Alumni

Alumni Profile: Hayden Burge
Alumni Profile: Hayden Burge

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows will be conducting Masterclasses at WollCon, and the Fellows line-up includes Bassoonist Hayden Burge.WollCon is...

Alumni Profile: Myee Clohessy
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
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...

Alumni Profile: Richard Tognetti
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
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...

Alumni Profile Lorraine Moxey
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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.