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Viva School of Music is a vibrant and community-focused music school located at the heart of the Camberwell junction and Blackburn village. Offering high-quality music lessons in piano, voice, guitar, drums, violin, cello, woodwind, sound writing, music theory and more. We also guide students through formal exams and provide numerous performance opportunities throughout the year with regular concerts and recitals. Our passionate, experienced tutors create a fun and motivating environment where students of all ages can grow their skills and confidence.
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I am a former Tertiary level vocal specialist who has taught at all of the major Melbourne Universities in the past. Now semi retired I have my own private studio in Box Hill STH VCE specialist teacher. Students now singing and studying at and international level. Formal qualifications : M.Mus. Melb.Uni, B.Mus. VicUni/Melba Con, Dip. Mus . ACMM /Melba Con, Dip. Opera and Stagecraft VCA. A.Mus.A (piano) Ameb examiner and adjudicator.
Australian trumpet player/composer/arranger Cam McAllister is an in-demand musician, both as a jazz trumpet player and composer for large ensembles. Cam was the Musical Director of the Royal Australian Navy’s Admiral’s Own Big Band in Sydney, a position he held from 2012 - 2020. Cam has composed and arranged countless big band charts ranging from high school level through to pro level contemporary jazz orchestras, performed in Australia and abroad. Several of Cam’s compositions have been recorded, most recently on the Royal Australian Navy’s Admiral’s Own Big Band latest releases entitled Compositions (2014) and Straight Ahead (2016). Cam is also a dedicated composer for wind band and has composed and arranged several works in this idiom. Cam was a finalist twice in the prestigious James Morrison Jazz Award on trumpet and was also one of 50 musicians handpicked worldwide for the 2008 Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, hosted by Dave Douglas. Cam has performed with, among others: Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Barnes, Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, John Cleese, Petula Clark, Richard Carpenter, Mark Fitzgibbon Quintet, Ten Part Invention, John Paul Young, ATM15, The Bamboos, Electric Empire, The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, The Melbourne Jazz Orchestra, Bennett’s Lane Big Band as well as his own ensembles; the Cam McAllister big band and Cam McAllister sextet. Cam has an already established, nationwide profile as a jazz musician, composer and arranger. He has independently funded and released his jazz sextet’s album Libran Balance (2008)for ‘Jazztracks’ on ABC Classic FM; recorded mixed and mastered by Mal Stanley. The album received critical acclaim, of particular note his songs White Knight, Waterfall and Clear which had “enduring appeal in [their] complex, interweaving patterns” (Herald Sun, 2008), with Cam himself recognised as a “talent deserving wider recognition” (Limelight, January 2008). The album made it as high as #1 spot on the iTunes Australia jazz charts. Cam continues to compose and perform regularly throughout Australia with his own ensembles as well as a sideman with some of Australia’s finest musicians.
Peter Farmer has worked extensively as a freelance professional musician and teacher in Australia and the U.K. He has performed both classical and popular music with a number of leading professional orchestras in Australia and Europe and has taught widely at both tertiary and secondary levels. As a percussionist and drummer, Peter has performed with many groups and ensembles in Australia, including · Melbourne Symphony Orchestra · Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Principal Percussion/Principal Timpani) · West Australian Symphony Orchestra (Principal Percussion) · Queensland Symphony Orchestra (Principal Percussion/Principal Timpani) · Orchestra Victoria · Australian Pops Orchestra · Australian Philharmonic Orchestra · Jazz & improvisation, including Barry Veith Big Band, Odwala, Jarek Czechowicz Ensemble · Melbourne Theatre Company (recordings and performances) · Musicals, including Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Pirates of Penzance. In the U.K. · Royal Shakespeare Company (including European tour) · BBC Concert Orchestra · D’Oyle Carte Opera Company; National Operetta Orchestra; Opera Box (tour) · Jazz & improvisation, including the Paul Lamb Blues Band, the Black Cat Rhythm Band (Ritz Hotel) · London (West End) musicals, including Me and My Girl, Anything Goes, Les Misérables, Crazy For You. Similarly, Peter’s teaching experience is comprehensive. Some of the Australian institutions where he has taught are · Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University) & VCASS · Ringwood Secondary College · Melbourne High School · Camberwell Grammar School · Brighton Grammar School · Monash University Music Department, percussion master class Brisbane Conservatorium of Music · Melbourne Grammar School In the U.K., Peter has taught at · James Allen’s Girls School · Dulwich College · University of Leicester · Dulwich Youth Orchestra (tutor) · Bromley High School · Claremont School · Centre for Young Musicians, Pimlico