Guitar workshop for secondary students
Featuring masterclass opportunities, ensemble practice, interaction with students and staff from the Conservatorium, and a special workshop on Brazilian guitar music, as well as the chance to perform in a twilight concert in Melba Hall, this is a day not to be missed for the serious guitar student!
Date
Saturday 16 June 2012
1.00pm - 7.00pm
Cost
$55 inc GST per participant
Guitar teachers are welcome to observe free of charge
Pre-requisites
AMEB Grade 4 standard or above (or equivalent).
Music reading ability essential.
Enrolments
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Download enrolment form (pdf file, 159kb)
Objectives and Structure
This workshop provides intermediate and advanced guitar students with the opportunity to receive expert tuition from some of Australia’s top guitarists, as well as to work alongside the guitar students at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Participants will be expected to prepare some music in advance of the workshop - sheet music will be mailed out on receipt of enrolment.
Principal tutors: Antony Field and Ken Murray
Ken Murray has developed a singular path as a guitarist combining performance, composition, teaching and research. He has championed and recorded Spanish music from the early twentieth century, worked extensively with contemporary composers and has been active as a performer of Brazilian and South American musical styles. Composition is increasingly becoming a focus and he has written a variety of works for guitar in solo and ensemble settings. As a teacher he has over twenty years of experience at home and overseas.
Antony Field has established himself as one of Australia’s leading performers and teachers of the classical guitar. Graduating from the Canberra School of Music with 1st Class Honours as ‘Most Outstanding Graduate’ for the Class of 1995, Antony achieved various accolades while studying including several first prizes in school-wide chamber music competitions and winning 2nd prize twice at the Darwin International Guitar Competition in 1993 and 1995. In 1998 Antony took up an appointment as Head of Guitar at the Victorian College of the Arts and since then he has performed in a wide range of ensembles on the electric and classical guitars including multiple premiers of new works, many live appearances for national ABC radio and several recordings for ABC Classics and one for Naxos Records.
Venue
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
