musical chairs
a listing of our double reed players currently in professional orchestras . . .
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ACT
NSW

Roger Brooke

Associate Principal Bassoon, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Mark Bruwel

Oboe, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Diana Doherty

Principal Oboe, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Douglas Eyre

Principal Bassoon, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Gillian Hansen

Bassoon, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Andrew Malec

Cor Anglais, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Conall McClure

Principal Oboe, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Fiona McNamara

Bassoon, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Matthew Ockenden

Associate Principal Bassoon, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Alexandre Oguey

Principal Cor Anglais, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

David Papp

Oboe, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Shefali Pryor

Associate Principal Oboe, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Noriko Shimada

Contrabassoon, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Matthew Tighe

Associate Principal Oboe, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

Matthew Wilkie

Principal Bassoon, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

NT
NZ

David Angus

Contrabassoon, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Michael Austin

Cor Anglais, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Ruth Brinkman

Contrabassoon, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Peter Dykes

Associate Principal Oboe, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Yang Rachel Guan Ebbett

Associate Principal Bassoon, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Ingrid Hagan

Principal Bassoon, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Martin Lee

Cor Anglais, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Robert Orr

Principal Oboe, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Henry Ward

Associate Principal Oboe, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Robert Weeks

Principal Bassoon (acting), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Camille White

Principal Oboe, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

QLD

Amelia Coleman

Cor Anglais, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Evan Lewis

Associate Principal Bassoon (acting), Bassoon, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

David Mitchell

Principal Bassoon (acting), Associate Principal Bassoon, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Alexa Murray

Oboe, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Claire Ramuscak

Principal Contrabassoon, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Nicole Tait

Principal Bassoon (on leave), Queensland Symphony Orchestra

SA

Celia Craig

Principal Oboe, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Peter Duggan

Cor Anglais, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Mark Gaydon

Principal Bassoon, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Jackie Hansen

Contrabassoon, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Renae Stavely

Oboe, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Leah Stephenson

Bassoon, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

TAS

David Nuttall

Principal Oboe, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

John Panckridge

Bassoon, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Lisa Storchheim

Principal Bassoon, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Dinah Woods

Oboe, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

VIC

Jeffrey Crellin

Principal Oboe, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Lucinda Cran

Principal Bassoon, Orchestra Victoria

Joshua de Graaf

Oboe, Orchestra Victoria

Geoffrey Dodd

Principal Cor Anglais, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Brock Imison

Contrabassoon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Rolf Kuhlmann

Principal Bassoon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Elise Millman

Associate Principal Bassoon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Vicki Philipson

Associate Principal Oboe, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Michael Pisani

Oboe, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Glenn Prohasky

Contrabassoon, Orchestra Victoria

Stephen Robinson

Principal Oboe, Orchestra Victoria

Natasha Thomas

Bassoon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Tahnee Van Herk

Bassoon, Orchestra Victoria

WA

Elizabeth Chee

Associate Principal Oboe (acting), West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Leanne Glover

Principal Oboe (acting), West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Jane Kircher-Lindner

Principal Bassoon, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Adam Mikulicz

Associate Principal Bassoon, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Expats

James Button

Principal Oboe, Nashville Symphony, USA

Nick Deutsch

International Advisor, AWO; Solo Oboe, Frankfurt Opera; Solo Oboe, Budapest Festival Orchestra; Prof. of Oboe, Hochschule für Musik, Leipzig

Rixon Thomas

Solo English Horn, Royal Danish Orchestra

Lyndon Watts

Principal Bassoon, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Professor of Bassoon, Berne University of the Arts, Berne

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