News

29th August 2010 - Celtic Fiddling pieces

Colin MacCleod has selected pieces for his Celtic Fiddling elective. We have arrangements of every piece for violin, viola and cello. You can print these yourself, or you buy a printed copy. The electives page has details.

13th July 2010 - Video

Our home page now has 3 minutes of video about the camp. For those of you new to the camp, we hope it is informative. For those returning, it is a sample of the DVD you can order when you register for the 2011 camp. The DVD will be much longer, and include moments with everyone who attended (and whose parents gave us photo permission).

25th June 2010 - Applications Open

You can now apply for the 21st Residential Summer String Camp! Start by downloading the Information Sheets and Application Form. We've never really been happy with relying on grade levels for orchestra placement, so this year you can choose your orchestra on the form. The new requirements page may help.

11th June 2010 - Staff Update

The staff page now has some 2011 tutors confirmed. This is not the complete list; more will appear closer to the camp. We are updating the application forms and will have them ready by the end of the month.

18th May 2010 - LYCO Winter Workshop

The 2010 Winter Workshop will run from July 2nd to 3rd. The conductor, as always, is Willem van der Vis, of the Freycinet Orchestra. Details are on the Winter Workshop page.

9th April 2010 - AUSTA Adult Chamber Music Day

The Australian Strings Association runs this every year. The 2010 Chamber Music Day will be on May 8th, from 10:00am to 4:30pm. It will happen at The Conservatorium of Music, Hobart. Admission is $40 ($30 concession).

To apply, fill out and send in the form on this brochure. For other information, contact Audrey Akerman (6247 8264, jakerman@intas.net.au).

27th February 2010 - More photos

We now have pictures of the chamber concert, and new pictures of the orchestras during their rehearsal and concert. See them on the photos page.

2nd February 2010 - Photos, music and lost property

We now have a lost property page. Check there if you're missing something.

We also have photos from the camp and recordings from the final concert.

30th January 2010 - Camp over and lost property

The 20th Residential Summer String Camp has ended, with a good orchestra concert and an outstanding chamber concert. We'll have pictures and music on this site by the end of February.

However, you left quite a pile of presents for Margaret and Virginia. If you left something nice at the camp and want it back, see above to retrieve it.

The 21st Residential Summer String Camp will run in 2011, from January 24th to 29th. Details and application forms will appear here in August 2010. Know now that the low fee date will be earlier this year.

7th December 2009 - No Auditions, limited space and timetable

Despite previous statements on the information sheets, there will be no auditions at the 2010 camp. We simply have too many applicants to audition. We apologise if you were so enthusiastic that you already prepared your audition piece, although your practice will still aid you at the camp. Also consider learning the fiddling elective pieces.

We also have a very large number of applicants for 2010, and can only accept a few more. To find out if we still have room for you, ask Virginia.

The timetable has also changed slightly.

24th November 2009 - Celtic Fiddling pieces

Colin MacCleod has selected pieces for his Celtic Fiddling elective. If you will possibly take this elective, please download and print the music from the electives page. We have arrangements of every piece for violin, viola and cello.

17th October 2009 - New elective, staff changes

Jazz will return to the string camp in 2010, as part of an elective on improvisation taught by Karlin Love. Also, Zoë Knighton sends her apologies but will be unable to attend. However, we will have the benefit of new cello tutor Andre Duthoit. Details are on the staff page.

28th August 2009 - Fees finalised

For many years, the Residential Summer String Camp has received funding from Arts Tasmania. This has directly kept your fees low. The 2010 camp will not receive this, so the final Fees are higher than in previous years. If this is a problem for you, talk to Virginia about concessions or bursaries.

3rd August 2009 - Applications Open

You can now apply for the 20th Residential Summer String Camp! Start by downloading the Information Sheets and Application Form. This year you can type your details into the application form. Please do so before you print, sign and post it.

28th July 2009 - Spring Workshop reminder

The LYCO will run a second workshop this year - the Spring Workshop, from August 14th to 15th. The conductor will be Kevin Cameron, who also conducts the Band of the South Australian Police.

The Spring Workshop page has details.

2nd June 2009 - Winter Workshop reminder

The LYCO Winter Workshop runs next month, from July 3rd to 4th. As in 2008, it will include both a symphony orchestra workshop (with Willem van der Vis) and a string orchestra workshop (with Rosemary Evenhuis). If you were part of any of the string camp's orchestras, you will also benefit from the winter workshop.

All details now up, over at the Winter Workshop page.

6th May 2009 - AUSTA Adult Chamber Music Day

As mentioned below, the Australian Strings Association runs this every year. The 2009 Chamber Music Day will be on June 20th, from 10:00am to 4:30pm. It will happen at Launceston Church Grammar School. Admission is $40 ($30 concession).

To apply, fill out and send in the form on this brochure. For other information, contact Audrey Akerman (6247 8264, jakerman@intas.net.au).

21st March 2009 - Workshops

If you enjoyed the string camp, two events this year may interest you. We encourage everyone eligible to attend both.

For more orchestra music, there's the LYCO Winter Workshop. This is for all symphony orchestra musicians - strings, brass, woodwind and percussion. The Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra runs it - just like the String Camp - while Willem van der Vis conducts 'interesting' pieces - also like the String Camp. The 2009 workshop will run from July 3rd to 4th. Other details are uncertain, but will appear on the Winter Workshop page when finalised.

For more chamber music, there's the AUSTA Adult Chamber Music Day, run by the Tasmanian Chapter of the Australian Strings Association. In 2009, it will be in Launceston, on Saturday, June 20th. Both organisers tutored viola at previous String Camps.

11th March 2009 - Survey Results and late additions

We have statistics from the 2009 String Camp Survey. Apparently this Website is the least convincing form of String Camp promotion.

Also, in late February people sent in more photographs, especially from the Chamber Concert. The recordings page also has two additions (Jackaroo Jive and Auld Lang Syne). These make 2009 our most comprehensively documented String Camp, so thanks again to everyone who sent pictures.

3rd February 2009 - Music and Photos

The first recordings and photographs from the 2009 String Camp are now online, thanks to Virginia de Groot and Janelle Linger respectively.

31st January 2009 - Camp over

The 19th Residential Summer String Camp has ended. The 20th camp will run from 25th to 30th January, 2010. More specific information (including the application form) will appear here by August. We'll also have pictures and music from the camp up by the end of February.

24th January 2009 - Chamber Concert

The chamber music concert time used to be given as 'Friday afternoon'. We can now confirm that it will start at 7:30pm.

23rd January 2009 - Timetable Change

The timetable for the 2009 String Camp will have chamber music earlier in the day, and keep masterclasses separate from the Celtic Fiddling elective.

23rd January 2009 - Site Restored

The RSSC and LYCO Websites were suspended for two days this week due to poorly configured e-mail forwarding. If you sent any messages to us between January 21st and January 22nd, we probably didn't receive them. We have corrected the problem, and apologise for any confusion caused.

14th January 2009 - Applications Closed

We have over 100 campers, and that is quite enough. If you have already applied, we'll see you on the 26th. If you haven't, we hope to hear from you next year.

31st December 2008 - Masterclasses

The 2009 String Camp will include masterclasses in violin, viola and cello. The Electives page has the details.

27th December 2008 - Peter Tanfield Cancelled

Peter Tanfield will not teach at the 2009 String Camp. Instead, Yi Wang will tutor the Freycinet Orchestra's first violin section. We apologise for any confusion caused.

30th November 2008 - Yi Wang Confirmed

The staff page now includes Yi Wang, tutoring violin.

11th September 2008 - Gretel Templeton Confirmed

The latest addition to the staff page is Gretel Templeton, another violin tutor.

18th August 2008 - Peter Tanfield Confirmed

As the staff page now shows, Peter Tanfield will tutor violin at the 2009 camp.

7th July 2008 - Applications Corrected

The application form uploaded on the 4th was a corrupted file. We've replaced it with an application form you can actually read.

4th July 2008 - Applications Open

You can now apply for the 19th Residential Summer String Camp! Go to the Register page to download the form. Also make sure you read the information sheets that go with it.

We have also confirmed some tutors, the fees and the bus.

25th April 2008 - LYCO Winter Workshop

Along with the String Camp, the Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra runs an orchestral workshop every winter. The 2008 workshop will run from July 4th to July 5th, at Newstead College, Launceston. It will include the usual symphony orchestra conducted by Willem van der Vis (the Freycinet Orchestra conductor) and a new junior string orchestra conducted by Christine Dodd (the Jazz Elective tutor). For more information, go to the workshop page.

22nd April 2008 - Photos

There's now a photographs page containing pictures from the 2007 and 2008 camps.

15th March 2008 - Music

Music from the 2008 camp may now be played and downloaded from the music recordings page.

26th January 2008 - Camp over

The 18th Residential Summer String Camp has ended. Information about the 19th camp will appear soon.

5th January 2008 - Application date extended

As stated on the fees page, applications may be submitted and fees paid up to 18th January.

18th September 2007 - Funding approved, fees reduced

Arts Tasmania has approved funding for the 2008 Residential Summer String Camp. The costs now listed on the fees page will apply.

9th September 2007 - Moved information

The camp information sheets are now listed on the registration page. You must read them if you will be attending the camp.

5th August 2007 - Additional information

The information sheets previously mentioned here have moved - see above.

30th July 2007 - Registration

The application forms are now available on the registration page. There are also new pages on the camp timetable, activities and fees.

28th July 2007 - Contacts

Everyone on the contact page now has an e-mail address. More precisely, everyone now has an e-mail address that works. My apologies to whoever received a string of page not found errors while trying to contact the String Camp organisers earlier in the day.

9th June 2007 - Music

Music recorded during previous camps may now be played and downloaded from the music recordings page.

21st May 2007 - Content

Every page on this site now contains a minimum of relevant information.

10th May 2007 - String Camp Website online

On this day, the first pages of the String Camp appeared on the Web.