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AYO Chamber Players

Immerse yourself in the intimate world of chamber music with AYO Chamber Players. This program offers intensive ensemble training and guidance from leading chamber musicians. Working with your mentors, you will study a range of repertoire with an ensemble, further developing your skills and laying the foundations for a successful career in small ensemble playing.

What to expect on the program

Participants will join with their peers as part of a string quartet, piano trio, piano quartet, wind quintet or brass quintet, and be tutored by some of Australia’s leading chamber musicians.

Participants in AYO’s Chamber Players program get to immerse themselves in the specialised art of performing chamber music. Pictured below: three ensembles performing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as part of the 2017 Chamber Players program, presented in partnership with the Musica Viva Festival. Photography: Maree Kilpatrick  

When

11–19 February 2023

Where

Melbourne

Cost

$ 1,065

AYO will arrange and cover all travel, instrument freight, meals and accommodation costs associated with the program.

Eligibility

18–28 years inclusive as at 1 January 2023

Minimum standard AMEB AMusA or equivalent

You may apply for this program as an individual musician or an established ensemble.

Applications are open to individual violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba and piano players, as well as established string quartets, wind quintets, brass quintets and piano trios.