Violin

Dale Barltrop
Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; First Violin – Australian String Quartet; Former Concertmaster – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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Natalie Chee
Concertmaster – Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne; Former 1st Concertmaster – SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
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Heather Cottrell
Deputy Concertmaster – Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Lecturer in Orchestral Studies – Musikhochschule, Wuppertal; Former Principal 2nd Violin – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Germany
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Stanley Dodds
Conductor – AWO 2016; Principal Conductor – Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Conductor – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Violin – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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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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Joanne Green
Violin – Scottish Ensemble; Former Subprincipal – Northern Sinfonia; Guest Violin – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Kirsty Hilton
Principal 2nd Violin – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Violin – Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Orchestra
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Simon James
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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Graeme Jennings
Senior Lecturer in Violin – Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University; Violin – Elision Ensemble; Former Violin – Arditti String Quartet, London
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Joanna Lewis
1st Violin – Koehne Quartet, Vienna; Guest Violinist – Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kangforum & Philharmonia, Vienna
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Maria Lindsay
Soloist; Co-Artistic Director & Leader – Lurline Chamber Orchestra; Former – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Sydney Symphony
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Belinda McFarlane
Youth Education Programme Advisor – London Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – London Symphony Orchestra
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Anna McMichael
Head of Strings – Monash University; Co-Artistic Director – Tyalgum Music Festival; Violin – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; London Sinfonietta
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Liisa Pallandi
Violin – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Britten-Pears Orchestra, Aldeburgh; Australian Youth Orchestra; 2011 AWO Academy Player
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Claire Sterling
Co-Principal Second Violin – English National Opera; Former Principal Second Violin – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Asmira Woodward-Page
Freelance; Former Concertmaster – String Orchestra of New York City; Momenta Quartet
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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
Head of Strings – Camberwell Grammar School; Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy, University of Melbourne; Formerly – Irish Chamber Orchestra; Formerly – Director of the Viola Programme –Monash University
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Andrew Jezek
Principal Viola – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Freelance Principal Viola – Opera Australia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Klangforum, Vienna
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Simon Oswell
Former Principal Viola – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Capitol Ensemble, Los Angeles; Hollywood Recording Artist
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Matthew Hoy
Former Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Former Artistic Program Manager – The Australian National Academy of Music
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Howard Penny
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music
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Adam Szabo
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
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Michael Williams
Principal Cello – Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Principal – Volksoper Vienna; Former Associate Principal – Australian Chamber Orchestra
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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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Alex Henery
Principal Double Bass – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – Philharmonia, London
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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
Master Musician in Residence – Elder Conservatorium; Former Professor of Double Bass – Melbourne Conservatorium of Music; Former Faculty Member – Juilliard School of Music, New York
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