Meet some of the people who help make us great…
Patron
Bill Tweddell
Committee
| President |
Judy Hunter |
| Vice-President |
Helen Land |
| Secretary |
Lorraine Gray-McConnell |
| Treasurer |
Neil Renison |
| Committee: |
Alan Cooke |
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Gai Copeman |
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Marg Naylor |
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Ron Piper |
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Noel Price |
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Andrew Ryder |
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Angela Summers |
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Wade Tattersall |
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Monika Ward |
| Orchestra Manager |
Sally Frewen-Lord |
| Newsletter Editor |
Marg Naylor |
Life Members
Life Member since May 2015
Sadly, Alan Dixon died in 2018. Alan was Secretary of North Queensland Ensemb...
Life Member since July 2010
Carol has been a leading figure in music performances in Townsville for many ...
Life Member since June 2006
David was heavily involved with the Townsville music scene from the 1970s, ...
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 2015
Stephen has been involved with the Barrier Reef Orchestra since its inception; ...
Guest Conductors
Conductor
Richard McIntyre, OAM, BMus (University of Sydney) has maintained a long and ...
Conductor
Gwyn Roberts has had a very active career as a cellist, conductor and music ...
Conductor
Professor John Hopkins OBE was involved with the Orchestra from its earliest ...
Conductor
Theodore Kuchar hardly needs an introduction to Townsville audiences as he is ...
Conductor
Mark Eager is an exciting and passionate conductor with extensive knowledge ...
Conductor / Piano
Raymond Yong was born in Malaysia, emigrating to Australia at the age of two. ...
Conductor
Gyula Cseszkó (Jules) kindly agreed to conduct our August concert because of ...
Conductor / Life Member
Donna has been a leader in the Townsville music community since she arrived in ...
Conductor
David conducted the Barrier Reef Orchestra with the Spirit of the Voice Choirs ...
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
Richard Davis is presently Chief Conductor and Head of Orchestral Studies at ...
Conductor
Lieutenant Colonel Craig Johnson, born and raised in Sydney, NSW, joined the ...
Conductor
Sean O’Boyle is a composer, arranger and conductor with a particular interest ...
Guest Artists
Soprano
Siobhan is a lyric soprano with a Graduate Diploma of Music (Opera) from the ...
Organist
Justin Ankus began playing the electronic organ as a teenager and by the age of ...
Mezzo-Soprano
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Tanya Christensen attained a ...
Flute
Flautist Sally Walker was Grand-finalist in the Leonardo de Lorenzo Internati...
Soprano
Cassandra Wright is a versatile soprano with diverse performance experience.
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Piano
Arthur Athan is a pianist and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. He currently ...
Violin
James Dong began learning the violin at the age of 6 and has studied with Sook ...
Cello
Born in Kobe, Japan, Yoshika Masuda first started to play the cello at ...
Mezzo-Soprano
Bronwyn is a Mezzo-soprano who comes from Milton on the coast of NSW. She ...
Piano
Identified by Newsday NY as an 'Excellent craftsman', The New York Times as ...
Guitar & Vocal
David Hudson is a proud Ewamian/Western Yalanji man of North East Qld. He is ...
Accordian
Domenico is one of Brisbane’s most experienced and versatile multicultural ...
Tenor
Alex Thomas has been performing in Townsville for more years than he would like ...
Vocal
Adam Lopez’s exceptional vocal artistry has paved opportunities to perform ...
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 ...
Piano
Melbourne pianist, conductor and composer Stefan Cassomenos gives regular solo ...
