Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows will be conducting Masterclasses at WollCon, and the Fellows line-up includes Bassoonist Hayden Burge.WollCon is...
Alumni
Alex Masso and The Vampires Win ARIA
The Vampires - one of WollCon's favourite success stories - awarded ARIA for Best Jazz Album.WHO ARE THE VAMPIRES? Described as a new generation of...
Alumni Profile: Myee Clohessy
Myee Clohessy, concert violinist and Artistic Director of the Bowral Autumn Music Festival and the Highlands Music Collective, is back living ‘just...
Alumni Profile: David Vance
David was one of the first students to enrol in Wollongong Conservatorium in 1972, studying piano with Nan Price. In those early years, an active...
Jeremy Boulton wins $30K Singing Competition
Alumnus Jeremy Boulton wins $30K Singing Competition. The winner of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition this year was 23-year-old Operatic...
Alumni Profile: Richard Tognetti
“WollCon is a huge asset to Wollongong, to the community and to the future of music. It needs us all to champion its work and ensure it thrives for...
Alumni Profile: Titus Grenyer
Titus Grenyer’s love of the pipe organ began through WollCon, when he was awarded the inaugural Roger Soden Organ Scholarship in 2013, which led to...
Ferrari of Jazz Orchestras
A WollCon 50th Birthday Concert at the Town HallSome of the country's greatest jazz musicians came together for a one night only concert in...
Alumni Profile Lorraine Moxey
A 50 year link with WollCon! Lorraine Moxey started at WollCon when it first opened in 1972, playing violin in the youth orchestra with our very...
Alumni Profile: David Piper
Piper’s passion in music theatre has lasted 30 years As a musical director, pianist, composer and educator, David Piper has been a leader in the...
Alumni Profile: Matthew Hindson
“Thanks @wollconmusic - you saved my teenaged years, I tell you that! Such an invigorating musical environment. It set me up for my entire musical...
Alumni Profile: Nicola Crowe
UK based flautist Nicola knew there was no other instrument for her“My mum encouraged me to be open minded about other instruments, but I disliked...
Alumni Profile: Nick Russoniello
One of our greatest classical saxophonists WollCon Alumnus Nick Russoniello, an accomplished saxophonist and composer based in Sydney, has been the...
Alumni Profile: Carolyn Watson
“To be honest I didn't really seek out a career as a conductor, rather, conducting found me.” The role of a conductor is to unite the diverse and at...
Alumni Profile: Novak Manojlovic
“I can't express the impact that the Wollongong Conservatorium had on my life, both personally and musically, and from an educational, social and...
Alumni Profile: Lucy Clifford
It’s all about the Bass for Lucy… Introducing WollCon Alumna Lucy Clifford, a Bass Player and Educator, who is using her own experience as a young...
Alumni Profile: Jodie Michael
How an In School Music Program began Jodie Michael’s jazz career It was during the high school music program at Holy Spirit College with WollCon...
Alumni Profile: Jane Aubourg
Composer, Violinist and Maker – that’s how WollCon Alumnus Jane Aubourg describes herself A successful Wollongong based performer, who won the...
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