Rowell String Orchestra

Co-Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, violinist Sophie Rowell joins our 2023 Summer School as the director of Rowell String Orchestra with a program designed to extend intermediate to advanced string players.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to spend a week playing repertoire that will focus on string technique, tone and ensemble skills, while improving each participant’s use of dynamics and expression.

APPLICANTS

INSTRUMENTS – Violin, viola, cello, double bass.

To be considered for this ensemble for the 2023 MYO Summer School, please apply for the STRING ORCHESTRA STREAM in your application.

Sophie Rowell
Conductor
Artistic Director of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, violinist Sophie Rowell has had an extensive performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and principal orchestral violinist both in Australia and abroad. …
Artistic Director of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, violinist Sophie Rowell has had an extensive performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and principal orchestral violinist both in Australia and abroad. From 2015 to 2022 she was the Co-Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
After winning the ABC Young Performer’s Award in 2000 which resulted in solo performances with all the major Australian symphony orchestras, Sophie founded the Tankstream Quartet which won string quartet competitions in Cremona and Osaka. Having studied in Germany with the Alban Berg Quartet the quartet moved back to Australia in 2006 when they were appointed as the Australian String Quartet. During the six seasons of their tenure, the ASQ performed and recorded at chamber music festivals all over the world. Highlights of their time together include participation in the QuartetFest Bonn as part of the Beethoven Festival and giving performances for remote communities on Cape York in Far North Queensland.
Before being appointed to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sophie has played in principal violin positions with orchestras including the Scottish and Mahler Chamber Orchestras, and the Vancouver, Sydney, Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras.
Sophie studied with Beryl Kimber in her hometown of Adelaide, then with Alice Waten in Sydney. She has participated in numerous masterclasses with eminent musicians such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Norbert Brainin (Amadeus Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet.) She is the Head of String Chamber Music (Strings) at the Australian National Academy of Music, having previously taught at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide and the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. She has also given masterclasses in the UK, France, Singapore and throughout Australia.

2023 SUMMER SCHOOL

Rowell String Orchestra

Sophie Rowell

Conductor