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Music Staff

Director of Music

John Ferguson M.Mus, G.Mus, DipMusEd, DipICA, PGCE

Heads of Department

Ben Castle BMus (Perf), Grad Dip Ed (Head of Strings)
Elaine Chin BMus (Hons Perf) Grad Dip Ed (Head of Keyboard)

Chris FarrandsBMus (Perf), Grad Dip Ed, AMusA (Trombone)
(Head of Brass)

Jude Hallum Dip Arts (Mus), Grad Dip Ed
(Head of Percussion)

Andrew Hunter BMus (Hons), LMusA (Pianoforte)
(Deputy Director of Music, Head of Choral Music)

Emma Macrae B.Ed (Sec)
(Head of Junior School Music)

Megan Philip Dip Arts (Mus), Grad Dip Ed (Head of Bands)
(Head of Woodwind) (Head of Bands)

Mark Saul BA (Grap.Des), Dip Audio Eng., Adv Cert (AFPBA)
(Teacher in Charge, Pipes and Drums)

Steven Shedden
(Head of Highland Drumming)

Heads of Department

Glenn Bardwell BA (Music Perf) MMus (Perf), Dip Audio Eng
Amberley Bremner BMus (Perf), MoMT, RMT, AMusA (Piano & Violin) MaLT

Anne Brisk BMus, Grad Cert (Mktg), Grad Dip Ed
(Clarinet, Saxophone and Class Ensemble)

Leon Duncan BMus Grad Dip Ed

Sharon Hunter BMus (Ed)
(Class Music Teacher)

Adam Merange BMus (Hons), Grad Dip Ed
(Cello and Class Ensemble)

David Musk BMus (Hons), PG Dip Mus (Perf), LMus, GSMD, Dip Ed
(Trumpet & Class Ensemble)

Sarah Ellison GradDip Ed MMusPS BMus (Hons)
(Violin and Class Strings)

Alyssa Luketic BMus MTeach (Junior School Class Music)

Daniel Zisin  Dip Mus BMus GDipTeach 
(Classroom Music Teacher) 

Administration

Kathy Alsop
(PA – Director of Music)

Emma Downing
(Admin Assistant)

Artist-in-Residence

(Chamber Music)

Wilma Smith Concertmaster, MSO 2003-2014

Instrumental Teachers

Pianoforte

Victoria Bilogan BMus, MMus, BA (Melb)

Isabel Cameron BMus Hons (Melb), MMusPT (Melb), AMusA (Piano) Grad Dip Ed (ACU)

Rose Chapple BMus (Hons)

Eidit Golder BMus (Melb), MMus (Melb)

Marina Rainbow MA (Music) (Japan) BMus (Perf) AssocDip (Teach & Accomp)

Lachlan Redd BMus (Hons), MMus

Meta Santoso-Chien BMus (Melb), AMusA, AYMF, MAppCom (Melb)

Chiah Quah BMus (USA), LTCL (Perf), STCA (Pri), Dip Ed (Montessori)

Theory

Judith Burt MIR., TMusA, A.Mus.A. (th), MIMT

Organ

David Brown MA (StAnd), PGCE (Cantab)

Lachlan Redd BMus (Hons) (ANU), MMus (Manhattan)

Harp

Yee Chern Chu BMus, LMus, MMus (Melb), MMus (Pitt)

Percussion

Matthew Brennan BMus (Adv Perf/Hons) BMusElite (Perf) GradCertMus MMus (Ped/Perf)

Campbell Phillips

Harry Potocnik MMus (Perf Teach) BMus (Hons) (Perf Percussion)

Anthony Stanislavski BMus (Perf)

Brass

Laura Hertaeg BMus (Hons) (Melb),MMus (Perf) (Chicago)

Trea Hindley

Alex Hurst BMus (Hons), Meisterklassenpodium (Munich)

Spiros Kessaris BMus

Patrick McMullin BMus (Jazz)

Dave Newdick Grad Dip Mus

Reginald Walsh

Yang Xiao BMus (Shanghai), MMus (Nth Illinois), Grad Dip Ed

Woodwind

Naomi Chiu BA, BMus, PGDA, PGDE

Anton Delecca BA Music, BA (Hons) Design, MMus (Jazz Studies)

Hamble Geary MMus (Perf) Grad Cert

Anne Gilby BA, Grad Dip Ed (Monash),Perf Dip (Hons) (Detmold)

Janine Hanrahan BA (Mus), AMusA

Ian Morgan BMus, MMus (Melb)

Zac O’Connell BMus Perf (Hons) Dip Mus

Paula Rae BA (Mus, Dist), Grad Dip Arts Mus, (Flute VCA), FTCL LMusA, MIMT

Kate Stockwin BA (Mus) (Hons), LTCL

Strings

Dean Addison Dip Mus

Jasmine Alexandra BMus, MMus (Perf), The Juilliard School NY

Mark Drummond DipArts (Mus) (VCA)

Philip Healey BMus (Hons) LLB

Sandra Ionescu BMus (Viola) MMus (Teaching Mus Perf, Viola)

Barry Luo MA (Mus Perf) Zurich BMus (Hons) Manchester

Michelle Lewit B.Sc (Hons) STCA (Primary Viola) STCA (Intermediate Violin)

Emma Martin MMus(performance); MTeach(secondary); LMusA; STCA(Primary – Violin, Viola)

Shoreh Phillips LTCL (London), STCA (intermediate)

Helen Ridgway BMus, Grad Dip Mvmnt & Dance, Cert PR

Peter Sampsonidis Dip Arts (Mus), AMusA (Violin)

Robert Wakely Grad Dip Ed, MMus (Illinois), TCTE (Japan) AGSM (London)

Ian Wilmot BSci

Rollin Zhao BMus (Hons)

Guitar

Samantha Cohen BMus

Emilio Kormanic

John Paine

Max Walker BMus (Perf) (Hons)

Voice

Jo Blankfield BMus (Perf) AMusA

Composition

Jeremy Alsop

Military Band

David Musk BMus (Hons), PG Dip Mus (Perf), LMus, GSMD, Dip Dip Ed

Pipes and Drums

Mark Saul BA (Grap.Des), Dip Audio Eng., Adv Cert (AFPBA)
(Teacher in Charge, Pipes and Drums)

Steven Shedden (Drumming Instructor)

Struan Thorpe BA Hons (Scottish Music)
(Piping Instructor)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Head of Highland Drumming

Scott Birrell BA Honours (Scottish Music)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland