Jennifer Newcomb Music Studio

On Sunday 17th February, several of our students participated in a very special Piano Masterclass at The University of Queensland School of Music, with Piano Performance Fellow and Viney-Grinberg Piano Ensemble-in-Residence member, Dr. Anna Grinberg.

Well Done & Congratulations to all the students involved. Keep up the great work!

Welcome back to another year music making! The new year is now well underway and to kick start 2019 please take note of the following events CLOSING SOON:

ADVANCED PIANO WORKSHOP: With Liam Viney University of Queensland  (pending final confirmation)

• SUNDAY 17  February @ 3:00pm  at UQ for Advanced students Gr 6+. Register as Performer (or Observer as parents/ siblings) HERE 

COMPOSERS WORKSHOP – Sunday 24 February 2019

• Register HERE for Composition workshop and Information

LITTLE LEV (Lev Vlassenko event) students 10-15 year age (at least 8^th Grade standard)

• A recent recording (within the next 2 weeks) is required  – DUE 22 February – APPLY

STUDIO PERFORMANCES – SEE DATES BELOW

• Register  HERE for any of the performances. Available Dates & Times are: 23 February (Saturday) 4:00pm / 3 March (Sunday) 3:300pm / 8 March (Friday) 5:30pm

EXAM ENTRY FOR MAY EXAM PERIOD (BRISBANE VENUE) 4-19 May

• Entries due 5 March

EISTEDDFOD DUE DATES IN MARCH – please consider individual websites from Event Planner

• Wynnum Manly Eisteddfod due March
• Ipswich Eisteddfod (May) due March
• Toowoomba Eisteddfod (May) due 4 March
• Murwillumbah (June-July) due 22 March

WELL DONE and congratulations to all the students for another successful year of Eisteddfods!

Welcome back to another year 2018!

STUDIO PLANNER and Information is now available – go to EVENTS CALENDAR to view and to download a the PDF version.

Gold Coast Eisteddfod Syllabus is now available. We will be planning our repertoire in the coming weeks and deciding on  the sections most suitable for completion in the coming months.

Note: Separate genre syllabus is available online – click here for Piano 

Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts  (MFPA)     28 June – 5 JULY    –    Entries Close 23 MARCH

Please click here for the Music Schedule. Download Entry Form here.

Beenleigh Eisteddfod   20 -29 JULY  – Closing Date 20 April

Please click here for the Music Schedule. (age as at 1^st January) 

Please have a look at the syllabus and keep in mind the Closing Date and come to me with any suggestions you may have, or questions.  I will send another reminder out at closing time for the entries.

Most of you may know already about the wonderful success that Oscar Wong has had this year. In addition to being awarded his F.Mus (Fellowship in music) he has had a wonderful experience and superb result winning First Prize at the Internationally renowned Lev. Vlassenko Piano Competition and festival held August September 2017.  In addition, Oscar was also awarded extra prizes of Best Mozart, Best Chopin, and Best Round 3 Performance. See here for more information.

If you would like to hear Oscar play the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 with the Conservatorium Symphony orchestra on 24^th Nov 7:30pm (Tickets: Adult $33; Concession $21.50; Student/Group $11.50 ), click here for details.