Cello
Simon Cobcroft
Associate Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Artistic Director – Coriole Music Festival; Lyrebird Trio
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Rohan de Korte
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Principal Cello – Orchestra Victoria; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Catherine Hewgill
Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Trio
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Richard Narroway
Lecturer in Cello – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Rebanks Fellow – Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
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Howard Penny
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music
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Eliza Sdraulig
Chroma Quartet; Former Cello Fellow 2019 – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Emerging Artist 2018 – 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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Timothy (Tim) Dunin
Professor of Double Bass – University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz; Former – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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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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Kirsty McCahon
Independent Artist; Strategic Relations Manager – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Former Principal Double Bass – Australian Brandenburg 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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Viola
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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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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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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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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Benjamin Roskams
IMP; Guest Principal Viola – BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Guest Concertmaster – Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Germany; Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Germany
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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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Sara Barbagallo
2023 AWO Academy Player; Concertmaster – The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Australian Youth Orchestra; Former Emerging Artist – Mimir Chamber Music Festival 2022
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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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Peter Clark
Associate Concertmaster – Orchestra Wellington; New Zealand String Quartet; Former Principal Violin – Omega Ensemble; 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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Monica Curro
Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Co-Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
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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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Katherine Lukey
Deputy Concertmaster – Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Emma McGrath
Concertmaster – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Concertmaster – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Former – Panormo Quartet; Starling Quartet
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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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Alexandra Osborne
Associate Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Jackson Hole Chamber Music Ensemble; Former First Violin – The National Symphony Orchestra, USA
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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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Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Christopher Haycroft
Casual Tutti Bassoon – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra Victoria; Former Bassoon Fellow 2017 – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Matthew Ockenden
Associate Principal Bassoon – Opera Australia Orchestra; Casual Bassoon – Australian Chamber 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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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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Francesco (Frank) Celata
Associate Principal Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer – Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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Olivia Hans-Rosenbaum
Freelance; Former Clarinet Fellow 2022 – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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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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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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Oboe
Ann Blackburn
2nd Oboe – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Principal Oboe – Orchestra Victoria
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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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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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Genevieve Clifford
Frankfurt Oper; Museumsorchester; Lecturer – Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt; Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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Lin Jiang
Principal Horn – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Principal Horn – Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
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Emily Newham
Freelance; Former Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; 2019 AWO Academy Player
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Casey Rippon
Bayerische Staatsoper; Lecturer Horn – University of Augsburg; Low Horn – Frankfurt Opera
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Lee Wadenpfuhl
Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Principal Horn – Boston Classical Orchestra; Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra; New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
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Timothy Dowling
Principal Trombone – Residentie Orchestra (The Hague Philharmonic); Former Professor of Trombone – Royal Conservatorium, The Hague
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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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Owen Morris
Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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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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Percussion
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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