Our people

Our people

Discover the Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts team

Meet the talented staff and artists at Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts – leading teaching, research and engagement to grow music and performing arts in South Australia and beyond.

 

Meet the team

Professor Anna Goldsworthy

Dean, Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts

Professor Anna Goldsworthy

Name

Area

Craig Behenna

Acting for Film

Josh Belperio

Music Director

Carla Centofanti

Dance (Tap)

Nicholas Hedger

Song & Dance

Rosie Hosking

Voice Anatomy

Erin James

Head of Music Theatre

Peter Johns

Music Theatre

Alexander Kermond

Dance (Tap, Jazz)

Dale March

Acting

Joseph Simons

Music Theatre

Anna Steen

Acting

George Torbay

Music Theatre

Roel Voorbij

Voice

Name

Area

Dr Tim Clarkson

Saxophone

Mark Ferguson

Head of Jazz Performance (Piano)

Ciara Ferguson

Voice

Dr Julian Ferraretto

Violin

Robin Finlay

Trumpet

Brenton Foster

Piano

Dr Lyndon Gray

Bass

Lauren Henderson

Voice

Django Martin - Rowe

Guitar

John McDermott

Drums

James Muller

Guitar

Steve Neville

Drums

Derek Pascoe

Saxophone

Shaun Rammers

Saxophone

Alexander Taylor

Trombone

Luke Thompson

Voice

Vashti Tyrell

Saxophone

Tyler Venter

Guitar

Luke White

Trumpet

Kit Withers

Voice

Name

Area

Stephanie Acraman

Classical Voice

Dr Helen Ayres

Violin

Nicholas Braithwaite

Conducting

Lucinda Collins

Head of Keyboard

Associate Professor Luke Dollman

Conducting

Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini

Head of Classical Guitar

Robin Finlay

Trumpet

Dr Mark Gaydon

Bassoon

David Gill

Tuba

Professor Anna Goldsworthy

Keyboard

Dr Emma Gregan

Head of Brass

Julia Grenfell

Flute

Dr Bryan Griffiths

Conducting

Amanda Grigg

Head of Percussion

Slava Grigoryan

Classical Guitar

Damien Hurn

Saxophone

Dr Steve King

Viola

Caleb Lavery-Brook

Classical Guitar

Dr Elizabeth Layton

Head of Classical Performance (Head of Strings)

Rosalind Martin

Classical Voice

Vivian Milton

Keyboard

Dr Kathryn Moorhead

Flute

Robert Nairn

Lower Strings

Joshua Oates

Oboe

Philip Paine

Horn

Howard Parkinson

Trombone

Dr Cheryl Pickering

Classical Voice

Colin Prichard

Trombone, Euphonium

James Rawley

Classical Guitar

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Head of Classical Voice

Amanda Tillett

Trombone

Dr Edith Salzmann

Head of Cello

Dr Josh Van Konkelenberg

Conducting, Organ

Lloyd Van't Hoff

Head of Woodwind

Name

Area

Professor Charles Bodman Rae

Composition

Dylan Cooper

Sonic Arts

Dr Dylan Crismani

Composition

Associate Professor Luke Harrald

Head of Creative Practice

Motez Obaidi

Sonic Arts

Derek Pascoe

Popular Music

Dr Daniel Pitman

Sonic Arts

Grayson Rotumah

Popular Music

Dr Sebastian Tomczak

Sonic Arts

Stephen Whittington

Head of Sonic Arts

Hannah Yates

Popular Music

Name

Area

Dr Emily Dollman

Head of Music Education

Dr Oliver Fartach - Naini

Music Education

NameArea
Dr Emily DollmanGraduate Research Coordinator
Dr Oliver Fartach-NainiGraduate Research Coordinator

NameArea
Dr Oliver Fartach-NainiGraduate Research Coordinator

Name

Position

William Barton

Associate Professor in Music

Dr Dylan Crismani

Co-Director

Daniel Rankine

Lecturer in Music

Grayson Rotumah

Co-Director

Hannah Yates

Lecturer in Music

 

Name

Area

Catherine Campbell

Performing Arts

Dr Russell Fewster

Performing Arts

Name

Position

Greta Larsen

School Manager

Contact us

Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts

Location

Location
Adelaide University
Schulz Building
Adelaide City Campus East 

Telephone

Phone: +61 8 8313 5995

Email

Email: music@adelaide.edu.au

Open Music Academy

Telephone

Phone: +61 8 8313 1110

Email

Email: openmusicacademy@adelaide.edu.au