60 talented young musicians get together as Verdi Strings

Picture this……eager young string players from our local state primary and secondary schools gathering together to create the sultry string sounds that can only be developed through extreme dedication, practice and plenty of parental support. This is what a Wednesday evening for 60 of our talented young student musicians in Gladstone looks like each week.

Verdi Strings is the realisation of a vision by one of our amazing local music teachers, Ms Carmen Smith. She has worked tirelessly over the last two years to give our local student musicians the opportunity to extend and develop their technical and musical capacities on their respective instruments. As the Creative Director, she has developed the student’s musical skills through exciting choices of repertoire and offering a variety of performance opportunities. Ms Smith has also sourced internationally renowned string teachers and conductors to workshop with our young musicians to strengthen further their musical abilities.