AUSTRALIAN HONOURS ENSEMBLE PROGRAM 2023
Grand Finalé Concert
Saturday 30 September
Conservatorium Theatre
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
WELCOME
To all Open Conservatorium Participants, Friends and Colleagues,
A core element which drew me to the role as Director here at QCGU was knowing how distinctive and central Open Conservatorium is to our identity and how important it is for music in Queensland. It has been a joy over the past couple of years to come to know, more from the inside, how firmly Open Conservatorium is established as an integral aspect of music education in Queensland.
Open Conservatorium's State Honours Ensemble Programs grew from modest beginnings in 2001 to hosting over 5,000 students each year through 16 individual programs in 10 centres; with many more being nominated than we are able to accommodate. The Australian Honours Ensemble Program, which celebrates six years in 2023, has also grown to encompass students from New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and the Northern Territory.
Watching those who have joined us for the current project, after the past few years of upheaval, has highlighted the importance of music in education being available, regardless of region or resources; and how valued music is in schools, by all involved - students, teachers, families and the wider public. We are always pleased that so many students are willing, and able, to make music with their peers, with the support of their families and schools.
From my childhood in Cairns, I remember vividly the life-changing dimensions of such interactions and will be doing all I can as Director to be supporting our reach across this extraordinary state. Thank you for your support of SHEP and your support of your children and students and their music education.
I also acknowledge the Open Conservatorium team under Jason Budge for their care and commitment to make everything possible. I hope to see many of you return as students of Queensland Conservatorium, performers and audience members of the future.
Professor Bernard Lanskey Director Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
AHEP GRAND FINALÉ CONCERTS
AHEP Big Band
AHEP Symphony Orchestra
AHEP Wind Orchestra
AHEP String Orchestra
AHEP Vocal Ensemble
Conductor John Hoffman
Conductor Fabian Russell
Conductor Angela Woo
Conductor Warwick Adeney
Conductor Jonathon Welch AM Accompanist Maree Hall
AHEP BIG BAND
Conductor - John Hoffman
US born John Hoffman toured and recorded with the Big Bands of Glenn Miller/Buddy De Franco, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and Harry James. He has performed with Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Allen, and Olivia Newton-John.
Living in Australia since 1977, John led his own Big Band for 10 years in Sydney, and has performed and recorded with leading Australian artists and major orchestras.
John taught at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University for 26 years. He travels throughout Australia and overseas, performing, adjudicating, and conducting workshops and Master Classes.
Repertoire
Bernies Tune
Quietude
In her family
Well you needn’t Cross currents
Moose
Ensemble Members
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Angus Bryer
Caleb Diskin
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Michael Ganderton
Ashleigh Rasenberger
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Edward Lane
TRUMPET
Hugo Barrett
Marley Clear
Oliver Mann
Joseph Rorke
Andrew Schwantes
TROMBONE
Daniel Berry-Porter
Calvin Hanasy
Natsuo Kikuchi
Alexander Schimke
QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM RHYTHM SECTION
James Todd - Guitar
Ethan Coleman - Piano
Max Fowler-Roy - Bass
Dominic Nicholson - Drums
AHEP SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor - Fabian Russell
In a career spanning more than three decades, he has been at the forefront of the Australian classical music industry as a multi-award winning conductor, artistic director, orchestral musician, soloist and teacher.
On Tuba he has performed with numerous orchestras through Australia including the Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras plus Orchestra Victoria, along with many guest orchestra performances.
As a Conductor he has worked with Symphony, Youth, Chamber, Opera, Philharomonic and tertiary orchestras throughout Australia and internationally, including the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.
He has held numerous conducting positions including Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of The Orchestra Project and Associate Conductor/Assistant Conductor of the Australian Youth Orchestra since 2002. In 2013 and 2021 he was a Conductor in Residence at the AYO National Music Camp and in 2022 as Music Director of AYO Young Symphonists.
Fabian founded The Orchestra Project in 2002. A Melbourne based training orchestra comprised of Australia’s pre-eminent emerging artists who perform alongside members of Australia’s professional orchestras. He serves as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Orchestra Project.
In addition to his substantial orchestral repertoire, Fabian has a strong interest in commissioning and performing new music. He has conducted world and Australian premieres of more than thirty major works by composers, and has also recorded extensively for film, television and radio.
He received the 2014 Green Room Award for Outstanding Conductor, as well as the 2014 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Music Director; was a recipient of a Sir Winston Churchill 2012 Fellowship to research leading American orchestral training programs. He also holds a Masters Degree in Music (Research) from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. He has been an international adviser to the London---based Australian Music Foundation since 2012.
Fabian’s current engagements include concerts with the Australian National Academy of Music Orchestra; Tasmanian, Syndey, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra Symphony Orchestras; plus the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra, Corpus Medicorum, Australian Youth Orchestra, Victorian Opera and The Orchestra Project.
Repertoire
Fanfare from La Peri Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma'
Ensemble Members
FLUTE
Ava Barber
Gloria Shen
Gabin Won
OBOE
Emily Chang
Logan Nutley
CLARINET
Kate Fraser
Paris Hill
Camble Scott
BASSOON
Honoka Hidai
Zane Lai
TRUMPET
Duncan Fraser
Esther Kotzur
Benjamin Reid
Mitchell Stewart
FRENCH HORN
Kate Brennan
Charlie Cran
Hayden Kuiper
Kieran van Acker
TROMBONE
Tristan Pofandt
Alexander Smith
BASS TROMBONE
Theodore Burnett
TUBA
Ian Ho
PERCUSSION
Grant Dolbel
Rhiannon Hermann
Hue Tan
VIOLIN
Susan Ahn
Max Beckmann
Megan Beels
Madeleine Boyce
Stephanie Chan
Hannah Chen
Jasmine Davison
Lucas Ding
Paul Dukas
Edward Elgar
Diana Ganibalova
Oscar Gates
Anson Kung
Ashton Kung
Miles Le Goullon
Matthew Lee
Marval Leung
Anneliesa Martinese
Alessandro Martinese
Emily Masciocchi
Monique Masciocchi
Vienna Maunders
Layla Mertz
Sophie Peddell
Kate Stone
Michi Takayama
Marisol Taylor
Julia Tezel
Karensa Thie
Damon Wang
Colette Wong
Lisa Yonekawa
Jolina Zhang
VIOLA
Nastasia Bayliss
Alexandria Dinnis
Daisy Fang
Susie Kim
Shinwoo (Emily) Lee
Anna Lee
Angus Lisle
Agasa Okita
Siena Still
Andy Tran
CELLO
Charlotte Boyce
Saho Brown
Crystal Deng
Jay Gates
Masato Matsumoto
Helena Matthewson
Emma Nguyen
Tram Thuy Tran Nguyen
Miranda Shum
Julius Taylor
Abigail Thompson
Mira Wang
DOUBLE BASS
William Fell
Alex Griffs
Oliver Murphy
AHEP WIND ORCHESTRA
Conductor - Angela Woo
Angela Woo is Director of Instrumental Music at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica, California where nearly 300 students comprise three concert bands and three string orchestras. The John Adams ensembles have consistently earned the highest possible ratings at performance festivals. In 2011, the John Adams Middle School Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the inaugural California All-State Music Education Conference as the only middle school concert band in the state to be so honored.
In addition, Ms. Woo is Music Director of Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band (Orange County, California). This ensemble is a part of Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles, one of the largest pre-professional music training programs in the nation, nurturing and inspiring young musicians in grades 6 through 12.
For over 25 years, Ms. Woo has enjoyed an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator with numerous honor groups, conducting symposia, and music festivals throughout the United States and internationally. Angela Woo was the first woman to conduct at the 1992 XIV New Music Forum in Mexico City; she premiered the music of Karel Husa, Vincent Persichetti, George Crumb and William Schuman. In 2018, Ms. Woo was guest conductor at the State Honours Ensemble Program at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. At the national level, Ms. Woo has been invited by several universities to lead professional development workshops for music educators at the elementary and secondary levels. Her guest conducting invitations have included All-State honor bands and orchestras at the middle school and high school levels in Kentucky, Oregon, Michigan, Colorado, California, and Georgia. Ms. Woo was invited to join the WorldStrides Honors Performance Series to conduct the 2019 and 2022 Middle School Orchestra as well as the 2020 High School Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall (New York).
An alumna of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ms. Woo holds the degrees Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and Piano Performance, Master of Education, and Master of Fine Arts in Conducting. She also holds the Master of Arts in Educational Administration from California State University, Northridge. Prior to her appointment to John Adams Middle School in 1995, Ms. Woo was Director of Music at Corona del Mar High School in Orange County, California where she led the band, orchestra, choral, and jazz ensembles. She also served as conductor of the Santa Monica College Wind Ensemble during the 1995-96 season.
Ms. Woo is a staunch advocate for music education at all levels. She has been recognized and honored as the 2005 Santa Monica-Malibu District Teacher of the Year by the Santa Monica Rotary Club. In 2012, the John Philip Sousa National Foundation awarded Ms. Woo the Legion of Honor Laureate, honoring band directors with outstanding music programs. The Education Through Music - Los Angeles Foundation presented Ms. Woo with its 2019 Shining Star Award which recognizes excellence in music education. In 2020, the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association honored Ms. Woo with its Gold Award in recognition of her long-time service to music education.
Repertoire
Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust
Four Scottish Dances
Rest
Folk Dances
March from Symphonic Metamorphosis
Ensemble Members
FLUTE
Indigo Barrett
Elsie Boyes
Adeline Cassidy
Lily Gochee
Sophie Guan
Thomas Mallet
Charlotte Nunn
Aurora Salmon
OBOE
Quin Hoshino
Bill McCart
CLARINET
Henry Geise
Yong-Chien Leow
Jordan Lesmana
Taoshi (Rocky) Liu
Charudhi Mathavan
Ruby McGuinness
Robert Pestorius
Dwight Ramsay
Hannah Schwantes
Gabrielle Thompson
Imogen Williams
BASS CLARINET
Max Bryant
Louis Gunter
BASSOON
Andy Dai
Ethan Henke
Amelie Howard
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Ella Bowmer
Marilyn Li
Taocheng (Sunny) Liu
Devlin Matthews
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Mattea Page
Taylor Pointon
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Kallum Burdett
Ayden Fell
Hector Berlioz
Malcolm Arnold
Frank Ticheli
Dmitri Shostakovich
Paul Hindemith
TRUMPET
Charlotte Beeson
Alysia-Rose Booth
Griffin Light Law
Alastair McKenzie
Sora Nishimura
Luka Roberts
Ethan Standbridge
Olivia Stein
Reese Taylor
FRENCH HORN
Caleb Burbidge
Tyler Cuttill
Ruby Flowers
Jin Nishio
TROMBONE
Liesel Alick
Max Chang
Jefferson Dinnis
Allegra Pollack
BASS TROMBONE
Lily Stewart
EUPHONIUM
Joshua Sephton
Joe Strachan
Olive Whalen
TUBA
Josiah Hough
Wade Lucas
Cooper Mollenhauer
PERCUSSION
Cade Brown
Zachary Chan
Maxwell Hanks
Holly Tate
Vincent Wu
Holly Zhang
AHEP VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Multi award winning singer, conductor, teacher, composer, director, keynote speaker and recording artist, Jonathon Welch is one of Australia’s most unique and sought after artists with a career spanning more than four decades.
Jonathon has performed around the World alongside many of the finest singers, directors and conductors including Baz Lurhmann, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, KD Lang, Grace Bumbry, Frederica Von Stade and Dame Joan Sutherland in some of the world’s great Concert Halls and Opera Houses including Carnegie Hall, New York, Royal Albert Hall, London and Sydney Opera House.
In 2007, Jonathon’s work creating choirs for the homeless and disadvantaged in Australia was the subject of the internationally acclaimed ARIA, Logie and Helpmann award winning TV documentary ‘Choir of Hard Knocks’, also creating the ‘Jailbirds’ documentary in the Victorian Women’s Prisons in 2009, was a Judge on the highly successful ‘Battle of the Choirs’ TV series for Channel 7 and has been featured on many TV series including ABC’s ‘Spicks & Specks’, ‘Q&A’, ’Australian Story’ and most recently on ‘The Voice’ in 2020 with Boy George.
Jonathon has been recognised for his outstanding commitment to the music industry, youth music education and his work with marginalised and homeless communities with the Victorian and Australian of the Year Local Hero 2008, ANZAC of the Year 2009, an Honorary Doctorate, an Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2009 and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.
In 2009 Jonathon created and launched ‘Social Inclusion Week’ making Australia the only country in the world to celebrate Social Inclusion nationally, and in September 2012 launched his vision for the future of arts, cultural and well-being programs for those experiencing homelessness and disadvantage with the ‘School of Hard Knocks’ and 'Play It Forward' - inclusive arts programs for all Australians.
Conductor - Jonathon Welch AM
Accompanist - Maree Hall
Repertoire
The Call
Three Australian Bush Songs
O Love
Caffeine Overload Polka
It’s My Life
Ensemble Members
SOPRANO
Laila Chequer de Souza
Holly Dowell
Emily Ellis
Makybe Gates
Imogen Gay
Lucinda Hopper
Jade Kelly
Honor Nicholson
Maclyn Scarborough
Lucy Steele
Georgina Sweasey
Eva Zuikelis
ALTO
Harper Bilinski
Alannah Eyerich
Sofie Gustafsson
Lucy Holt
Giselle Hossinger
Mia Hunt
Emma Mossop
Georgia Nicholson
Luciella Spink
Madeleine Suttie
Milla Terzic
Faith Thie
Dominique Wilkes
Cadence Wone De Rungs
Daniel Brinsmead
Iain Grandage
Elaine Hagenberg
Eric Lane Barnes
Jon Bon Jovi, Max Martin and Richard Sambora /arr. Sally Whitwell
TENOR
Bill Beardmore
Tobias Burbidge
Brayden Hoyle
Ojas Jindal
Thor Morrison
Jaryn Oliphant
Ethan Postle
Keithmark Shuttleworth
Eathan Waters
Colby Whale
Caden White
Benjamin Wilson
Zac Wright
BARITONE
Santo Archie
Frederick Banks
Maximillian Bathersby
Dylan Currie
Lachlan Dunks
Ziggy Dutfield
Torrek Elbeb
Thomas Garden
Hugo Hawke
Ethan Helbig
Aaron Langford
Samuel Leighton
Isaac Lynn
Benjamin Sarnyai
AHEP STRING ORCHESTRA
Conductor - Warwick Adeney
Warwick Adeney trained at Queensland Conservatorium. There he learnt with Dr Anthony Doheny, was a member of the Ambrosian Quartet, and emerged as the Gold Medal graduate of 1984.
He joined Queensland Theatre Orchestra under Georg Tintner, and rose to be concertmaster in 1989. During the years of Anthony Camden’s musical oversight, Warwick Adeney played many solos, including the memorable Lark Ascending with Sir Neville Marriner, and directed many concerts.
In 2001, the amalgamation of orchestras in Queensland occurred and Warwick Adeney served (initially as co-concertmaster with Alan Smith) under conductor Michael Christie, then Johannes Fritzsch and Alondra de la Parra. Over his many years Warwick Adeney enjoyed the privileged and challenging life of the orchestra, and became something of a specialist in ballet solos and the Four Seasons along the way.
Early this year, Warwick retired from the orchestra, in a special concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, conducted by new chief conductor Umberto Clerici.
Repertoire
Concerto Grosso
Corymbia Suite
The Rhapsodist Serenade
Ensemble Members
VIOLIN
Olivia Ashley
Natalia Chan
Jane Choi
Clare Chung
Mali Dawson
Skylar He
Berrick Henke
Dorothy Huang
Safia Hughes Chivers
Harper Hwang
Lily Kimberly
Jay Lee
Kexin Li
Jay Lin
Ally Liu
Ryunosuke Narumi
Do Young Park
Gabby Pellow
Charlotte Wong
Antonio Vivaldi
Nicholas Buc
David Hicken /arr. Michael Patterson
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
VIOLA
Ian Choi
Eleanor Eeles
Jane Han
Abigail Kho
Luke Sim
Ernest Yuen
CELLO
Enzo Chen
Erin Cho
Kira Dawson
Charlotte Farrell
Alivia Kenwrick
Billie Macnicol
Jiyou Park
Gideon van Huyssteen
DOUBLE BASS
Jessica Clarke
Olivia Hoare
SCHOOLS REPRESENTED
A.B. Paterson College
Albany Creek State High School
All Hallows' School
All Saints Anglican School
Ambrose Treacy College
Anglican Church Grammar School
Atherton State High School
Australian Christian College, Moreton
Benowa State High School
Bishop Druitt College
Bremer State High School
Brigidine College
Brisbane Boys' College
Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Brisbane School of Distance Education
Brisbane State High School
Cairns State High School
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Canterbury College
Centenary Heights State High School
Centenary State High School
Chancellor State College
Chinchilla State High School
Citipointe Christian College
Clayfield College
Coffs Harbour Senior College
Coomera Anglican College
Coomera Springs State School
Craigslea State High School
Edge Hill State School
Emmanuel College
Emmaus College Rockhampton
Fairholme College
Faith Lutheran College Redlands
Gladstone State High School
Good Shepherd Lutheran College
Grace Lutheran College
Heart Strings Armidale
Hillbrook Anglican School
Hillcrest Christian College
Holland Park State High School
Immanuel Lutheran College
Indooroopilly State High School
Ipswich Girls' Grammar School
Ironside State School
John Paul College
Kedron State High School
Kelvin Grove State College
Kingaroy State High School
King's Christian College
Kirwan State High School
Loreto College
Lourdes Hill College
Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School
MacGregor State High School
Mackay State High School
Mansfield State High School
Marist College Ashgrove
Marist College Emerald
Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Moreton Bay Boys' College
Moreton Bay College
Mount Gravatt State High School
Mountain Creek State High School
Mt Maria College
Mt St Michael's College
Mueller College
North Rockhampton State High School
Ormiston College
Our Lady's College (Annerley)
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Pimlico State High School
Private Teacher - Stephen Williams
Queensland Academies Creative Industries
Queensland Academies Health Sciences
Redeemer Lutheran College (Rochedale)
Redlands College
Riverside Christian College
Rockhampton Girls Grammar School
Ryan Catholic College
Saint Stephen's College
Samford Valley Steiner School
Sandgate District State High School
Somerset College
Somerville House
St Aidan's Anglican Girls School
St Andrew's Anglican College
St Andrew's Catholic College
St Hilda's School
St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
St Joseph's Nudgee College
St Laurence's College
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
St Monica's College, Cairns
St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
St Paul's School
St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly)
St Rita's College
Stretton State College
Sunshine Beach State High School
Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra
Tannum Sands State High School
The Armidale School
The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James
The Gap State High School
The Glennie School
The Rockhampton Grammar School
The Southport School
The Springfield Anglican College
Toowoomba Anglican School
Townsville Grammar School
Varsity College
Warrigal Road State School
Whitsunday Anglican School
Young Conservatorium
CREDITS
Director, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Professor Bernard Lanskey
Deputy Director - Engagement, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Professor Peter Morris
Manager - Open Conservatorium
Jason Budge
Project Coordinator
Russell Sullivan
Project Support
Peter Smith
Jess Piva
Chloe McLean
Zac Chambers
Charlotte Scanlan
Amira Ryan
Eloise McIntyre
Baxter Melrose
Nathan Cahill
Hannah Waterfall
Project Support
Jack Gawith
Alec Berg
Executive Officer - Engagement
Dr Natalie Lewandowski-Cox
Executive Support Officer - Young Conservatorium
Kevin Edwards
Administration Officer - Open Conservatorium
Lisa Dart
Administration Officer - SHEP/AHEP
Michelle Stewart
Administration Support Officer – Open Conservatorium
Bianca Murphy
Administration Support Officer – Open Conservatorium
Stephanie Williams
Administration Officer – Marketing - Open Conservatorium
Hannah Morrison
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