Cello

Trish Dean
Guest Principal – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Artistic Director – Q Ensemble; Former Associate Principal Cello, Sydney Symphony
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Paul Ghica
Guest Principal – Opera Australia Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Faculty – Sydney Conservatorium Rising Stars Program
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Sharon Grigoryan
Associate Principal Cello – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Former – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Australian String Quartet
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Michelle Wood
Cello – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet; Co-Artistic Director – Concerts Sans Frontières
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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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Lisa Grosman
Head of Strings – Camberwell Grammar School; Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy, University of Melbourne; Former – 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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Tahlia Petrosian
Director – KLASSIK Underground; Violist – Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
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Justin Williams
Assistant Principal Viola – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Tinalley String Quartet
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Myee Clohessy
Acacia Quartet; Former Assistant Concertmaster – Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Norway; Violin – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Madeleine Easton
Artistic Director – Bach Akademie Australia; Freelance Violinist – London/Europe; Former Concertmaster – The Hanover Band
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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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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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Marcus Michelsen
2021 AWO Academy Player; Violin – Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO); Former Associate Concertmaster – AYO Weiss Chamber Orchestra
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Alexandra Osborne
Principal Violin – Omega Ensemble; Jackson Hole Chamber Music Ensemble; Former First Violin – The National Symphony Orchestra, USA
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Alison Rayner
First Violin – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Violin – Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Fragaria Vera Ensemble
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Wilma Smith
Wilma Smith and Friends; Second Violin – Flinders Quartet; Director of Competitions – Musica Viva; Former Artistic Director – Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition; Former Concertmaster – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
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Alex Morris
Principal Bass Clarinet – Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Former Assistant Bass Clarinet – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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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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Philip Arkinstall
Associate Principal Clarinet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australia; Former Principal – Malaysian Philharmonic 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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Lisa Osmialowski (Lewis)
Guest Principal Flute – Opera Australia Orchestra; Guest Principal Piccolo – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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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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Peter Luff
Senior Lecturer French Horn – Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University; Horn – Ensemble Q; Former Associate Principal Horn – Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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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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Owen Morris
Principal Trumpet – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Former – Sydney Youth Orchestra
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David Montgomery
Principal Percussion – Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Teacher – University of Queensland; Artistic Director – Isorhythmos Percussion Ensemble; Former Percussion Lecturer – Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
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Antoine (Tony) Bedewi
Principal Timpani – BBC Symphony Orchestra; Former Co-Principal Timpanist – London Symphony Orchestra, England
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