OUR PEOPLE
Board
President: Ian Walker
Vice-President: Matthew Gamer
Director of Music: Simon Hewett
Treasurer: Timothy Kuusik
Secretary: Fiona Williams
Performer Member: Davis Dingle
Mikaeli Costello
Marg Overs
Anthe Philippedes
Administrative Staff
General Manager: Geoff Rosbrook
Administrator: Louise Robinson
Marketing and Events Manager: Eugenie Puskarz Thomas
Administrative Officer: Lauren Kennard
Venue Manager: Alannah McFadzean
Bookings and Events Manager: Sandra Hall
Conductors
Queensland Youth Symphony (QYS): Simon Hewett
Queensland Youth Orchestra 2 (QYO2): Paul Dean
Queensland Youth Orchestra 3 (QYO3): David Deacon
Junior String Ensemble 1 (JSE1): Chen Yang
Junior String Ensemble 2 (JSE2): Cherie Deacon
Wind Symphony (WS): Rob McWilliams
Wind Ensemble (WE): David Law
Big Band (BB): Bohdan Davison
For biographies of the conductors, please click here.
Tutors, Auditioners, Judges and Accompanists
QYO employs over 70 professional musicians each year as tutors, auditioners, judges for the National Youth Concerto Competition and as accompanists for recitals.
Volunteers
QYO has approximately 100 volunteers who assist with orchestral administration, camps, concerts, tours, catering, fundraising or by offering their expertise in specialised areas, eg. IT, graphic design, instrument and equipment maintenance.
QYO also has opportunities for students who wish to gain experience in arts administration to volunteer their services to QYO as an office volunteer.
Special thanks to our ensemble administration teams for 2023:
QYS
Administrator: Mike Bernays
Asst. Administrator: Jane Bernays
Librarians: Victoria Whiting, Coralie Hall
Stage Managers: David Boon, Deborah Boon, Kristin Gardiner, Joanne Sorensen, Danica Inglis
QYO2
Administrator: Phil Boyce
Asst. Administrator: Chris Ton
Librarians: May Wang, Jocelyn Chou, Caroline Wong
Stage Managers: Dagmar Marshall, Clark Zheng, Joanna Beak
QYO3
Administrator: Xian Yang
Asst. Administrator: Jacky Hung
Librarians: Victoria Lin, Maria Carolan
Stage Managers: Sonny Novianto, Christine Jang, Jason Luostarinen
JSE1
Administrator: Linda Lin
Asst. Administrator: Yihee Ko
Librarians: Meible Wu, Jessica Zhang
Stage Managers: Siva Indla, Bridget Tang, Helen Hou, Rosy Rong
JSE2
Administrator: Yang’en Xu
Asst. Administrator: Kaili Yang
Librarians: Vian Lin, Kelly Heo
Stage Managers: Mayuri Sengupta, Raymond Hu, Mack Lau
WS
Administrator: Nicole McPhee
Librarians: Cindy Beumer, Deanne Kircher
Stage Managers: Yvonne Treacher, Andrew McPhee, Shaneen Pointing
WE
Administrator: Elaine Earl
Asst. Administrator: Helen Daniel
Librarians: Bonnie Dao, Julia Ott
Stage Managers: Russell Mellor, Diana Schaeffer, Tim Slade
BB
Administrator: Melanie Roberts
Librarian: Pam Harvey
Stage Manager: Bob Harvey, Anthony Roberts