The Australian String Academy (ASA) is an arts education organisation which runs programs for string players from Australia and around the world. It was founded in 2004 by the violin professor Peter Zhang. The Honorary Artistic Director is Australian-born Charmian Gadd.

The ASA is not a full-time academy or music school in itself, but is an educational arts body which runs various programs during the year. Its main event, the international Summer School, was modelled after the much older Meadowmount School in New York State, founded by Ivan Galamian

Ivan Galamian

Ivan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...

. It is a 2-week program for young violinists, violists, cellists, bassists, participating in solo and chamber music activities. The Academy's latest additions include a 'collaborative piano' program, in which pianists work with string players in chamber music groups as well as being accompanists, and a Dalcroze eurhythmics

Eurhythmics

Dalcroze Eurhythmics, also known as the Dalcroze Method or simply Eurhythmics, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodaly Method, Orff Schulwerk, Simply Music and Suzuki Method used to teach music education to students. Eurhythmics was developed in the early 20th century by...

 course.

The ASA aims at bringing new opportunities to young string players in Australia, and is also open to international students. The faculty has included many distinguished pedagogues and artists, including Paul Ellison

Paul Ellison

Paul Ellison is co-principal bass at the Grand Teton Festivals, and is Professor of Double Bass at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. He was also on the faculty of The Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California.Mr...

, Robert Masters, Charles Avsharian, Owen Carman, Gerardo Ribeiro

Gerardo Ribeiro

Professor Gerardo Ribeiro , a world renowned concert violinist, had taught at numerous Universities after studies at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamian in New York City. He won numerous international competitions, and soloed with major world orchestras and venues...

, Patricia McCarty, and Uzi Wiesel.