Australian Viola da Gamba Society
The Australian Viola da Gamba Society is proud to announce a special Viol School in collaboration with Consortium, with the theme of English Consort Music.
The Annual Viol School will run between Saturday 8 June to Monday 10 June, at Carlton North Primary School, Lee Street, Carlton North.
WELCOME
A warm welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of the newsletter, and our many thanks to all the contributors to this edition. Below you will find updates on viol activities across Australia, including Rachel Walker in Canberra, Patrice Connelly in Queensland, and Knobby Clarke in Victoria. We look forward to seeing many of you over the King’s Birthday Weekend at the Annual National Viol School in Melbourne!
–RUBY BRALLIER & ALASDAIR MCANDREW
2024 AUSTRALIAN VIOLA DA GAMBA SOCIETY ANNUAL VIOL SCHOOL — MELBOURNE
The Australian Viola da Gamba Society is proud to announce a special Viol School in collaboration with Consortium, with the theme of English Consort Music. Tutors will be Reidun Turner, Laura Vaughan, Ruth Wilkinson, Ruby Brallier and John Weretka.
The Annual Viol School will run between Saturday 8 June to Monday 10 June at Carlton North Primary School, Lee Street, Carlton North.
The link to complete the enrollment form is https://forms.gle/F2XW6tSLL3c2Vs4n9.
The inaugural music series at Christ Church in the quaint Victorian town of Daylesford was put on with great success last year. Victoria Watts tells us a bit about what it’s all about.
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An insightful and fascinating look at the publication of a Sicilian manuscript for Bass Viol that originates from the second half of the 17th century.
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Listening to the Goldberg Variations as arranged for viol consort by Richard Boothby from Fretwork, and played by them.
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The Coptfold Consort meets in the afternoon of the first Sunday in every month. We seek to recruit another tenor and another treble player. For further details, please contact Knobby CLARKE as dawclarke@gmail.com
A new facsimile edition from Atelier Philidor.
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A luthier called Richard Jones makes viols constructed according to a Renaissance pattern and designed to be played at 440Hz.
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A hands on evaluation of Aquila’s new range of synthetic ‘red strings’.
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