Celebrating Our Student Talent

Our first Performance Day of the year, taking place on April 6th, is a special event dedicated to our music community.
It’s a day to celebrate and enjoy student performances, showcasing their talent and progress in a supportive and inspiring environment.

If you would like to catch our Flute ensemble concert, be sure to secure your spot in the Auditorium from 12pm.

We have also organised a clarinet masterclass with renowned educator and Sydney Symphony Orchestra clarinettist Frank Celata, for our intermediate and advanced students preparing for AMEB exams and HSC assessments. This will be followed by a wonderful performance of the ensemble with piano accompanist Lisa Baraldi in our orchestral room from 2pm.

Guitar student at Open Day

Friends and families are encouraged to attend to explore all of the wonderful music lessons we have available at WollCon, and to meet our teachers to ask any questions about lessons and our music programs.

OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE:

  • Strings Performances – Room 1/2 (9am-2pm)
  • Piano Performances – Theatre (11am-2pm)
  • Flute Concert – Auditorium (12pm-1pm)
  • Flute Ensemble + Symphonic Band – Auditorium (1:30-3pm)
  • Clarinet Studio Concert – Room 1/2 (2pm-3pm)
  • Clarinet Masterclass – Orchestral Rm (10am-2pm) with Sydney Symphony Orchestra clarinettist Frank Celata
  • Clarinet Student Performances (+ Lisa Baraldi) – Orchestral Rm (2-3pm)
  • Guitar Performances – Room 1/2 (3:30pm-5pm).
Piano student at Open Day

Anne has been a member of the Wollcon Board since 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from UNSW. She is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and an accredited Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. She has taught family law and other subjects at Wollongong University.

For a number of years she has been a subscriber to the Australian Chamber Orchestra which regularly performs in Wollongong . She has been passionate about music and in particular music education to children and adults.

Jake has worked in the disability sector for 24 years- 17 of these with Interchange and 7 years as their CEO. Jake is passionate about inclusion and equality for both people with disability and their carers.

He holds an MBA, Bachelor of Commerce, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, as well as completing Diploma’s in Case Management, Community Services Coordination and the AICD Company Directors Course.

Jake is also a committee member on the International Short Breaks Association Board and has been a Director on the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music Board since 2022.

Wayne is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as being a qualified company secretary and accountant with over 35 years experience in banking and finance. He performed for nine of those years as Chief Executive of IMB Ltd, and the preceding seven years as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, also with IMB. Wayne’s primary expertise is in the areas of governance, management, accounting, risk management and banking and finance. He has spent his whole life living in the Illawarra and is passionate about ensuring the Illawarra can provide the best possible opportunities and lifestyle for its residents. In 2024 Wayne was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community.

Dr Terumi Narushima is a senior lecturer and Music Discipline Leader at the University of Wollongong. She is a composer, performer and sound designer specialising in microtonal tuning systems. Her works include Tritriadic Chimes, a sound installation for LA MicroFest, Hidden Sidetracks, a composition for custom-made instruments premiered by Ensemble Offspring at Sydney Opera House, and a project to build microtonal flutes using 3D printing. She has worked on theatre collaborations which have been presented nationally and internationally, including Yasukichi Murakami: Through a Distant Lens, Lost in Shanghai, and The Story of Chi. She performs with microtonal ensemble Clocks and Clouds, and her book Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson is published by Routledge.

Nicky is the CEO of Community Industry Group. She has degrees in Dementia Care, Community & Environment and Marketing, and a Grad Dip in Project Management. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Honorary Fellow of UOW. In addition to Chairing the WollCon Board, she is Deputy Chair of the Regional Development Australia Illawarra Shoalhaven Board and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Warrigal, a large not-for-profit specialising in the provision of services for older people.

Her corporate governance and strategy experience extends through a 20+ year career on boards in the corporate, government and NFP sectors.