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The 2019 Geoffrey Parsons Award Final will be held on Sunday September 15 at 2.30pm in the Hartley Concert Room at The University of Adelaide. Tickets prices:Full $20, Affiliates $15; Concession, Students & AGSA Members $10 Supported by:

The 2019 Geoffrey Parsons Award / $6000 / Entries close Midnight CST Saturday 29th June 2019. Applications are open for this year’s awards and the application form is now available to download. Visit the GPA page for further details.

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Lisa Moore & Sonya Lifschitz

For five days in June 2018 pianists young and old, professionals and students, will create untold excitement on multiple pianos – from two to 32 – uprights, grands and even professional toy pianos in private teaching studios, schools and public performance spaces, culminating with a Celebrity Recital in Elder Hall performed by acclaimed pianists LISA MOORE and SONYA LIFSCHITZ. When asked “Why Duo Pianos?” Guild Founder and Festival Convenor, Diana Harris responded: “I’ve known Lisa Moore’s work for years, in Australia and through the media reports on her jam-packed US and international activities. She’s a bundle of excitement, a huge performer and a tremendous teacher. When Lisa told me about the success of the 2016/17 US piano duo tours with the brilliant Sonya Lifschitz, and their projected 2018 Australian tour, my immediate reaction was … there’s our 2018 Festival focus!” For just three days – Friday June 15 to Sunday…

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The final of the 2017 Geoffrey Parsons Award will be held on Sunday, September 10. 2.30pm at Carclew. For bookings please visit: www.trybooking.com

Rarely is the art of choral accompaniment placed under the spotlight. Frequently, choral accompanying is wrongly considered to be at the bottom of the pecking order. The very nature of choral accompanying is where many accompanists quickly learn the art in a sink or swim environment. Speak to any accompanist and they’ll tell you how formative their choir accompanying experience has been in their career development. For the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia’s 2017 Festival, techniques of choral accompaniment will be brought to the fore, under the leadership of distinguished choral conductor, Leonie Hempton, Director of Music at St Peter’s Cathedral and for many years music educator at the Special Interest Music School, Marryatville High School. The Festival will follow the Guild’s successful three stage model of Wednesday Pilgrim Church Lunch Hour Concerts, an all-day conference on Saturday, followed by a Sunday concert   highlighting the Festival Theme – for 2017…

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FESTIVAL OF ACCOMPANISTS AUGUST 2-6 2017 The theme of this year’s Festival of Accompanists is KEYBOARD ACCOMPANIMENT IN CHORAL MUSIC – including the final 2017 Concert by The Young Accompanists’ Showcase … http://accompanist.org.au/event-infoforms/accompanists-festival/  

The 2017 Geoffrey Parsons Award / $6000 / Entries close Midnight CST Saturday 1st July 2017 Applications are open for this year’s awards and the application form is now available to download. Visit the GPA page under the Event Info/Forms menu for further details.

Winners of the Accompanists’ Composition Award  have been announced by the Endeavour Trio Congratulations to the joint winners … Thomas Devereux and Rachel Bruerville. Their compositions will be workshopped during the Accompanists’ Conference at Marryatville HS on Saturday July 30 and performed by the Endeavour Trio  in  their Elder Hall Recital on Sunday July 3.

Here is the June newsletter! Please click on the link to download in .pdf format. AGSA NEWSLETTER June 2014 Please click on the link to download in .doc AGSA NEWSLETTER June 2014

Accompanists’ Festival 2013 August 12 to 18 Pianists for Opera Singers Répétiteurs and Recitalists download AGSA 2013 Festival Brochure   David Barnard Musician in Residence   Katrina Waters – soprano Conference Recital   Festival Musicians: Singers: Gisele Blanchard, Lisa Cannizzaro, Teresa La Rocca, Patrick Power Instrumentalists: Wendy Heiligenberg, violin; Dean Newcomb, clarinet Pianists: Penelope Cashman, Sachiko Hidaka, Emma Knights, Julie Sargeant 7 JEM Primary School Pianists, 7 YAS Secondary School Pianists download AGSA 2013 Festival Brochure FESTIVAL WEEK OUTLINE Geoffrey Parsons Award Auditions Monday/Tuesday August 12/13 Bishop Hall from 5.30 pm Elder Conservatorium North Terrace Lunch Hour Concerts Wednesday August 14 Pilgrim Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide 12.10 JEM Junior Ensemble Musicians 1.10 Julie Sargeant & Co-Opera Singers Accompanists’ Conference Sunday August 18, 9.00 am – 4.00pm The Stables, Marryatville High School 170 Kensington Road, Marryatville Geoffrey Parsons Award Final In association with the Elder Conservatorium Sunday August 18 at…

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