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“A Dog’s Life” Silent Movie Night

On Saturday evening, 21 July, more than 100 patrons were transported back exactly 100 years to enjoy a Charlie Chaplin classic, A Dog’s Life, in all of its black-and-white glory. Coming from the ‘silent’ era, […]

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July Strings Report

Towards the end of last term, NECOM String students had the opportunity to attend masterclasses, workshops and lessons with Tor Fromhyr (violin) and David Pereira (cello), both leading teachers from ANU, School of Music.  HSC performance […]

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New England Sings! Preparations

Preparations for the New England Sings! event are underway in earnest. Last week the first of the Primary choir mass rehearsals were held with composer Dan Walker leading the choirs through the commissioned work, Fire […]

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Chamber Music in Schools July Update

Lots of children in North West regional schools have been exposed to the repertoire from the highly successful “Chamber Music in Schools” programme which is administered through NECOM. The image in this newsletter shows Flautist […]

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Walk Through the Orchestra

The annual Armidale Youth Orchestra “Walk Through The Orchestra” was a huge success this year. In conjunction with international “Make Music Day”, 100 preschool and 200 primary school students enjoyed live orchestral music in the […]

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Dalcroze-Eurythmics workshops with Sandra Nash

Dalcroze Eurhythmics is a process for awakening, developing and refining innate musicality through rhythmic movement, ear-training and improvisation. The method is a unique approach to music learning developed by the Swiss composer and educator Emile […]

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Regional Youth Orchestra (RYO) 2018

NECOM and the young musicians of New England continue to “punch above their weight” by again having record numbers of orchestral musicians selected for the 2018 Regional Youth Orchestra program. As a result of auditions […]

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Opera Australia’s Generous Donation to NECOM

Following the incredible donation of music resources from UNE in April, Opera Australia has now followed suit and sent hundreds of opera recordings and scores to NECOM. These generous donations will help establish a community […]