AUSTA WA String Festival 2024

New Venue!  New Sections!

Quick! Get $10 off all registrations!  Early Bird registrations close April 28.  All registrations close May 24. 

We look forward to welcoming teachers and students of all levels to this exciting annual event. One piece, up to 5 minutes, is to be performed for each ticket purchased. Beginner medleys of 2-3 pieces under 30 seconds each, may be approved on application, let us know in Special Requests.

Most sessions will showcase a variety of levels, ages, and instruments, but we have several special sessions available this year as well:

• Regular sessions (A): share your solos, duets, trios, or quartets in a non-competitive, welcome enviroment
• Adult Friendly sessions (B): for anyone 16 or older needing a bit of extra support

New for 2024!

• Alternative Styles (C): Are you an improviser, a looper, or wanting to use electric instruments and/or effects?  This is your session!
• Concerto Soloists (D): session for advanced students wishing to play full concerto movements up to 15 minutes
• Advanced Chamber Ensembles (E): session for ensembles playing longer movements from the repertoire

Please have your piece title, composer and duration ready when you register.  Incomplete registrations will be cancelled.

Enter as an individual (with accompaniment or unaccompanied, if the work does not require accompaniment), or as a member of a string chamber group of up to four players - duets, trios or quartets - with each player playing an individual part.   If a work has an accompaniment part, play it with your own accompanist or use the collaborative pianist provided by AUSTA. AUSTA covers the performance fees for Festival accompanists. Rehearsals if needed are to be arranged by you once you are allocated an accompanist when scheduling has been finalised. This year, you are required to select an piano accompanist or specify that you are providing your own on registration.

This event is free for audience members to attend, so invite your family and friends to support your performance.  Bring your spare change, as there will also be a sale of second-hand sheet music (and donations toward this fundraiser are welcome). 

Students of AUSTA members and AUSTA members will have received a code via email for a 20% discount; please address membership questions if applicable prior to proceding with booking, and contact AUSTA Administration admin@austa.asn.au for membership enquiries. See the AUSTA WA web page for updates and more information.

Festival Adjudicators:

• Semra Lee 
• Zac Rowntree
• Lucas O'Brien
• John Keene

Festival Accompanists:

• Stephanie Nicholls (NOR) only available for morning sessions
• Kendra (Smith) Hamersley (Ellenbrook)
• Michelle Komatsu (Double View)
• Noelle Zhao (SOR)  

This event will be held in conjunction with any COVID and child safety requirements. 

WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
1/2 Bradford Street
Mt Lawley, WA 6050

Ruth Klein Cook - petiteviolon@gmail.com

Stephanie Fraser - info@hillsmusica.com  ‭