Cello
Rohan de Korte
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Principal Cello – Orchestra Victoria; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Trish Dean
Co Artistic Director – Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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James Monro
Principal Cello – Australian Youth Orchestra (2025 & 2026); Tutti – Canberra Symphony Orchestra; Australian National Academy of Music
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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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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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Double Bass
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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Hugh Kluger
Sub-Principal Bass – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Associate Principal – Adelaide Symphony 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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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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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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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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Christa Jardine
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Former Solo Viola — Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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Imants Larsens
Principal Viola – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Viola – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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Christopher J. Moore
Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Australian Chamber 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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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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Rebecca Chan
Associate Leader Violin – Philharmonia Orchestra, England; Piatti Quartet; Former – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra
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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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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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Erica Kennedy
Associate Principal First Violin — Orchestra Victoria; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Former Founding First Violin — Flinders Quartet; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Teaching Associate: Monash University
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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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Alexandra Osborne
Associate Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Jackson Hole Chamber Music Ensemble; Former First Violin – The National Symphony Orchestra, USA
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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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Emily Su
IMP; Guest First Violin — Affinity Quartet; Former Concertmaster — Royal Academy Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist 2022
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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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David Mitchell
Associate Principal Bassoon – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer in Bassoon – Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
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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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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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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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Oboe
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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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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Trombone
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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Jason Redman
Principal Trombone — Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Lecturer in Low Brass — Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University; University of Queensland School of Music; Churchill Fellow
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Owen Morris
Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Trumpet – Adelaide 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
Matthew Segger
Principal Tuba – Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra; Heavy MättAL Quartet; Former Academist – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
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Susanne Powell
Guest Principal Piano & Celeste — Sydney Symphony Orchestra;
Former Senior Lecturer in Piano — Australian National University, School of Music
Harp
Kate Moloney
Freelance — Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Opera Australia Orchestra; West Australian Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Penta Harp Ensemble
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Brent Miller
Head of Percussion - Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Principal Timpani - Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Former Acting Principal Timpani - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Piano
Stefan Cassomenos
Pianist, Composer – PLEXUS, Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
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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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