SHEP Brisbane 2025
Grand Finalé Concert
Sunday 1 June
WELCOME
To all Open Conservatorium Participants, Friends and Colleagues,
A core element which drew me to the role as Director here at QCGU was knowing how distinctive and central Open Conservatorium is to our identity and how important it is for music in Queensland. It has been a joy over the past couple of years to come to know, more from the inside, how firmly Open Conservatorium is established as an integral aspect of music education in Queensland.
Open Conservatorium's State Honours Ensemble Programs grew from modest beginnings in 2001 to hosting over 5,000 students each year through 16 individual programs in 10 centres; with many more being nominated than we are able to accommodate. The Australian Honours Ensemble Program, which celebrated seven years in 2024, has also grown to encompass students from New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and the Northern Territory.
Watching those who have joined us for the current project, after the past few years of upheaval, has highlighted the importance of music in education being available, regardless of region or resources; and how valued music is in schools, by all involved - students, teachers, families and the wider public. We are always pleased that so many students are willing, and able, to make music with their peers, with the support of their families and schools.
From my childhood in Cairns, I remember vividly the lifechanging dimensions of such interactions and will be doing all I can as Director to be supporting our reach across this extraordinary state. Thank you for your support of SHEP and your support of your children and students and their music education.
I also acknowledge the Open Conservatorium team under Jason Budge for their care and commitment to make everything possible. I hope to see many of you return as students of Queensland Conservatorium, performers and audience members of the future.
Professor Bernard Lanskey Director Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
SCHOOLS REPRESENTED
A.B. Paterson College
Albany Creek State High School
All Hallows' School
All Saints Anglican School
Anglican Church Grammar School
Aquinas College
Aviation High
Balmoral State High School
Beenleigh State High School
Bellbird Park State Secondary College
Benowa State High School
Bray Park State High School
Brigidine College
Brisbane Boys' College
Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Brisbane State High School
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Canterbury College
Carmel College
Cavendish Road State High School
Centenary Heights State High School
Centenary State High School
Citipointe Christian College
Clairvaux Mackillop College (Upper Mount Gravatt)
Clayfield College
Cleveland District State High School
Clontarf Beach State High School
Coomera Anglican College
Corinda State High School
Craigslea State High School
Downlands College
Elanora State High School
Emmanuel College
Emmaus College Jimboomba
Everton Park State High School
Faith Lutheran College Redlands
Ferny Grove State High School
Ferny Grove State School
Forest Lake State High School
Genesis Christian College
Grace Lutheran College
Hillbrook Anglican School
Hillcrest Christian College
Holland Park State High School
Indooroopilly State High School
Indooroopilly State School
Iona College
Ipswich Girls' Grammar School
Ipswich Grammar School
Ironside State School
John Paul College
Kedron State High School
Kelvin Grove State College
Kenmore State School
King's Christian College
Livingstone Christian College
Loreto College
Lourdes Hill College
MacGregor State High School
MacGregor State School
Mango Hill State Secondary College
Mansfield State High School
Marist College Ashgrove
McAuley College
McDowall State School
Moreton Bay Boys' College
Moreton Bay College
Mount Gravatt State High School
Mt Maria College
Mt St Michael's College
Narangba Valley State High School
North Lakes State College
Ormiston College
Our Lady's College (Annerley)
Queensland Academies - Creative Industries campus
Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology
Queensland Academy of Health Sciences
Redbank Plains State High School
Redcliffe State High School
Redeemer Lutheran College (Rochedale)
Redlands College
Rivermount College
Robertson State School
Robina State School
Rochedale State High School
Rochedale State School
Runcorn State School
Saint Stephen's College
Samford Valley Steiner School
San Sisto College (Carina)
Sandgate District State High School
Sheldon College
Somerset College
Somerville House
Southport State High School
Springfield Central State High School
St Aidan's Anglican Girls School (Corinda)
St Andrews Lutheran College
St Columban's College (Caboolture)
St Eugene College
St Hilda's School
St John Fisher College
St John's Anglican College
St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
St Joseph's Nudgee College
St Laurence's College
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School
St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
St Paul's School
St Peters Lutheran College - Springfield
St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly)
St Rita's College
Stretton State College
Stuartholme School
Sunnybank Hills State School
The Gap State High School
The Southport School
The Springfield Anglican College
Trinity Lutheran College
Unity College
Varsity College
Victoria Point State High School
Villanova College
Warrigal Road State School
Wavell State High School
Wellers Hill State School
West Moreton Anglican College
Windaroo Valley State High School
Woodcrest State College
Wynnum State High School
Yeronga State High School
BANKSIA WIND ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
The Legend of Sleepy hollow
Celtic Ritual [Overture for Band]
Shine
As summer was just beginning
Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon
Belah Sun Woman
Ensemble members
FLUTE
Imogen Adams
Madeline Bournes
Lilli Burns
Neala Chang
Erin Choi
Cielle De Silva
Ella Fleming
Sarah Gong
William Gravatt
Hannah Green
Lilly-Grace Kramer Williamson
Sophie McKague
Juliette Mills
Anjali Pawar
Hannah Sun
Selina Zhang
OBOE
Sybelle Chang
Yulia Wei
BASSOON
Ashish Foulger
Thomas Knight
CLARINET
Eva Acfield
Macy Austen
Jett Bassett
Ellen Bassingthwaighte
Tony Cao
Rebekah Carey
Zayla Cassidy
Ian Cheng
Jasmin Chung
Bella Gooley
Savannah Jaunet-Ealing
Sarah Kuppens
Dylan McMurray
Ben Munko
Lillian Rivera
Ariana Scarlett
Indigo Schouten
Jessica Thomas
CONDUCTOR DR STEFANIE SMITH
Andrew Boysen Jr
John Higgins
Michel Markowski
Larry Daehn
Percy Grainger
Jodie Blackshaw
Sibella Ungun
Ethan Wang
Senuri Wickramasinghe
Joseph Zenas
Austin Zhang
Oliva Zong
BASS CLARINET
Myckala Cavero
Zeke Kimball
Evelyn Kwan
Darcey Turrall
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Sebastian Fong
Daniel Kim
Grace Page
Theodore Watson
Sierran Werry
Lexi Zorzi
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Francis Hampel
Aiden Ponak
Avani Ramdath
Alexander Townsley
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Hugh Allen
Thomas Lynn
TRUMPET
Ari Alahmad
Sophie Biermann
Violet Carrick
Baxter Coglan
Kylan Geldenhuys
Alexander Hall
Jake Harding
Jordan Head
Justin Hsu
John Kim
Robbie Meehan
Ethan Png
Castiel Ramsay
Elliott Reed
William Smith
Lucy Van De Vorstenbosch
FRENCH HORN
Hazelyn Chow
Harper Hancock
Laila Jimmink
Jackie Li
Eshaan Pillai
Isobel Quincey
TROMBONE
Bill Barber
Sparrow Hansen
Ben Hawcroft
Elisa Ho
Milan Lane
Louis Lu
Taran Vallentine
EUPHONIUM
Nathaniel Cabizo
Grant Gaka
Cormac Hass
Ayla Hines
TUBA
Toby Dale
Orlando Hayes
Owen Kernick
Wallace Leong
Evie Marczyk
PERCUSSION
Emilie Bartier
Max Challenor
Melody Lee
Tyson Maynes
Aidan McKenzie
Wilson McKinnon
Desmond Noller
MYRTLE WIND ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
Fearless
Imaginarium
A Longford Legend
Flourish
Folksong of MIDU
Celtic Voyage
Rippling Watercolors
Momentum
Best Things
Ensemble members
FLUTE
Bastian Bierenbroodspot
Isabela Chadud
Benjamin Clark
Aliya Dinsdale
Christopher Finney
Ava FitzGerald
Eloise Gee
Carolyn Goldie
Gina Han
Laura Harcourt
Chanelle Jones
Arizona Lee
Xinyi (Cindy) Liu
Abbey Moore
Mina Tan
OBOE
Gabrielle Canniffe
Alicia Gu
BASSOON
Erin Joyce
Ellie Kalantar
CLARINET
Jonathan Chapman
Abigail Chik
Ethan Cho
Mia Darwin
Lily Edmunds
Emily Gao
Mikaela Gearing
Lianne Goh
Vedika Halai
Molly Hogg
Victoria Hsu
Meenoo Kim
Marella Louchart
Isaac Lu
Senali Malavi Arachchi
Amy McMillan
Kristine Mora
Gemma Page
Sarah Robinson
CONDUCTOR DR RACHEL HOWLEY
Carol Brittin Chambers
Randall Standridge
Robert Sheldon
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Li Chang
Melanie Donahue
Brian Balmages
Brian Hogg
Catherine Likhuta
Ledaine Tao
Maeve Thacker-Oldroyd
Alannah Triggs
Alison Warry
Raphael Wenceslao
Bushi Westworth
Anthony Yeung
Lindsay Yokoyama
BASS CLARINET
Delta Farrell
Anne Lu
Raven Mack
Vivian Matthews
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Oliver Aitken
Evelyn Barr
Sebastian Crnjanovic
Anthony Cronau
Jaden Freeman
Charlotte White
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Samantha Kippen
Elsie Pullar
Olivia Russell
Emilia Wruck
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Jin Fung Luong
Lachlan Schuback
TRUMPET
Felix Chang
Ashton Featherstonhaugh
Isaac Gibson
Leonardo Henriquez
Destiny Hilt
Vani Javiya
Isaac Karandrews
Jacob Lack
Harriet Lee
Charlotte McCosker
Anayah McDonald
Hayden Miller
Chloe Moran
Grace Perren
Noah Shu
Bryan Zheng
FRENCH HORN
Kaelan Bell
Vassiliki O'Callaghan
Philip Puttanani
Mason Speck
Mikayla Stephan
Ho Ting (Jaden) Tam
TROMBONE
Tully Guthrie
Ellie Hayes
Kristopher Lin
Wyatt McConnell
Samuel Penney
Caden Ritter
Tanmay Sharma
BASS TROMBONE
Joseph Bellingham
EUPHONIUM
Sienna Casalaina
Wyatt Castleman
Oliver Oberg
Elliot Stephan
TUBA
Jeong Min Chae
Jessica Coffey
Nathan Lee
Drew Magarry
PERCUSSION
Joshua Bradford
Arjun Chatterjee
Eden Cook
Aidan Lindsay
Liam Stephenson
William Zhang
DO YOU WANT TO STUDY MUSIC AT UNIVERSITY?
Join us for the Tertiary Preparation Workshop.
In one action-packed week you will learn practice techniques, theory fundamentals, audition advice, discover tips to overcome stagefright, learn warm-up methods, and perform and present your portfolios to staff and get feedback pre-audition.
When? Mon 30 June - Fri 4July 2025
Where? Queensland Conservatorium’s South Bank campus
Who can attend? This opportunity is open to students in years 9 to 12, and also adults considering applying for a tertiary degree.
Cost? $515.
Contact us via open-conservatorium@griffith.edu.au to register and find out more information.
JACARANDA GUITAR ENSEMBLE
CONDUCTOR DR PAUL SVOBODA
Repertoire
Arctic Renaissance
Mondo Rondo
New Town Blues
Night Flight
Rebel Heart
Ensemble members
GUITAR
Emmy Borg
Harry Brown
Cia Chueachom
Julian Connors
Jessica Corrado
Ethan Cowie
Leo Crestani
Zara Darling
Kaitlyn Dong
Luca Hanton
Xavier Hayward
Braden Judge
Amber Kameus
Rebecca Kearns
Tom Masel
Declan Mcfadden
Patrick McGarry
Markus Meiers
Aimé O'Malley-Kremer
Hugh Randal
Olivia Schaeffer-Steel
Amelia Schneider
Henry Sharland
Daufi Spitler
Sebastian Troughton
Max Tucker
Dee Dee Wendt
Aziz Williams
Ziheng Xiong
Paul Svoboda
Paul Svoboda
Paul Svoboda
Steve Pogson arr. Paul Svoboda
The Corrs arr. Paul Svoboda
BASS GUITAR
Chloe Henry Quajo Spitler
IVORY STRING ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
Spartacus
Land of Dragons
Orange jam
Legends of glory
Mythos
Tango D'Amour
Deep River
Eat My Rosin Dust
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Contrasts in E Minor
Celtic dreaming and dance
Arcopolis
Ensemble members
VIOLIN
Nadia Brown
Karelle Chew
Elyse Dent
Keeley Doyle
Violet Du
Stella Green
Edison Chun-Wen Hsu
Boe Jang
Serena Kim
Yehaim Kim
Xinyun Lin
Elena Locsey
Miranda Ma
Edwin Matsuda
Angus Oates
Naomi Orisio
Hannah Parkyn
Isaiah Shu
Lachlan Strong
Jasmie Tan
Sienna Tan
Rafael Teo
Benjamin Tran
Max Wang
Amber Whittingham
Kexin Casey Yan
Ivy Yang
Jennifer Youn
CONDUCTOR MARK SULLIVAN
Brian Balmages
Chris Thomas
Jeffrey S. Bishop
Kathryn Griesinger
Soon Hee Newbold
Susan H. Day
African American Spiritual arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Brian Balmages
Pietro Mascagni arr. Katie O'Hara LaBrie
Francis L. Feese
Stephen Chin
Michael Hopkins
VIOLA
Toby Andrews
Gabrielle Curran
Zixin Amelie Gan
Harriet Green
Kaspar Hui
Isaac Jones
Noah Kang
Yi-Xuan Kuo
Tadie Lynn Masvaure
Indigo McFarlane
Eliza Rees
Lucija Wiggins
CELLO
Kai Armstrong
Andrew Auf der Maur
Benji Cake
Lillian Chou
Patterson Davies
Harper Fung
Emily Gao
Sofia Hinojosa Dell'Erba
Jane Kim
Sebastian Kudzius
Ayse Jamie Maclean
Melina Ortlik
Sean Sinatra
Aleya Stork
Daniel Taylor
Esme Wyer
DOUBLE BASS
Ella Busteed
Dawn-Fleur Faumui
Eva Rauth
Gabriel Tong
Eric Yang
WATTLE STRING ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
Nova Jornada
Lazy Sunday Blues
Songbirds
Theme from Havanaise
A La Media Noche
March of the Shadows
Into the Stars
Dance of the Tumblers
Sabath Prayer from Fiddler on the Roof
Deerpath Tryptich
Loreta Fin
Loreta Fin
Loreta Fin
CONDUCTOR LORETA FIN AM
Saint Saens arr Longfield
Arranged Lipton
Brian Balmages
Anthony Granata
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Sandra Dackow
Jerry Bock arr. Lloyd Conley
William Hofeldt
Ensemble members
VIOLIN
Annaka Ammons
Chen Enzo Raoh Amores
Hailee Baek
Brian Brennan
Jayden Chan
Scarlett Chen
Mia Gao
Jhaiella Gee
Miriam Healy
Diya Kumar
Juha Lee
Luka Lin
Ruby Lin
Sofie Martincova
Annika McAuley
Elizabeth Miller
Leo Noonan
Edie Pennisi
Lilly-Eve Perks
Raya Rastegar
Olivia Rogers
Amelia Shum
Luca Stapleton
Xin Yu Tan
Ashlee Thomas
Ethan Warne
Derek Wei
Laura Williams
Benson (beichen) You
Xiaoguo Zhang
VIOLA
Lucy Brown
Katarina Collins
Lachlan Drew
Deanna Hamilton
Leanna Johnson
Zoe Keane
Sia Kim
Evelynne Meyer
Ellen Osborn
Angus Reghenzani
Penny So
Queenie Yeung
CELLO
Saskia Blickling
Brooke Davis
Sarah Huth
Joshua Kloza
James Lansdowne
Jasmine Lee
Vita Li
Tara Lowcock
Fraser Luostarinen
Ava McGrice
Isaac Pitt
Kassia Tezel
Max Wanderer
Jasper Woodcock-Avery
Theophilus Xu
Stacey Yang
DOUBLE BASS
Aryan Chandwani
Chantelle Lim
Charlie Margetts
Jasper Showell
Kayden Yu
ORCHID VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
Shut De Do
Cantate Domino
The Wanderer
Riversong
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
The New Girl in Town from Hairspray
How Can I Keep From Singing
10 000 hours
What Was I made For?
Ensemble members
SOPRANO
Darci Allen
Lara Armstrong
Mia Beauchamp
Lillian Boccari
Lucy Cain
Fiona Campbell
Wai Lam Charlie Chan
Lumina Chang
Scarlett Cheney
Savannah Cooke
Emily Dean
Alina Dearling
Aanya Desai
Patrick Dowling
Bentley Drain
Thomas Eagles
Eliza Flower
Jacqueline (Jacqui) Formby
Symphony Kuchel
Raphael Lower
Abby Lynds
Claire Macdonald
Millie McClure
Emily McMahon
Siana Neill
Maple Nelson
Laura Newman
Mia Oates
Audrey Orth
Ivy Paxman
CONDUCTOR JOANNE WRIGHT ACCOMPANIST MAREE HALL
Randy Stonehill arr. Greg Gilpin
Cristi Cary Miller
Dan Walker
Andy Beck
John Rutter
Marc Shaiman arr. Jay Althouse
Robert Lowry Arr, Bradley Ellingboe
Justin Beiber arr. Jack Zaino
Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell. Arr. Andy Beck
Ada Perkins
Alina Pillay
Allegra Pople
Emily Reid
Madeline Renwick
Nia Rush
Bethany Schneider
Rylee Scott
Gypsy Sherratt
Rhapsody Sherratt
Olivia Stephenson
Charlotte Strickland
Anikha Sunilkumar
Bhuvana Talwalkar
Ella Toscano
Imogen Tyrrell
Vaishnavi Vasanth Kumar
Marie Verrept
Evelyn Wells
Isabel Whitson
Madison Wiseman
April Yearwood
Nikki Zhou
ALTO
Pixie Arber
Lucy Baisden
Oliver Clark
Caitlin Coburn
Jasmine Coffey
Jade Cole
Ella Craig
Ivy Culey
Holly Doyle
Shiloh Field
Chelsea Fuller
Ayano Futsu
Sehaj Gill
William Greenaway
Edward Hancock
Piper Jordan
Charlie Kember
Ella Knight
Constance Lao
Dominic Lewis
Eden Lye
Manuela Moquiuti Pereira
Teya Morgan
Penelope O'Neill
Oliver Prickett
Arjun Rai
Phoebe Rogers
Lilly Rota
Molly Ryan
Mikayla Scherf
Audrey Schuurs
Emerson Sims
Chloe Stowe
Isabella Taylor
Demi Tzaneros
Ilaria Vasington
Chloe Ward
Hannah Wenham
ACACIA VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Repertoire
Weep No More
Festival Sanctus
Volta Do Mar Lago
Song for the Mira
Bellbirds
CONDUCTOR DR ROBERT STEWART ACCOMPANIST CHRISTIAN GANTE
David Childs
John Leavitt
Paul Jarman
Alistair MacGillvary
William Brown
Ensemble members
SOPRANO
Neha Appuhamy
Sarah Austin
Chloe Bailey
Josie Beck
Mary – Jo Burrows
Cassandra Chapman
Gia Comino
Lily Cooper
Samantha Coronel
Isabella Coulson
Minaya Devasinghe
Janya Dharshan
Olivia Drummond
Charlotte Finch
Catani Fishlock
Alice Foley
Olivia Furcak
Neve Goy
Dorothy Grounds
Ivy Hamilton
Audrey Harrison
Abbey Hinder
Amy Hogan
Ivy Kelly
Roarke Knaggs
Sophie Lambert
Maya Lee
Thinomee Leelasena
Kelsea Lu
Meeka Messer
Gracie Moon
Anita Pay
Lily Potts
Ameya Rijil
Victoria Ross
Tyler Sangphaya
Astrid Sawers
Zachary Simpson
Rebecca Stacke
Layla Sutherland
Maddie Terzis
Tiffany Tindall
Liliana Tomholt
Olivia Unwin
Katelynn Villafranco
Ishani Wahegaonkar
Liliana-Pia Walker
Stella Walsh
Chloe Warburton
Estelle Weller
Samara Wheeler
Elodie Whitaker
Koko Woolnough
Lindsay Zhang
ALTO
Clara Adom
Marvelous Agbasale
Matilda Barker
Aleigh Barnes
Lumi Barr
Milly Brown
Martina Camuglia
Taya Cotter
Eliza Cowie
Imogen Cowlishaw
Emma Davison
Allison Gravel
Tomas Guerrero Hayllar
Aurell Gupta
Kirrily Hart
Thushmini Henaka Ralalage
Madeleine Hutley
Marisa Khuzaini
Adelaide Knijff
Archie Lakey
Amayra Mehta
Isla Miles
Skylar O'Meara
Lorelei Pawsey
Chloe Phillips
Evangeline Pukallus
Simer Sachdeva
Amy Schmalkuche
Annika Smith
Phoebe Smith
Angelica Suesatkul
Ella Sutton
Zhi Qing Tan
Emily Thrush
Zara Waters
Charli Watkinson
Evie Williamson
Isla Woodthorpe
CREDITS
Director, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Professor Bernard Lanskey
Head of Ensembles, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Professor Peter Morris
Manager - Open Conservatorium
Jason Budge
Clinician & Conductor
Loreta Fin AM
Dr Rachel Howley
Dr Stefanie Smith
Dr Robert Stewart
Mark Sullivan
Dr Paul Svoboda
Joanne Wright
Accompanist
Christian Gante
Maree Hall
SHEP Project Support
Megan Barber
Chelsea Beadman
Jethro Caitens
Sarah Fields
Sharelle Guest
Alivia Kenwrick
Nathan Leydon
Eloise McIntyre
Matilda Monaghan
Melinda Munchow
Thomas Quelhurst
Monica Ruggiero
Jarrod Sachse
Emily Smith
Jasmine Smith
Russell Sullivan
Hannah Waterfall
Executive Officer - Engagement
Dr Natalie Lewandowski-Cox
Executive Support Officer - Conservatorium Academy
Kevin Edwards
Administration Officer - Open Conservatorium
Lisa Dart
Administration Officer - Honours Programs
Michelle Stewart
Administration Officer – Marketing
Hannah Morrison
Administration Support Officer - Conservatorium Academy
Bianca Murphy
Administration Support Officer - Honours Programs
Stephanie Williams
Administration Support - Conservatorium Academy
Jack Gawith
Baxter Melrose
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, and pays respect to the Elders, past, present and emerging.