Pizzicato Effect Program
After School Ensemble Tuition
Launched in 2009 ‘Pizzi’ has provided music education in the City of Hume at no cost to participants for up to 70 students each year across the school year. The program provides a safe, positive, inspiring, fun, and high-aspiring learning environment that promotes engagement with school and broader community life.
Ensembles
Beginners & Seniors
Ensemble based learning is the foundation of the Pizzi program. The majority of each session is spent learning repertoire in our string orchestras and discovering how each instrument and part of the music relates to one another.
Instrument Club
Violin, Viola & Cello
Instrument Club occurs throughout the term to reinforce the nuances of playing the violin, viola and cello. Tutorials are held in seperate instrument groups to focus on technique, posture and musicianship.
Collide
Performance Opportunity
Collide is the name of our end of term concert. Collide represents a chance to share what we have learnt throughout the course of the term in an informal setting for students, supporters, parents and guardians.
Pizzi Praise
"The first time I got to take my cello home I was so excited I couldn’t sleep. Thank you Pizzi for everything."
— Student
Instruments Offered
Violin
Elegant, clear, high sound.
The violin is the smallest instrument in the string family. Its higher pitch lends itself to melodic playing and improvising. The violin plays in treble clef and has 4 strings — E A D G
Cello
Warm, tender, low sound.
The cello is known to be the instrument with a tone closest to the human voice. Played sitting down, it is a large instrument often used for solos, and bass line accompaniment.
Viola
Rich, smooth, middle sound.
The viola is a beautiful instrument played on the shoulder, similar to the violin. The viola reads alto clef, and has the same strings as the cello pitched one octave higher — A D G C
Teaching Artists
Pizzicato Effect is delivered by a team of dedicated string tutors, with demonstrated experience in professional orchestras, primary and higher education institutions, and diverse community engagements. Our teachers hold music performance and education degrees from prestigious schools across Australia and beyond, bringing with them a tapestry of knowledge to impart on Pizzicato Effect students and families.
Pizzi Praise
"From picking up the violin for the first time, not knowing what to do, feeling very excited to be able to play an instrument, to playing at the extravagant Melbourne Town Hall. All of the precious memories I have made at Pizzi have been unforgettable."
— Student