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The '''Melbourne String Ensemble''' ('''MSE''') is a [[youth orchestra]] consisting of [[Secondary school|secondary]] and [[Higher education|tertiary]] students. The MSE focuses on developing the ensemble and musical leadership skills of its members.
The MSE has an annual program typically consisting of a benchmark concert (featuring MSE alumni as soloists), Concerto concert, and a chamber concert, as well as an international tour every three years. MSE also tours and performs jointly with interstate and overseas [[youth orchestra]]s. In June 2015 MSE toured Germany and played at the Australia Embassy Germany's courtyard in Berlin to "present an exquisite selection of string pieces from their repertoire ... In addition to works by Vivaldi and Haydn, Australian composers Richard Meale and Sarah Hopkins featured with attractive works."<ref name="Ritchie">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150701220200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/153037/20150702-0802/australia-in-berlin.com/tag/melbourne-string-ensemble/index.html | url = http://australia-in-berlin.com/tag/melbourne-string-ensemble/index.html | title = Summer Is Coming to Berlin – But no Break yet at the Embassy | last = Ritchie  | first = David | author-link = David Ritchie (diplomat) | publisher = [[List of Australian Ambassadors to Germany|Australian Ambassador to Germany]] | archivedate = 1 July 2015 | date = 30 June 2015 | accessdate = 24 January 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
== Directors ==
*Fintan Murphy – [[senior lecturer]] and co-ordinator of [[String instrument|strings]] at the [[Monash University]] School of Music.<ref name="Ritchie"/>
*Caitlin Williams – [[President (corporate title)|president]].
== See also ==
* [[List of youth orchestras]]
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mse.org.au MSE official website]
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[[Category:Performing arts in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Australian youth orchestras]]
[[Category:Music in Melbourne]]