2025 Foundation Prize Winners

FIRST PRIZE

Wollongong Conservatorium Junior String Quartet, NSW) 

SECOND PRIZE

JPMS Jammers, QLD

THIRD PRIZE

FanTAStic Four, QLD

 

STRIKE A CHORD AWARD FOR COURAGE & COMMITMENT

Moira Glen – MECtet / Rosin Renegades, VIC

Luke Swindale – FanTAStic Four, QLD

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Chevallum State School Recorder Ensemble, QLD

Dynamite, VIC

Glendalough Year 5 Violin Quintet, VIC

LMV Two Violin and Piano Trio, NSW

MECtet, VIC

Middle Trio, TAS

Mozart Quartet, NSW

Quartet Inferno, QLD

Snow Gum Strings, VIC

Topaz Beta Chamber Group, QLD

Violins vs Violas, QLD

WAYACHAMP Junior String Quartet, WA

2025 First Round Prize Winners

AMEB EMERGING ENSEMBLE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Horizon String Quartet, NSW

The Cathedral School Trio, QLD

 

INNOVATION PRIZE

Ngutu Ipila Kumangka, SA

 

SPIRIT OF CHAMBER MUSIC PRIZE

The Vths, NSW

Instrumentation & Ensemble Prizes

WOODWIND

The Doppler Effect, QLD

Fort Street High School Recorder Quartet, NSW

MHS Oboe Trio, VIC

Seymour College Saxophone Quartet, SA

Sydney Grammar School Double Reed Trio, NSW

 

BRASS

St George Brass Band Junior Quartet, NSW

Kingsland Brass Quintet, ACT

 

PERCUSSION

JPMS Ensemble Sonore, QLD

JPMS Trio Cantabile, QLD

Sydney Grammar School Marimba Quartet, NSW

STRINGS (AUSTA Prize)

The Alpha Quartet, NSW

WolfGang, QLD

Wattleseed Quartet, VIC

Pembroke Middle School String Quartet, SA

Marryatville High School Baroque Ensemble, SA

KEYBOARD

Bartok Quartet, NSW

DJO Vivo, NSW

Conisa Piano Trio, QLD

Coventry Trio, VIC

 

VOCAL

Ensemble Arcadia, QLD

 

MIXED ENSEMBLE

SACS Piano Trio Kapustin, NSW

Trio Arcelo, NSW

Trapeze Quintet, VIC

Reverie Trio, WA

 

WORLD INSTRUMENTS

Do Re Mi Harmonica Trio, VIC

Ngutu Ipila Kumangka, SA

 

JUNIOR PRIZE

The Piccolos, NSW

SAS Trio, QLD

Opal Quartet, VIC

Kingsland Piano Trio, ACT