Cello

David Berlin

Principal Cello – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Alison Frilingos

Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Volksoper Vienna; Guest – Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Darian Trio

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Sharon Grigoryan

Associate Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian String Quartet

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Catherine Hewgill

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

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Roderick McGrath

Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – London Symphony Orchestra

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Peter Morrison

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

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Timothy Nankervis

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Howard Penny

Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music

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Clare Rowe

The Hallé Orchestra

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Julian Smiles

Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Guest Principal – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Guest Principal – Auckland Philharmonia; Australia Ensemble; Former – Goldner String Quartet; Former Principal Cello – Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Julian Thompson

Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Double Bass

Kees Boersma

Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Timothy (Tim) Dunin

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

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Alex Henery

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

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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

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Kirsty McCahon

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

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Matthew McDonald

Principal Double Bass – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Robert Nairn

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

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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

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Viola

Sally Clarke

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart

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Rosemary Curtin

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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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

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Brett Dean

Composer in Residence – BBC Symphony Orchestra; AWO Composer; Former Viola – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Artist in Residence – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Christopher J. Moore

Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Simon Oswell

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

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Tahlia Petrosian

Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig; Director – KLASSIK Underground

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Patricia Pollett

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

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Fiona Sargeant

Associate Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Andra Ulrichs-Kreder

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

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Justin Williams

Assistant Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet

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Katie Yap

Freelance – Period and modern viola; 2013 AWO Academy Player

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Violin

Jonathan Allen

1st Violin – Orchester der Oper Zürich; La Sctintilla; Founder and Leader – Ensemble Il Trittico, Switzerland; Jewel Ensemble, Switzerland

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Dale Barltrop

Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; First Violin – Australian String Quartet; Former Concertmaster – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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Zoe Black

Freelance Violin & Concertmaster; Faculty – Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM); Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Freshwater Trio

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Margaret Blades

Co-Artistic Director – Southern Cross Soloists; Creative Director of Music – Bond University; Former Associate Concertmaster – Western Australia Symphony Orchestra; Former Concertmaster – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

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Natalie Chee

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

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Brielle Clapson

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Heather Cottrell

Acting Deputy Concertmaster – Staatskapelle Berlin; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Monica Curro

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

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Lerida Delbridge

Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Daniel Dodds

Artistic Director and Leader – Festival Strings Lucerne

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Stanley Dodds

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

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Madeleine Easton

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

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Simon Fordham

Principal 2nd Violin – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

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Emily Francis

Pedagogue; Former – BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Anne Harvey-Nagl

Concertmaster – Volksoper Vienna; Koehne Quartet, Vienna

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Kirsty Hilton

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

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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

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Graeme Jennings

Senior Lecturer in Violin – Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University; Violin – Elision Ensemble; Former Violin – Arditti String Quartet, London

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Naoko Keatley (Miyamoto)

Second Violin – London Symphony Orchestra

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Joanna Lewis

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

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Belinda McFarlane

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

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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

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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

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Jane Piper

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Sophie Rowell

Artistic Director – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Associate Professor – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Patrick Savage

Freelance – concertmaster and film composer; Former Principal First Violin – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Leader – Tippett Quartet

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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

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Claire Sterling

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

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Scott Stiles

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

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Miki Tsunoda

Principal 2nd Violin – Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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Marie-Danielle Turner

Associate Leader 2nd Violin – Belgian National Orchestra

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Melinda Watzel

Principal 2nd Violin – Komische Oper Berlin; Deutsche Kammerorchester

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Asmira Woodward-Page

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

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Bass Clarinet

Jonathan Craven

Principal Bass Clarinet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Bassoon

Brock Imison

Principal Contrabassoon – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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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

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Matthew Wilkie

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

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Clarinet

Francesco (Frank) Celata

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

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Paul Dean

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

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Cor Anglais

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

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Flute

Alison Mitchell

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

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Emma Sholl

Associate Principal Flute – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Meg Sterling

Principal Flute – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

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Oboe

Nick Deutsch

Professor of Oboe — Hochschule für Musik, Leipzig; Royal College of Music, London; Principal Oboe — Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Former Artistic Director — Australian National Academy of Music

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Shefali Pryor

Principal Oboe – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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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

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Horn

Andrew Bain

Principal Horn – Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mainly Mozart Festival, San Diego; Professor – Colburn School Conservatory of Music; Former Principal Horn – Colorado Music Festival; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Münchner Symphoniker

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Ben Jacks

Guest Principal Horn; Former Principal Horn – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Lin Jiang

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

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Saul Lewis

Principal 3rd Horn – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Hector McDonald

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

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Casey Rippon

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

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Marnie Sebire

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Rachel Silver

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Gabrielle Webster

Freelance; Grand Teton Music Festival, USA

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Trombone

Scott Kinmont

Associate Principal Trombone – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Faculty Member – Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM); Former Lecturer in Trombone & Euphonium – Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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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

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Trumpet

Lukas Beno

Principal Trumpet – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig

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David Elton

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

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Shane Hooton

Associate Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Tuba

David Cribb

Principal Tuba – Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig; Gewandhaus Brass Quintet

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Harp

Alice Giles AM

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

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Marshall McGuire

Ellison Ensemble; Music Programmer – Arts Centre Melbourne

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Melina van Leeuwen

IMP; Harp – Chrysalis Trio; 2015 AWO Academy Player

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Percussion

Troy Greatz

Queensland Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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David Montgomery

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

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Timpani

Antoine (Tony) Bedewi

Principal Timpani – BBC Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Timpani – London Symphony Orchestra

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