Enjoy Words and Music - Overcome fear of speaking or performance anxiety!


	Ruth Bonetti B.Mus (Qld), M.Mus (Qld), A.R.C.M. (Lond.), A.Mus. A., A.S.M. (NSAA). Ruth Bonetti is a Music Performance graduate of the University of Queensland. She has taught clarinet and teaching methods at the Conservatorium of Music from 1982 to 1996. Ruth has performed and given masterclasses throughout Australia (from Adelaide to Cairns), and also extensively in Europe, where, during seven years, she and her husband Antoni gave concerts and taught in Germany, Sweden, Austria, the United Kingdom and France. She was principal clarinettist with the Umea Regionmusiken in Sweden, and solo engagements include concerti with Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester (Mannheim), the Musiksaellskapets Orchester (Umea, Sweden), Edinger Kammerorchester, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Youth Orchestra, Syndey Baroque Orchestra (Sydney University), Brisbane Sinfonia, and the Queensland Concert Society Orchestra. In 1995 she presented a weekend seminar 'Enjoy Teaching the Clarinet' at the Badische Musikschule, Wienheim, Germany, and gave lectures and masterclasses in Denmark and Finland. With Antoni she performs as Quartetto Bonetti. Ruth Bonetti is author of the popular book Enjoy Playing the Clarinet (Oxford University Press) and of Taking Centre-Stage (Albatross Books, 1997). Articles have been published in numerous journals including Music Teacher (UK), Australian Music Teacher, Clarinet and Saxophone (UK). She is an examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board and is in demand as an Eisteddford Adjudicator and for lectures, masterclasses and workshops; presentations for conferences include ASME and ANZASS, the Music Teachers Association and for Clarinet and Saxophone Conferences (Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane). Ruth is an accredited member of the National Speakers Association of Australia. Since publication of Taking Centre-Stage, she has presented many lectures and masterclasses to help people with performance nerves in a wide range of venues.

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