Adelaide Chamber Music School is an immersive and fun program for chamber musicians of all standards. Held over an extended weekend, participants enjoy an intense program of rehearsals, tutorials and workshops all designed to assist them in taking their music from the living room to the recital hall. The school culminates with a performance by all participants .
The inaugural ACMS took place in 2015. Since then, participants have worked with following musicians: the Benaud Trio (Amir Farid, Lachlan Bramble, Ewen Bramble), Stephen King, Julian Ferraretto, Natsuko Yoshimoto, Imants Larsens, Simon Cobcroft, Anna Goldsworthy, Guila Tiver, the Australian String Quartet (Dale Baltrop, Francesca Hiew, Stephen King, Sharon Grigoryan,) Sophie Rowell, Keith Crellin, Janis Laurs, Lucinda Collins, Rachael Johnson, Elizabeth Layton, Amanda Grigg, Nicholas Braithwaite, Celia Craig, Helen Ayres, Konstantin Shamray, Elizabeth Koch, Arian Uren, Dean Newcomb, Ben Dollman, Mark Gaydon, Wilma Smith, Jeffrey Crellin, Rachael Beesley, Merewyn Bramble, Edith Salzmann and Lloyd Van’t Hoff.
The inaugural ACMS took place in 2015. Since then, participants have worked with following musicians: the Benaud Trio (Amir Farid, Lachlan Bramble, Ewen Bramble), Stephen King, Julian Ferraretto, Natsuko Yoshimoto, Imants Larsens, Simon Cobcroft, Anna Goldsworthy, Guila Tiver, the Australian String Quartet (Dale Baltrop, Francesca Hiew, Stephen King, Sharon Grigoryan,) Sophie Rowell, Keith Crellin, Janis Laurs, Lucinda Collins, Rachael Johnson, Elizabeth Layton, Amanda Grigg, Nicholas Braithwaite, Celia Craig, Helen Ayres, Konstantin Shamray, Elizabeth Koch, Arian Uren, Dean Newcomb, Ben Dollman, Mark Gaydon, Wilma Smith, Jeffrey Crellin, Rachael Beesley, Merewyn Bramble, Edith Salzmann and Lloyd Van’t Hoff.
ACMS OBJECTIVES
- To provide high quality tuition to amateur chamber music players in order to:
- raise their standard of musical performance
- increase their knowledge and appreciation of the chamber music repertoire
- To develop the understanding and appreciation of chamber music in the wider community
- To encourage the composition of new chamber works suitable for performance by amateurs
- To celebrate the joy of playing chamber music with friends
- To build lifelong relationships between musicians, the music and their audience.
ACMS COMMITTEE
CHRIS RAWLINSON - Convenor and Treasurer
Chris discovered the pleasures of playing chamber music as a UK teenager and has pursued it ever since. For Chris the special appeal of chamber music is the way it brings people together in an intense musical, social and intellectual experience. While the technical challenges of the repertoire endure, he delights in discovering the inventiveness and creativity present in the music. Having the ACMS available on his doorstep every year is an ideal opportunity to extend this pleasure and connect with so many other wonderful like-minded people! Chris has more spare time now that he has largely retired from information management consulting.
Chris discovered the pleasures of playing chamber music as a UK teenager and has pursued it ever since. For Chris the special appeal of chamber music is the way it brings people together in an intense musical, social and intellectual experience. While the technical challenges of the repertoire endure, he delights in discovering the inventiveness and creativity present in the music. Having the ACMS available on his doorstep every year is an ideal opportunity to extend this pleasure and connect with so many other wonderful like-minded people! Chris has more spare time now that he has largely retired from information management consulting.
LACHLAN BRAMBLE - Program Coordinator
Lachlan was lucky enough to have four siblings also learning string instruments so grew up playing chamber music almost from the cradle. Formative experiences at orchestral and chamber music camps created a life-long love for the synergy that happens when musicians come together for a special occasion. His involvement with Adelaide Chamber Music School is the inevitable outcome of this. Lachlan enjoys cooking, photography and plays indoor cricket with The Full Tossers.
In his spare time Lachlan is violinist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benaud Trio and is a delegate and activist with the Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance.
Lachlan was lucky enough to have four siblings also learning string instruments so grew up playing chamber music almost from the cradle. Formative experiences at orchestral and chamber music camps created a life-long love for the synergy that happens when musicians come together for a special occasion. His involvement with Adelaide Chamber Music School is the inevitable outcome of this. Lachlan enjoys cooking, photography and plays indoor cricket with The Full Tossers.
In his spare time Lachlan is violinist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benaud Trio and is a delegate and activist with the Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance.
LEAH KITTO - Operations Coordinator
Leah has been playing violin for a number of years and is involved in a variety of community orchestral groups across Adelaide. Among her favourite things are long evenings spent playing music and drinking tea, or bubbly, with friends.
In her spare time Leah is an intensive-care nurse at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Leah has been playing violin for a number of years and is involved in a variety of community orchestral groups across Adelaide. Among her favourite things are long evenings spent playing music and drinking tea, or bubbly, with friends.
In her spare time Leah is an intensive-care nurse at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
ROGER DAVIES
Roger started music lessons at the age of 5 and his philosophy as a musician is to keep learning for life and pass on the joy of music to my family and musical friends. He’s played violin in community orchestras since age 15, and string quartets for more than 25 years and more recently started to learn to play the viola. As a committee member of ACMS, Roger hopes to bring our participants both challenge and reward.
In his spare time Roger is a radiologist and entrepreneur with Adelaide MRI and Fluid Solar Thermal.
Roger started music lessons at the age of 5 and his philosophy as a musician is to keep learning for life and pass on the joy of music to my family and musical friends. He’s played violin in community orchestras since age 15, and string quartets for more than 25 years and more recently started to learn to play the viola. As a committee member of ACMS, Roger hopes to bring our participants both challenge and reward.
In his spare time Roger is a radiologist and entrepreneur with Adelaide MRI and Fluid Solar Thermal.