Cello
Jonathan Békés
Principal Cello – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Estivo Trio; 2016 AWO Academy Player
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Sharon Grigoryan
Associate Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian String Quartet
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Peter Morrison
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Narroway
Lecturer in Cello – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Rebanks Fellow – Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
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Pei-Jee Ng
Principal Cello – Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Cello – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Fournier Trio
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Pei-Sian Ng
Principal Cello – Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Faculty – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore
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Howard Penny
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music
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Michelle Wood
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet; Co-Artistic Director – Concerts Sans Frontières
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Damien Eckersley
Associate Principal Bass – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Deputy Artistic Director – Australian National Academy of Music; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Che Ioannou-Booth
2022 AWO Academy Player; Former Principal Bass – Melbourne University Symphony Orchestra
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Hugh Kluger
Sub-Principal Bass – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Associate Principal – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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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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Stuart Thomson
Principal Double Bass – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
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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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Jeremy Watt
Sub-Principal Double Bass – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Founder and Director – Luminate Records; Record Producer & Audio Engineer
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Robert Ashworth
Principal Viola – Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; Jade String Quartet, New Zealand
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Cameron Campbell
Philharmonia Orchestra; The Hallé; Former Extra Viola – London Symphony Orchestra; Former – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Former – BBC Symphony Orchestra; Former – English National Opera; Former – Southbank Sinfonia
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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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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
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Benedict Hames
Assistant Principal Viola – Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Former Acting Principal Viola – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
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Stephen King
Lecturer of Viola – Elder Conservatorium of Music; Principal Viola – Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra; Former – Australian String Quartet; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Associate Principal Viola – Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
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Imants Larsens
Principal Viola – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Viola – Adelaide 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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Christopher J. Moore
Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Australian Chamber 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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Jonathan Allen
1st Violin – Orchester der Oper Zürich; La Sctintilla; Founder and Leader – Ensemble Il Trittico, Switzerland; Jewel Ensemble, Switzerland
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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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Michael Brooks-Reid
Regular Leader/Director – Camerata Bern; Guest Member – Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Orchestra Mozart; Former – Hamer Quartet
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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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Heather Cottrell
Acting Deputy Concertmaster – Staatskapelle Berlin; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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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 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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Gemma Lee
Royal Concertgebouw; Former – NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover; Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig; Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Australian Chamber 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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Belinda McFarlane
Youth Education Programme Advisor; Director – London Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – London Symphony Orchestra; Fiorini piano trio
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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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Alexandra Osborne
Associate Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Jackson Hole Chamber Music Ensemble; Former First Violin – The National Symphony Orchestra, USA
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Susie Park
First Associate Concertmaster – Minnesota Orchestra; East Coast Chamber Orchestra; First Violinist – Enso String Quartet; Former Soloist – Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London; Former Violinist – Eroica Trio
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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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Harry Ward
First Violin – Berliner Philharmoniker; Former Karajan Academy – Berliner Philharmoniker; Rathdowne Quartet; Former Emerging Artist – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Futuremaker Artist – Musica Viva
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Natsuko Yoshimoto
Co-Concertmaster – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Q; Staff – Queensland Conservatorium of Music; Former Concertmaster – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former Leader – Australian String Quartet; Grainger Quartet
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Alex Morris
Principal Bass Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Assistant Bass Clarinet – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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Matthew Ockenden
Associate Principal Bassoon – Opera Australia Orchestra; Casual Bassoon – Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Clarinet
Justin Beere
Associate Principal Clarinet – Orchestra Victoria; Artistic Director – Melbourne Chamber Players; Director – Continuo Commissioning Circle; Music Educator; Former Clarinet – Rubiks Collective
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Benjamin Mellefont
Principal Clarinet – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Professor of Clarinet – Royal Academy of Music; Former Principal Clarinet – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Irit Silver
Principal Clarinet – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Former Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Alexandre Oguey
Principal Cor Anglais – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Cor Plus Four; Former – Sydney Wind Quartet; Associate Principal Oboe – Lucerne Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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Alison Mitchell
Principal Flute – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Flute – Scottish Chamber Orchestra, UK
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Andrew Nicholson
Principal Flute – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Lisa Osmialowski (Lewis)
Associate Principal Flute – Opera Australia Orchestra; Guest Principal Piccolo – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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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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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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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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Jenna Breen
2nd Horn – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Former – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Genevieve Clifford
Frankfurt Oper; Museumsorchester; Lecturer – Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt; Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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David Evans
Principal Horn – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Honorary Fellow – Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts; Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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Claudia Leggett
Principal Third Horn – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Horn Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Peter Luff
Horn Faculty — Australian National Academy of Music; Former Associate Professor in Horn & Head of Brass — Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University; Ensemble Q; President — International Horn Society; Former Associate Principal Horn — Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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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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Brent Grapes
Associate Principal Trumpet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Head of Brass – WA Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Yoram Levy
Principal Trumpet – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Head of Brass – Australian National Academy of Music; Former Trumpet – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Senior Lecturer in Trumpet – Queensland Conservatorium
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Owen Morris
Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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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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Percussion
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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Shaun Trubiano
Principal Percussion – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Percussion – Opera Australia Orchestra; Faculty – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; New World Symphony Orchestra
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Mark Robinson
Associate Principal Timpanist – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Percussionist – Ulster Orchestra, Belfast; Former Staff – Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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