Local Bocal July 2024
Dear Double Reeders, here is some news and some dates for your diary.
It is time for you to register for the following activities and note an extra special one on 1st September
Marryatville HS has been booked for the following dates. (Thanks, Josie!)
Sunday 28 July 2pm to 4pm (Performance Practice). Thanks to those who have registered already. If you have not, please register now for this opportunity to play with an accompanist to an audience. Let us know by the 14th July what you will be playing and give us the accompanist’s part. You may have a duo or trio that you play with which would like to perform. They don’t all have to be double reed players.
Wednesday 14 August 7pm to 9pm (Big Blow)
Wednesday 4 September 7pm to 9pm (Impressionist Music to Reed By! Rehearsal 1)
Monday 9 September 7pm to 9pm (Impressionist Music to Reed By! Rehearsal 2)
Friday 13 September 7pm to 9pm (Impressionist Music to Reed By! Rehearsal 3)
Sunday 27 October 2pm to 4 pm (Concert for Exam Prep or Performance Practice.)
St John's Church has been booked for Sunday 15 September @ 3pm for Impressionist Music to Reed By!
As promised, here is some information about the Elder Conservatorium Double Reed Mega Day that’s taking place on Sunday September 1st. The day will include a warm-up session, oboe and bassoon masterclasses, audition preparation discussion and a concert with solo, chamber and mass double reed choir performances. Matthew Wilkie (Principal Bassoon with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Principal Emeritus Bassoon with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra) is flying in from Sydney as a special guest for the day.
Put these dates in your diaries now!!
Carols on Ninth Avenue will also be happening but we haven’t an actual date yet.
If you have any more suggestions for activities/events please let us know.
The ADRS Conference and Competitions will be held on the Gold Coast at the end of September. See the ADRS website for details. This is an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in the Double Reed world (and where would you rather be?). It is school holidays so you could combine it with a trip to Queensland Sun, theme parks, glorious scenery, night-life (ok, I won’t give up my day job and go to work at the Tourist Commission). A flyer about the competitions is attached.
Anthony Radogna will be performing the Martinů Quartet H.315 for Violin, Oboe, Cello and Piano at a Chamber Musicians Concert on Sunday 11 August 2024 at St. Theodore’s Anglican Church - 46 Prescott Tce, Toorak Gardens at 2pm. For more details, email Anthony at
Violin - Emily McDonald
Oboe - Anthony Radogna
Cello - Janis Svilans
Piano - Shawn Hui
Please consider supporting fellow players by attending their concerts.
And by letting us know when you have gigs coming up so we can all be there for you.
TEACHERS, please encourage your students to add their names to our mailing list so they will get information about sessions we are running or events they may wish to attend. We rely on you to let us know who your students are so that they can be included in our plans.
Best wishes,
Caryl Lambourn
Josie Hawkes OAM
Alison Stewart- Klein
Tim Rosen
Josh Oates