Strings

Jonathan Békés

Principal Cello – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Estivo Trio; 2016 AWO Academy Player

David Berlin

Principal Cello – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Melissa Chominsky

Orchestra Victoria

Simon Cobcroft

Associate Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Artistic Director – Coriole Music Festival; Lyrebird Trio

Rohan de Korte

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Principal Cello – Orchestra Victoria; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Trish Dean

Co Artistic Director – Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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

Sharon Grigoryan

Associate Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian String Quartet

Rowena Hamimill

Associate Principal Cello – Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Catherine Hewgill

Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Trio

Andrew Hines

Acting Assistant Principal Cello – Opera Australia Orchestra

Matthew Hoy

Former – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Former Artistic Program Manager – The Australian National Academy of Music

Molly Kadarauch

Sutherland Trio; University of Melbourne; Former Associate Principal Cello – Australian Chamber Orchestra

Waynne Kwon

Sub-Principal Cello — London Philharmonic Orchestra

Matthew Lee

Sub-Principal Cello – BBC Concert Orchestra

Vincent Lo

Associate First Principal Cello — Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Mee Na Lojewski

Founding Cellist – Affinity Quartet; Freelance – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Opera, Victorian Opera

Sam Lucas

Principal Cello – Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie

Leah Lynn

Assistant Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Roderick McGrath

Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – London Symphony Orchestra

James Monro

Principal Cello – Australian Youth Orchestra (2025 & 2026); Tutti – Canberra Symphony Orchestra; Australian National Academy of Music

Peter Morrison

Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Former – Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra

Miles Mullin-Chivers

Freelance; Former Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2020 & 2021

Patrick Murphy

Lecturer in Cello – University of Queensland

Timothy Nankervis

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Richard Narroway

Lecturer in Cello – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Rebanks Fellow – Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto

Pei-Jee Ng

Principal Cello – Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Cello – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Fournier Trio

Pei-Sian Ng

Principal Cello – Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Faculty – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore

Samuel Payne

2015 AWO Academy Player, India; Grevillea Quartet

Martin Penicka

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Howard Penny

Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music

Clare Rowe

The Hallé Orchestra

Eliza Sdraulig

Chroma Quartet; Former Cello Fellow 2019 – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Emerging Artist 2018 – Australian Chamber Orchestra

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

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

Gemma Tomlinson

Rubiks Collective; Fellow – Australian National Academy of Music

Julian Thompson

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Michael Williams

Principal Cello – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Principal – Volksoper Vienna; Former Associate Principal – Australian Chamber Orchestra

Michelle Wood

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet; Co-Artistic Director – Concerts Sans Frontières

Kees Boersma

Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Bainbridge

Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Klangkollektiv Wien

Rohan Dasika

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Kylie Davies

Associate Principal Double Bass – Orchestra Victoria

Timothy (Tim) Dunin

Professor of Double Bass – University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz; Former – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Damien Eckersley

Associate Principal Bass – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Deputy Artistic Director – Australian National Academy of Music; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Alex Henery

Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – Philharmonia, London

Jason Henery

Principal Double Bass – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former – Australian Youth Orchestra; AWO Academy Player UK 2022

Che Ioannou-Booth

2022 AWO Academy Player; Former Principal Bass – Melbourne University Symphony Orchestra

Hugh Kluger

Sub-Principal Bass – London Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Associate Principal – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

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

Kirsty McCahon

Independent Artist; Strategic Relations Manager – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Former Principal Double Bass – Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Matthew McDonald

Principal Double Bass – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Robert Nairn

Master Musician in Residence – Elder Conservatorium; Professor of Double Bass – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Faculty – Juilliard School of Music

Axel Ruge

Co-Principal Double Bass – WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; Lecturer – Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt; Lecturer – Musikhochschule Münster

Phoebe Russell

Principal Double Bass – Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Andrew Sinclair

Principal Double Bass – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former – Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Emma Sullivan

Principal Double Bass – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Stuart Thomson

Principal Double Bass – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

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

Dušan Walkowicz

Associate Principal – Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Jeremy Watt

Sub-Principal Double Bass – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Founder and Director – Luminate Records; Record Producer & Audio Engineer

Adrian Whitehall

Australian Youth Orchestra; 2017 AWO Moorambilla Voices Chamber in Residence

Robert Ashworth

Principal Viola – Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; Jade String Quartet, New Zealand

Roger Benedict

Associate Professor & Chief Conductor – Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Former Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra, London

Lauren Brigden

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Alex Brogan

Associate Principal Viola – West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Lisa Bucknell

Freelance – London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra; Guest Violist – United Strings of Europe

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

Christopher Cartlidge

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sally Clarke

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart

Molly Collier-O'Boyle

Acting Associate Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Rathdowne Quartet; Former Principal Viola – Australian Youth Orchestra; 2018 AWO Academy Player

Anne-Louise Comerford

Associate Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Virginia Comerford

Principal Viola & Section Leader – Opera Australia Orchestra

Rosemary Curtin

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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

Brett Dean

Composer in Residence – BBC Symphony Orchestra; AWO Composer; Former Viola – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Artist in Residence – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Juris Ezergailis

Former Principal Viola – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Stefanie Farrands

Principal Viola – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

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

Benedict Hames

Assistant Principal Viola – Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Former Acting Principal Viola – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Sergio Insuasti

2019 AWO Academy Player; Former Principal Viola – Sydney Youth Orchestra

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

Christa Jardine

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Former Solo Viola — Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Gabrielle Kancachian

Independent Music Professional; Deutsche Händel-Solisten

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

Matthew Laing

2011 AWO Academy Player; Former Principal Viola – Australian Youth Orchestra

Imants Larsens

Principal Viola – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Viola – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Tobias (Toby) Lea

Principal Viola – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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

John Lynch (dec'd)

Former Associate Principal Viola – RTE National Symphony of Ireland

Victoria Miskolczy

Associate Principal Viola – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Principal Viola – Cayuga Chamber Orchestra

Christopher J. Moore

Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Australian Chamber Orchestra

Simon Oswell

Former Principal Viola – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Capitol Ensemble, Los Angeles; Hollywood Recording Artist

Florian Peelman

Lecturer in Viola – Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin; Former Principal Viola – Gürzenich Orchester; Opera Cologne; Brussels Chamber Orchestra

Tahlia Petrosian

Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig; Director – KLASSIK Underground

Patricia Pollett

Director of Performance Studies – School of Music, University of Queensland

Benjamin Roskams

IMP; Guest Principal Viola – BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Guest Concertmaster – Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Germany; Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Germany

Francisco Regozo

Principal Viola –  Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, A Coruña

Janet Rutherford

Former Principal Viola – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Fiona Sargeant

Associate Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Andra Ulrichs-Kreder

Basel Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Festival Strings Lucerne; Former – Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich

Justin Williams

Assistant Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet

Elizabeth Woolnough

Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Katie Yap

Freelance – Period and modern viola; 2013 AWO Academy Player

Warwick Adeney

Former Concertmaster – Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Allen

1st Violin – Orchester der Oper Zürich; La Sctintilla; Founder and Leader – Ensemble Il Trittico, Switzerland; Jewel Ensemble, Switzerland

Sara Barbagallo

2023 AWO Academy Player; Concertmaster – The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Australian Youth Orchestra; Former Emerging Artist – Mimir Chamber Music Festival 2022

Dale Barltrop

Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; First Violin – Australian String Quartet; Former Concertmaster – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Lucas Barr

WDR Symphony Orchestra, Germany

Emily Beauchamp

2nd Violin — Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; 2022 AWO Academy Player

Harry Bennetts

Associate Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Zoe Black

Freelance Violin & Concertmaster; Faculty – Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM); Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Freshwater Trio

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

Michael Brooks-Reid

Regular Leader/Director – Camerata Bern; Guest Member – Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Orchestra Mozart; Former – Hamer Quartet

Lucy Carrig

Principal 2nd Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Rebecca Chan

Associate Leader Violin – Philharmonia Orchestra, England; Piatti Quartet; Former – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Natalie Chee

1st Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former 1st Concertmaster – Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; 1st Concertmaster – SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart; Camerata Salzburg

Brielle Clapson

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Peter Clark

Associate Concertmaster – Orchestra Wellington; New Zealand String Quartet; Former Principal Violin – Omega Ensemble; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Myee Clohessy

Acacia Quartet; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Norway; Violin – Swedish Chamber Orchestra; London Festival Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Heather Cottrell

Acting Deputy Concertmaster – Staatskapelle Berlin; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Monica Curro

Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Co-Artistic Director – Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Sercan Danis

Associate Concertmaster –Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Neela de Fonseka

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lerida Delbridge

Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Dodds

Artistic Director and Leader – Festival Strings Lucerne

Kyli Dodds

Deputy Concertmaster – Thüringer Symphoniker, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt; Member of Argonautica

Stanley Dodds

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director – Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra; Chief Conductor – Sydney Youth Orchestra; Violin – Berlin Philharmonic; Former Principal Conductor – Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Madeleine Easton

Artistic Director – Bach Akademie Australia; Freelance Violinist – London/Europe; Former Concertmaster – The Hanover Band

Paul Ezergailis

Violin Co-Leader – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Luminosa, Galway

Phoebe Fan

AWO Academy Player 2026

Simon Fordham

Principal 2nd Violin – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Emily Francis

Pedagogue; Former – BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marina Gillam

Freelance – Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Concert Orchestra, London; Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; Former – City of Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra

Joanne Green

Scottish Ensemble; Former Subprincipal – Northern Sinfonia; Guest Violin – Scottish Chamber Orchestra

William Grigg

Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne

Dimity Hall

Goldner String Quartet; Australia Ensemble, University of New South Wales

Anne Harvey-Nagl

Concertmaster – Volksoper Vienna; Koehne Quartet, Vienna

Kirsty Hilton

Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Sola Hughes

AWO Academy Player 2025

Vaughan Hughes

Ensemble Kanazawa

William Huxtable

Founding Member – Partridge String Quartet

Marlene Ito

Principal Leader of 2nd Violins — Berliner Philharmoniker; Pangaea Trio Berlin

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

Graeme Jennings

Senior Lecturer in Violin – Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University; Violin – Elision Ensemble; Former Violin – Arditti String Quartet, London

Emma Jezek

Assistant Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Roger Jonsson

Principal 2nd violin – Orchestra Victoria

Naoko Keatley (Miyamoto)

Second Violin – London Symphony Orchestra

Erica Kennedy

Associate Principal First Violin — Orchestra Victoria; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Former Founding First Violin — Flinders Quartet; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Teaching Associate: Monash University

Brenda Koh

2016 AWO Academy Player (Singapore)

Gemma Lee

Royal Concertgebouw; Former – NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover; Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig; Fellow – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Semra Lee-Smith

A/Associate Concertmaster – West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Joanna Lewis

1st Violin – Koehne Quartet, Vienna; Guest Violinist – Radio Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum & Philharmonia, Vienna

Maria Lindsay

Soloist; Co-Artistic Director & Leader – Lurline Chamber Orchestra; Former – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Katherine Lukey

Deputy Concertmaster – Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Marina Marsden

Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Belinda McFarlane

Youth Education Programme Advisor; Director – London Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – London Symphony Orchestra; Fiorini piano trio

Emma McGrath

Concertmaster – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Former Associate Concertmaster – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Former – Panormo Quartet; Starling Quartet

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

Marcus Michelsen

2021 AWO Academy Player; Sydney Symphony Fellow 2023; Violin – Tarsus Chamber Collective; Former Violin – Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO); Former Concertmaster – Sydney Youth Orchestra

Simon Monger

Concertmaster – Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra

Sagar Nagaraj

Concertmaster – Australian Indian Orchestra; Artistic Director & Concertmaster – Rosemont Chamber Orchestra; Macquarie Chamber Orchestra; Former – Willoughby Symphony Orchestra; AWO Academy Player 2018

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

Kana Ohashi

Associate Concertmaster – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig; Former Director – Manchester Cosmos Strings

Alexandra Osborne

Associate Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Jackson Hole Chamber Music Ensemble; Former First Violin – The National Symphony Orchestra, USA

Jennifer Owen

Principal 1st Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Houston Symphony Orchestra

Liisa Pallandi

Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former – Britten-Pears Orchestra, Aldeburgh; 2011 AWO Academy Player

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

Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba

Flinders Quartet; ACO Quartet

Jane Piper

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Alison Rayner

IMP; Former – Fragaria Vera Ensemble; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; First Violin – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Associate Principal Second Violin – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Alice Rickards

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Australian Haydn Ensemble; Dunedin Consort; Sequoia Duo

Sophie Rowell

Artistic Director – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Associate Professor – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Michelle Ruffolo

1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Joanne (Jo) Sadler

Patrick Savage

Freelance – concertmaster and film composer; Former Principal First Violin – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Leader – Tippett Quartet

Elizabeth Sellars

Sutherland Trio; Former – Co-ordinator of Strings, Monash University

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

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

Ben Spiers

Tutti — Orchestra Victoria

Claire Sterling

Co-Principal Second Violin – English National Opera; Former Principal Second Violin – Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scott Stiles

1st Violin – Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg; Former – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Emily Su

IMP; Guest First Violin — Affinity Quartet; Former Concertmaster — Royal Academy Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist 2022

Kate Suthers

Concertmaster – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Aurora Orchestra; Former – Scottish Ensemble; Former Section Leader 2nd Violin – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Former – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sandra Tancibudek

Staatskapelle Berlin; WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

Matthew Tomkins

Principal 2nd Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Miki Tsunoda

Principal 2nd Violin – Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Marie-Danielle Turner

Associate Leader 2nd Violin – Belgian National Orchestra

Harry Ward

First Violin – Berliner Philharmoniker; Former Karajan Academy – Berliner Philharmoniker; Rathdowne Quartet; Former Emerging Artist – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Futuremaker Artist – Musica Viva

Melinda Watzel

Principal 2nd Violin – Komische Oper Berlin; Deutsche Kammerorchester

Robin Wilson

Professor of Violin – Royal Academy of Music; Former Head of Violin – Australian National Academy of Music

Asmira Woodward-Page

IMP; Former Concertmaster – String Orchestra of New York City; Momenta Quartet

Noam Yaffe

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

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