EVAN
ELSLEY B.A. (Syd)
Violinist Evan Elsley,
a university scholarship recipient, trained in solo performance
and orchestral leading at both the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
and at the Sydney University's Music Department. He followed this
with postgraduate solo performance study at the PWSM (Panstwowej
Wyzszej Szkoly Muzycznej) in Warsaw, Poland. He has attended numerous
international masterclasses.
He regularly travels around the world studying the latest teaching
methods, performance levels/standards and instrument making advances.
In the last few years this has included study tours to Italy,
Latin America, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, New York,
London and Paris. His examining and professional appointments
also requires his regular attendance at teaching seminars and
fullfilling the latest NSW Board of Studies teacher accreditations.
Teaching experience;
Evan teaches students at university level for their performers
degrees and Violin teaching degrees. Currently with the UNSW School
of Music and Music Education.
He has held Director of String positions in England and Australia.
These positions involved running large tutoring staff with hundreds
of students doing performances, entering eisteddfods and fullfilling
exam requirements at a competitive level. He conducted and prepared
many orchestral and chamber concerts.
Through the Australian Arts Council and the NSW Premier's Department,
he established the practical formula for peripatetic instrumental
teaching in country regions.
Evan is regularly asked to adjudicate string performers, recently
for the Inner West Eisteddfod, St George Eisteddfod, Penrith Eisteddfod
and Bankstown Eisteddfod. He is a highly experienced examiner
of Diploma candidates. He has also been an examiner of HSC performance
exams. He was the recipient of a Board of Studies Examiners Award
in 2006.
Student Results;
His Violin students have been awarded University Degrees in both
Performance and Teaching and some now work professionally at an
international level. Many of his younger students have been offered
music scholarships to private schools such as Newington, Sydney
Grammar, Kings, Trinity, Macarthur Anglican School and accepted
into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School. They have
also been accepted into the performance degrees of UNSW, Sydney
Conservatorium, the Australian Institute of Music and received
recognition such as the NSW Premier's award. Through competitive
auditions, they have led various English and Australian Youth
Orchestras which have toured internationally. His students have
regularly obtained the highest results in AMEB, Associated Board,
Trinity and HSC Board performance exams. Current students at his
studio over the last couple of years have won over $200,000 in
Violin scholarships for their secondary and tertiary study.
Evan Elsley runs the performance
company Elsley Ensembles Pty Ltd and
brings to his teaching the experience of a full time professional
Violin soloist and leader.
He is the direct distributor of master concert Violins in Australia
by the internationally awarded Scott Kai-Shun Cao.
VOV DYLAN B.A.(HONS)
Syd

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