Cello
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
Pei-Sian Ng
Principal Cello – Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Faculty – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore
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Michael Williams
Principal Cello – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Principal – Volksoper Vienna; Former Associate Principal – Australian Chamber Orchestra
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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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Alex Henery
Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – Philharmonia, London
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Jason Henery
Principal Double Bass – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former – Australian Youth Orchestra; AWO Academy Player UK 2022
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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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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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Roger Benedict
Associate Professor & Chief Conductor – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Former Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra, London
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Lisa Bucknell
Freelance – London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra; Guest Violist – United Strings of Europe
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Monica Curro
Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Co-Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
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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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Marina Gillam
Freelance – Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Concert Orchestra, London; Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; Former – City of Birmingham City Symphony 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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Gemma Lee
Royal Concertgebouw; Former – NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover; Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig; Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Australian 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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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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Kana Ohashi
Associate Concertmaster – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig; Former Director – Manchester Cosmos Strings
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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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Alice Rickards
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Australian Haydn Ensemble; Dunedin Consort; Sequoia Duo
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Patrick Savage
Freelance – concertmaster and film composer; Former Principal First Violin – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Leader – Tippett Quartet
Rachel Smith
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Artistic Director – Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival; Staff – St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh; Former Staff – Queensland Conservatorium of Music; Macgregor Summer School; Southern Cross Soloists Winter School; Edinburgh Music School; Former Principal 1st Violin – Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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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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Bass Clarinet
Oliver Bahr Shermacher
Bass Clarinet – Freiburg Philharmonisches Orchester; Former Guest Principal Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Former – Opera Australia 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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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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Piccolo
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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Lin Jiang
Principal Horn – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Principal Horn – Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
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Casey Rippon
Bayerische Staatsoper; Lecturer Horn – University of Augsburg; Low Horn – Frankfurt Opera
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Trombone
Timothy Dowling
Principal Trombone – Residentie Orchestra (The Hague Philharmonic); Former Professor of Trombone – Royal Conservatorium, The Hague
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Damien Lingard
Associate Principle Trombone – Munich Radio Orchestra; Former – Queensland Youth Symphony; Stuttgart Philharmonic
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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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Alfred Carslake
Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – Ensemble Apex; Metropolitan Orchestra of Sydney; Former – Australian Youth 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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Matthew Segger
Principal Tuba – Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra; Heavy MättAL Quartet; Former Academist – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
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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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Tara Minton
Harp & Vocals – The Blues and Roots Ensemble; Professor of Jazz Harp – London Performing Academy of Music; Director – SpiceJazz Soho; Cohost – The Jazz Podcast
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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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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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Scott Wilson
Conductor; Head of Orchestra Learning & Director of Conducting Fellowship – Youth Orchestras, Americas' OAcademy; Conducting Teacher – Guildhall School of Music; Former Zander Fellow – Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Artist in Residence & Conducting Fellow – Guildhall School of Music and Drama; Former Percussion – Sanforka Ensemble
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Stefan Cassomenos
Pianist, Composer – PLEXUS, Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
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Antoine (Tony) Bedewi
Principal Timpani – BBC Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Timpani – London Symphony Orchestra
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