BRAHMS Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor Op 120; MOZART Two Arias and Four Duos from The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni. | yes |
13 October | yes | ||
3 November | yes | ||
1 December | yes |
Experienced chamber music players who have a group together have the opportunity to perform at the Kirribilli Centre (KC). The aim is to hold a concert at 5 pm on the first Sunday of each month between March and December. They are variously referred to as the Kirribilli Concerts or the Sunset Concerts. KC volunteers provide refreshements after each concert, which amply covers the $10/$5 entry that they charge.
Car: parking may be difficult and time should be allowed to walk from the car to the Kirribilli Centre.
Train: Kirribilli Centre is a five minute stroll from Milsons Point Railway Station; there is a frequent rail service from Town Hall, and a fifteen minute service from the North Shore
Ferry: Milsons Point Wharf is a short walk under the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Kirribilli Centre. There is a ferry every half hour which takes five minutes from Circular Quay and nine minutes from Balmain.
Preparing for your concert
Secure performance items for your concert. Progressively send details of these to George Carrard for him to put on the website.
Confirm that all performers are financial members of ACMS. Advise non-members that they must join or become financial before the day of the concert. For those who are not members or who are unfinancial, provide them with a membership form or advise them to download it from {CCM:BASE_URL}/sydney/index.php
Build a program of up to about 90 minutes’ duration, which would include an interval of about ten minutes and a few minutes’ introduction and concluding remarks. Playing time would therefore be around 75 minutes, but this is flexible. In such a concert format, ask your groups to consider the length of individual items.
Arrange the items into an interesting and varied program. As we are a chamber music society we accept ensembles rather than solo items.
Performers playing copyrighted music should play from original notation.
Use the template from the website to produce the printed program (double sided). Organisers may wish to publish program notes about the works in their program. These should be provided by you or the individual groups, but are not mandatory. Felicia Mitchell (9661 6732) can assist with the production of the program, but not its printing.
Email the program to the Coordinator, to the Editor of Tutti, currently Graham Cormack and to George Carrard who will put it onto the ACMS website.
The current Coordinator is Tony Tenney 9918 8555 or 0400 635 607
tenney@bigpond.net.au
· Print 40 copies of the program and bring them to the concert, OR
· contact the Kirribilli Centre and arrange for the Centre to print the programs, and make arrangements for their collection on the day, OR
· email the program to the Coordinator who will arrange printing.
If costs are incurred and you require reimbursement, advise the Coordinator before the beginning of the concert. You will be reimbursed from door takings.
Be at the venue no later than 4.30pm for a 5.00pm start.
As necessary, liaise with the Manager of the Kirribilli Centre on 9922 4428
Concerts are held in the upstairs gallery which is available to us for sound checks and rehearsal from 3.00pm. Sound checks should conclude by 4.45pm to allow patrons to enter the gallery. If any of your groups wish to rehearse at other times, you or they may be able to arrange this through the Centre Manager.
On the day
You or a spokesperson for one of your groups welcomes people to the concert and thanks them for supporting ACMS, which in turn supports the Kirribilli Centre. Advise the audience that all funds go to the Centre, not ACMS. The Coordinator will do this if you prefer.
The audience should be advised that there will be a short (ten minute) interval and be invited to stay for light refreshments (wine, cheese, nibbles) at the conclusion of the concert.
The President and/or the Coordinator are usually present. They will oversight Centre representative Maureen Greening’s 0415 109 736 collection of the door takings and distribution of programs to concert goers.
Maureen is also our caterer and is responsible for opening and closing the Centre. Confirm with Maureen that she has the catering in hand. This includes cheeses, dips, fruit, biscuits and orange juice. Either before the concert or at interval you need to buy wine from the bottle shop just around the corner in the shopping centre. Maureen will give you the money from the proceeds later. The usual order is 3 bottles of white, 3 bottles of red but you can adjust that according to the weather and audience size. This is usually enough for a full house. Obtain a receipt from the bottle shop. There might be ACMS wine in stock at the Centre. Maureen will advise on this. If at interval you realise that you have a bigger crowd than usual you might need to buy some extra bottles. Naturally the choice of wine is from the best specials available. You can of course delegate this task to one of the other players on the day.
In the rare event that neither the President nor the Coordinator is in attendance, it becomes the Organiser’s responsibility to carry out the tasks described above, or to delegate them to another person.
Introduce each item, or arrange for one performer from each group to announce their own item. Organisers may consider publishing program notes about the works in the program. Items with published program notes optionally may or may not be announced. Advise them that any additional information they provide to the audience should be brief and pertinent.
At the conclusion of the concert, ask patrons to assist by stacking the chairs against the wall. Ensure that the collapsible tables are brought out to the gallery and set up for supper. At the conclusion of the light refreshments, ensure that the trestle tables are returned to the room next to the Green Room.
If you have any difficulties or an emergency arises, contact the Coordinator in the first instance and then, if necessary, the President, currently Jenny Allison, on 9955 3387.
Thank you for taking on this very valuable role.
ACMS Committee
]]>
Index on pdf. For suggested amendments, please contact George Carrard.
Abbreviations Kirr(ibilli), GI (Goethe Institute), IndTh (Independent Theatre), Wat (Waterbrook), ArAr (Ardency Aroona - new name for Waterbrook), Bur(wood)
No qualification also denotes Kirribilli.
Suggestions for additions or alterations to the time line are welcomed.
1984 |
NSW Amateur Chamber Music Society formed by Irwin Imhof, Nils Korner and Judy Mitchell contacting personal acquaintances and placing advertisements in newspapers and Musica Viva. First Membership list (63), first meeting and Playing Day at Lane Cove Public School, November 1984. Irwin Imhof, Convener. Membership grew to 86 |
1985 |
Nils Korner, President. First Annual General Meeting at the Ensemble Theatre June 1985, 27 members present. Membership Fee $10. Circulation of a membership list twice a year. Playing Days $17 Self-grading questionnaire introduced. John Pinn suggested establishing a library. Nils Korner commissioned the Society logo. Membership grew to 112. |
1986 |
John Pinn, President and administration. First Wollongong Music Camp, 44 participants. Played at Gleniffer Brae, lived at Kooloobong. Impromptu playing only at Kooloobong. The Wollongong Music Camp was the brainchild of the late Nils Korner who was also a founding member of the society. It was he who had the idea for a residential music camp, and he who searched for suitable venues, ultimately finding the University of Wollongong and the Conservatorium of Music. Without his inspiration and diligence there would be no ACMS Wollongong Music Camp which has given so many members such pleasure over many years. We owe him a debt of gratitude. Rod Tuson volunteered to produce the Newsletter. Sunset Concerts at Kirribilli instigated at the suggestion of Sy Bluhm. $2 entry included wine and cheese. Concert on November 23 was followed by a Christmas party. Membership Fee $15.00., Membership grew to 119 |
1987 |
Wollongong Music Camp: 54 attended, cost $120. Used University Arts Centre with extra pianos transported from Gleniffer Brae. Sunset Concert programs coordinated by John Pinn. AGM at Glover Cottage. Membership 119. Constitution incorporating the society, prepared by Stephanie Hicks and John Pinn and adopted with the name Amateur Chamber Music Society. Cedric Ashton elected Honorary Life Member Victorian and SA societies founded |
1988 |
Bicentennial Wollongong Weekend - 4 days for $144.00, 60 enrolled. Catering for morning and afternoon teas started - Herta Imhof and Alexandra Tuson Librarian role at Wollongong initiated - Walter Travers. AGM at Glover Cottage. Membership 160 Sheila Caldwell took over coordination of the Sunset Concert programs. |
1989 |
Irwin Imhof, President. Wollongong, 80 attended Incorporation registered under the Associations Incorporation Act. AGM at Kirribilli, Membership 200. Miriam Hyde was guest speaker. |
1990 |
Rod Tuson, President. Wollongong Music Camp was a 7 day event with options to attend the first 3 days, the second 4 days or all 7 days! Surprisingly it did not overcomplicate the groups. The Jones family designed special T-shirts for the event. Regional coordinators nominated. AGM combined with Playing Day. Membership 197 |
1991 |
Wollongong 92 attended Membership 188 Sheila Caldwell handed over the Sunset concert coordination to Gary Nash. Special Playing Day for inexperienced players. First Membership Register printed in book form in November |
1992 |
Wollongong, 112 at the dinner Membership 218. AGM held in conjunction with September Playing Day. Major editing of constitution. Wolfgang Kloger took over the computer grouping for playing days. T-shirts by Vivienne Jones (1990?) Tried to encourage voice Gary Nash introduced a Membership Card, with Music Retailer discount benefits. Graham Cormack appointed as Tutti editor Introduction of ACMS-sponsored half-hour chamber music programme on 2MBSFM, hosted by Julie Phillips-Moore |
1993 |
Carolyn Thornely, President First printed edition of "Tutti" in January 1993. Wollongong 112 at the dinner Membership 269. John Pinn formalized his administration activities since 1986, in the new paid role of Administrator. Rachel Valler appointed an Honorary Life Member |
1994 |
Wollongong, 145 at the dinner Membership drive - Gary Nash. Membership reached 336. Library Index created - Gary Nash Hugh Roberts took over Sunset Concert coordination. Sunset concerts repeated at "Woodstock" Community Centre, Burwood - Christine Edwards Ad Libitum Volume 1 - edited by Nils Korner |
1995 |
Murray Brown President . Membership 315. Fees $20 membership, $20 playing days Special promotional entrance membership $15 Library taken over by Eve Salinas Started paying a librarian at Playing Days |
1996 |
Membership 275 Vigorous attempt to attract more Professional interest and abandon the use of Amateur in our title Judy Cormack took over as Administrator Carolyn Thornely initiated the Mentor programme Ad Libitum Volume 2 - edited by Nils Korner |
1997 |
Simon Salter, President Vigorous debate on commissioning a chamber music composition Another foray into attracting singers of vocal chamber music Playing Day at Newcastle Wollongong Subcommittee formed about this time |
1998 |
Website established - Fred Backer Eva Griffith took up the Mentor Programme Julian Dresser took over as Administrator in October. Among Ourselves concerts initiated at "Woodstock" - David Mathers Tried exposure to traditional folk music - Simon Salter Ad Libitum Volume 3 - edited by Nils Korner |
1999 |
Judy Mitchell , President. Membership 280 Blue Mountains Region and Subcommittee formed -Bill Johnson |
2000 |
The ACMS Kirribilli Sunset Concerts were suspended for a year, due to lack of available performers. However Judith Maynard filled the void by independently organising 3 concerts in April, July and October. In July committee discussed a resumption. Three ACMS Kirribilli concerts were organised for 2001 by Jenny Allison. Ad Libitum Volume 4 - edited by Michael Macey. |
2001 |
Sheila Caldwell, President Cedric Ashton, Honorary Life Member, died. Memorial Fund purchased pocket scores for the Library Sunset concerts resumed less frequently Playing Day fees increased to $20 Library taken over by Cathy Wainwright and Jenny Williams Attempt at initiating improvisation sessions - Fred Backer |
2002 |
Founding member Nils Korner died. October: Master Class, organised by Richard Wilgoss, was given by Ronald Thomas. Chosen work: Beethoven String Quartet op18 No.6. 5 string quartets participated. Guidance notes were prepared by Richard. |
2003 |
Membership 280 Nils Korner Memorial Award instigated for Wollongong by Anne Korner Introduction of "defined repertoire" playing days - Richard Willgoss October 12, 2003: Master Class, organised by Richard Willgoss, tutored by Suzanne Borrett and Chris Bearman. Chosen work: Mozart String Quartet K590, his last quartet. 7 string quartets participated. |
2004 |
Elizabeth Dalton, President. 20th AGM. Membership Fee still $20 Website taken over by George Carrard Irwin Imhof and Judy Mitchell accorded Honorary Life Membership in recognition of their roles as two of the three founders. |
2005 |
January Wollongong Music Camp - 129 attended.
|
2006 |
Membership at June 2006: 289 January Wollongong Music Camp - 127 attended. John Pinn accorded Honorary Life Membership in recognition of his role in putting the society on a firm foundation in the early years. |
2007 |
Sue Butler President Membership at June 2007: 279 January Wollongong Music Camp - 146 attended. |
2008 |
Membership at June 2008: 290 Last Ravenswood Playing Day March. Ravenswood ceases to accept outside groups. Found Wesley Institute at Drummoyne to be welcoming. Wesley Institute used for playing days in May, July and September. Grainger String Quartet workshop at Wesley Institute, Sunday Oct 12. Five string quartets and two piano trios. Four hours. Wollongong Music Camp: 140 attended |
2009 |
January: Wollongong Music Camp - 143 attended New website introduced on 14-March-2009. Master Class for strings and piano held at Wesley Institute. Queensland Amateur Chamber Music Society (QACMS) amalgamated with ACMS, and all members became ACMS members. |
2010 |
January: Wollongong Music Camp - 129 attended. Introduction of a marquee in the grounds of Kooloobong for all evening meals was widely applauded. This was the 25th music camp at Wollongong! Playing Days: March playing day venue change to MLC Burwood. PLC Pymble retained as well. Wesley Institute is unable to host outside organisations in future. August 1: Wind Master Class, organised by Richard Tardif, was held at MLC Burwood. Attended by about 20 players and 11 observers. |
2011 |
January: Wollongong Music Camp - 108 attended. Participants were accommodated at the university's Campus East in Fairy Meadow due to renovations being done at Kooloobong. Rachel Valler became Patron of the society. Playing Days: Two were held at The Kings School - a new venue, as well as two at PLC and one at MLC. MLC ceased to be used due to limited space. Attendance numbers continue to be moderate. |
2012 |
January Wollongong Music Camp - 115 attended. Accommodation was again at Campus East. Concerts at The Independent Theatre commenced. These concerts have been made possible due to support and encouragement from the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. |
2013 |
January Wollongong Music Camp - 132 attended, including guest Elena Katz-Chernin. Accommodation returned to the Kooloobong units of the University. Concerts at The Independent Theatre series continue with concerts in March, June, August and October. |
2014 |
February: Canberra Chamber Music Players joined ACMS. February: Brisbane Playing Days are organised for this year at Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), 68 Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane. Concerts at The Independent Theatre continue with performances on 15th March, 14th June, 16th August, 18th October. Membership at June 2014 has grown to about 350. July 15: ACMS Co-founder Irwin Imhof died, aged 84. |
2015 | July AGM: Jenny Allison, elected President |
Amateur Chamber Music Society Incorporated (ACMS) is an Australian not-for-profit association of amateur chamber music players. Our aim is to further the playing of chamber music by amateur musicians.
Our main activities are:
Anything not directly related to the actual playing of chamber music, such as:
All chamber music players, who are at least 18 years of age, are welcome to join ACMS.
Annual membership fees are: Individual members: $20, Full time student: $15, Centrelink Pensioner: $15, Membership Renewal falls due each year on 1st July.
If you would like to join:
ACMS publishes a Membership Register which allows members to contact each other to organise chamber music playing sessions in their own homes. The Register lists details of each member's
The ACMS has a substantial library of chamber music which is used for the benefit of members.
The Library mainly provides music for Playing Days and the annual Music Camp. However, music can be borrowed between Playing Days (but it must be returned before the Playing Day if the member is not attending that day, or on the day itself, before the first session).
A list of music in the Library is available here.
Contact the Librarian, Jenny Williams:
Tel: 02 9894 7623
Mailing Address: PO Box 356, Kellyville NSW 2155
Email: jennyw970@gmail.com
Items will be posted using Registered Mail, and the postage charged to the borrower. Items should be returned using Registered Mail (at the borrower's expense). Insurance coverage up to $75 is included in the Registered Mail charge.
It is unlawful to copy music that is still under copyright, nor is it lawful to reproduce published music without the express permission of the publisher. Although having access to a library such as ours may provide a temptation to copy and save money, doing so is tantamount to stealing. We urge our members not to be tempted to break the law.
]]>Use the links below as a valuable resource for chamber music, sheet music, instruments and musical organisations. If there isn't a link for your instrument, and/or if you know a better link in general than the ones below, let a committee member know.
]]>
You may contact ACMS by post or email as follows:
(Abusers: Please all abuse reports are reported to ISP, all IP addresses are recorded. Please do not abuse this form with non ACMS related messages).
To contact other Australian Amateur Chamber Music Societies go to regions
]]>Amateur Chamber Music Society Incorporated (ACMS) is a standalone society based in Sydney.
We hold playing days in March, May, July, September and November, attended by about 70 players.
For further details click SYDNEY PLAYING DAYS
We hold an annual Music Camp in Wollongong in January over the long weekend.
For further details click ANNUAL MUSIC CAMP
There are opportunities to perform to a small friendly audience at our Kirribilli concerts.
For further details click: KIRRIBILLI CONCERTS
]]>To participate in Blue Mountains Events you need to be a member of ACMS.
The Blue Mountains region holds playing days at Glenbrook west of Sydney.
These are held on a Saturday during the school holidays at the Uniting Church Hall, Lucasville Road, Glenbrook.
To register, contact Bill on 02 4739 5570.
You need to bring any instrument you intend to play, music stand and music, and a picnic lunch and cup.
There is a small library of music for members to use.
For further details of the dates and timetable click HERE
]]>Do you play a musical instrument - string, woodwind, french horn or piano?
Would you like to get together with other like-minded musicians to play in small chamber music groups?
ACMS is looking for expressions of interest from Chamber Musicians to develop a regional group within ACMS, to encourage the playing of Chamber Music in this region.
Anyone in the NSW Central West interested in finding out more should contact Rod on 02 6337 9679 or email: tusons@harboursat.com.au
]]>Queensland Amateur Chamber Music Society (QACMS) amalgamated with ACMS in 2009, and playing day events are being organised locally in Brisbane (as of 2014).
Members should consult the ACMS Membership Register to contact other members.
BRISBANE PLAYING DAYS
For details and dates click this link: Brisbane Playing Days
Apply On-Line here: online form
]]>
ACMPSA is an association of chamber music enthusiasts in South Australia, who contact and meet other musicians to play in groups of various sizes. Members often form groups which meet regularly in each other's homes, but ACMPSA also arranges PLAYING DAYS when members can meet each other and play in a variety of combinations. These events are held on three Sundays every year at the Pembroke School Music Centre.
ACMPSA welcomes players of all standards of proficiency from reasonable amateur to professional level, and students are encouraged to join and gain valuable ensemble experience.
There is no invited audience for these playing days, but members may wish to come and listen to their fellow members perform, space permitting.
For more detail click here.
]]>Chamber music is alive and well in Hobart, Tasmania.
There is also the Hobart Chamber Orchestra, which is mainly a small string ensemble of experienced musicians.
To make enquiries about playing chamber music in Hobart contact:
]]>Damien 03 6239 1803
VACMS is a separate entity and is affiliated with ACMS.
To find out more about VACMS and our activities click here: VACMS
]]>The Society maintains a register of members, which is distributed to financial members yearly. The register contains the address, phone number, email address, instrument played and self-grading of each member.
Thus, every member has access to a directory of a large number of amateur players, with widely varied experience, who all love to play chamber music and can be contacted.
These are held about once every 2 months, usually on a Sunday, in the Music Department facilities of one of the larger schools. There is a small fee charged to the participants to cover the costs of hiring the facilities. These events are very popular, normally attracting 70-80 players.
There are three sessions scheduled for the day, each lasting about 1.5 hours. A committee organises each session to have different combinations of ensembles. There is the facility for members to request specific works or groupings. Playing Days also offer the opportunity to play works which would otherwise be difficult to organise eg octets.
Tutors: Professional musicians provide tutoring for individual groups.
Although Playing Days are very popular, the Society encourages members to form their own ensembles and to organise "soirees" in their homes for their own enjoyment and the entertainment of their families and friends. This, after all, is what chamber music is all about.
This is held at Wollongong University and Conservatorium of Music, usually for 3 days, at the end of January. Most players "live in", using the very comfortable accommodation in the University's student residential units. The format is similar to that of a Playing Day, with free sessions inserted to allow you to organise your own activities with newly found friends. The event is very popular, attracting over 100 musicians.
There are opportunities to play in chamber music concerts before a small audience. These are held most months of the year on the first Sunday of the month at 5.00pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre.
The TUTTI newsletter is published every two months, keeping everyone informed of the Society's activities.
Email is used to keep members up-to-date with events as well as for general communication.
The Amateur Chamber Music Society has a constitution, which is available here
Join the many AMATEUR CHAMBER MUSICIANS in Sydney and other regions around Australia.
Make new and lasting musical friendships.
Standards vary from beginners to very experienced amateur chamber musicians.
To join ACMS click here: JOIN US
]]>]]>
Next playing day: July 22 Barker College, Waitara. Register by Fri 6th July.
Nils Korner was born in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). His family left in 1938, not long before the invasion by Nazi Germany and, after a year in England, settled into Sydney, Australia, in 1939, soon after the outbreak of World War II.
Nils was educated at North Sydney Boys High and studied Medicine at the University of Sydney. He went to England to work and obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. On returning to Sydney, he married and, after more studies, became a Diagnostic Radiologist, having practices in Brookvale and Cremorne.
Music was one of the great joys of his life. He was one of the founders of the Amateur Chamber Music Society and the instigator of the Wollongong Weekends of Chamber Music.
For over 20 years until his death Nils played violin in a chamber music group that met every fortnight. He died in 2002 survived by his wife and three children.
]]>The ACMS presents a concert showcasing some of Sydney’s finest non-professional chamber musicians. Each concert in this annual series features a variety of string, wind and keyboard ensembles. The performers delight in sharing a wide range of music from the much loved chamber classics through to that of contemporary composers.
The ACMS is a not for profit musical networking organisation. It provides opportunities for musicians who love playing and performing chamber music to connect with one another through a membership register, bi-monthly Playing Days and an annual camp. Professional tutoring and an extensive chamber music library are available to members.
ACMS musicians are drawn from all walks of life. Their only regret usually is that their job gets in the way of their music making! All are united by their fascination with the intricacies and intimacy of the chamber music genre, and their desire to share this with appreciative audiences.
----------------------------------------
COMING CONCERTS
Concert Time: 3.00pm to 5.00pm
Venue: Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street Woollahra
Date | Program | |
Sunday 24 September 2017 | Program |
----------------------------------------
Joe Wolfe's Quartet performed on 18 October 2014
More videos are available at the ACMS YouTube channel
]]>1. Payment for membership can be by direct credit to ACMS Bank Account BSB 032101, Account Number 139251.
Please include your NAME in the reference/description field when paying by internet banking.
2. SELF-GRADING is important. Please complete the Interactive Self-Grader BEFORE you fill in the application form. It takes just a few minutes, and helps to make compatible chamber groups.
]]>Rachel Valler is one of Australia’s most distinguished pianists, having performed as a soloist with most of Australia’s symphony orchestras as well as in numerous chamber ensembles. She has been an associate artist and toured with many international and local celebrities. She has also performed for the Sydney Mozart Society and major Music Clubs throughout the State.
Rachel has adjudicated major competitions in Australia and New Zealand, has been drama and music critic for a suburban newspaper and contributed articles for 2MBS-FM. She has been teaching for nearly 50 years and is currently an examiner for the A.M.E.B.
As a member of the Hazelwood Trio Rachel toured South-East Asia, the U.K. and Europe for Musica Viva and the Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs. She tutored for many years at the Robertson String Development Camp and for the Amateur Chamber Music Society of which she is patron. For her services to music, particularly as a pianist, she has been awarded the OAM.
]]>To attend a Playing Day, you must be a member of ACMS. To become a member please complete a Membership Application. For more information about joining see Join Us.
Playing Day Cost: $30. Please pay by direct transfer to ACMS account BSB: 032101 A/c No: 139251
Please include your NAME in the description field when paying by internet banking.
SELF-GRADING is important: Please check it here: Interactive Self Grader (It takes only a few minutes.)
CLOSING DATE for next one: Fri 1st March
PLEASE NOTE:
1. To participate you MUST be a FINANCIAL MEMBER of ACMS.
2. Enrolments will be processed on receipt of the playing day fee.
*************
Playing Day Fee: $30
Payment can be made by direct credit to the ACMS bank account:
BSB: 032101 A/c No: 139251
Please include your NAME in the reference/description field when paying by internet banking.
***********************************************
Applications must be submitted by Friday 2 weeks BEFORE the event to allow time for planning of groups.
SELF-GRADING is important. It helps to make for compatible groups.
Check your SELF-GRADING now: Interactive Self-Grader (opens in a new window)
]]>
Date |
Venue |
Cutoff date for application |
Sunday 17 February |
Churchie, Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane 4169 |
Fri 1 Feb |
Sunday 2 June
|
Pullenvale Hall and other local venues |
Fri 17 May |
Sunday 11 August |
Churchie, Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane 4169 |
Fri 26 July |
Sunday 13 October
|
Churchie, Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane 4169 |
Fri 27 Sept |
Format:
Three playing sessions from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.
Session 1: 9.30 - 11.00am
Session 2: 11.30 - 1.00pm
Lunchtime Concert: 1.00 - 1.45pm
Session 3: 2.00 - 3.30pm
If you are interested in attending please contact Sylvia:
email: qacms@optusnet.com.au or mobile: 0413 608 703
or
Apply online here: online form
-----------------------------------------------
PLEASE NOTE:
1. To participate you MUST be a FINANCIAL MEMBER of ACMS.
2. Enrolments will be processed on receipt of the playing day fee.
*************
Playing Day Fee: $30
Payment can be made by direct credit to the ACMS bank account:
BSB: 032101 A/c No: 139251
Please include your NAME in the reference/description field when paying by internet banking.
***********************************************
Applications must be submitted by Friday 2 weeks BEFORE the event to allow time for planning of groups.
SELF-GRADING is important. It helps to make for compatible groups.
Check your SELF-GRADING now: Interactive Self-Grader (opens in a new window)
]]>Here is a recording of the Mendelssohn Concertpiece played by Andrew Kennedy (clarinet), Petrina Slaytor (bassoon) and Susan Butler (piano) at the Saturday concert.
]]>Dates (All Saturdays) | Time | Book by: |
2 March -- ANU School of Music, Canberra |
1.15 - 5.00pm | Mon 25 Feb |
Masterclass: 30 March - ANU School of Music |
2.00 - 4.00pm |
|
4 May - ANU School of Music |
1.15 - 5.00pm |
Mon 29 April |
TBA |
|
|
TBA |
|
There are two ways to register. Either
(a) online - by becoming a member of the Canberra Chamber Music Players (it's free) and then signing up on the website for a particular playing day.
Go to www.canberrachambermusic.org.au to become a member, and then sign up for a playing day. Note you must be actually logged on as a member to register for a playing day.
Or
(b) by sending an email to canberramusicians@gmail.com
Both methods require that you enrol by the due date, and that you state your playing level.
Check your Self-Grading playing level here: Interactive Self-Grader.
Enrolment must be completed by the Monday before the playing day to allow for planning. Participation cost is $10 which includes afternoon tea. Participation is for ACMS members, but new players may attend their first session before joining ACMS. The afternoon consists of two sessions. You will play with one group of musicians 1.30 - 3 pm and with a second group 3.30 - 5 pm, meeting for afternoon tea and notices 3 - 3.30 pm.
Registering for a playing day is a commitment to being there on the day to play with your allocated group. Players who do not turn up will inconvenience the other players in the group, and make that group unworkable. So it is essential to inform canberramusicians@gmail.com before the playing day of any unavoidable absences so that the committee can work out alternative solutions.
What to bring
All instruments (except pianos) that you have specified on your email/website signup page
Music stand (pianists excepted)
Music you intend to play if you are organising a group (negotiate this with CCMP by email when you register)
Tea mug.
Any queries please contact canberramusicians@gmail.com We look forward to seeing you at playing days.
Playing days are organised locally in Canberra.
They are usually held at the ANU School of Music.
For a calendar of events and details of how to register please visit Canberra Playing Days.
Sorry but enrolments are now closed for 2019 camp.
The 34th Annual Music camp at Wollongong from 4.30pm Friday 25th January to 4.00pm Monday 28 th January.
Players of standard SG 5 will NOT be accepted.
Players of standard SG 4 should have attended a Playing Day to get an idea of how you might cope with three days of playing chamber music.
Applications will be processed on receipt of payment.
Deposit may be paid with this application, the balance is payable by Monday 17th December 2018.
Payment options:
1. Direct bank transfer to ACMS account (Westpac) BSB: 032-101 A/c: 139251
Include your NAME in reference field.
2.Cheque or money order payable to: ACMS Inc.
Post to ACMS at PO Box 584 Balgowlah NSW 2093
Accommodation
There are two accommodation options at the Univerisity's residential units:
1. Kooloobong 4-bedroom units
2. Kooloobong Single Bedroom Studio apartment
Fees for Music Camp
OPTIONS |
$ |
1. PLAYER with accommodation |
|
1a. Kooloobong 4-bedroom apartment |
670 |
1b. Kooloobong Single Bedroom Studio apartment |
735 |
2. NON-PLAYER with accommodation |
|
2a. Kooloobong 4-bedroom apartments |
575 |
3. Player staying OFF CAMPUS |
335 |
DEPOSIT for all above options |
100 |
You may nominate who to share a unit with. Ensure your nominees agree with this proposal before enrolling. A mix of men and women is usually assigned to each unit. This may be varied on request.
Concerts at Music Camp will in the evenings.
If you are interested in performing, you can let us know using the form below.
Ensembles must consist of three musicians or more, soloists with or without accompanist will not be accepted.
All works should be no longer than 10 minutes, including introduction.
A preferred day to perform may be requested but cannot be guarranteed. Every effort will be made to accommodate your request.
Please note the time and location of the concerts:
Saturday 5.30 - 6.30pm at the Auditorium at Glennifer Brae
Sunday 5.30 - 6.45pm at the Flow Room at Kooloobong
There is no piano at Kooloobong. If your ensemble includes a piano and you would prefer to play on a piano, you will be performing on Saturday at Glennifer Brae
Application to perform needs to be received by 01 January 2019
No late entries will be accepted.
The group organiser will be sent an email with the day of the performance in the new year. Please let your group members know when they are performing.
]]>
This page contains downloads for digital transcriptions of music available free on the public domain (IMSLP) or arrangements of some parts.
Available files:
Boccherini Quintetto G280 arr.
Full score, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello I, Violoncello II
Boccherini Quintetto G299 (Op 25 No 5)
Full score, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello I, Violoncello II
Borodin Trio
Full score, Violin I, Violin II, Violoncello
Ries Flute Quartet Op 145 No 1
Full score, Flute Violin, Viola, Violoncello
Dvorak Piano Quartet Op 23
Handel Trio Sonata Op 2 No 8
Violoncello I arr. Violoncello II arr.
Handel Trio Sonata HWV386a
]]>
Your feedback is IMPORTANT to us. Please complete it by 31 January 2019 if you have not handed back the paper form.
]]>Concerts:
Kirribilli Concert: 5.00pm Sun 3 March
Playing Days:
Sydney PD: Sun March 17 | Abbotsleigh Wahroonga
Canberra PD: Sat March 2 | 1.15-5.00pm | ANU School of Music
Brisbane PD: Sun 17 Feb 2019 | Churchie
Blue Mountains PD: Sat Apr 27 | Uniting Church Hall Glenbrook
]]>