Nautilus Ensemble Concert
15 April at 7pmSt John’s Anglican ChurchHalifax Street, Adelaide ProgramFrank Bridge: Phantasy in F# Minor (1910)Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No 2 in A major Op 26 Bookings are essentialPurchase your tickets here
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER OF AGSA 2020/2021 COMPOSITION AWARD
Connor Fogarty has been chosen as our 2020/2021 winner by the guest artists of the Piano and Cello Festival, Daniel de Borah and Umberto Clerici. Connor’s composition for Piano and Cello is entitled Pygmalion and Galatea. Chosen as the winner from among six excellent submissions, Connor will, as well as receiving a cash prize, have the honour of workshopping his composition and having it performed at the final concert of the Piano and Cello Festival in June 2021 by the de Borah / Clerici Duo. From the composer’s progam notes: The title of the piece comes from the Greek myth Pygmalion and Galatea. The sculptor, Pygmalion, falls in love with the statue of a beautiful woman that he created. He prays to Aphrodite to bring the statue to life. The statue becomes Galatea. They marry and live a happy life together. The piece is a series of episodes which loosely…
Geoffrey Parsons Award Finalists 2019
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
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.
2019 Event Diary – now available!
See the 2019 Event Diary for upcoming AGSA events.
Festival of Accompanists, 13-17 June 2018 – Guest Artists: Piano Duo 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…
Geoffrey Parsons Award – Finalists 2017
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
Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s Festival shines the light on Keyboard Accompaniment in Choral Music
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…
Accompanists’ Festival 2017
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/
AGSA – Geoffrey Parsons Award – 2017 Competition Announcement
MEDIA RELEASE The Geoffrey Parsons $6,000 Award becomes a national competition … Download the full media release document
The 2017 Geoffrey Parsons Award
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.
2013 Program of Events and Application Forms now available
The Accompanists’ Guild of SA has announced their Events for 2013, and a summary can be found on the Program of Events page. 2013 Membership & Register application forms are available. See Join Us / Donate Information brochures and Application Forms for the JEM (Junior Ensemble Musicians) and YAS (Young Accompanists’ Showcase) programs for school age pianists are available on the Latest News page. Geoffrey Parsons Award and Répétiteur Mentorship forms can also be found there.