Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition

Congratulations to all our Special Awards' winners. ACVC thanks those who sponsor these awards to encourage the young musicians.
Most Outstanding Instrumental Award (A North Queensland Competitor) sponsored by Dinie Gaemers: Angus Hall.
Most Promising Pianist Award sponsored by Anne Brook: Martin Sun.
Most promising String Player Award sponsored by AUSTA (NQ): Lily Song.
Most Promising Brass Player Award sponsored by Arthur Florence of MusicAid: Sean Burke.
Most Promising Wind Player Award sponsored by Liam Mooney: James Skelton.
Youth Development Award sponsored by Dinie Gaemers and Artie's Music Shop: Do Young Park.

Congratulations to our ACVC 2024 Open Instrumental winners: 1st - Hannah KIm - Violin (Sydney); 2nd - Maryann Gou - Piano (Sydney); 3rd - Patrick Phillips - Cello (Brisbane). All three competitors delivered exceptional performances for the finals and provided outstanding entertainment for the audience. The future of music looks bright with our new up and coming talent.
ACVC thanks the Barrier Reef Orchestra (BRO) for their continued support with the Open Instrumental winner's prize.
We look forward to seeing old and new competitors participating in ACVC 2025.

Barrier Reef Orchestra

Winners of Section 5 - Young Instrumental are: 1st Haoquin (Leo) Liu - Piano (Melbourne); 2nd - Hannah Kim - Violin (Sydney); 3rd - Patrick Phillips - Cello (Brisbane) and Ein Na - Violin (Brisbane) - Encouragement Award. Congratulations to these great Young Instrumentalists.

Join us tonight for the Instrumental Finalists' Gala Concert commenting at 7.00pm at the Townsville Civic Theatre. There will be three great performances and performers. Click on the link below to see tonight's program. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eijblVPkhc7gt34Plhc_RFN-qeePE5Pp/view?usp=drive_link

There was a great display of talent in this afternoon's competition in Section 7 - Ensembles for School Students. In the end, the adjudicator Gil Sullivan announced the following places: 1st - Townsville Grammar Cadenza Chorale; 2nd - Pimlico State High School Blue Brass; 3rd - Middle String Quartet (The Cathedral School); 4th - Townsville Grammar School Recorder Ensemble. Our thanks to the Townsville Grammar School along with Louise and Ed Burke for sponsoring the prizes for this section.

Townsville Grammar School Pimlico State High School The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James - Townsville

Our instrumental adjudicator, Gil Sullivan, has selected the following competitors to compete in the Instrumental Gala Concert to be held on Sunday evening commencing at 7.00 pm: Hannah Kim, Sydney; Patricks Phillips, Brisbane and Maryann Gou, Sydney. Best wishes to the three competitors. Come along and enjoy the experience.

Note: Ian Tuck - Piano (Brisbane) has had to withdraw from Section 5 - Young Instrumental on Sunday. Jiyou Park - Cello (Brisbane) has also had to withdraw from the the same section.

Congratulations to our Vocal Finalists who provided a great Gala Concert for a very appreciative audience last night. But, it was still a competition so the placings were: 1st - Annika Hinrichs; 2nd - Naomi Yu; 3rd - Jacalyn Adcock. We are grateful to Ines Tapiolas Nominees Pty Ltd for sponsoring the prizes for this section. Also presented last night was the prize for the Most Promising Vocalist sponsored by Siobhan Patrick. The winner was Calista Walters from Toowoomba. Congratulations Calista!

Note: There is now a revised ensemble program for Saturday. Please use the following link to view the revised program. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZI2EoH8M8rUeuxG8-RYU-AmcWCdq-8UI/view?usp=sharing

Join us tonight at the Townsville Civic Theatre for the Gala Concert presented by the Vocal Finalists of ACVC 2024. Use this link to view the program. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13GUQKE1eo6tD1GRYbHjalwGDj6uf7czT/view?usp=drive_link

Note: Fiona Qiu - Violin (Brisbane) has withdrawn from Heat 5 - Open Instrumental on Saturday, 20 July.

Vocal adjudicator, Dr Simon Lobelson, has selected the following three competitors as the finalists of the ACVC 2024 Open Vocal: Naomi Yu (Brisbane), Jacalyn Adcock (Townsville) and Annika Hinrichs (Brisbane).

Note: Robert Baillie - Piano (Brisbane) has withdrawn from Heat 2 of Section 1 - Open Instrumental.

Section 3 - Instrumental. Congratulations to (R to L): 1st - Ryan Yeh - Cello (Auckland); 2nd - Honoka Hidai - Bassoon (Brisbane); 3rd - James Skelton - Clarinet (Williamstown); ACVC Encouragement Award - Ein Na - Violin (Brisbane). Thanks to sponsor Phillip Beard of Salt 66.

Section 4 - Vocal. Congratulations to: Jacalyn Adcock (1st); Calista Walters (2nd); Louise Whittaker (3rd); Maria Gundorova (ACVC Encouragement Award). Our thanks to our sponsor Beth Honeycombe.

Congratulations to Maclyn Scarborough, winner of the 2024 Young Vocal section. Our thanks to Central Queensland University (CQU) for their sponsorship.

ACVC 2024. Ready ... Set ....

The ACVC 2024 Program is now avaiable online. Click on the link below. https://acvc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Final-PRogram-2024.pdf

Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition The internationally recognised ACVC is held annually in Townsville over five days during July.

Not long to go now! We open this coming Wednesday 🤩🎶

The overall program for ACVC 2024 is now available. PLEASE NOTE: Section 7 - School Ensembles is now being held on SATURDAY 20 JULY commencing at 2.30 PM.

What better way to spend a Tuesday evening!

Unfortunately, due to extended work commitments, Michelle Nguyen, our accompanist based in Melbourne is now unable to join us for ACVC 2024. However, we are now very pleased to welcome, from Melbourne, Allie Xinyu Wang. Allie is excited to be joining us this year and we look forward to her contribution to the competition. To find out more about Allie, go to https://acvc.com.au/2024-competition/

St James' Saturday Concerts series welcome the Lettuce Dance Band - one of our regularly performing ensembles.
Their engaging program of Eastern European Folk Music, Klezmer, and Gypsy melodies is a favourite for many in the audience.

Lone Pine.

A DRAFT program for ACVC 2024 is now available. Please note that there may have to be slight changes depending on competitor numbers. Check our website acvc.com.au for entry details.

The leading Concerto and Vocal competition in Australia is now accepting entrants. This prestigious competition offers substantial prizes and performance opportunities.
Go to the ACVC website www.acvc.com.au for competition details and online entry forms.
Please note, we now have a new section in the competition, Section 6: Young Vocal to match with the already popular Young Instrumental section. These sections focus on school-aged competitors.
We can’t wait to hear the great musicians of the future competing in ACVC 2024.
Please share this post to all who you think might be interested in competing or just interested in attending to enjoy the outstanding performances.

Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition The internationally recognised ACVC is held annually in Townsville over five days during July.

The leading Concerto and Vocal competition in Australia is now accepting entrants. This prestigious competition offers substantial prizes and performance opportunities.

Go to the ACVC website www.acvc.com.au for competition details and online entry forms.

Please note, we now have a new section in the competition, Section 6: Young Vocal to match with the already popular Young Instrumental section. These sections focus on school-aged competitors.

We can't wait to hear the great musicians of the future competing in ACVC 2024.

Please share this post to all who you think might be interested in competing or just interested in attending to enjoy the outstanding performances.