Cello
Jonathan Békés
Principal Cello – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Estivo Trio; 2016 AWO Academy Player
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Alison Frilingos
Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Volksoper Vienna; Guest – Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Darian Trio
Michael Goldschlager
Freelance; Former Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Australia
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Catherine Hewgill
Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Trio
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Peter Morrison
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra
Howard Penny
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music
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Adam Szabo
Director — BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Former CEO & Artistic Director — Manchester Collective; Former Principal Cello No. 2 – Welsh National Opera; Associate Principal Cello No. 4 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra; Former Cello – Australian Youth Orchestra; 2011 AWO Academy Player
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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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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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Andrew Jezek
Co-Artistic Director – Sydney Art Quartet; Former Principal Viola – Klangforum Wien; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Freelance Principal Viola – Opera Australia Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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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
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Simon Oswell
Former Principal Viola – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Capitol Ensemble, Los Angeles; Hollywood Recording Artist
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Florian Peelman
Lecturer in Viola – Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin; Former Principal Viola – Gürzenich Orchester; Opera Cologne; Brussels Chamber Orchestra
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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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Rebecca Chan
Associate Leader Violin – Philharmonia Orchestra, England; Piatti Quartet; Former – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber 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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Heather Cottrell
Acting Deputy Concertmaster – Staatskapelle Berlin; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Kyli Dodds
Deputy Concertmaster – Thüringer Symphoniker, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt; Member of Argonautica
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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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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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Joanna Lewis
1st Violin – Koehne Quartet, Vienna; Guest Violinist – Radio Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum & Philharmonia, Vienna
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Maria Lindsay
Soloist; Co-Artistic Director & Leader – Lurline Chamber Orchestra; Former – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Katherine Lukey
Deputy Concertmaster – Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Jennifer Owen
Principal 1st Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Houston Symphony Orchestra
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Alison Rayner
IMP; Former – Fragaria Vera Ensemble; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; First Violin – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Associate Principal Second Violin – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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Patrick Savage
Freelance – concertmaster and film composer; Former Principal First Violin – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Leader – Tippett Quartet
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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Asmira Woodward-Page
IMP; Former Concertmaster – String Orchestra of New York City; Momenta Quartet
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Bassoon
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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Melissa Woodroffe
Casual Bassoon – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra Victoria
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Francesco (Frank) Celata
Associate Principal Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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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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Alison Mitchell
Principal Flute – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Flute – Scottish Chamber Orchestra, UK
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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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Diana Doherty
Principal Oboe – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Oboe – Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne
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Saxophone
Christina Leonard
Freelance – Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Artistic Director – Classic Stomp and AWO Chamber Music Festival, NSW Southern Highlands
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Bass Trombone
Donna Parkes
Principal Trombone – Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky USA; Principal Trombone – Colorado Music Festival
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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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Lin Jiang
Principal Horn – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Principal Horn – Malaysian Philharmonic 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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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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David Elton
Principal Trumpet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – London Symphony Orchestra
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Jenna Smith
Principal Trumpet – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Trumpet Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – Australian Youth Orchestra; 2016 AWO Academy Player
Tuba
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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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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