2024 Junior Music Festival Cherrybrook
The 2024 Junior Music Festival Cherrybrook will be held on Sunday September 8 at the Inala School, 99 Franklin Rd, Cherrybrook.
Junior Music Festivals offer young music students the opportunity to perform in a friendly, relaxed and encouraging environment. They are held in various locations throughout Sydney and also Newcastle and Wollongong. They are open to students of both members and non-members of the MTA.
Instead of being divided into age groups, Junior Music Festivals are divided into sections by the grade/ability of the performer. This means that all participants have a chance to shine and even win prizes, even late beginners. Any recognised Exam board grading system is acceptable.
Trophy prizes are awarded in all sections, with all participants receiving a Certificate of Participation and a report from the adjudicator. Entrants must be aged 18 years and under as at 31 July. They may enter for more than one venue. (See Junior Music Festival Terms & Conditions for further details).
Entries now open through https://www.trybooking.com/CQDOE
Closing date for entries is 31st August 2024
Cherrybrook program available now
Adjudicator’s Biography
Anthony van den Broek
BMus, LRSM, LMusA, DipABRSM, AMusA (Piano), AMusA (Harmony and Counterpoint)
Anthony van den Broek is a passionate pianist and teacher. He learnt the piano and
organ from the age of 5 and majored in piano and harpsichord performance at
UNSW. Anthony's musicological research focussed on historical performance
practices of the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire, analysis and
interpretation, as well as the keyboard and organ works of Bach and Messiaen.
Anthony is an examiner with the AMEB and has taught piano, theory and pedagogy
to students of all ages and levels for the past 25 years. He is a Certified Instructor of
the Taubman Approach for Piano (Golandsky Institute, USA), a groundbreaking
approach that helps pianists overcome technical limitations as well as cure playingrelated injuries. He spends considerable time teaching, mentoring, and preparing
current and future piano teachers for success in Teaching Diplomas, has lectured at
Australian and international universities, and adjudicated piano competitions in the
UK, USA, and Australia