Meet some of the people who help make us great…
Patron
Bill Tweddell
Management Committee 2020/2021
President Helen Land Vice-President Secretary Angela Summers Treasurer Neil Renison Committee: Janet Askern Gai Copeman Lorraine Gray-McConnell Judy Hunter Noel Price Andrew Ryder Geoff Ward Monika Ward
Orchestra Manager Sally Frewen-Lord
Life Members
Life member since June 2020
Annette Elliss had the role of Treasurer from 2004 until 2015. In that time she ...
Life Member since July 2010
Carol has been a leading figure in music performances in Townsville for many ...
Conductor / Life Member
Donna has been a leader in the Townsville music community since she arrived in ...
Life Member
Jacinta has been part of the Orchestra from the beginning when she played 1st ...
Life Member since July 2010
Jenny Carr came to Australia from Scotland in the early 70s and instantly ...
Life member since June 2020
Simon McConnell agreed to be President in 2006 when the Orchestra was in danger ...
Life Member since 2015
Stephen has been involved with the Barrier Reef Orchestra since its inception; ...
Life member since June 2020
Barrier Reef Orchestra stalwart Suzanne Darrigan was excited to be in the first ...
Guest Conductors
Conductor
Richard McIntyre, OAM, BMus (University of Sydney) has maintained a long and ...
Conductor
Richard Davis is presently Chief Conductor and Head of Orchestral Studies at ...
Conductor
Professor John Hopkins OBE was involved with the Orchestra from its earliest ...
Conductor
Gyula Cseszkó (Jules) kindly agreed to conduct our August concert because of ...
Conductor
Mark Eager is an exciting and passionate conductor with extensive knowledge ...
Conductor
Gwyn Roberts has had a very active career as a cellist, conductor and music ...
Conductor / Life Member
Donna has been a leader in the Townsville music community since she arrived in ...
Conductor
Mario Dobernig is Conductor in Chief and Artistic Director for the Art of Sound ...
Conductor
Mark has guest-conducted ensembles including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, ...
Conductor
David conducted the Barrier Reef Orchestra with the Spirit of the Voice Choirs ...
Conductor
Patrick Pickett is owner, Artistic Director/Conductor of the Queensland Pops Orchestra. This iconic orchestra has been renowned for quality entertainment since it was formed by Colin Harper in the mid 80′s. Patrick is delighted to lead the Pops on the next phase of its artistic evolution.
Conductor
Lieutenant Colonel Craig Johnson, born and raised in Sydney, NSW, joined the ...
Conductor / Piano
Raymond Yong was born in Malaysia, emigrating to Australia at the age of two. ...
Conductor
Sean O’Boyle is a composer, arranger and conductor with a particular interest ...
Conductor
Theodore Kuchar hardly needs an introduction to Townsville audiences as he is ...
Guest Artists
Vocal
Adam Lopez’s exceptional vocal artistry has paved opportunities to perform ...
Accordian
Domenico is one of Brisbane’s most experienced and versatile multicultural ...
Organist
Justin Ankus began playing the electronic organ as a teenager and by the age of ...
Piano
Identified by Newsday NY as an 'Excellent craftsman', The New York Times as ...
Soprano
Siobhan is a lyric soprano with a Graduate Diploma of Music (Opera) from the ...
Violin
James Dong began learning the violin at the age of 6 and has studied with Sook ...
Mezzo-Soprano
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Tanya Christensen attained a ...
Mezzo-Soprano
Bronwyn is a Mezzo-soprano who comes from Milton on the coast of NSW. She ...
Harp
Townsville based harpist Leah Xiang Li enjoys a diverse career as an orchestral ...
Flute
Jennifer Bradstreet completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Sydney ...
Guitar & Vocal
David Hudson is a proud Ewamian/Western Yalanji man of North East Qld. He is ...
Cello
2010 winner of the Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition, Melbourne-based ...
Soprano
Cassandra Wright is a versatile soprano with diverse performance experience.
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Flute
Flautist Sally Walker was Grand-finalist in the Leonardo de Lorenzo Internati...
Violin
Cherin Lee has performed as soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra as ...
Tenor
Alex Thomas has been performing in Townsville for more years than he would like ...
Piano
Melbourne pianist, conductor and composer Stefan Cassomenos gives regular solo ...
Piano
Arthur Athan is a pianist and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. He currently ...
Cello
Born in Kobe, Japan, Yoshika Masuda first started to play the cello at ...
