THE PERFORMERS

Dr Daniel Yeadon is a Lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, where he teaches cello and viola da gamba, coaches chamber music, and engages in research into learning, teaching and historical performance practices. Originally from the UK, Daniel read physics at Oxford University and then completed his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music in London.

Daniel has a love of a wide range of musical genres and is an exceptionally versatile cellist and viola da gamba player, performing repertoire from the Renaissance through to Contemporary. Daniel is a passionate chamber musician, playing regularly with Australian Haydn Ensemble, Ironwood, Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, and Bach Akademie Australia. For many years, Daniel was a member of the renowned Fitzwilliam String Quartet and the exuberant period instrument ensemble Florilegium. He has made many award-winning recordings.

Daniel is playing a cello by William Forster II, 1781, London.

Originally from Sydney, Jacqueline’s love of classical music progressed to formal study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. After graduating, Jacqueline moved to the UK in 2004 to complete post-graduate study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has worked regularly with UK orchestras and chamber ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera, and English National Ballet, among others. Jacqueline has been a core member of the Australian Haydn Ensemble since its formation and has performed as guest principal with Australia’s other top period orchestras including the Orchestra of the Antipodes (Pinchgut Opera) as well as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Now based in Western Australia, Jacqueline has played for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Perth Symphony Orchestra and Australian Baroque.

Jacqueline is playing a double bass by Unknown, c.1740, Northern Italy, likely Bologna.

Melissa has been Principal Flute with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra since 2003, and a core member of the Australian Haydn Ensemble since its formation. She performs and records regularly with groups including the Orchestra of the Antipodes (Pinchgut Opera), the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Ironwood, The Marais Project, and Latitude 37 among others. Her numerous solo performances have been with the AHE, NZ Barok, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, and Pinchgut Opera. She is featured as concerto soloist in AHE’s digital film Sacro Amor, Gretry's L'amant Jaloux for Pinchgut Opera, and in the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Brandenburg Celebrates.

After graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium, Melissa undertook post-graduate study in modern flute, recorder, and traverso in Amsterdam. She teaches period flute at the Sydney Conservatorium and has presented Baroque-style workshops and masterclasses to modern flautists in NZ, Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney as well as at MLC School (Sydney) and Camberwell Grammar (Melbourne).

Melissa is playing a classical flute made by F. Aurin, 2016, Dusseldorf after W. Liebel, c.1830, Dresden.