Melbourne Camerata Strings

Join our brand new ensemble for 2024, Melbourne Camerata Strings to collaborate with other string students from across Victoria and take the next steps in your musical development.

Whether you are new to Melbourne Youth Orchestras or progressing through our ensemble programs, your conductor will lead you to explore new challenges beyond basic ensemble technique.

Join Melbourne Camerata Strings to:

– Expand your repertoire knowledge
– Engage in effective and critical listening
– Learn performance practice and consolidate new skills through performance in a variety of venues

Melbourne Camerata Strings
Approximate standard: AMEB Grade 4 – 5 or equivalent
Approximate age range: 10 – 16
Rehearsals: Sundays 9:30am – 12:30pm
Instruments: Violin, viola, cello, double bass

Please note, Melbourne Camerata Strings rehearses exclusively on Sunday mornings.

Gareth Hill
Conductor
Dr Gareth Hill is a Melbourne-based conductor, musician, and educator. Drawing from decades of music making in multiple settings, Gareth’s conducting seeks to enable exciting and rewarding performances. Growing up …
Dr Gareth Hill is a Melbourne-based conductor, musician, and educator. Drawing from decades of music making in multiple settings, Gareth’s conducting seeks to enable exciting and rewarding performances. Growing up in Canberra, he studied with renowned bassists Eric Ajaye and Max McBride at the Australian National University and began pursuing opportunities performing jazz, classical, rock and other styles of music.

Gareth’s dedication to his craft led to travel to New York where he studied with legendary bassists Rufus Reid and John Patitucci, as well as building links with musicians in its experimental jazz scene. He has performed with diverse artists such as jazz greats Bernie McGann, Bob Sedergreen, Ted Vining and Don Burrows, as well as classical figures Thomas Ades and Brett Dean. Gareth is deeply involved with the vibrant music scene of Melbourne with ensembles Blow and the Ted Vining Trio, as well as engagements with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria.

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Melbourne Camerata Strings

Gareth Hill

Conductor