Musicians performing with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in 2010

Soloists

Penelope Mills

Soprano


Shannon Chad Foley

Baritone


Simon Wolnizer

Trumpet


Ji Won Kim

Violinist

Ji Won Kim has performed extensively as a soloist in Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy and Korea with a number of international orchestras. She has also won numerous competitions around the world and participated in international music festivals in Salzburg, Lisbon, New York, Tokyo and Sion.
Conductors

Nicholas Milton

Chief Conductor

Nicholas Milton has established a reputation as one of the leading Australian conductors of his generation. He was appointed Chief Conductor of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in 2001 and the reputation of the organization during his exciting tenure has grown dramatically. The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra is now regularly recognized by the Orchestras Australia network as the finest community orchestra in the country.

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Nicholas Carter

Guest Conductor

Nicholas graduated in voice and piano from the University of Melbourne in 2007, studying conducting privately with Richard Gill. In 2006, Nicholas joined the inaugural Developing Artist program with Victoria Opera, which saw him conduct productions of Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte and a number of children's operas.

In 2008, Nicholas was a Guest Conductor with Orchestra Victoria (OV), as well as assisting OV's Principal Conductor Marko Letonja. 2008 also saw Nicholas conduct for Chamber Made Opera, and C0-Chorus Master for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in performances of Der fliegende Höllander and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, Babi yar.

He was also Music Director of the Melbourne Collegium, a small Baroque ensemble based at Melbourne University

A participant in the Symphony Australia Conductor Development Program since 2006, Nicholas took up the position of assistant Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with their Principal Conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy in 2009.

Ben Dollman

Guest Conductor

Ben Dollman leads an active performing career on both the baroque and the modern violin. A graduate of the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, Ben undertook further study at Indiana University USA. There he took up studies  on the baroque violin with the Australian violinist Stanley Ritchie alongside work on the modern violin with Franco Gulli and Yuval Yaron.

Upon returning to Australia in 1997, Ben continued his baroque studies with Lucinda Moon and was invited to join the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in 1998. He currently performs as Principal 2nd Violin with the ABO and the Australian Brandenburg Ensemble and has performed as soloist with the ABO on numerous occasions.


Sarah Grace Williams

Guest Conductor


Simon Kenway

Guest Conductor



Orchestral Players for 2010

Concertmaster
David Saffir

Violin 1
Carolyn Au
Denisa Smeu-Kirileanu
Lyndal Elder
Tess Duflou
Sheau-Fang Low
Claudia Seibold
Stephanie Van Drempt

Violin 2
Angela Cassar
Helen O'Sullivan
Lorraine Woods
Elissa McGregor
Tamara Lyell-Kum
Maiko Inoue

Viola
Louisa Brand
Phil Ross
Deidre Boyle
Janice Buttle

Cello
Michal Wieczorek
Christina Kim
Sarah Jane Ingham
Ian Macourt

Bass
Nicole Murray-Prior

Flute
Katrina Kelvin
Leah Lock

Oboe
Rie Tamaru
Noeleen Neideck

Cor Anglais
Noeleen Neideck

Clarinet
Ken Burnett
Sue Kennedy

Basset Horn
Andrew Doyle

Bassoon
John Cran
Sarajane Hansen

French Horn
Graham Nichols
Adrian Hallam

Trumpet
Lars Mehlan
David Gresham

Harp
Ros Read

Timpani
Tim Brigden