National Music Camp

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

...esis of sleep. That moment of truth that looms large in the minds of every aspiring writer. And Thursday night, the WAMmers had to contend with the mother of all deadlines: Musica Fever. Forged in th...

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

... self-denial and the forbidden, all associated with love.  Over several hours, Tristan the Cornish knight and Isolde the Irish princess move from mutual hatred to an intoxicated liaison and subse...

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

...st.” The first movement begins slowly and ominously with elements of Bartók’s “night music” writing style, characterised by the evocation of ‘nocturnal’ sou...

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

...ns have gone. We don’t say grace any more. The students used to demand a joke from the staff every night at dinner. I was terrified I would have to provide a joke and only agreed to come back as...

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

...icals of light Ferry the falls of moonshine down. Five bells Coldly rung out in a machine’s voice. Night and water Pour to one rip of darkness, the Harbour floats In air, the Cross hangs upside-...

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

...rsquo;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 masterpiece, the Co...

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

...ectantly. So great was the desire to burst into applause that the stage managers received credit for the night’s work before the performances even began.The lights dimmed. The students waited ex...

8. A Night Not To Be Missed... Or Else
(News/Latest)

On Friday night, our National Music Camp (NMC) participants were treated to a special screening of two DVD features in Manning Clark Hall. The first, a documentary from 1949, gave a snapshot of the s

9. A Gripping Death
(Snippets/Snippets)

...Richard Wagner died in his wife Cosima’s arms, she stayed in the room with him for a whole day and night until persuaded by a doctor to leave. Some reports go so far as to claim that she clung t...

10. The Power of Rhythm
(News/Latest)

...e to logistical reasons – it was too big – but I was desperate to perform it at music camp tonight.” So how did he solve the problem? Grinning, Tim said, “[We] feature Stravins...

11. An orchestral appetiser
(Gallery/Video Gallery)

...t of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, rehearsed by the Bishop Orchestra on Tuesday night, and conducted by Lutz Koehler. © Claire Tomlin Day1rehearsal_2010e|600|400|1| ...

12. Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884)
(About WAM/Concert Program Notes)

...symbol of Czech country life (and evocation of Smetana’s youthful love of dancing). Day darkens to night, and the river’s moonlit journey reveals the emergence of water nymphs, coinciding ...

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

...scribed by the opera’s original director, Peter Sellars, and librettist Alice Goodman) is the last night of the exhausted Nixons’ official visit to China in 1972. Although called The Chair...

14. “We’re ready for you”: student cricket captain Pauperis
(News/Latest)

...nd Conditioning:    Alexander Johnson Sports Psychologist:    Sigmund Day-Knight Drinks Boy:    Yuhki Mayne Statistician:    Caitlin Ayres S...

15. Shh...the maestro is (de)composing
(Snippets/Snippets)

...ied of pneumonia after his wife, fed up with his drunken ways, locked him out on a frosty winter’s night. Anton Webern (1883-1945) may have been chuffed at surviving the Second World War, but di...

16. “What did you have for breakfast?”
(News/Latest)

... some intriguing stories from all the subjects. The skills learned will be very useful in the coming fortnight as we interview many campers and staff to compile our two twenty-minute radio features.&n...

17. Dining Hall Etiquette
(Archived/News/Latest)

There is no doubt: the dining hall experience is quintessential college living.  Few other situations boast the opportunity to dine with 300 of your closest friends, or test endurance and stamina

18. Getting back into the swing of things
(Archived/News/Latest)

The hurried ‘click’ of pencils on music stands was a common sound last night as music camp participants returned from their free day to resume rehearsals at the University of Adelaide. Fac

19. 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.

20. 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

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

...ks have included Bell Weather [2008] and a new commission for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Restless Night, which will tour in February 2009....

22. 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

23. 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.

24. Sing!
(Archived/News/Latest)

It was high drama at the National Music Camp “sing-in” held at Elder Hall on Thursday night. Tears, laughter, admonishment and astonishment abounded as the 200-strong voices of students

25. Bush Dance Boogie!
(Archived/News/Latest)

On Monday night the campers were treated with a thigh slappin’, heel kickin’ hoedown. The heel-and-toe and do-si-do were exemplified in an energetic whirl around the lawn. Led by rousing c