Strike A Chord 2020 Winners
Watch the 12 finalist ensemble performances at the Strike A Chord Grand Final on 12 September 2020.
Please note due to COVID-19 restrictions the Magnolia Quintet were unable to perform live or re-record their performance for the Grand Final.
Grand Final Prizes
FIRST PRIZE ($5,000) The Robert Salzer Prize
Cousin Quartet
SECOND PRIZE ($4,000) The Paul Morawetz Prize
JPMS Ensemble Brilliante
THIRD PRIZE ($2,500) The Laura Brown Prize
The Lashavi Trio
AUDIENCE PRIZE ($2,000) The Peter Druce Prize
JPMS Ensemble Brilliante
First Round Prizes
WOODWIND PRIZE
Bellissimo Flute Ensemble, QLD
Churchlands Senior High School Year 12 Wind Quintet, WA
Pimlico State High School Saxophone Quintet, QLD
The King’s School Clarinet Quartet, NSW
Trinity College Senior Clarinet Ensemble, SA
BRASS PRIZE
Dry Your Tears, ACT
St. George Brass Band Junior Quintet, NSW
PERCUSSION PRIZE
Desmosedici Percussion Ensemble, QLD
JPMS Ensemble Energico, QLD
STRINGS PRIZE sponsored by the Australian Strings Association (AUSTA)
Cairns State High School String Quartet, QLD
Opus Quartet (Barker College), NSW
Pirulí String Quartet, SA
Trinity Grammar School (Summer Hill) String Quartet, NSW
Trinity Grammar School (Summer Hill) String Sextet, NSW
Brisbane Girls Grammar School Harp Trio, QLD
SPIRIT OF CHAMBER MUSIC PRIZE in memory of John and Lesley Sellars
Brisbane Girls Grammar School Year 12 String Quartet, QLD
VOCAL PRIZE
Barockers, SA
The Illegal Choir, NSW
Vox Crucis, QLD
KEYBOARD PRIZE
Brisbane Girls Grammar School Piano Trio, QLD
MLC School Senior Piano Trio, NSW
Trinity Grammar School (Summer Hill) Senior Piano Trio, NSW
The Waterford Trio, WA
JUNIOR PRIZE
The Artemis Trio, NSW
Barker Cello Quartet, NSW
Bradford Trio, VIC
Trio Mignon, QLD
AMEB EMERGING ENSEMBLE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
Fort Street High School Saxophone Quartet, NSW
INNOVATION AWARD
St. Andrew’s Cathedral School Bolling Quartet, NSW
Lockdown Legends Winners
Watch the Lockdown Legends highlight reel.
FIRST PRIZE ($2,500) The Robert Salzer Prize
The Eureka Quartet
SECOND PRIZE ($1,500) The Paul Morawetz Prize
Miles Street 4
THIRD PRIZE ($800) The Laura Brown Prize
Scotch College Horn Trio
All Lockdown Legends entrants were eligible for a number of further Strike A Chord cash and development prizes, which were also announced by Smith at the finals. They are as follows:
Melbourne Recital Centre Regional Prize - Cairns State High School Clarinet Quintet
Australian National Academy of Music Prize - Cousin Quartet
Flinders Quartet Mentorship Prize - Cousin Quartet and Eureka Quartet
Bendigo Chamber Music Festival Prize - Eureka Quartet and Scotch College Horn Trio
Australian Composition Prize - Cellolujah
Casio Prizes - Itet - John Noble's Quartet Program, The Hamilton and Alexandra College, and Trinity College, SA
Grand Final Program 2020
View the 2020 program online.