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Australian String Quartet

This is a stub entry only — it provides links to other resources by and about Australian String Quartet held in our catalogue.

Random Audio Sample: Skittled : string quartet by Anne Cawrse, from the CD Advice to a girl

Articles by and about Australian String Quartet

31 Jul 2007 Bach on Speed by Kirsty Guster

Whether acting on a feminine hunch or her trademark compositional intuition, Elena Kats-Chernin was inspired to create something with an ‘unromantic, dry, crisp and light sound’...

29 Jul 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum by Australian Music Centre

The Australian String Quartet have selected five Australian composers to participate in the National Composers' Forum on 27 to 29 August 2010.  The workshops, open to public, will take place in August 2010 under the guidance of Carl Vine.

29 Jul 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: Composer Blog - Thomas Green by Thomas Green

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers Forum, which takes place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on preparing a work for the Forum.

10 Sep 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: composer blog - Thomas Green, part 2 by Thomas Green

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers' Forum, which took place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on the  experience.

8 Sep 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: composer blog - Adam Starr, part 2 by Adam Starr

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers Forum, which took place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on the experience.

9 Sep 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: composer blog - Melody Eötvös, part 2 by Melody Eötvös

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers' Forum, which took place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on the experience.

29 Jul 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: Composer Blog - Melody Eötvös by Melody Eötvös

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers Forum, which takes place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on preparing a work for the Forum.

29 Jul 2010 ASQ National Composer Forum: Composer Blog - Adam Starr by Adam Starr

I had two pieces to choose from when initially deciding what to submit for the ASQNational Composer's Forum. One was a bright, accessible thing, well-suited to being used for an encore (the application material mentioned that this was a desirable quality), and the other was a maudlin, morose thing, perhaps best suited to scoring some kind of dark and horrible documentary...

14 Sep 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: composer blog - Ross Carey by Ross Carey

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers Forum, which took place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on the  experience.

29 Jul 2010 ASQ National Composers' Forum: Composer Blog - Mark Holdsworth by Mark Holdsworth

The participants in the Australian String Quartet's National Composers Forum, which takes place in Adelaide in August 2010, share their thoughts on preparing a work for the Forum.

30 May 2013 Opportunity: 2013 ASQ National Composers' Forum with Andrew Ford by Australian Music Centre

The Australian String Quartet is calling for applications from undergraduate and postgraduate composition students and emerging composers for its 2013 National Composers’ Forum. The Quartet’s bi-annual National Composers’ Forum supports the development of six emerging Australian composers who wish to hone their skills in writing for string quartet. The three-day forum led by composer-in-residence, Andrew Ford.

22 Aug 2018 2018 Art Music Awards - comments by judging panels by Australian Music Centre

It's the day after the 2018 Art Music Awards, and now that all winners have returned home to polish their gongs, it's a good time to take another look at all shortlisted works through the eyes of our judging panels. The following summaries have been provided by the judging panels for each category.

World premieres given by Australian String Quartet

Above Ground : version for 2 percussion and piano quintet by Robert Davidson— (Huntington Festival, Huntington Estate, Mudgee NSW)

String Quartet No.1 : string quartet by David Paterson— 20 Feb 22 (Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.)

Black Summer : An Homage to Australia's Bushfire History by Natalie Williams— 7 Oct 21 (The Lab, SA)

Swirl : for string quartet by Harry Sdraulig— 11 Nov 20 (Adelaide)

A Room of Her Own : for string quartet by Anne Cawrse— 17 Oct 20 (Elder Hall, SA)

String Quartet no. 4 : Ridley Gold : string quartet by Ross Edwards— 23 Aug 20 (Live streaming event (online only))

Balance (high voice with chamber ensemble) by Robert Davidson— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House)

Then and Now : for low voice and string quartet by Carl Vine— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

Dawn Wail for the Dead : (elegy) for soprano and string quartet by Connor D'Netto— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

United We Win (soprano with string quartet) by William Barton— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

Tree Grave (soprano with string quartet) by Elena Kats-Chernin— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

Song (soprano with string quartet) by Iain Grandage— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

No More Boomerang (soprano with string quartet) by David Hirschfelder— 28 Oct 19 (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, NSW)

Sacred Sky : String Quartet no. 3 by Nigel Westlake— 4 Sep 19 (City Recital Hall, NSW)

Dancing with Diaghilev : for alto saxophone and string quartet by Jessica Wells— 31 Jul 19 (Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville)

Quartettsätze : string quartet by David Paterson— 7 Apr 19 (Mt. Sturgeon Woolshed, for the Dunkeld Festival of Music, Dunkeld, Vic)

String Quartet No. 2 : The Distortion Mirror by James Ledger— 26 Sep 18 (Government House Ballroom, Perth, WA)

String quartet no. 4 : for string quartet and percussion by Matthew Hindson— 29 Feb 16 (Adelaide Town Hall, SA)

Skittled : string quartet by Anne Cawrse— 2 Oct 15 (ANZAC Hall, Kent Town, Adelaide)

String quartet no.3 : Ngeringa : string quartet by Matthew Hindson— 30 Aug 15 (Ngeringa Arts Cultural Centre, Mount Barker, SA, Australia)

Gallipoli : for string quartet by Ross Edwards— 19 Feb 15 (Albany Festival, Western Australia)

Sirenity : string quartet by Jesse Budel— 17 Oct 13 (Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide)

String quartet No 5 : string quartet by Andrew Ford— 6 Sep 13 (Adelaide Town Hall, SA)

String quartet No 5 : string quartet by Andrew Ford— 6 Sep 13 (Adelaide)

Etude, op. 10.6 : for string quintet by Charles Bodman Rae— 5 Oct 12 (Elder Hall Concert Series, Adelaide)

Nous sommes embarqués : string quartet by Rosà Lind Page— 23 Nov 11 (Huntington Estate Winery, NSW)

So she moaned, and as she uttered her moans : string quartet by Michael Sollis— 14 Aug 11 (Hartley Concert Room, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide)

Bad angel fire : string quartet by Daniel Masmanian— 14 Aug 11 (Hartley Concert Room, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide)

String Quartet No.1 : Processions : string quartet by James Ledger— 30 May 11 (Perth Concert Hall, WA)

After silence : string quartet by Iain Grandage— 22 Sep 10 (Perth Concert Hall (Scotland))

Quintet for clarinet and strings, op. 83 : for clarinet in B flat, 2 violins, viola and cello by Andrew Schultz— 13 Aug 10 (Bangalow A & I Hall, Bangalow Festival, Bangalow NSW)

Epitaphs : for viola and string quartet by Brett Dean— 12 Jul 10 (Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham UK)

Olber's dance in the dark : String quartet no. 1 by Melody Eötvös— Jul 10 (University of Adelaide, as part of the ASQ National Composers Forum 2010)

String quartet No. 1 : Elegies and dances : string quartet by Paul Stanhope— 10 Mar 10 (Adelaide Town Hall)

From Anna Magdalena's notebook : for string quartet by Elena Kats-Chernin— 9 May 07 (Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane)

String quartet no.2 : string quartet by Charles Bodman Rae— 3 Mar 04 (2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts, Elder Hall, Adelaide.)

String quartet no. 2 : string quartet by Roger Smalley— 18 Mar 00 (Adelaide Town Hall, as part of the Adelaide Festival)

String quartet no. 2 : Shaker Dances by Graeme Koehne— 10 Aug 95 (Elder Hall, Adelaide)

Analysis & Media

- Article: Interrogating the Orchestra