Cello

Sharon Grigoryan
Associate Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Australian String Quartet
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Catherine Hewgill
Principal Cello – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; The Australian Trio
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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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Roderick McGrath
Principal Cello – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal – London Symphony Orchestra
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Howard Penny
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Head of Strings – Australian National Academy of Music
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Julian Smiles
Australia Ensemble, University of New South Wales; Goldner String Quartet; Lecturer Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Michelle Wood
Cello – 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; Formerly Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Damien Eckersley
Associate Principal Bass – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Head of Double Bass – Australian National Academy of Music; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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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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Molly Collier-O'Boyle
Acting Associate Principal Viola – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Rathdowne Quartet; Former Principal Viola – Australian Youth Orchestra; 2018 AWO Academy Player
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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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Stephen King
Viola – Australian String Quartet; Former – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Former – Coolidge String Quartet; Former Associate Principal Viola – Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
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Andra Ulrichs-Kreder
Basel Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal Viola – Festival Strings Lucerne
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Jonathan Allen
1st Violin – Philharmonia Zurich, Switzerland; La Sctintilla Ensemble; Founder and Leader – Ensemble Il Trittico, Switzerland
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Dale Barltrop
Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; First Violin – Australian String Quartet; Former Concertmaster – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Brooks-Reid
2nd Violin – Camerata Bern; 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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Madeleine Easton
Artistic Director – Bach Akademie Australia; Freelance Violinist – London/Europe
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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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Katherine Lukey
Deputy Concertmaster – Opera Australia Orchestra; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Principal 1st Violin – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Monica Naselow
Principal 2nd Position – Orchestra Victoria; Former Concertmaster and Education/Outreach Officer – Darwin Symphony Orchestra; Violin – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Violin – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
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Alison Rayner
First Violin – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Violin – Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Fragaria Vera Ensemble
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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; New Zealand 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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Scott Stiles
1st Violin – Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg; Former – Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
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Asmira Woodward-Page
Freelance; Former Concertmaster – String Orchestra of New York City; Momenta Quartet
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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
Freelance; 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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Melissa Woodroffe
Casual Bassoon – Australian Chamber Orchestra; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra Victoria
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Som Howie
Solo Clarinet – Danish Chamber Players; Royal Swedish Opera Ballet; Swedish Chamber 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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Nick Deutsch
AWO International Advisor; Professor of Oboe – Hochschule für Musik & Theatre, Leipzig; Former Artistic Director – Australian National Academy of Music
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Bass Trombone

Scott Kinmont
Associate Principal Trombone – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Faculty Member – Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM); Former Lecturer in Trombone & Euphonium studies – Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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Trombone

Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Director – CSO Brass; Professor of Trombone – Northwestern University; Chicago Chamber Musicians; Visiting Artist ANAM
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Shannon Pittaway
Principal Bass Trombone – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Head of Winds and Brass – New Zealand School of Music; Australian Brass Quintet; Former – Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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Brent Grapes
Principal Trumpet – West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Head of Brass – WA Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Percussion
Timpani

Antoine (Tony) Bedewi
Principal Timpani – BBC Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Timpanist – London Symphony Orchestra, England
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