by Loreta Fin | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024
AMEB Newsletter – An Interview with a composer, educator and AMEB examiner. LORETA FIN Your musical journey started at school, what roles did you play? I started learning the violin in Year 4 when a music teacher at Saint Ursula’s Kingsgrove, in Sydney, asked...
by Loreta Fin | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024
Repertoire vs. Comprehensive Examinations. Some helpful facts and personal thoughts from a teacher/examiner. Questions by AUSTAQ Responses by Loreta Fin, Senior String Syllabus Advisor – AMEB Most teachers will by now be aware that the AMEB has introduced...
by Loreta Fin | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024
Experiencing the 2020 ASTA Conference in Orlando, Florida by Loreta Fin Greetings from my “Home Office” in sunny Brisbane. Just over three weeks before I wrote this article, I was in Orlando, Florida, with my good friend Anne Sweeney, Head of Strings at SCEGGS,...
by Loreta Fin | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024
What’s your hurry? It’s time for a Tune-up! Understanding the value of understanding by Loreta Fin As an AMEB examiner and adjudicator, I have often heard other musicians enquire, “Is it normal to accept a certain amount of bad intonation from string players?” or “how...
