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Bellchambers Music School

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6281 6270

Address: Unit 3 2606 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://bellchambersmusicschool.com.au

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25.01.2022 Enrolling for Term 1, 2021.

20.01.2022 We're thrilled to be featured in Canberra CityNews's Women in Business special! Special thanks to Magenius for our gorgeous photo.

18.01.2022 Thanks for your post Jill. Here is the full review from Tony Magee. Music / In2deep album launch. Rachel McNally (vocals) and Mike Dooley (piano and vocals) and guests. At the North Belconnen Uniting Church, December 19. Reviewed by TONY MAGEE. I’ll dive straight into the deep end by saying that this was one of the best jazz concert performances I’ve ever attended. And that’s covering a period of more than 40 years.... Singer Rachel McNally has a unique and superb voice. A curious combination of opera style at some times and jazz/rock at other times. Her vocal phrasing is more aligned with jazz. She has the ability to reach low notes similar to Sarah Vaughan and a middle and upper register that reminded me in some ways of Doris Day. In addition, McNally has a perfect sense of pitch and there was never a moment where one could say she was flat or sharp. Every note was perfect. Pianist Michael Dooley, who wrote many of the songs in this concert, played with sensitivity and lyrical phasing, combined with a beautiful tone production. Alas there was no program, but suffice to say that the entire concert was a masterclass in quality music making. Another astonishing thing about this concert was the and guests, which in the publicity there was no clue has to who these would be. Well, I have to say that the guests were of the highest calibre. Miroslav Bukovsky on trumpet and flugelhorn; Con Campbell, tenor sax; Richard Manderson, alto sax; Darren Ormsby, trombone; Camilo Gonzalez, guitar; Phil Dick, bass; Steve Richards, drums; Michael’s son Anthony Dooley on percussion and three members of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra playing strings: Tim Wickham, violin; Iska Sampson, viola and Alex Voorhoeve, cello. Michael Dooley added a humorous ending to the list of musicians by introducing another of his sons, William Dooley, also playing violin. To quote Michael: William wants to be in the Canberra Symphony Orchestra but he’s a bit young for that at the moment. Patience boy patience! Dooley’s original compositions are of an extremely high calibre and two that stood out for me were a rhumba based on spoonerisms entitled Keep on Running and Blessed, which he wrote off-the-cuff while playing a gig at the Hyatt Hotel in 2017. Throughout the concert, both Miroslav Bukovsky and Con Campbell delivered superb improvised solos during many of the pieces. World-class playing at its finest and all right here in Canberra. In closing, I would like to mention especially that all the arrangements, including for the four horns, were by Michael Dooley. This concert was a huge success by both the choice of musicians and the quality of the compositions.

10.01.2022 Here's the latest film clip from our friends at the Australian Voice Collective!

08.01.2022 We're loving welcoming all our adult learners! It's never too late to start...join us in Term 4!

08.01.2022 Call us now on 62816270 to book for Term 4 - we have something for EVERYONE!

04.01.2022 Our Yamaha pianos are being taken good care of by Scott Jackson and Debra Morgan today - all the way from Wollongong!

04.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK 2020 "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists. Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. We built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating wel...l-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge" (https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme) We at BMS wish to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we make our music, the Ngunnawal people. We thank you for your stories and your songlines. We thank you for sharing your wisdom about our country and for your courage in speaking your truth - one we as Australians, need to hear. We celebrate you during NAIDOC Week 2020.

02.01.2022 A huge thank you once again to Salesforce and Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, for our Small Business Relief Grant, and to The Canberra Times for this coverage of our project! https://www.canberratimes.com.au//a-baby-music-star-was-b/

01.01.2022 RACHEL HERE: Little school holiday recommendation for you! We saw Trolls World Tour and Beatrix and I LOVED IT! It's a fabulous celebration of music. We thoroughly recommend it!

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Rachel McNally (Thorne), one of our team of singing teachers. This is a review from her album launch of 'In2deep" from last Saturday. https://tinyurl.com/y6vbpya4. Such a wonderful accomplishment.