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Chamber Music Program

Our chamber music program offers a vibrant and enriching musical experience designed for all instrumentalists to discover the joy of collaborative performance. Chamber Music involves ensembles of 3–5 musicians, each playing a unique part and vitally contributing to shaping the music. The small group setting provides a hands-on learning experience, allowing for both individual and collective growth in musicianship and performance.

Weekly Rehearsal: Participate in regular rehearsals that foster consistent practice and development. We focus on enhancing skills in leadership, listening, collaboration, and musicianship.

Collaborative Experience: Engage deeply with your ensemble and instructor, benefitting from the synergy of small group learning. Our program emphasises teamwork and mutual support, creating a dynamic and inclusive atmosphere.

Tailored Ensembles: Join a personalised group assembled to fit each participant’s age, skill, and musical interests. Whether you are in late primary, high school, young adult, or a community member, you will be part of a specialised group tailored to you.

Diverse repertoire: Explore a broad range of musical genres, including classical, contemporary, film scores, video game music, and jazz. Past groups have performed works by composers such as Dvořák, Max Richter, Hans Zimmer, Astor Piazolla, Nobuo Uematsu, and Yoko Shimomura.

Performance Opportunities: Gain confidence and showcase your talents through regular performances. Our concerts highlight each performer’s contribution, celebrating the collective achievement of the ensemble.

We warmly invite all instrumentalists, especially pianists, to join our dynamic chamber music community. The program is open to all musicians in the Illawarra community, you don’t need to be a current WollCon student to play Chamber Music!

To ensure a rewarding and productive experience in our Chamber Music Program, we require that instrumentalists have achieved at least AMEB Grade 5 or equivalent. For pianists, a minimum of AMEB Grade 6 or equivalent is required. These standards help ensure that all participants can fully engage with the program’s challenges and opportunities.

For more information, please get in touch with Jack Mao at [email protected].

Ready to join? Please fill out our expression of interest application form. We look forward to embarking on this enriching musical journey with you!

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Chamber Music involves ensembles of 3–5 musicians, each playing a unique part and vitally contributing to shaping the music. The small group setting provides a hands-on learning experience, allowing for both individual and collective growth in musicianship and performance.

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Chamber Music involves ensembles of 3–5 musicians, each playing a unique part and vitally contributing to shaping the music. The small group setting provides a hands-on learning experience, allowing for both individual and collective growth in musicianship and performance.

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Anne has been a member of the Wollcon Board since 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from UNSW. She is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and an accredited Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. She has taught family law and other subjects at Wollongong University.

For a number of years she has been a subscriber to the Australian Chamber Orchestra which regularly performs in Wollongong . She has been passionate about music and in particular music education to children and adults.

Jake has worked in the disability sector for 24 years- 17 of these with Interchange and 7 years as their CEO. Jake is passionate about inclusion and equality for both people with disability and their carers.

He holds an MBA, Bachelor of Commerce, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, as well as completing Diploma’s in Case Management, Community Services Coordination and the AICD Company Directors Course.

Jake is also a committee member on the International Short Breaks Association Board and has been a Director on the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Board since 2022.

Wayne is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as being a qualified company secretary and accountant with over 35 years experience in banking and finance. He performed for nine of those years as Chief Executive of IMB Ltd, and the preceding seven years as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, also with IMB. Wayne’s primary expertise is in the areas of governance, management, accounting, risk management and banking and finance. He has spent his whole life living in the Illawarra and is passionate about ensuring the Illawarra can provide the best possible opportunities and lifestyle for its residents. In 2024 Wayne was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community.

Dr Terumi Narushima is a senior lecturer and Music Discipline Leader at the University of Wollongong. She is a composer, performer and sound designer specialising in microtonal tuning systems. Her works include Tritriadic Chimes, a sound installation for LA MicroFest, Hidden Sidetracks, a composition for custom-made instruments premiered by Ensemble Offspring at Sydney Opera House, and a project to build microtonal flutes using 3D printing. She has worked on theatre collaborations which have been presented nationally and internationally, including Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens, Lost in Shanghai, and The Story of Chi. She performs with microtonal ensemble Clocks and Clouds, and her book Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson is published by Routledge.

Nicky is the CEO of Community Industry Group. She has degrees in Dementia Care, Community & Environment and Marketing, and a Grad Dip in Project Management. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Honorary Fellow of UOW. In addition to Chairing the WollCon Board, she is Deputy Chair of the Regional Development Australia Illawarra Shoalhaven Board and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Warrigal, a large not-for-profit specialising in the provision of services for older people.

Her corporate governance and strategy experience extends through a 20+ year career on boards in the corporate, government and NFP sectors.