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National Choral School Opportunity

NECOM students are invited to audition for National Choral School, the pre-eminent immersive choral experience for young singers in Australia. Established by Lyn Williams OAM in 1997, Gondwana Choirs is the leader in Australian choral performance […]

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Flinders Quartet Concert Review

On Thursday evening, 25 July, the Flinders String Quartet performed a beautiful concert in the Armidale Town Hall, featuring works by Shostakovich and Schumann. The evening began with a narration of excerpts from Wendy Lesser’s […]

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Creative Kids Vouchers Update

At the beginning of 2019, the NSW Government launched the Creative Kids rebate program, allowing families to claim up to $100 for each eligible school enrolled child towards the cost of lesson and activity costs, […]

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Flinders Quartet Masterclasses

After experiencing the wonderful Musica Viva performance given by the Flinders Quartet on Thursday evening the  25th July, many of our talented scholarship students at  NECOM were privileged enough to perform the following day to the […]

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Return of Susanne James as CEO

It is with great pleasure on behalf of the board I can announce that Susanne James has returned to NECOM as its CEO.     For those of you who are not aware Susanne was CEO of […]

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NECOM Choral Conductor Mentoring Program

This year, the NECOM Choral Conductor Mentoring Program has taken on a new and exciting dimension thanks to the warm support of the Armidale Choral Society. Initiated by Phil Oxley and Leanne Roobol, our choral […]

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Piano Workshops with Bradley Evans

Bradley Evans, a highly experienced piano teacher and AMEB examiner from Sydney, recently visited NECOM. Twelve students and several local piano teachers attended two workshops with Bradley, held on Sunday 23 June. The first workshop […]

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Junior Orchestra Workshop 2019

Over two days on July 4 and 5, more than 70 young musicians from Armidale and surrounds (including Coffs Harbour) came together in the Old Teachers College to form a Youth Orchestra of incredible size […]