Playing music increases motivation and encourages self-esteem. Ensemble playing fosters wellbeing, co ordination skills, concentration, self-control, and is just plain fun!
Strings Alive Information (2012)
Strings Alive Registration (2012)
Wind Serenade Information (2012)
Instrumental/musicianship/ensemble lessons
Andante Tutti Beginners: 90 minute group lesson
Allegretto Tutti Intermediate: 90 minute musicianship/chamber ensemble workshop
Presto Tutti Advanced: 90 minute musicianship/chamber ensemble workshop
NB: Interviews required for all prospective participants
Program runs during the Tasmanian government school terms
Program Coordinator
Yuen Yum San Williams, Principal Music Educator, Conservatorium of Music, UTAS
String Consultant
Jeremy Williams
Woodwind Tutor
Simone Walters
Tutors
UTAS Conservatorium of Music Staff and Students
Application and Further Details:
Conservatorium of Music, Room 302
Postal Address: Private Bag 63 Hobart Tas 7001 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 3 6226 7314
Website Address: http://www.utas.edu.au/conservatorium-of-music
Email: Conservatorium.Admin@utas.edu.au
Born in Shanghai, Yuen Yum was the first recipient of the Hong Kong Government Music Scholarship to study at Wells Cathedral School, England, going on to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1986 Yuen Yum joined the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square, touring both nationally and worldwide. She has performed extensively with the London Wren Orchestra, the Bolshoi Ballet, the London Metropolitan Orchestra and the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra.
Yuen Yum has worked with musicians as diverse as Igor Oistrakh, Amadeus Quartet and Quincy Jones. Yuen Yum's awards include the Somerset Violin Competition (UK), the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Prize (Twice Winner) and the Hong Kong Concerto Prize. As well as performing, Yuen Yum has played an active role in educating young violinists in London, Hong Kong and Australia. Fluent in three Chinese languages, she has also traveled widely in her capacity as a concert manager and coordinated the 2005 Australian String Quartet tour of China and the 2007 Southern Cross Soloists tour of Hong Kong and China. In 2010, Yuen Yum visited Hong Kong and China developing a new cultural exchange chamber music program. In 2011, she gave masterclasses and promoted the UTAS pre-teratiary diploma in Asia. Yuen Yum is a member of the Dieman Quartet and a guest violinist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Yuen Yum is internationally regarded as an outstanding educator of young players in individual, group and large ensemble contexts and has much to offer aspiring musicians, starting where they are and developing musical proficiency, a love for playing and providing rewarding learning and performing experiences.