Alice Buckingham

My masterclass experience with Helen in Newcastle, Australia was incredibly beneficial. Her insights were simultaneously encouraging and challenging, and her attention to every detail of certain bars was inspiring. In playing a single bar repeatedly – until it was right – I developed an appreciation of its harmonic intricacies and place in the music. This practice method is one which I now try to apply daily!

Alice Buckingham commenced studies on the viola at age 15 after studying the violin from the age of 7, and is currently a 4th year Bachelor of Music student at the University of Queensland where she studies with Patricia Pollett. Alice was awarded her AMusA with Distinction in 2003 and was this year a recipient of the Harmer Memorial Scholarship. Alice is principal viola in the Queensland Youth Symphony and the University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In 2004 Alice participated in European tours with the Queensland Youth Symphony and the Australian Youth Orchestra, performing in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and London’s Royal Albert Hall. Alice has performed in Masterclasses with Charles Castleman, Paul Neubauer, Helen Callus and Simon Oswell. She is also a committed member of the Quintessential String Quartet and has toured Malaysia twice with this ensemble, performing for audiences of over 500 at gala functions.