The Australasian Double Reed Society Inc. (adrs) is a non-profit organisation which promotes and enhances knowledge of double reed instruments (oboe and bassoon family).
ADRS
The adrs encourages performance, education and interaction between double reed players of all standards, and maintains close links with similar societies throughout the world.
Membership of the adrs consists of a large cross-range of the Double Reed community, including professional players in major Symphony Orchestras, freelance professional players, woodwind educators, students in the Secondary and Tertiary sectors, enthusiasts and amateur players.
The adrs achieves its aims with a team of enthusiastic committee members who generously give their time and talents voluntarily to further the cause of the adrs objectives. Our Society is privileged to have active representatives located in major cities throughout Australia including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.
Popular events are held in each represented state and include Recitals, Masterclasses, Activities Days, Reedmaking Demonstrations and Workshops, Examination Workshops, Lectures, and Teachers Forums
The adrs is proud to have been the host for two major double reed events – the first ever held in the Australasian region. This is significant not only for the expansion in the interest of double reed practice in the region but also as an indication of the advancement and achievement of the adrs, Australasian music and of double reed performance.
Success has been achieved through the promotion of events, the publication of Reeding Matter, support from music trade and service organisations, and an ever-increasing membership base.
The adrs actively supports music organisations and business in both the Australasian region and internationally by providing exposure to the niche market of double reed players and to the wider musical community.
Opportunities include sponsorship of events, advertising in Reeding Matter and adrs event programmes. Tailor-made opportunities are also available by negotiation with your state representative.
Cor Anglais & Oboe D'amore Hire
The ADRS has two Howarth S40C Cor Anglais as well as an oboe d'amorenfor hire.
Our thanks go to Richard Craig, Howarth of London, for his assistance in the purchase of these instruments.
We hope in the future with this program to extend this to other double reed family instruments including Oboe D’amore and Contra Bassoon.
Instrument Hire Rates:
$40.00 Per Week plus postage
Minimum 2 Week Hire ($80.00)
Maximum period of 4 Weeks ($160.00) in one Hire
To hire a cor anglais contact Stephen at ADRS on 0413 889 488 to check availability.
Forms below will need to be completed once dates are confirmed with Stephen
Privacy Policy
This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the ADRS website, http://www.adrs.org.au.
ADRS is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. ADRS is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals.
Collection of your personal information
There are many aspects of the site which can be viewed without providing personal information, however, for access to future ADRS customer support features you are required to submit personally identifiable information. This may include but not limited to a unique username and password, or provide sensitive information in the recovery of your lost password.
Sharing of your personal information
We may occasionally hire other companies to provide services on our behalf, including but not limited to handling customer support enquiries, processing transactions or customer freight shipping. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service. ADRS takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.
Use of your personal information
For each visitor to reach the site, we expressively collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site.
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will use for these new purposes only, data collected from the time of the policy change forward will adhere to our updated practices.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
ADRS reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site.
Accessing Your Personal Information
You have a right to access your personal information, subject to exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. ADRS reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.
Contacting us
ADRS welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and would like further information, please contact us by any of the following means during business hours Monday to Friday.
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Bohemian Rhapsody Double Reed Big Band.
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2020 was a challenging year but the ADRS successfully held the first completely virtual conference and competition. One of the highlights was the traditional get-together at the conference for a communal playout with all things double reed. Conference 2020 did not disappoint with a collaborative Big Band featuring an arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Press play on the video below to hear it in all its reedy glory.
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