REGISTRATION OPENS

The freelance survival toolkit
BRENT MILLER
Room 811
In this session, learn some valuable care and maintenance tips that can help you in a pinch, with a focus on timpani.

Melbourne Bellringers
DR. DERYN GRIFFITHS, SARAH STANCOMBE, LUKA SOSTARKO, LAURA DALE
Room 810
In this interactive session, four of Victoria's tower bell ringers will discuss the music of ringing the changes. The traditional art of English Change Ringing began in the early 1600s and is still practised around the world today by people of all ages. From the patterns, to how we represent these on a page, and even the physics involved - the ringers explain what it's like to ring today, and the musicality of this ancient art.

An Introduction to Afro-Latin American rhythms and styles
ALEX PERTOUT
Room 809
Presenting a rhythmic exploration of how a fundamental 6/8 pattern, born in Africa, has connected and shaped identities across Latin America. This pulse is the very heartbeat of a vast musical diaspora, the foundation upon which African rhythms rebuilt themselves and continue their pathway across Latin America.

Rare instruments, rarely tuned
JOHN RECHTER
Room 808
Join Australian master craftsman and instrument tuner extraordinaire John Rechter in our Deagan display room, where you can try out a range of his rare instruments.  Listen to John discuss some of the finer points of tuning keyboard instruments, and fascinating insights into the history of some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful instruments. Deagan instruments are often referred to as the Stradivari of percussion.

Unlocking your percussion superpower
DR. ANN SHOEBRIDGE & BRENT MILLER
Room 810
Musicians health specialist Dr. Ann Shoebridge (Alexander Technique and Physiotherapy) joins Brent Miller (Head of Percussion, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music) to present a dynamic approach to technique, helping you unlock your full potential.

LUNCH BREAK

Magic metals
ROBERT COSSOM
Hanson Dyer Hall
Join Robert Cossom, percussionist extraordinaire of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, for a masterclass session focusing on all things metal – cymbals, triangles, vibraphones, flexatones.

Playing in the Zone
DAVID JONES
Kenneth Myer Auditorium

Relaxation techniques, dealing with performance anxiety and practical strategies and tips for playing at the highest level. The workshop will be about being in the zone and dealing with all of the many challenges of practice, rehearsal, recording and performance.
You’ll come away from this workshop feeling Calm and energised.
Part of the workshop will be rehearsal of an original piece that David has written.
Percussaganza is a very energised piece with lots of interaction and dynamics and will sound fantastic with many of us playing together.
( instruments supplied; bring sticks and mallets)
David will go through the methods of rehearsal and absorbing of any piece of music.
Come and play with David!
It’s ok if you’re at a beginning or intermediate level.
You will have fun and learn many things from David’s wisdom and experience of more than 50 years of playing.

Sponsored by Just Percussion

Music and Ritual of the Guewel
LAMINE SONKO
Hanson Dyer Hall
Music and Ritual of the Guewel: Exploring an Ancient Metaphysical Knowledge System Through Practice-Based Research
The Senegalese Guewel is both messenger and mediator, linking past and present, ancestral wisdom and modern understanding. As keepers of an ancient metaphysical knowledge system, Guewels guide individuals and communities through life’s cycles, from birth to death, using ritual, rhythm, music, song, and dance. This lecture explores Guewel practices as a mode of transmitting metaphysical knowledge, grounded in Guewel epistemology and practice-based methods such as music composition, live rhythm performance, visual art, and film. Through these creative works, knowledge is not only studied but embodied and actualised, offering rhythmic pathways to alternative ways of knowing that challenge colonial frameworks and affirm self-determined, holistic traditions. www.1312.com.au

Making your vibes playing sound great!
NICK PARNELL
Hanson Dyer Hall
In this presentation, we delve into different technical approaches players can use to bring out the beauty and excitement of the vibraphone. Covering advance performance techniques from mallet dampening, pedalling, sticking choices and much more. Sponsored by Ludwig Musser

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Alumni Rehearsal -  Kenneth Myer Auditorium

BARRY QUINN: A Celebration of Life in Music
Kenneth Myer Auditorium
(free event)

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(Sound checks and ensemble rehearsal)

GALA CONCERT
Kenneth Myer Auditorium