National Music Camp

1. A Long Night's Journey Into Day
(News/Latest)

...as tutors, an article on Canberra luminary Ernest Llewellyn (whose name adorned the Camp’s principal concert venue) as well as musical games and a (rather Spartan) crossword. Such a monumental ...

2. Composers in Time
(About WAM/Writings)

...xt generation of Australian composers gets the opportunity to hear their works performed by musicians in a concert format. Timothy is the co-founder of Ensemble Fabrique, who perform new and old works...

3. Digital Rhythm Clock
(About WAM/Writings)

...p;   Bedřich SMETANA – The Moldau 7.     Béla BARTÓK – Concerto for Orchestra, 2nd movement, ‘Guoco della coppie’ 8.    ...

4. Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

... dissonances that are set up in the Prelude and sustained for the four-hour duration of the opera. Even in concert the musical evocation of the departure of Isolde’s soul is electrifying; a mome...

5. Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

... to the music than the Boston venue where Koussevitzky conducted a performance in 1932. At that particular concert, two elderly ladies were left feeling rather shaken, their row of loosely-fitted seat...

6. Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Concerto for Orchestra, BB.123 [1943] I    Introduzione II   Giuoco delle coppie III   Elegia IV  Intermezzo interrotto V  Finale Concerto for O

7. Philip Arkinstall: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...We played Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, with Kirsty Hilton on violin. We were tutored by Thomas Brandis, Concertmaster of the Berlin Phil.  How gratifying is your role here at NMC? It is a lon...

8. Ian Cleworth: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...unny…the performances used to be more casual. I was wearing jeans and my red sneakers for the staff concert and I felt like I was wearing the wrong uniform! But it is such a pleasure and joy to...

9. Kate Salvatore: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...rokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet was probably my favourite work on the program. I also loved the staff concerts, hearing the repertoire and the standard of the players. What’s the best thi...

10. Janis Laurs: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...er that forever. In 1967 in Melbourne we played Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture. It was intense, the conductor, Willem van O...

11. Genevieve Lang: Alumni Profile
(About WAM/Writings)

...w string, anchor the knot and bring it up to pitch while everyone waited in silence. Jemima Littlemore was concertmaster and the conductor was Yahov Kreizburg. It felt like a month to me! When I finis...

12. Elliott GYGER (born 1968)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Deep and dissolving verticals of light: nocturnal concerto for orchestra [1994]   Deep and dissolving verticals of light: nocturnal concerto for orchestra [1994] Deep and dissolving verticals of

13. Radio Feature: Inside Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra
(Gallery/Audio)

Inside Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra ABC Classic-FM, 8:55pm, 16 January 2010 WAM2010_radiofeature_wk2 Saturday night’s recital concludes with a performance of Bartok’s modern maste

14. Orchestral Concert Week 2
(Gallery/Photo Gallery)

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15. Orchestral Concert Week 1
(Gallery/Photo Gallery)

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16. Banquet in six courses: a report on the first Staff Concert
(News/Latest)

... night’s work before the performances even began. This was the first of the two Staff Chamber Music Concerts held during the 2010 National Music Camp. With the plethora of styles, influences an...

17. The Power of Rhythm
(News/Latest)

...ber the day it happened [in] a rehearsal of the second movement of Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto. The strings played the introduction and then the piano came in and my eyes went wid...

18. An orchestral appetiser
(Gallery/Video Gallery)

...als and tutorials, as well as other camp activities including chamber music, rhythm and singing workshops, concerts, and of course preparation for the annual cricket match. Below is an excerpt of Ser...

19. John ADAMS (born 1947)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...launch into the composition of his landmark opera Nixon in China, but needing first to complete an overdue concert work for the Milwaukee Symphony. He decided to treat the commission as a kind of &ldq...

20. Hugh Davidson: “There are things you were born to do”
(About WAM/2010 Participants)

...There he has done practically everything: sound engineering, interviewing musicians, setting the stage for concerts and creating his own broadcasts, sometimes all at once. “It’s an interes...

21. 15 Jan 8pm
(News/Concerts Promo)

Composition Concert   Friday 15 January - 8.00pm, 2010 Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University Join the AYO composers to hear their compositions premiered by an ensemble of

22. Friday 15 January, 8pm
(News/Concerts)

  Friday 15 January - 8.00pm   Composition Concert Join the AYO composers to hear their compositions premiered by an ensemble of AYO tutors.

23. 16 Jan 8pm
(News/Concerts Promo)

...Liebestod       Alexander Orchestra - Lutz Koehler BARTÓK - Concerto for Orchestra ...

24. Saturday 16 January, 8pm
(News/Concerts)

...Liebestod       Alexander Orchestra - Lutz Koehler BARTÓK - Concerto for Orchestra   ...

25. Welcome to National Music Camp 2010!
(Home/Home)

...e over 80 hours of rehearsals, tutorials, industry experience and the exhilaration of final live broadcast concert performances. Participating in AYO National Music Camp is a life-changing experience...

26. Welcome to National Music Camp 2010!
(Home/Home)

...e over 80 hours of rehearsals, tutorials, industry experience and the exhilaration of final live broadcast concert performances. Participating in AYO National Music Camp is a life-changing experience...

27. Welcome to National Music Camp 2010!
(Home/Home)

...e over 80 hours of rehearsals, tutorials, industry experience and the exhilaration of final live broadcast concert performances. Participating in AYO National Music Camp is a life-changing experience...

28. Birth of the AYO
(Snippets/Snippets)

...od ladies of the North Shore as they sipped their afternoon tea, mind you!) of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto. Soloist was Gai Tilsed. ...

29. Radio Features
(Static Content)

...c participants produce two radio features, which are broadcast in conjunction with the Saturday orchestral concerts.   This year's features will be broadcast on the evenings of 9 and 16...

30. About WAM
(Static Content)

...ipants have been involved in activities such as: writing program notes for all National Music Camp formal concerts giving pre-concert talks developing interview techniques (written and broadcast) ...

31. National Music Camp Crossword
(Archived/News/Latest)

Missing camp already? Why not have a go at this crossword!

32. Campers' Musical Memories
(Archived/News/Latest)

2009 Campers reminisce about their most formative musical experiences...  

33. Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Petrushka, [1910-11, rev. 1947] I           The Shrovetide Fair II           In Petrushka’s

34. Vision of greatness
(Archived/News/Latest)

Torelli. Gade. Piazzolla. Gardel. Hindemith. Elgar. And what a soundscape it was. The first orchestral concert for National Music Camp was a huge program, involving 250 young musicians, three c

35. Staff vs. Student Cricket Match
(Archived/News/Latest)

...he annual cricket match: an event almost as highly anticipated as the first of the camp’s orchestral concerts. ...

36. A chromatic dance
(Archived/Snippets/Snippets)

...rticulation and phrasing.  The Danses can be heard in the National Music Camp Advanced Chamber Music concert, 1:00pm Friday the 16th of January at Elder Hall, Elder Conservatorium Adelaide. &nbs...

37. Listening session three: Comparative discussion
(Archived/News/Latest)

On Wednesday morning in the Words About Music room, the circle of speakers became a circle of listeners. Tutor Angela Turner introduced us to five versions of a piano piece, Adélaïde (fit

38. Music in the making
(Archived/News/Latest)

...itive aura around the challenge. Everyone is alert and focussed, and considering they are one day out from concert day this is a very good thing. “Mental attitude needs to be stronger than your ...

39. Staff Chamber Concerts
(Archived/News/Latest)

Two violins, a viola, cello and a clarinettist took the stage last night to bring the beauty of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B minor to an enthralled music camp audience.

40. Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Divertimento, BB.118 [1939] I    Allegro non troppo II   Molto adagio III  Allegro assai  A divertimento may be an unusual piece for Bartók

41. James LEDGER (born 1966)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Fall from Grace [2003]  Perth composer James Ledger is this year’s composition tutor at National Music Camp. He has held the position of composer in residence with the Adelaide Symphony Or

42. Selection of Tangos, arr. Fionnuala HUNT [2005]
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Carlos GARDEL (1890-1935) Tomo y obligo Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Oblivion Jacob GADE (1879-1963) Jealousy  For an Irish violinist with a repertoire consisting mostly of the classics and works

43. Giuseppe TORELLI (1658-1709)
(Archived/About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.8, No.8 [1708] I    Vivace-Adagio II   Allegro Described by a contemporary as “erudite and eloquent”, Giuseppe Torelli possessed co

44. 06/01/09: Day of first impressions
(Archived/News/Latest)

... tapping steadily on the polished wooden floor. There is a lot of hard work going into preparation for the concerts on Saturday, and we look forward to hearing the fruits of their labours. ...

45. 1709: A Postcard
(Archived/Snippets/Snippets)

... instruments still in existance, and Bartolomeo Cristofori built the first pianoforte.  Torelli's Concerto Grosso Op. 8 No 8 can be heard played by the Mills Chamber Orchestra on January 10th...

46. Everybody loves green eyes
(Archived/Snippets/Snippets)

...An arrangement of Jealousy by Fionnuala Hunt will be performed by the Mills Chamber Orchestra in the first concert on Saturday, January 10th. ...

47. Rachel Orzech: A Spoonful of Rachel
(Archived/About WAM/2010 Participants)

...l’s daily life as music. From listening to her boyfriend’s country and folk music or attending concerts with her parents, to cooking her vegetarian meals in her Melbourne home in Brunswick...

48. Australian National Music Camp Statistics
(Archived/Snippets/Snippets)

...ng in a main state youth orchestra activity’, and that there are ‘52 YOA ensembles and 326 YOA concerts being performed throughout Australia.’ At Australian Youth Orchestra&rsqu...

49. Campers Depart 'City of Churches'
(Archived/News/Latest)

One could have easily formed an impressive impromptu chamber orchestra within Adelaide airport lounges and queues on Sunday morning, as National Music Campers of 2007 commenced their journeys home.

50. Quadrilles, Croquet & Cricket
(Archived/News/Latest)

‘Twas all on a golden afternoon, as the twilight sun glowed dimly yet lovingly on the well-kept green of the Adelaide University Oval – water-restrictions, be damned! – and excited