Artists | Australian World Orchestra

Cello

David Berlin

Principal Cello – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Michael Goldschlager

Freelance; Former Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Australia

Catherine Hewgill

Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Trio

Matthew Hoy

Former – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Former Artistic Program Manager – The Australian National Academy of Music

Matthew Lee

Sub-Principal Cello – BBC Concert Orchestra

Leah Lynn

Assistant Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Peter Morrison

Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra

Patrick Murphy

Lecturer in Cello – University of Queensland

Michael Williams

Principal Cello – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Principal – Volksoper Vienna; Former Associate Principal – Australian Chamber Orchestra

Michelle Wood

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet; Co-Artistic Director – Concerts Sans Frontières

Double Bass

Kees Boersma

Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Timothy (Tim) Dunin

Professor of Double Bass – University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz; Former – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Alex Henery

Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – Philharmonia, London

Max McBride

Senior Lecturer – Australian National University School of Music; Principal Double Bass – Canberra Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Double Bass – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Vienna State Opera; Former Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Double Bass & Conducting – Canberra School of Music; Former Chief Conductor & Artistic Director – Sydney Youth Orchestra; Former Chief Conductor – Canberra Youth Orchestra

Kirsty McCahon

Independent Artist; Strategic Relations Manager – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Former Principal Double Bass – Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Matthew McDonald

Principal Double Bass – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Robert Nairn

Master Musician in Residence – Elder Conservatorium; Professor of Double Bass – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Faculty – Juilliard School of Music

Ciro Vigilante

Principal Double Bass – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Former – Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Guest – German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen; Ensemble Stuttgart Varianti; Former Guest Soloist – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Viola

Sally Clarke

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart

Andra Ilze Darzins

Professor of Viola – University of Music, Stuttgart; Guest Principal – Staatskapelle Berlin, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Lisa Grosman

Lecturer — Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney; Sessional Viola Lecturer — Melbourne Conservatorium, University of Melbourne; Head of Strings — Xavier College; Former — Irish Chamber Orchestra; Director of the Viola Programme — Monash University; Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy, University of Melbourne

Tobias (Toby) Lea

Principal Viola – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Angela Lindsay

Co-Artistic Director and Principal Viola – Lurline Chamber Orchestra; Guest – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Welsh National Opera; City of Oxford Orchestra

John Lynch (dec'd)

Former Associate Principal Viola – RTE National Symphony of Ireland

Simon Oswell

Former Principal Viola – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Capitol Ensemble, Los Angeles; Hollywood Recording Artist

Patricia Pollett

Director of Performance Studies – School of Music, University of Queensland

Fiona Sargeant

Associate Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Andra Ulrichs-Kreder

Basel Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Festival Strings Lucerne; Former – Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich

Justin Williams

Assistant Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet

Katie Yap

Freelance – Period and modern viola; 2013 AWO Academy Player

Violin

Lucas Barr

WDR Symphony Orchestra, Germany

Lucy Carrig

Principal 2nd Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Natalie Chee

1st Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former 1st Concertmaster – Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; 1st Concertmaster – SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart; Camerata Salzburg

Brielle Clapson

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Monica Curro

Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Co-Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Neela de Fonseka

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Dodds

Artistic Director and Leader – Festival Strings Lucerne

Stanley Dodds

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director – Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra; Chief Conductor – Sydney Youth Orchestra; Violin – Berlin Philharmonic; Former Principal Conductor – Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Madeleine Easton

Artistic Director – Bach Akademie Australia; Freelance Violinist – London/Europe; Former Concertmaster – The Hanover Band

Simon Fordham

Principal 2nd Violin – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Emily Francis

Pedagogue; Former – BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marina Gillam

Freelance – Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Concert Orchestra, London; Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; Former – City of Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra

Anne Harvey-Nagl

Concertmaster – Volksoper Vienna; Koehne Quartet, Vienna

Kirsty Hilton

Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Simon James

Chair of Strings — San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Violin Professor – San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Teacher – Coleman Violin Studio; Former Second Assistant Concertmaster – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Former Concertmaster – Seattle Chamber Orchestra

Emma Jezek

Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Naoko Keatley (Miyamoto)

Second Violin – London Symphony Orchestra

Joanna Lewis

1st Violin – Koehne Quartet, Vienna; Guest Violinist – Radio Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum & Philharmonia, Vienna

Katherine Lukey

Deputy Concertmaster – Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Belinda McFarlane

Youth Education Programme Advisor; Director – London Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – London Symphony Orchestra; Fiorini piano trio

Anna McMichael

Classical Convenor and Head of Strings – Monash University; Former – Co-Artistic Director – Tyalgum Music Festival; Violin – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; London Sinfonietta

Monica Naselow

Principal 2nd Violin – Orchestra Victoria; Australian Ballet; Former Concertmaster and Education/Outreach Officer – Darwin Symphony Orchestra; Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Jane Piper

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Wilma Smith

Wilma & Friends; Second Violin - Flinders Quartet; Artistic Director of Competitions - Musica Viva Australia; Co-Artistic Director – Martinborough Music Festival; Former Concertmaster - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Founding First Violin - Lydian Quartet & New Zealand String Quartet

Claire Sterling

Co-Principal Second Violin – English National Opera; Former Principal Second Violin – Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scott Stiles

1st Violin – Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg; Former – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Sandra Tancibudek

Staatskapelle Berlin; WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

Marie-Danielle Turner

Associate Leader 2nd Violin – Belgian National Orchestra

Melinda Watzel

Principal 2nd Violin – Komische Oper Berlin; Deutsche Kammerorchester

Asmira Woodward-Page

IMP; Former Concertmaster – String Orchestra of New York City; Momenta Quartet

Bass Clarinet

Jonathan Craven

Principal Bass Clarinet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Craig Wernicke

Former Principal Bass Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Bassoon

Brock Imison

Principal Contrabassoon – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Jack Schiller

Principal Bassoon – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Simone Walters

Former Principal Contrabassoon – West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Lyndon Watts

Professor of Bassoon – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne; Former Principal Bassoon – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Professor of Bassoon – Berne University of the Arts

Matthew Wilkie

Principal Emeritus – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Principal – Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Clarinet

Francesco (Frank) Celata

Associate Principal Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Paul Dean

Composer & IMP; Head of Winds — University of Queensland; Co-Artistic Director — Ensemble Q

David Thomas

Principal Clarinet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Head of Woodwind – Australian National Academy of Music

Cor Anglais

Leanne Glover

Former Principal Cor Anglais – West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Rixon Thomas

Principal Cor Anglais — The Royal Danish Orchestra; Former Principal Cor Anglais — New Zealand Symphony; Former Principal Cor Anglais — Copenhagen Philharmonic, Denmark; Former Principal Cor Anglais — Opera Australia Orchestra; Former 2nd Oboe — Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Flute

Andrew Macleod

Principal Piccolo – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Alison Mitchell

Principal Flute – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Flute – Scottish Chamber Orchestra, UK

Emma Sholl

Associate Principal Flute – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Meg Sterling

Principal Flute – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Oboe

Diana Doherty

Principal Oboe – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Oboe – Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne

Lisa Outred

Oboe & Cor Anglais – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Piccolo

Linda Stuckey

Principal Piccolo – Hong Kong Philharmonic

Bass Trombone

Shannon Pittaway

Principal Bass Trombone – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Head of Winds and Brass – New Zealand School of Music; Australian Brass Quintet; Former Principal Bass Trombone – Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Horn

David Evans

Principal Horn – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Honorary Fellow – Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts; Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Ben Jacks

Guest Principal Horn; Former Principal Horn – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Lin Jiang

Principal Horn – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Principal Horn – Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Hector McDonald

Former Principal Horn – Vienna Symphony Orchestra & Concentus Musicus Wien; Professor of Horn – University of Music & Performing Arts, Graz

Casey Rippon

Bayerische Staatsoper; Lecturer Horn – University of Augsburg; Low Horn – Frankfurt Opera

Marnie Sebire

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Rachel Silver

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Gabrielle Webster

Freelance; Grand Teton Music Festival, USA

Trombone

Joshua Davis

Principal Trombone – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Co-head of Brass – West Australian Academy of the Performing Arts

Cameron Malouf

Former Principal Trombone – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Michael Mulcahy

Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Director – CSO Brass; Professor of Trombone – Northwestern University; Chicago Chamber Musicians; Visiting Artist ANAM; Former Principal Trombone – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne

Trumpet

Lukas Beno

Principal Trumpet – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig

David Elton

Principal Trumpet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – London Symphony Orchestra

Shane Hooton

Associate Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Martin Phillipson

Associate Principal Trumpet – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Tristram Williams

Soloist; Former Associate Principal – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; ELISION

Tuba

Steve Rossé

Principal Tuba – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Substitute Second Tuba – Philadelphia Orchestra; Lecturer in Tuba and Brass Studies – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Matthew Segger

Principal Tuba – Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra; Heavy MättAL Quartet; Former Academist – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig

Harp

Alice Giles AM

Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music and ANAM; Director – Seven Harp Ensemble; Artistic Director – World Harp Congress 2014, Sydney

Percussion

Troy Greatz

Queensland Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

David Montgomery

Principal Percussion – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Teacher – University of Queensland; Artistic Director – Isorhythmos Percussion Ensemble; Former Percussion Lecturer – Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

Shaun Trubiano

Principal Percussion – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Percussion – Opera Australia Orchestra; Faculty – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; New World Symphony Orchestra

Timpani

Tim Corkeron

Principal Timpani – Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Brian Nixon

Principal Timpani – Australian Chamber Orchestra and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Guest Timpani – Sydney Symphony Orchestra