Virtuosi Tasmania Inc
Bringing chamber music to regional Tasmania

Chamber music is an integral part of any fine orchestra. It is the place where members of the orchestra can express their individuality in a way that is often impossible when they are but one voice in the large orchestral machine.

In 1992 Virtuosi Tasmania, an incorporated association, was established by Stephen Martin to gather the casual chamber music activity of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra into regular concert series.

Since then Virtuosi Tasmania has presented chamber music concerts performed by members of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in diverse ensembles from every section of the Orchestra, percussion duos, string and wind groups, all the way through to a very popular tuba quartet. Some twenty concerts are presented throughout the year in unusual and interesting locations throughout Tasmania, including stately heritage homes, shearing sheds, apple sheds, limestone caves, art galleries and vineyards.

Manager and Artistic Director
Well-known in the Tasmanian community, Stephen Martin has played double bass for the past 30 years in the TSO, one of Australia's finest professional orchestras. Formerly manager of the nationally renowned, but now unfortunately defunct Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, he remains passionately interested in extending the reach of the TSO throughout the State. Under his management the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players undertook many tours of regional Tasmania, broadcast regularly on national radio, toured mainland Australia and produced a best-selling recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons which won an ARIA award.

One of the strengths of Virtuosi Tasmania is its ability to draw from the TSO and mainland orchestras, wonderful players to perform chamber music written for larger mixed ensembles. Most chamber music series around the world are centered on the string quartet or piano trio. Larger works requiring mixed instrumentation are rarely performed.

The Virtuosi Tasmania Inc Committee
The current committee for 2008 is made up of the following members

• Chairperson: Mike Goodwyn
• Artistic Director: Stephen Martin
• Treasurer: Mary McArthur
• Secretary: Pieter Buining
• Committee members: Elizabeth Eden, Heather Felton, Gillian Groom and Elspeth Hope-Johnstone