"Chelys is an important component of being a member ofthe Australian Viola ad Gamba Society and I remain committed to the idea of a user-friendly Journal that strikes an appropriate balance between informal news items, contributions to the scholarship of the viol in Australia and reviews of books and music that are of interest to viol players.I hope that being Editor will allow me to facilitate the kinds of things the membership at large wants to talk and read about.I see the Journal as a forum that we should all feel the ownership of and to which we should all feel we can contribute. The viol remains at a stage of enormous potential in this country, and I'd like the journal to nuture new talent, both academic and in the world of performance. I encourage anyone who wants to comment on the content of the journal, or to contribute in any way to contact me directly. Planning for the next issue is well and truly underway, and I hope to be able to offer the following items in this year's Journal."
- An interview with Shaun Ng about life as a gambist in Singapore and Perth
- A comparative study of Rousseau and Danoville's contemporaneous treatises on the viol.
- Patrice Connelly's reflections on the first years of the Society and the challenges ahead.
- A review of Edition Güntersberg's new edition of C.P.E. Bach's C major Sonata for viol and continuo.
- More articles are always encouraged! The 2005 issue of Chelys is expected to go towards September, for release before the end of the year.
- I look forward to working with the Committee and Society members to ensure a vibrant journal in future years.
John Weretka
 John Weretka has an honours degree in musicology and Anglo-French literature from the University of Melbourne and returned recently to commence postgraduate work in fine arts. He is currently the General Editor of the Australian Music Examinations Board. John has a long history of involvement in the arts and has been Deputy Secretary of the Arts Industry Council of Victoria, President of the Early Music Society of Victoria, Treasurer of the Victorian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia, on the Editorial Board of `Context' music journal and a Board Member of the Melbourne Autumn Music Festival. He writes regularly for `Music Forum' magazine. John is a viol student of Ruth Wilkinson and Laura Vaughan.
- A letter from the editor
John Weretka
- Maugars to Marais: an overview of the development of bass viol music in seventeenth-century France
Laura Vaughan
- Unsung virtuoso of the bass viol - August Kühnel
Polly Sussex
- An introduction to the violone
Ruth Wilkinson
- Reviews
- 50 standards Renaissance et Baroque, Pascal Boquet and Gérard Rebours (editors) - Fuzeau
Richard Milner
- Mr Leonards second booke. A second selection of solos for unaccompanied bass viol - Ian Gammie (arranger) - Corda Music
Patrice Connelly
- A Viola da Gamba Miscellanea: articles from and inspired by viol symposiums organised by the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, France, Susan Orlando (editor) - University of Limoges
Michael O'Loughlin
- Contributor Profiles
- A letter from the editor
John Weretka
- Five minutes with Petr Wagner
John Weretka
- Gottfried Finger's music for the viol: an introduction
Robert Rawson
- The viol in Australia: a personal account
Miriam Morris
- Homer the lironist: P.F. Mola, art and music in the baroque
John Weretka
- Reviews
- Phantastical, Giddy or Inconsiderate Toyish Conceits
A letter from the Editor
- An interview with Shaun Ng
John Weretka
- In the footsteps of the master: Marais 'down under'
Jennifer Eriksson
- New music for old instruments: an interview with Kevin Hunt
Philip Pogson
- Starting a new society - a lesson in red tape, and a personal reflection
Patrice Connelly
- Consonances and dissonances:
- A new look at Danoville and Rousseau's treatises
John Weretka
- Apris Sir Thomas Wycitt
Gemma Mahadeo
- Reviews:
- Contributor profiles
- An interview with laura Vaughan by Patrice Connelly
- Chistoph Schaffrath by Michel O'Loghlin
- Donald Peart and the Haselmere Connection by Roger Covell
- Some Notes on Viols in the Philippines
- CD review:
- Book Reviews:
- Viole da gambe Serie 1 France 1600-1800 ed. Phillippe Lescaut and Jean Saint-Arroman by John Weretka
- Viole de gambe Serie IV Italie ed. Paolo Biordi and Vittoria Ghielmi Volumes 1 - 3 by John Weretka
- The Italian Viola da Gamba. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Italian Viola da Gamba. Magnano, Italy 29 April - 1 May 2000 by Patrice Connelly
- Weapons of Rhetoric, A guide for musicians and audience. Judy Tarling. by Patrice Connelly
- Contributor Biographies
- Reminiscences being an account of My Encounters with the Viola da Gamba. Rayner Smith
- Viol technique, pedagogy and repertoire in 16th century Italy An exploration of 16th century teaching practice, the music people played and how they played it. Patrice Connelly
- Making my first gamba. Having made more than forty violins, a dozen violas and a few cellos, the making process can become quite formalised. The commission that came in for a treble viol gave rise to some new thought in my instrument making. John Akerman
- Music Reviews:
- An interview with Danny Yeadon by Patrice Connelly
- Reconstructing the viol bow by Ian Watchorn
- Graces for viol music in tablature by Ruth Kelly
- A Rare Instrument: The Thomas Cole Bass Viol in the Collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand. by Polly Sussex
- CD Review:
- Music Review:
- In conversation with Miriam Morris
- An interview with Fumiko Matsui
- Music Reviews
- Music for Viol - Paris 1650-1660
- CD Reviews
- The Golden Years of English viol making
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