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Patron

Bill Tweddell

Artistic Director

Theodore Kuchar

Management Committee 2024/2025

The following committee was elected at the AGM on 21st April 2024.

PresidentProf. Stephen Boyle
Vice-PresidentJudy Hunter
SecretaryLily Horn
TreasurerNeil Renison
Committee:Nita Vasilescu
 Ioana Bowden
Noel Price (Logistics Officer)
 Angela Summers
 Janet Askern
 Rianta Belford

Orchestra Manager

Sally Frewen-Lord

Life Members

Annette Elliss

Life member since June 2020
Annette Elliss had the role of Treasurer from 2004 until 2015. In that time she ...

Carol Dall'Osto

Life Member since July 2010
Carol has been a leading figure in music performances in Townsville for many ...

Donna McMahon

Conductor / Life Member
Donna has been a leader in the Townsville music community since she arrived in ...

Jacinta Payne

Life Member
Jacinta has been part of the Orchestra from the beginning when she played 1st ...

Jenny Carr

Life Member since July 2010
Jenny Carr came to Australia from Scotland in the early 70s and instantly ...

Simon McConnell

Life member since June 2020
Simon McConnell agreed to be President in 2006 when the Orchestra was in danger ...
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Stephen Frewen-Lord

Life Member since 2015
Stephen has been involved with the Barrier Reef Orchestra since its inception; ...

Suzanne Darrigan

Life member since June 2020
Barrier Reef Orchestra stalwart Suzanne Darrigan was excited to be in the first ...

Guest Conductors

Sean O'Boyle

Conductor
Sean O’Boyle is a composer, arranger and conductor with a particular interest ...
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Andrew Ryder

Conductor
Andrew has conducted the Barrier Reef Orchestra for several concerts, ...

Richard McIntyre OAM

Conductor
Richard McIntyre, OAM, BMus (University of Sydney) has maintained a long and ...

John Hopkins OBE

Conductor
Professor John Hopkins OBE was involved with the Orchestra from its earliest ...

Gwyn Roberts

Conductor
Gwyn Roberts has had a very active career as a cellist, conductor and music ...

Donna McMahon

Conductor / Life Member
Donna has been a leader in the Townsville music community since she arrived in ...

Craig Johnson

Conductor
Lieutenant Colonel Craig Johnson, born and raised in Sydney, NSW, joined the ...

Richard Davis

Conductor
Richard Davis is presently Chief Conductor and Head of Orchestral Studies at ...

Carolyn Watson

Conductor
Originally from Sydney, Carolyn Watson is Music Director at the La Porte ...
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Mark Eager

Conductor
 Mark Eager is an exciting and passionate conductor with extensive knowledge ...

Warwick Potter

Conductor
Dr Warwick Potter is one of Australia’s leading conductors, equally at home directing a youth choir as he is a professional orchestra.

Raymond Yong

Conductor / Piano
Raymond Yong was born in Malaysia, emigrating to Australia at the age of two. ...

David Lawrence

Conductor
David conducted the Barrier Reef Orchestra with the Spirit of the Voice Choirs in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in 2011.

Mark Shiell

Conductor
Mark has guest-conducted ensembles including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, ...

Mario Dobernig

Conductor
Mario Dobernig is Conductor in Chief and Artistic Director for the Art of Sound ...

Patrick Pickett

Conductor
Patrick Pickett is owner, Artistic Director/Conductor of the Queensland Pops Orchestra...

Theodore Kuchar

Conductor
The multiple award-winning conductor Theodore Kuchar is the most recorded ...

Gyula (Jules) Cseszkó

Conductor
Gyula Cseszkó (Jules) kindly agreed to conduct our August concert because of ...

Joshua Dos Santos

Conductor
Joshua Dos Santos is a Venezuelan-Portuguese conductor forging a vast international career. Dos Santos made his debut at 16 with Cavalleria Rusticana and has since conducted all major Venezuelan orchestras.

Guest Artists

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Tanya Christensen

Mezzo-Soprano
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Tanya Christensen attained a ...

Cassandra Wright

Soprano
Cassandra Wright is a versatile soprano with diverse performance experience. ...

Matthew Rigby

Violin
Matthew Rigby, born in Townsville in 1985, developed a love of music at an ...

Yoshika Masuda

Cello
Born in Kobe, Japan, Yoshika Masuda first started to play the cello at ...

Kim Kirkman

Tenor
Kim gained a Post-graduate Diploma in voice from the Queensland Conservatorium. ...

Bruce Grice

Piper
Bruce Grice's musical journey commenced at the age of 12, when he discovered ...

James Morrison

Trumpet

Kevin Higgins

Irish wooden flute and uilleann pipes
Kevin hails from Downpatrick, County Down in the north-east of lreland. He took ...

Stefan Cassomenos

Piano
Melbourne pianist, conductor and composer Stefan Cassomenos gives regular solo ...

Ji Won Kim

Violin
Ji Won Kim began playing the violin at the age of four and attended the Yewon ...

James Dong

Violin
James Dong began learning the violin at the age of 6 and has studied with Sook ...

Sarah Calderwood

Singer
Sarah is a multi award-nominated singer and storyteller who unites storytelling ...

Jennifer Bradstreet

Flute
Jennifer Bradstreet completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Sydney ...

Rebecca Chan

Violin

Adam Lopez

Vocal
Adam Lopez’s exceptional vocal artistry has paved opportunities to perform ...

Jade Moffat

Contralto
At 21 years of age, Jade Moffat's career is just beginning. Currently in her ...

Bronwyn Douglass

Mezzo-Soprano
Bronwyn is a Mezzo-soprano who comes from Milton on the coast of NSW. She ...

Domenico Taraborrelli

Accordian
Domenico is one of Brisbane’s most experienced and versatile multicultural ...

Lyubov Dika

Contralto
Lyubov Dika became a full-time member of the Lviv National Opera of Ukraine in ...

Leah Li

Harp
Townsville based harpist Leah Xiang Li enjoys a diverse career as an orchestral ...

Siobhan Patrick

Soprano
Siobhan is a lyric soprano with a Graduate Diploma of Music (Opera) from the ...

Alex Thomas

Tenor
Alex Thomas has been performing in Townsville for more years than he would like ...

David Wakeham

Baritone
This Australian singer has established an international reputation with ...

Gregory Moore

Singer
Gregory, a graduate of the QLD Conservatorium of Music, is in high demand as a ...

Ruby Luck

Piano
Ruby Luck is undertaking a Masters of Music Studies at the Queensland Conserv...

Arthur Athan

Piano
Arthur Athan is a pianist and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. He currently ...

Benjamin Martin

Piano
Identified by Newsday NY as an 'Excellent craftsman', The New York Times as ...

Sally Walker

Flute
Flautist Sally Walker was Grand-finalist in the Leonardo de Lorenzo Internati...

Rebecca Cassidy

Soprano
Rebecca is a fourth year Bachelor of Music (Adv. Performance) student at the ...

Jeremy Sun

Pianist
Pianist Jeremy Sun has won numerous international competitions along with major prizes in Australia...
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