Violin

Jonathan Allen
1st Violin – Philharmonia Zurich, Switzerland; Founder and Leader Ensemble Il Trittico, Switzerland
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Margaret Blades
Former Concertmaster – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra , Australia
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Michael Brooks-Reid
Freelance; Guest performer – Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; German Radio Philharmonic; Aurora Orchestra; Camerata Bern; Kammerakademie Potsdam; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
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Natalie Chee
Concertmaster – Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; Former 1st Concertmaster – SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
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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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Stanley Dodds
Conductor – AWO 2016; Principal Conductor – Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Violin – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Madeleine Easton
Artistic Director – Bach Akademie Australia; Freelance Violinist – London/Europe
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Marina Gillam
Guest – Philharmonia Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Bingham String Quartet; Former member City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Simon James
Second Assistant Concertmaster – Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Concertmaster – Seattle Chamber Orchestra
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Joanna Lewis
1st Violin – Koehne Quartet, Vienna; Guest Violinist – Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kangforum & Philharmonia, Vienna
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Patrick Savage
Leader – Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra; Freelance – concertmaster and film composer; Former Principal First Violin – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Former Leader – Tippett Quartet

Wilma Smith
Wilma Smith and Friends; Artistic Director – Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition; Former Concertmaster – Melbourne 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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Andra 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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Stefanie Farrands
Principal Viola – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
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Sergio Insuasti
Principal Viola – Sydney Youth Orchestra; 2019 AWO Academy Player, Student Royal College of Music London
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Andrew Jezek
Freelance Principal Viola – Opera Australia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Klangforum, Vienna
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Elizabeth Woolnough
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australia
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Michael Goldschlager
Freelance; Former Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Australia
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Molly Kadarauch
Sutherland Trio; University of Melbourne; Former Associate Principal Cello – Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Mee Na Lojewski
Founding Cellist, Affinity Quartet; Freelance Cellist, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Chamber Opera, Victorian Opera
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Michelle Wood
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet
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Timothy (Tim) Dunin
Professor of Double Bass – University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz; Formerly Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Damien Eckersley
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Head of Double Bass – Australian National Academy of Music
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Max McBride
Former Principal Double Bass – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony; Vienna State Opera; Senior Lecturer – Australian National University School of Music, Canberra
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Robert Nairn
Professor of Double Bass – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Faculty Member – Juilliard School of Music, New York
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Andrew Sinclair
Principal Double Bass – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Double Bass – Vienna Symphony Orchestra