We have the Alhambra guitars from Spain. So you can pick up a quality hand made Spanish guitar for a great price. All Alhambra are made in Spain and have solid wood tops. The tops are available in solid cedar or spruce. We try to keep this Alhambra models in stock:
Alhambra College $488
Alhambra Zero $599
Alhambra Z CW $839
Alhambra 1C $799
Alhambra 2C $899
Alhambra 3C $999
Alhambra 4P $1,299
Alhambra 4P-50th Anniversary Ziricote $1,349
Alhambra 5P $1,660
Alhambra 7C-50th Anniversary Mahogany $1,990
Alhambra 7C-50th Anniversary Rosewood $2,290
Alhambra 7P $2,890
Alhambra 8P $3,600
Alhambra 9P $3,900
More concert models are available through special order from $4,000 to $17,000
Also in smaller sizes:
Alhambra 1C Requinto 1/2 Size (Solid cedar top)_______$799
Alhambra 1C Cadete 3/4 Size (Solid cedar top)_____$799
(We try to have all these models in stock, however this may be subject to availability as all Alhambra guitars are imported from Spain)
AVAILABLE FROM:
COOMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
PHONE: 02 6452 6067
FAX: 02 6452 4938
After a hugely successful ANBC Stanthorpe Championships in Queensland, it’s now Kilmore in Victoria’s turn to shine!
The Entry Form (right click > “save as” to your computer > print > fill in your details > scan and return to : buskingkilmore@gmail.com)
Handy
Info for Buskers
*Parking
–
You will find parking reasonably easily within a block on either side
of Sydney Street (Melbourne Street & Patrick Street). Other spots
include the Royal Oak Hotel car park, the rear of Finch’s Friendly
Supermarket and behind the library at the corner of Bourke &
Sydney Streets. If you have friends or family coming by car please
advise them to use the overflow parking on East Street opposite the
Kilmore Racing Club. A courtesy bus will be available running on a
continuous loop between East Street and the town centre between 9.30
– 3.30pm
*
Collect your lanyards from Busking Central at 39 Sydney Street from
9.00am. Wear/display your lanyards at all times while performing.
*
Be prepared to transport your musical instruments to each location
with a trolley or wheelbarrow.
*
We strongly encourage all performers to use the pedestrian crossings
when crossing the street. Sydney Street is a main highway and can be
busy.
*
Public toilets are located at the southern end of the performance
area at Hudson Park. Most cafes & hotels will be happy for you to
use their restrooms.
*
Put your hat/guitar case out for busker tips $$ (you will be tipped
with real
money
too!). A separate bucket will be provided for “busking votesâ€.
Make sure you have good signage out to advertise who you are and how
to contact you. You could get the offer of a paid gig on the day.
*
Spectators who like your performance may give you “busker votesâ€.
These cost $1.00 each and are available for purchase at Busking
Central or from the easily identifiable street marshals who will be
roaming the street. The marshals will collect your busking votes
after each performance to return to Busking Central. Votes will be
tallied throughout the day and determine the top performer for each
category in the People’s Choice Awards.
*
It’s OK for you to sell your CD’s and/or promote a charity or
cause you may raising funds for.
*
Arrive and finish on time at each of your venues. You can set up
beside the performers playing before you so you can use your full
performance time and pack up when the next act begins.
*
Three judges will be roaming throughout the day. Poor behaviour such
as excessive volume impacting on neighbouring performers will result
in you being marked down. Continued poor behaviour could result in
disqualification.
*
Buskers can hand in any uncollected Busker Votes to Busking Central,
39Sydney Street, to add to their tally. Please do this before
3.00pm.
Finals
Concert:
You
need to make your way to the John Kelly Pavilion at the Kilmore
Racing Club in East Street by 3.45pm. Our Sound Tech, Mark, will be
available from 2pm if you would like to rehearse & do sound
checks prior to the Finals.
*
Finalists for each category will be announced at the Finals Concert,
starting at 4pm.
*
When called – finalists should meet at the left side of the stage
for further direction. You need your instrument/s with you – you
will be playing in the concert. Sound equipment will be available to
plug into & Mark will help you set up to perform.
*
There are lots of awards to hand out – both large and small – so
even if you’re not playing in the Finals Concert it’s a good
idea to be there in case you win a smaller prize!
From all of us at buskingkilmore we hope you have a fantastic day!
Join
our buskingkilmore group on facebook to advertise your forthcoming
gigsand YouTube
vids.
From ANBC Busker to Number One in the Aria Charts! Tones And I, aka Toni Watson, performed at the ANBC Noosa Busking Championships in 2018. There she was noticed by Oz Bayldon, the director of Noosa Come together and the Gympie Music Muster. Oz predicted a huge future for this new talent and he invited her to perform at the Gympie Music Muster. She was then discovered by triple j Unearthed and the rest, as they say, is history.
Fun fact – the last Australian female to do this was Delta Goodrem in 2015.
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ in Cooma this year will now be a two-day Busking Festival.
3rd & 4th November 2018.
Saturday 3rd November will be the ANBC Cooma Regional Busking Championships
Sunday 4th November will be the ANBC National Grand Final
How will this work?
On Saturday…
The ANBC Cooma Regional Busking Championships will basically have the same format as in previous years, with busking performances timetabled during the day on Saturday and then the Finals Concert in the afternoon.
There will be, once again, generous cash prizes awarded, with three age categories (Open Adult, Secondary and Primary School Age), Best Band, Best School Group, Blues Music Award, Special Judges Awards and of course the hugely popular Peoples Choice Awards.
The First Place Getters in each of the age categories in the Cooma Regional Finals on Saturday will be invited back for Sunday to compete in the ANBC National Grand Final.
The ANBC National Grand Final will now have its own day in Cooma.
First Place Getters from all the seven 2018 ANBC Regional Championships in Stanthorpe, Ballarat, Narooma, Noosa, Peak Hill, Gundagai, and Cooma will be invited to busk on Sunday morning.
Nine competitors, three from each age categories, will then be selected to perform for prizes in the National Grand Final Concert to be held at 1:00 pm.
All the competitors that have qualified to busk on Sunday will receive a cash prize.
Buskers that have qualified for Sunday are welcome to also busk on Saturday. They can receive cash tips, sell CDs and merchandise, however as they will be guaranteed a share of the prizes on Sunday, they will not be able to win extra prizes on Saturday.
We at ANBC are very excited about this year’s expanded program and we hope that the buskers, their supporters and the general public have a fantastic weekend in beautiful Cooma.
More activities, such as Open Mic Sessions and Concerts are also in the planning stage. We’ll keep you posted.
Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Finals – Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 15 September 2018.
The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of music festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music culture. Through out the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.
Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at Peak Hill Regional Finals. Peak Hill is the one regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. Dates for 2018 so far are:
There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as: Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians and dancers.
The winners of each of the 3 age categories will qualify for the National Grand Final in Cooma.
The Alhambra Z natural classical guitar now has a big brother just arrived from Spain!
It’s the Alhambra ZCWE which
Fishman Pickup with Preamp and Chromatic Tuner
is basically, the Z model with an onboard Fishman Pickup & Preamp and a Cut-Away. Big acoustic sound and ready for weddings, parties..anything where more volume is needed.
The luthiers at the premier Spanish guitar making workshop, Alhambra, website have just come out with a new student model classical guitar, the model zero.
Alhambra model zero. Made in Spain for just $499
This is a lovely matte finished full-sized classical guitar with a solid cedar top. It retails for the amazing price of just $499!
The previous entry point guitar in the Alhambra range was its glossy brother, the model 1C which retails for $699. That’s $200 more than the new model zero.
This new model zero is an amazing guitar for the price. It has a beautiful solid cedar top which gives it a full deep rich bass and a warm sustaining treble, plus there’s heaps of volume.
How can they do it for the price? Maybe they saved on the no-frills matte finish. Probably, but what a guitar! Made in Spain for $499. This is really going to upset the Chinese. The Spanish guitar makers are fighting back!
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ (ANBC) is now in it’s 6th year. For the first four years the ANBC has been held exclusively in Cooma NSW, the picturesque and historic capital of Australia’s Snowy Mountains. We have thought of these early years as the first stage in the ANBC vision for the future.
The next stage now is to make this event a truly National Championship by holding ANBC Regional Busking Competitions in various regional towns around Australia. The winners from these regional events will be then invited to complete in the National Grand Final back in Cooma in November of each year.
These are our 2017 Regional Busking Competitions so far:
Stanthorpe Qld – 25 February
Ballarat Vic – 18 March
Narooma NSW – 27 May
Noosa Qld – 10 June
Peak Hill NSW – 23 September
In 2018 we could have as many as seven more regional towns on board.
How Does This Work in Cooma?
The buskers are assigned special locations (Busking Hot Spots), at various times, around the CBD Cooma.
A timetable is given to all the registered buskers.
Roaming judges assess these busking performances during the day.
The Judges produce a short list of the best buskers who are then invited to compete in a Grand Final Concert at 4:00 pm at Centennial Park.
First place winners from the Open, Secondary and Primary age categories from the other ANBC Regional Competitions also qualify for a place a the Grand Final. These first place winners are also welcome to busk during the day as they can earn cash tips and Peoples Choice Award votes.
The prizes are then awarded to the buskers with the most outstanding performances at this Grand Finals Concert.
The People’s Choice Award.
All buskers are encouraged to earn cash tips throughout the competition. 100% of this money made in cash tips is theirs to keep. Buskers may also sell their CDs and other merchandise.100% of this money from these sales will also go to these buskers. So besides the extra dollars that enterprising buskers can make in tips and sales there’s over $10,000 in cash to be won. This $10,000 prize pool is made up of over twenty different categories. Among these generous prizes there’s the Peoples Choice Awards where the public gets to vote for their favourite busker. The Peoples Choice Awards are $2,000 in total.
These prizes are awarded to the buskers that get the most Busker Votes.
The public will be able to purchase Busker Votes for $1 each on the day from the Cooma Rotary Club.
There’s a limit of 50 Busker Votes per customer.
The customer must validate their Busker Votes by writing their name and telephone number on the back of their Busker Votes.
Invalid Busker Votes will not be counted.
The public then can vote for their favorite busker by tipping that busker with Busker Votes.
By the way, all of the Busker Votes will be placed into a Lucky Draw for several great prizes.
The Busker Votes Lucky Draw will be conducted during the Finals Concert at the end of the day after all the Busker Votes have been counted.
So the public can share in the fun of the Grand Final Concert by also having a chance at winning prizes.
All The Prizes:
Competitors must be at the Grand Final Concert to win a prize.
In the Age Categories (Open/Secondary/Primary) competitors must be ready to perform on stage.
If deemed necessary the judges may decide to award extra places in the Age Categories. Suitable cash amounts will be allocated to these extra places.
Open Age Category
$2,000 – First Place (Open Champion)
$1,000 – Second Place
$500 – Third Place
Secondary Age Category
$500 – First Place (Secondary Champion)
$300 – Second Place
$200 – Third Place
Primary Age Category
$300 – First Place (Primary Champion)
$200 – Second Place
$100 – Third Place
Best Band – $1,000
Best School Group – $1,000
Peoples Choice Awards
$1,000 – First Place
$700 – Second Place
$300 – Third Place
Special Judges Awards.
$200 each -Â These are awards that, where appropriate, recognize and encourage the abilities of some buskers in various categories and with a variety of skills. In the past, we have awarded Special Judges Awards for:
How would you like to become part of this exciting event right here in Cooma?
2017 has been our year of expansion.
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ now have ANBC competitions in six towns around Australia: Stanthorpe and Noosa in Queensland, Ballarat in Victoria, Narooma, Peak Hill and Cooma in NSW. The Cooma Championships will be the culmination of all these regional busking competitions.
Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Finals -Â Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ on Saturday 23rd September 2017.
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ is an Australia-wide music festival and competition. A unique festival, the ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music culture. Through out the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.
Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at Peak Hill Regional Finals. Peak Hill is the latest regional town to join the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. These include Stanthorpe Qld, Ballarat Vic, Narooma NSW, Noosa Qld and Cooma NSW.
There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as: Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians and dancers.
More information:Â http://coomamusic.com.au/australian-national-busking-championships
Cooma Music Competition 2017, now in its twelth year, will provide an opportunity for musicians of all ages and skills to perform and compete. We hope this competition will be as inclusive as possible. The competition will be open to all instruments and voice. Although the competition will be conducted by Cooma School of Music, all musicians are welcome to perform.
Entry is open to all.
Heats will comence at 12 noon on Sunday 23 July.
A timetable of Heats and Competitors will be sent to all the participants before the day.
The winners of the heats will then be invited to perform in a Finals Concert that will then be held on the same day in the evening starting at 7pm. Time allowing, specially invited guests (non- competitors) will also be invited to perform in the Finals Concert.
Venue: St Pauls Anglican Church Hall, 136 Commissioner Street, Cooma NSW 2630
Performers for this concert will be drawn from the winners of the heats as well as invited guest performers.
The major sections will be:
Solo (unaccompanied or accompanied). Solos may be accompanied by a pianist or a guitarist, or other musician or CD backing track. Performers may organize their own accompanist or a piano accompanist will available at the hall if required. (However, please indicate on your entry form if you will need to be provided with an accompanist). CD backing tracks (“Play-alongâ€) will be accepted by prior arrangement.
Wow, what a great day! 161 musicians, 28 busking spots, all different genres of music (including a bagpipe band!) over $10,000 in cash prizes!
Rex Regional Airline flights. A whole lot of fun! Here’s a list of winners:
Record Prize Pool!
This year we have $10, viagra approved  600 in cash prizes plus Rex Regional Express Airlines have donated 2 return flight tickets from Cooma to Sydney. This is valued at $862.40. Entries close this Saturday 29th October.
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– A Unique Music Festival For Your Town
About:
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ (ANBC) is now in it’s 5th year. For the first four years the ANBC has been held exclusively in Cooma NSW, the picturesque and historic capital of Australia’s Snowy Mountains. We have thought of these early years as the first stage in the ANBC vision for the future.
The next stage now is to make this event a truly National Championship by holding Preliminary Championships in various regional towns around Australia. The winners from these regional events will be then invited to complete in the Grand Final back in Cooma on the first weekend in November of each year.
This event has been a great success from day one and as the years have gone by we have developed a template for this festival that we feel, can work in any town with the right kind support and know-how.
We have already had a wonderfully successful ANBC Preliminary Regional Final in Stanthrope, Queensland this year in February.
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ is a different sort of music festival for Australia. Music festivals in Australia have typically been based on a particular style of music, e.g. Tamworth Country Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Byron Bay Blues Festival. The ANBC is a celebration of all styles of music because the buskers that perform in this festival bring a huge variety of music to the event. Whether that be Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Indigenous, Multicultural or Classical, the Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ reflects the rich diversity of Australian music culture.
Tickets for most music festivals are expensive; in the ANBC all the street entertainment is provided free of charge. The audience can, of course, tip the busker but that is their choice. All this wonderful music is performed literally feet away from them.
Although there are buskers at many music festivals in Australia, busking is typically relegated to a fringe activity. However, in this festival the buskers take pride of place. This festival brings music back to the people, back to the streets.
How Does This Work?
The buskers are assigned special locations (Busking Hot Spots), at various times, around the central business district of the participating town. A timetable will be emailed to all the registered buskers. Roaming judges assess these performances during the day. The buskers get to choose how many sets they would like to perform and whether they would like to perform for the whole day or just at certain times. However, all buskers must be available to perform in the Preliminary Finals Concert at say, 5pm to be held in an open air venue such as the town park.
The prize-winners for the age categories will be selected by a panel of judges at the Preliminary Finals Concert. The Open Age Winner for each of these regional championships will be invited to go on to compete in the Grand Finals in Cooma.
A Worthwhile Community Event.
In Cooma, we have found that from it’s first year the Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ has helped local not-for-profit groups raise money through fund raising activities on the day. Organisations such as the Cooma District Hospital Auxiliary, Cooma Rotary Club, Cooma Railway, 2MNO Community Radio, Cooma Swimming Club, St Patrick’s Parish School, to name a few, have raised thousands of dollars through this event. In fact, the main reason why the Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ came into existence was through the wonderful work of the “Snowy Ride”. The ANBC was originally conceived to provide entertainment and fun for the 4,000 or so Snowy Riders as they pass through Cooma. Since it’s beginnings in 2001, this annual motorcycle event has raised over $5 million towards childhood cancer research. The Snowy Ride is organised by the Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation. So we, at the Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ are pleased to support the Snowy Ride. For more information about the Snowy Ride go to:https://www.snowyride.org.au/
The ANBC has also generated a much needed financial boost to the businesses of our country town. Coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, motels, clubs, retail shops and service stations have all benefited over the years. For Cooma, the ANBC comes at a normally “lean time†well after the winter ski season and before the start of Christmas trading. To their credit, local businesses have got behind this event by generously sponsoring prizes for the winners of the Championships.
The Rotary Club Partnership.
In 2014, the Rotary Club of Cooma offered their assistance in running this community based event. Ever since, ANBC has gone from strength to strength. The ANBC committee sees this Rotary connection has vital to the continual growth of this great event.
The Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ has the unique ability to provide significant benefits to the performers, the venue hosts, local businesses, community organisations and the general public. We hope you can join us in providing this wonderful event for your town. Celebrate with us, Australia’s rich and diverse music street culture!
ANBC Cooma 2016 will be a combined event. A Cooma Regional Competition plus National Grand Final on the same day (5th November).
The Grand Final which will contain invited finalists from ANBC Stanthorpe Regional Competition (which was held earlier this year in February) as well as finalists selected during day’s busking in Cooma. This will be the last such combined event.
In 2017 we are on track to have possibly 10 or more Regional Competitions. We will then have two events in Cooma – A Cooma Regional Competition and a National Grand Final also held in Cooma where finalists from all the 10 or so, more about Regional Competitions will compete for the major titles.
The two 2017 Cooma events will be held in Cooma at different times in the year. The Cooma Regional Competition will be held possibly in Autumn 2017 and the Grand Final will be later in the year in November 2017.
Cooma School of Music has joined forces with The Hub Youth Centre and Cooma-Monaro Shire Council to make a new music competition especially for young musicians in Cooma.
It called  the Cooma Youth Music Awards.
This special event will an important part of National Youth Week (10-19 April)
This year’s inaugural Cooma Youth Music  Awards will be held at The Hub Youth Centre on Saturday 11th April at 2pm.
Venue address: 39-41 Vale Street Cooma NSW 2630
Venue phone number: 0437 135 092
All styles of music are welcome – soloists, artificial bands, order vocalists.
The Prizes will be donated by  National Youth Week and Cooma School of Music.
Best Performance-Seniors ( 16 to 25 years of age) – (valued at $200)
Best Performance-Juniors  (12 to 15 years of age) – (valued at $100)
Special Judge’s Award (any age) – (valued $60)
Entry is Free.
All performers must be registered by 8th April 2015. Entry Forms are available at Cooma School of  Music or download a pdf Entry Form here:
We would like to welcome a new piano teacher, view Emily Ventura, to our faculty.
Emily has just graduated from the University of Newcastle Conservatorium. She majored in piano and was awarded a with a Bachelor of Music degree with Distinction. Her teacher there was Helen Smith. Â Emily has also studied piano with Gabriella Pusner and Carl Schmidt.
Emily has been teaching piano for several years, with all levels and ages, and particularly enjoys seeing the level of satisfaction that her students gain from improving their music skill and playing pieces they enjoy.
Emily Ventura performing in recital
Cooma School of Music now offers music tuition in piano, guitar, bass guitar, voice, violin, viola, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, French horn, recorder, harmonica and music theory and musicianship. All styles of music are catered for, from rock to classical.
This year will also bring lots of opportunities for musicians of all ages and abilities to perform music in many different events. Every Thursday, Cooma School of Music is hosting a Thursday Night Music Club at the Two Vaults Restaurant, 161 Sharp Street Cooma. This weekly open mic session is a fun and informal way for musicians to hone their skills and meet with other musicians. It runs between 7.30pm and 9.30pm every Thursday. It’s free and all are welcome; call Allan on 6452 6067 for more information.
There will also be lots of opportunities for musicians to compete in 2015. Cooma School of Music has joined forces with The Hub Youth Centre and Cooma-Monaro Shire Council to create a new music competition especially for young musicians. It’s called the Cooma Youth Music Awards. This will be held during National Youth Week on Saturday 11th April. For more details and entry forms go to coomamusic.com. The fabulous 10th annual Cooma Music Competition will be conducted towards the end of term two in June (exact date to be confirmed). Jindy Idol is also planned for September. The Australian National Busking Championships™ will be held on Saturday 7th November.
So, as you see, there’s a lots of music happening in 2015 here in the Mountains. To stay informed watch this space, or go to coomamusic.com.au or “like†Cooma School of Music on Facebook. You can also ask to join our email list (allan@coomamusic.com.au) and we’ll send you regular updates on all the music events.
 Proudly Presented by The Snowy Monaro Arts Council IncEvgengy Ukhanov in recital
Evgeny Ukhanov_Russian Concert Pianist
Sunday 15 March at 3pm at the St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall Commissioner Street, about it Cooma Followed by afternoon tea
Tickets are available at The Fabric Salon, Cooma
Tickets Adult $25 Concession $20 SMAC Member $15 School Students and Children FREE
Evgeny Ukhanov began his piano studies at the age of seven. He came from the Ukraine to Australia on a scholarship in 1998 and completed his Bachelor of Music.
Evgeny has performed all around the world, has recorded solo and chamber music, has featured in the TV series “Prodigy” and this year he will be competing in the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Norway.
“Evgeny has performed in England, Romania, Italy, USA, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine and Russia. He began his studies when he was seven years old in the Ukraine and gave his first performance at the age of nine. In 1997 he was a major prize winner in both the Second Horowitz International Pi-ano competition in Ukraine, and the International Piano competition in Sen-igalia, Italy. You are in for a treat when Evgeny comes to Cooma. The Cooma program will include Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Balakirev and Gershwin.” from Snowy Monaro Arts Council  Newsletter Feruary 2015.
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Cannonball Express competing at the Australian National Busking Championships
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Guyy – Australian National Busking Champion – 2nd year running!
Singer-guitarist Guyy Lilleyman won the Open Champion for the second year running. He won a cash prize of $2,000. After winning last year’s Open Champion, Guyy has been enjoying an enormous boost to his music career. He has just returned from a highly successful tour of South Africa where he and his duo partner, violinist Amelia Gibson, played for thousands of new fans throughout that country. Guyy advertised on his South African tour posters that he was the “Australian National Busking Championâ€.
Vendulka – wows the crowd
Second place in the open section went to Vendulka Wichta. She won a cash prize of $300. Vendulka is, of course, Cooma’s very own X Factor girl and very much a crowd favourite in this event. Vendulka and Guyy are great friends so although they took this competition very seriously, they still managed to stay friends. They drove down together from Canberra for the day.Third place in the open section went to a fabulous folk group called “The Button Collectiveâ€. They received a cash prize of $200. Originally formed in Lismore, The Button
The Button Collective came all the way from Sydney to compete in the Australian National Busking Championships
Collective is now a Sydney-based band. They are in huge demand – they are constantly on the road performing in folk festivals all over Australia. The band is lead by guitarist, mandolin player and singer, Brodie Buttons aka Brodie Nossiter who was born and raised in Cooma, with piano accordion player Quinton Trembath and double bassist Jacob Pember.
Olivia Cakarun won the $1000 People’s Choice Award
This year’s People’s Choice Award was Olivia Cakarun a talented 13 year old singer-guitarist from Sydney. She won $1,000. The second place winners were the Button Collective, earning themselves $700 to add to their booty. The third place People’s Choice Award was Harry Cleverdon, winning himself $300.
Josh Maynard (from Cowra) was awarded Australian National Busking Champion-secondary section
In the secondary section, Josh Maynard, a singer-guitarist from Cowra took out the first prize and $500. The second prize went to another singer-guitarist, Lucy Sugerman. Lucy is from Canberra and she also received $300. The third prize of $200 went to the three-piece group Raising Cain. This is a group of local musicians: Sarah Nicholson, Rory Maclean and Ehlana Wright.In the primary age section, which was sponsored by the Cooma-Monaro Express, Harry
Harry Cleverdon came from Young to become the Australian National Busking Champion – primary section
Cleverdon came first. Harry is a singer and keyboard player. He came down from Young with his family for the day. His prize was $300. The second prize of $200 was awarded to the brother and sister singing duo “Kick Itâ€. They are Ted and Lucia Stewart from Canberra. The third place went to Tomas Carton. Tomas, who won $100, is a piano player from Cooma.
Marco Solo won one of ten Special Judges Award of $200 on offer
This year there were also 10 Special Judges Awards of $200 each. These were for buskers that the judges thought deserving of special recognition. They were: The Brademann Brothers (from Cooma), The Browne Sisters (from Tanja), Connor Ross (from Cobargo), Cooma Public School Choir, Dab Three (from Woodbine), Marco Solo (from Cobargo), Roger McCulloch (from Cooma), Rowena Evans (from Cooma), Tessa Divine (from Canberra), and Undertow (from Canberra).There was also a special “Farthest Traveller Award†of $100 that went to the busker that had to travel the longest distance to perform in the Championships. This award was donated by Michael Hutchesson. Michael, who is from South Australia, is a huge fan of the Championships. He couldn’t make it to this year’s event but still wanted to be part of the excitement.This year’s third annual Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢ was by any measure a huge success, but it could not have happened without the generous support of the Rotary Club of Cooma, the Cooma-Monaro Shire Council, Cooma School of Music and these local businesses and organizations: Alpine Hotel Cooma, Cooma Hotel, Cooma-Monaro Express, Roses Restaurant, Mark Kenmir & Co, Eucumbene Trout Farm, Cooma Little Theatre, Cooma Lions Club, Cooma Family Dental, Snowy Monaro Arts Council, P D Murphy’s Cafe, Moontree Health Foods, The Monaro Post, ABC Local Radio, Radio 2XL, Snow FM Radio, 2MNO Community Radio, Cooma Cafe, 40 Cafe, Never Ending Memories, Mainstreet, Snowy Camping World, Cooma Trophy & Gift Centre, Pizza House Food Factory, Bush Basics, Kettle and Seed, The Two Vaults Restaurant and The Lott Foodstore.  ABC Radio National – Bush Telegraph – Podcast:
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St Pauls’s Anglican Parish Hall, visit 136 Commissioner Street Cooma
Tickets – Available at The Fabric Salon, 42 Vale Street Cooma
Price:
$25 Adult
$20 Concession
$15 Snowy Monaro Arts Council members
Children & School Students – free!
Stars Will Come Out This Saturday
In the first item on the Arts Council’s concert programme this Saturday evening, musician Chris Wall will be playing trumpet and piano at the same time. To find out how he achieves this and to appreciate the results, you will need to come along to St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall for the 7:30pm recital.
This concert, the final Snowy Monaro Arts Council presentation for 2014, is named “Stars†in deference to the rich programme. It includes the title song, “Stars†from ‘Les Miserables’ as well as Albert Arlen’s arrangement of “Clancy of the Overflow†(featuring the lines, “And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended, and at the night the wond’rous glory of the everlasting starsâ€).
These two pieces are not the only stars to be enjoyed on the night. The three performers Glenyss Allen, Thomas Keenan and Chris Wall are each very accomplished in their instruments – piano, voice and brass respectively.
The programme also showcases well-loved composers and well-loved tunes such as Henry Mancini and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Tickets for “Stars†are available at The Fabric Salon in Cooma. Admission is $25 for an Adult, $20 for Concession and $15 for Snowy Monaro Arts Council members. Admission is free for children and school students. Of course supper is included in the ticket price.
Contact Glenyss Allen 6452 3561 for further information
“Stars†is proudly presented by Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc.
Thursday Night Music Club at the Two Vaults Restaurant (across the road from the Alpine Hotel) 7:30 – 9:30. Come down, sovaldi play a few songs or just listen. For more information email Ben Warner at benwarner@hotmail.com (The first one will be on the 11/9/2014.)
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It’s official!
The Australian National Busking Championships have joined forces with the Cooma Rotary Club.
In a special meeting this morning we shook hands on a partnership which will secure a bright future for this wonderful community based event.
So keep Saturday 1st November 2014 free in your diaries because it’s going to be an awesome day of busking, medicine music, read more fun and prizes in Cooma NSW!
How to play thousands of songs without even trying…
Most songs can be played with 3 or 4 chords. Musicians called this the “Three Chord Trick”.
These chords are based on triads built on the first, search fourth & fifth notes of the scale you are working in.
Ok before your eyes start to glaze over I’ve added a one page chart that you can use as a quick reference. ( print it  & keep it in your guitar case) Pdf > Chords for Guitar – Working in Chord Progressions
I’ve just stayed with the most common keys for guitar and added in some of the extra chords (vi & ii -occasionally iii in the Major keys and III & VII in the Minor keys). If you become familiar with these typical chord progressions you’ll be able to accompany thousands songs as well as get a deeper understanding about how harmony works in any style of diatonic music generally.
(This works with Ukulele too!)
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The A Team (Ed Sheeran), herbal To Be With You (Mr.Big), psychiatrist You”ve Got A Friend (James Taylor), Just Breathe (Pearl Jam), The Killing Of George (Rod Steward), I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz), The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals), For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder), Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (Coldplay), Cosmic Dancer (T.Rex), Promises (Eric Clapton), The Look Of Love (Dusty Springfield), Love Of My Life (Queen), Video Games (Lana Del Rey), Set The Fire To The Third Bar (Snow Patrol), The Only Living Boy In New York (Simon & Garfunkel), Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall), I’m Looking Through You (The Beatles), It’s Too Late (Carole King), Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel), Love (John Lennon), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones), Going To California (Led Zeppelin), Love Is A Losing Game (Amy Winehouse), Koks (David Bowie), and more, Songbook arranged for acoustic guitar, with chords and lyrics
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Rodney Clancy is teaching Singing & Brass at Cooma School of Music
We are extremely lucky to have many talented musicians here in Cooma. One our local “stars†is Rodney Clancy.
Rodney is the director of the Monaro Youth Choir, order as well as the Snowy Mountains Ensemble, syphilis which is a community orchestra. He is always looking for more young singers for his Choir as well as instrumentalists for the Ensemble.
Rodney is also available for private music tuition in Singing & Brass (Trumpet, hemorrhoids Trombone etc) at Cooma School of Music.
You can contact Rodney on 0408488749
Background:
Rodney is a Choral, Orchestral and Concert Band Conductor. He has been involved in music in Canberra for 10 years.
Rodney’s field of specialty is Choirs and has performed in, managed and directed many of Canberra’s Choirs over these years. From the smallest Children’s Choir to relief conducting Canberra’s biggest and best choirs. Rodney has had positions as Musical Director and / or Conductor of the following Canberra Choirs; ACT Singers Inc., ACT Rep Singers Inc., Canberra Youth Choir, Canberra Youth Chamber Choir (Founding Conductor), Andante Choir,
Rodney Clancy conducts Handel’s Messiah
Yass High School Choir, Miles Franklin Primary School Choirs, Twin City Community Carols Jerrabomberra. Rodney has been involved as a rehearsal conductor with the following groups; Canberra Youth Music’s Wind Symphony, Concert Band, Big Band, Junior Choir and Children’s Choir, as well as rehearsals with; Australian Rugby Choir, The Llewellyn Choir, Canberra Choral Society, SCUNA (Australian National University Choral Society), Canberra Men’s Choir, Canberra Handel Choir. Rodney has also conducted; Hall Village Brass Band, Yass High Concert Band & Big Band and University of the 3rd Age Orchestra of Canberra.
Rodney is the Chorus Master of the Australian International Music Festival held in Sydney with the main Command Performance held at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. He has held this position for the previous 6 years and for two of these years has been an adjudicator of the international visiting choirs. He has toured as assistant conductor with the Canberra Concerto Orchestra in 2008 and principal conductor in 2009. He is the founder and Musical Director of the Canberra Concerto Orchestra Concert Band and associate conductor of the Orchestra. Rodney has also toured to Hawaii as Director of the Canberra Youth Choir where an international Silver Medal was achieved.
Based in Canberra, Alex comes to Cooma and the region quite often to service pianos. He’s happy to travel. I highly recommend him.
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Mob: 0401 372 738
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The Rocky Horror Show 40th Anniversary Songbook celebrates 40 years since the making of Richard O’Brien’s schlock-horror musical masterpiece The Rocky Horror Show, cardiologist which made its debut in London before conquering the world.
Here are all the songs from his glorious musical tribute to sci-fi and B-movie horror, epilepsy arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar, complete with lyrics and Guitar chord symbols.
This exclusive 40th anniversary songbook is complete with a lavish photo section plus rarely seen scrapbook memorabilia from the composer.
The Rocky Horror Show was always big on audience participation, so here’s your chance to sing along with the music. The included card gives you instantly downloadable sound-alike backing tracks.
We have this fantastic book in stock.
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Alhambra model zero. Made in Spain for just $399
This is a lovely matte finished full-sized classical guitar with a solid cedar top. It retails for the amazing price of just $399!
The previous entry point guitar in the Alhambra range was it’s glossy brother, the model 1C which retails for $599. That’s $200 more than the new model zero.
This new model zero is an amazing guitar for the price. It has a beautiful solid cedar top which give it a full deep rich bass and a warm sustaining treble, plus there’s heaps of volume.
How can they do it for the price? Maybe they saved on the no-frills matte finish. Probably, but what a guitar! Made in Spain for $399. This is really going to upset the Chinese. The Spanish guitar makers are fighting back!
There are only 12 of these model zero guitars imported into Australia and the next shipment could be dearer if the Aussi dollar keeps going down.
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2013 was a good year for MJH music, web and 2014 has started out even better. I am proud to announce that my debut single “Proud to be Country” is going to produced and released by Musik and Film Records in the US, unhealthy and will be distributed globally through Sony/The Orchard.
It has been a long process to get to here, pancreatitis but I am really excited about this track, and even more excited to be working with such a quality production team. Stephen Wrenchhas worked with many greats over the years in all genres including to name a few Survivor, Toto, Daryl Worley, John Anderson, Bad Company, Tamika, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Duran Duran, Rick Springfield, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and now is going to work together with me to create something special. The rest of the team at Musik and Filmhave also worked with some amazing artists over a long time, you can see the credits for the rest of the team here.  It has been a great experience getting started on this journey, and now with the support of Musik and Film I will be able to take my career to the next level.
The release date for the single will be announced in February, but don’t worry, you will hear about it first in the next update.
Big thanks also to Bryce Wastney for helping me out also with promotions, marketing and social media, and also for the songwriting tips, invaluable stuff. Check out his site and support another artist who is working with Musik and Film. 2014 has also started out with promotional work, including a photo shoot to update webpage content, and as a pre-planning shoot to develop images and scenes for the video clip for “Proud to be Country”.
Here is one of the images from the photo shoot. To see more go towww.michaelhorneman.com.au and have look around the updated site.
I have lots of gigs lined up for later on this year, playing some new places, and going back to some old places. A big thank you to everyone who has helped me out in many ways over the last 3 years of this journey, thanks for taking the time to sign up, and to stay in touch with my mailing list. Please share with your friends, I would appreciate it!!
This year’s event was awesome! Bigger and better than last year! We had almost 100 musicians performing at 22 diferent venues. In total , illness the buskers performed over 300 half hour sets over the 2 days. That’s a lot of music!
Guyy Lilleyman – The Australian National Busking Champion 2013
And the Winners are:
1st Open Champion – Guyy Lilleyman
2nd Highly Commended – Ben Warner & Vince Leong
3rd Commended – Matt Charlesworth
Vendulka Wichta – Australian National Busking Secondary Champion 213. And Peoples Choice Award
Congratulations to all!
Thank you judges for a job well done and for giving up your weekend for this event.
Thank you Donna Smith and all the wonderful people at the Cooma Visitors Centre
A HUGE thanks to all the wonderful buskers.
Plus a Special Thanks to All our generous sponsors:
Alpine Hotel
The Tourist Cafe
Roses Lebanese Restaurant
Cooma Family Dental
Chelsea Coffee Lounge
South East Arts
Snowy Monaro Arts Council
Eucumbene Trout Farm
McDonalds Family Restaurant
Bombala Street Surgery
Sharp Street Surgery
And of course a Big Thank you to all our Busker Hosts & Venues:
McDonald’s Family Restaurant, Cooma Monaro Railway, Cathy’s Lolly Shack, Cooma Cafe, Tourist Cafe, 40Cafe, Mainstreet, Snowy Camping World, Pizza House & Food Factory, PD Murphy Cafe, Chelsea Coffee Loung, Kettle & Seed, Moontree Health Foods, Roses Lebanese Restaurant, Alpine Hotel, The Lott Foodstore, Monaro Stitches Quilt & Craft Fair, Cooma Motorfest, Honda Snowy Ride, St Patricks Bazaar Fair, A Feast of Poetry and Cooma Visitors Centre.
Here’s a Youtube video of Guyy Lilleyman, Australian National Busking Champion 2013
Here’s a Photo Gallery of the weekend. For more photos and comments go to:
Virtuosic instrumental trio The String Contingent compose and perform music of sparkling beauty and originality that explores the full spectrum of musical expression. Australians Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) with Scotsman Graham McLeod (guitar) integrate disparate musical styles through their own refined acoustic sensibilities.
Drawing from genres including celtic, classical, jazz and bluegrass, The String Contingent burnish their original compositions through the clarity and precision of a meticulous ‘chamber music’ ethos. Their multi-faceted approach results in highly accessible yet sophisticated music that captivates audiences from any genre, while retaining their own unique style.
“The most amazing trio of musicians you will come across. Subtle, entertaining, mesmerising and totally engaging folk. Wonderful stuff.”
— Anthony John Clarke, songwriter and performer, UK
Chris Stone-Violin
Holly Downes-Bass
Graham McLeod-Guitar
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Michael Horneman
About Michael Horneman:
Formal Study:- Michael Horneman is a talented guitarist/vocalist based in Cooma, see NSW. Having completed a Diploma of Music at MWT Institute in 2009 Michael has gone on to study a Bachelor of Music in guitar performance at NMIT in Melbourne, anaemia
VIC from 2010 – 2012, studying under the teaching of Tom Fryer.
Teaching:- Over the last 2 years Michael has held a private teaching position at Trafalgar Primary School in Victoria, which is a Musical Futures Trial School, teaching 30 students each week on flute, clarinet, guitar (electric and bass) and ukulele. Over the last 15 years Michael has taught many students on guitar/bass, flute, saxophone, clarinet and ukulele.
Performances :- Over the last 20 years Michael has played in many bands, from solo performances as a cover artist to being a member of wind orchestra’s such as the Canberra Youth Music Wind Ensemble and jazz ensembles from trio’s playing at weddings to big bands, such as the Blamey St Big Band (Canberra) and Connexion Big Band (Canberra). Other bands include a P!nk Tribute show which has played interstate and around Melbourne, and lead guitarist for Levi Mcgrath (Melbourne, AUS) and Bryce Wastney (NZ)
Current Work:- Michael is currently teaching privately, playing acoustic gigs at various venues, weddings and functions, and writing material for future solo releases.
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Coordinated by Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. instrumentalists and choirs from Cooma-Monaro, cure
Bombala and Snowy River Shires will present a concert at Cooma Ex-Services Club at 3:00pm on 11 November 2012. As well as honouring Remembrance Day, generic this project aims to further develop and foster connections between performers and audiences across the Snowy-Monaro region.
With the support of the Cooma-Monaro Arts & Cultural Activities Committee and South East Arts, we were successful at gaining funding for the project from Regional Arts NSW, through their Country Arts Support Program.
We have already received some wonderful expressions of interest from various individuals and groups interested in participating in the concert, and now we are inviting more.
Please contact the coordinating team…
·         If you would like to be part of the musical performance;
·         If you have any appropriate stories to share (war memories and stories from all around the world);
·         If you may be willing and able to lend appropriate imagery – paintings, photographs, uniforms for the event; or
·         If you would like to be involved in any other way!
Prospective performers, please send some details about yourselves:
·         The name of your group and your contact details
·         What kind of group it is – instrumental, vocal, both
·         How long you have been performing
·         Number of group members and their age range
·         What kinds of instruments you play, and the level of proficiency
·         Anything from your repertoire or collection which might be suitable for this concert
·         Any performance highlights, such as recordings
·         Anything else you think that might be helpful
A meeting of interested participants is planned for 19 May in Cooma – the time and venue will be confirmed.
Email us at coomaremembrance@hotmail.com OR write to Snowy Monaro Arts Council, PO Box 1260, Cooma, 2630 on or before Friday 11 May.
Coordinated by Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. instrumentalists and choirs from Cooma-Monaro, prescription Bombala and Snowy River Shires will present a concert at Cooma Ex-Services Club at 3:00pm on 11 November 2012. As well as honouring Remembrance Day, apoplectic
this project aims to further develop and foster connections between performers and audiences across the Snowy-Monaro region.
With the support of the Cooma-Monaro Arts & Cultural Activities Committee and South East Arts, approved
we were successful at gaining funding for the project from Regional Arts NSW, through their Country Arts Support Program.
We have already received some wonderful expressions of interest from various individuals and groups interested in participating in the concert, and now we are inviting more.
Please contact the coordinating team…
·         If you would like to be part of the musical performance;
·         If you have any appropriate stories to share (war memories and stories from all around the world);
·         If you may be willing and able to lend appropriate imagery – paintings, photographs, uniforms for the event; or
·         If you would like to be involved in any other way!
Prospective performers, please send some details about yourselves:
·         The name of your group and your contact details
·         What kind of group it is – instrumental, vocal, both
·         How long you have been performing
·         Number of group members and their age range
·         What kinds of instruments you play, and the level of proficiency
·         Anything from your repertoire or collection which might be suitable for this concert
·         Any performance highlights, such as recordings
·         Anything else you think that might be helpful
A meeting of interested participants is planned for 19 May in Cooma – the time and venue will be confirmed.
Email us at coomaremembrance@hotmail.com OR write to Snowy Monaro Arts Council, PO Box 1260, Cooma, 2630 on or before Friday 11 May.
Coordinated by Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. instrumentalists and choirs from Cooma-Monaro, viagra approved
Bombala and Snowy River Shires will present a concert at Cooma Ex-Services Club at 3:00pm on 11 November 2012. As well as honouring Remembrance Day, allergist
this project aims to further develop and foster connections between performers and audiences across the Snowy-Monaro region.
With the support of the Cooma-Monaro Arts & Cultural Activities Committee and South East Arts, and
we were successful at gaining funding for the project from Regional Arts NSW, through their Country Arts Support Program.
We have already received some wonderful expressions of interest from various individuals and groups interested in participating in the concert, and now we are inviting more.
Please contact the coordinating team…
·         If you would like to be part of the musical performance;
·         If you have any appropriate stories to share (war memories and stories from all around the world);
·         If you may be willing and able to lend appropriate imagery – paintings, photographs, uniforms for the event; or
·         If you would like to be involved in any other way!
Prospective performers, please send some details about yourselves:
·         The name of your group and your contact details
·         What kind of group it is – instrumental, vocal, both
·         How long you have been performing
·         Number of group members and their age range
·         What kinds of instruments you play, and the level of proficiency
·         Anything from your repertoire or collection which might be suitable for this concert
·         Any performance highlights, such as recordings
·         Anything else you think that might be helpful
A meeting of interested participants is planned for 19 May in Cooma – the time and venue will be confirmed.
Email us at coomaremembrance@hotmail.com OR write to Snowy Monaro Arts Council, PO Box 1260, Cooma, 2630 on or before Friday 11 May.
Takamine TED21C12BL 12 string guitar (also available in natural)
Shadow TS1 Pickup system
TED21C12 Takamine D Series Acoustic/Electric Cutaway 12 String Guitar.
High F# key,
quality pads with metal resonators,
adjustable thumbrest,
adjusting screws for fine tuning, adjustable felt bumpers, strengthened body to bell brace, ribbed post construction for extra support, ribbed bow for extra strength, supplied with a David Hite (USA) Premiere mouthpiece, Neotech neck strap and deluxe case.
All Solo instruments are pre-serviced and tested by factory trained technicians in Australia and come with a ThreeYear Warranty.
Usher Waltz (Edgar A. Poe – Fall of the House of Usher) – Nikita Koshkin
Black Wattle Caprices – Ross Edwards
Hinchinbrook Riffs for guitar and digital delay – Nigel Westlake
Price: $15
As heard on ABC Classic FM…
Matt Withers can be heard regularly on  ABC Classic FM. Often he’s performing with Bradley Kunda in the Brew Guitar Duo. Both Matt and Bradley also play in the fabulous quartet, approvedGuitar Trek.
Other CDs with Matt Withers:
Brew Guitar Duo Songs & Dances CD $20
Brew Guitar Duo Landscape $25
Available from:
Cooma School of Music
Shop 2, therapist Parkview Arcade, mind 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
Phone:Â 02 6452 6067
Fax:Â 02 6452 4938
Email:Â allan@coomamusic.com.au
Yes, store I have a thing about digital tuners. They keep getting better and they keep getting cheaper. These cool new Snark tuners do everything you want a tuner to do and, check they’re little, chunky, red and very cute!
The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of busking festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian Music & Street Performance Culture.
Cooma NSW 2019:
On Saturday 16 November, ANBC Inc. will be conducting the 2019 Cooma Regional Busking Championships & the ANBC National Grand Final. This will be the culmination of the Australian National Busking Championships™ for 2019.
The Cooma Regional Busking Championships will be open to all. However, competitors who wish to to be the the ANBC National Grand Final will have to earn a place by either the high standard of their performances on the day in Cooma or by qualifying by winning First Place in an Age Category in the other Regional Busking Championships that have been held around Australia during 2019.
The Prizes – Thousands of Dollars in Cash on offer:
There are generous prizes for 3 Age Categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as: Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups*, Ensembles*, Choirs* are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as poets, mime, jugglers, magicians and dancers.
Laura Luscombe performing at the 2019 ANBC Stanthorpe Regional Busking Championships
Would you like to be a sponsor for the Australian National Busking Championships in Cooma this year? We have sponsorship packages from $60 to $3,000. Or we can tailor a package to suit your needs.
It’s been a very exciting year. We now have seven regional ANBC Championships for 2019 around Australia. Stanthorpe & Noosa in Qld, Kilmore in Vic, and Peak Hill, Narooma, Gundagai and Cooma in NSW. This year, we have also seen many of our ANBC buskers going from strength to strength. Vendulka appeared again on national TV on The Voice. She has also just released a fantastic new video, Good Words, which features our beautiful South East scenery. Oscar Litchfield, Lucy Sugerman, Yasmin Russell, Jack Biillmann, Andrew Wortes, Flynn Gurry, Kesha Oayda, Rory Phillips, Haystack Mountain Hermits, The String Family, Narooma Rhythm Hunters, Stitch, Fretz & Reedz, Niq Reefman, Felicity Kircher, Fvceless and many more are getting regular gigs and performing in festivals both locally and away.
One of our ANBC Noosa Buskers, Tones And I, has actually had a huge breakthrough with her new single Dance Monkey which is now number one on the Aria Charts. (The first Australian artist to achieve that this year and the first Australian female artist to make number one since Delta Goodrem did it in 2015). It’s all good news and we couldn’t do it without the amazing generosity of our sponsors. So Thank You!
If you would like to be a sponsor, please download this form below:
Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Championships – Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 14 September 2019.
The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of busking festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian Music & Street Performance Culture. Through out the year, Regional Championships will be held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the 16 November 2019.
Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at ANBC Peak Hill Regional Busking Championships. Peak Hill is one of the regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. Dates for 2019 so far are:
Stanthorpe Qld – 23 March
Kilmore Vic – 13 April
Narooma NSW – 25 May
Noosa Heads Qld – 8 to 9 June
Peak Hill NSW -14 September
Gundagai NSW – 26 October
Cooma Regional Championship & ANBC National Grand Final – Cooma NSW – 16 November (please note change of date)
The Prizes – Thousands of Dollars in Cash on offer:
There are generous prizes for 3 Age Categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as poets, mime, jugglers, magicians and dancers.
The winners of each of the 3 Age Categories will qualify for the National Grand Final in Cooma.
More Information and update will be also released on our Facebook Page
