News

Vocal Masterclass with Hannah Fraser

NECOM hosted a rewarding scholarship masterclass with vocalist Hannah Fraser. Hannah Fraser graduated from Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2013 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance. Immediately after her graduation she was selected to […]

News

Violin Masterclasses with Ben Castle

NECOM in conjunction with the Armidale Youth Orchestra hosted workshops for some of our scholarship students with violinist Ben Castle whilst he was in Sawtell for the AYO camp on the weekend of the 23-25 […]

No Picture
News

Introducing our new string teacher Jhana Allan

Originally hailing from Armidale, Jhana Allan studied a Bachelor of Music at the University of Tasmania, learning from TSO concert master Jun Yi Ma. She then went on to study Honours at Melbourne Conservatorium with […]

News

Introducing Percussion at NECOM

We are delighted to announce that percussion lessons are being offered at the New England Conservatorium of Music from Term One, 2018. Mallet lessons (xylophone, marimba) will be taught by our new Music Therapist, Fumie […]

News

Wind and Brass Program Report

2017 has been an amazing year, very busy but very rewarding.  There have been so many great performances. The wind and brass program continues to grow and I am very excited about the reformation of […]

News

Christmas Choral Concert 2017

The annual Christmas Choral Concert was full of Santa hats, antlers and Christmas bling (Leanne’s flashing earrings) and a timely visit from Santa, which was a fitting accompaniment to the wonderful repertoire presented by our […]

News

AYO’s 2017 Wrap Up

Another wonderful year of lots of music-making for the Armidale Youth Orchestra!  A very big thank you to our conductors Joanna Fairs-Wu and Paul Marshall who have gone the extra miles to keep our orchestra […]

News

Chamber Music Christmas Concert

On the 23rd of November, the Chamber Music students presented their final concert of the year. After a slightly shortened term due to everyone doing ALL THE THINGS, the students were still able to present […]