Flute
Tutor: Rebecca Steel
I have recently returned from Australia, where I have been working in Sydney as a freelance flautist in major orchestras and in music education, largely as a one-on-one flute teacher. Whilst I consider myself a performer first, throughout my playing career, I have always taken great pleasure in teaching students of all ages and levels. Since returning from Australia, I have done some playing work with the NZSO, the Wellington Vector Orchestra, the Days Bay Opera Company, and the RNZAF Band, and I have been taking some of the flute and woodwind classes at the NZSM at Victoria University.
As a Flute and Piccolo Player, I have worked in all the major orchestras in Sydney, Wellington, and Christchurch, in both permanent positions and as a casual player. The highlight of my orchestral career was playing in the Philharmonia in London when I took a year’s sabbatical in 1992.
I started teaching, aged sixteen, for the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music. I have always held teaching positions in schools and Universities, as well as teaching privately.
Orchestral Positions in Australia 1993-2011
Principal Flute, Sydney Opera House Orchestra
Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Casual)
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Casual)
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Casual)
Teaching Positions in Australia 1993-2011
University of New South Wales
Sydney Grammar School
Cranbrook School
St Mary’s Cathedral School
Clovelly Public School
Private home-based teaching practice
Orchestral Position in England 1992-1993
The Philharmonia, London (Casual)
Orchestral Positions in Australia 1990-1991
Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Casual)
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Casual)
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Casual)
Orchestral Positions in New Zealand 1985-1989
Principal Flute, Wellington Regional Orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Contract)
Principal Flute, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
Studied in London and Paris 1978-1982 under:
- William Bennett
- Peter Lloyd
- James Galway
- Peter Lukas Graf
- Michael Debost