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- Professor Helen Mitchell, Musicology
- Associate Professor Charles Fairchild, Popular Music
- Associate Professor Goetz Richter, Violin
- Associate Professor Christopher Coady, Musicology
- Associate Professor Daniel Rojas, Composition
- Associate Professor Narelle Yeo, Stagecraft
- Dr Catherine Ingram, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology
- Dr Toby Martin, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music
- Dr Rachel Campbell, Lecturer in Musicology
- Dr Jadey O’Regan, Lecturer in Contemporary Music
- Dr Paul (Mac) McDermott, Academic Fellow in Contemporary Music
- Ms Ella Macens, Associate Lecturer in Composition
- Ms Bree Van Reyk, Associate Lecturer in Contemporary Music
- Mr Brad Lucas, Lecturer in Euphonium
- Mr Nigel Crocker, Casual Lecturer in Trombone
- Mr David Elton, Casual Lecturer in Trumpet
- Mr Scott Francombe, Casual Lecturer of Tuba
- Mr Chris Harris, Casual Lecturer in Trombone
- Mr Euan Harvey, Casual Lecturer in French Horn
- Mr Scott Kinmont, Casual Lecturer in Trombone
- Mr Owen Morris, Casual Lecturer in Trumpet
- Ms Marnie Sebire, Casual Lecturer in French Horn
- Ms Rachel Silver, Casual Lecturer in French Horn
- Ms Leanne Sullivan, Casual Lecturer in Trumpet
- Mr Michael Wray, Casual Lecturer in French Horn
- Dr Daniel Yeadon, Senior Lecturer in Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba
- Dr Lu Liu, Lecturer in Chinese Music Performance and Ethnomusicology
- Associate Professor Jeanell Carrigan AM, Collaborative Piano
- Mr David Howie, Lecturer in Collaborative Piano
- Mr Phillip Shovk, Lecturer in Collaborative Piano
- Dr Theresa Leung, Associate Lecturer in Collaborative Piano
- Dr Eun-Jung Byun, Associate Lecturer in Collaborative Piano
- Professor Matthew Hindson AM
- Professor Liza Lim AM
- Associate Professor Damien Ricketson
- Associate Professor Daniel Rojas
- Associate Professor Paul Stanhope
- Dr Benjamin Carey, Senior Lecturer
- Dr James Humberstone, Senior Lecturer
- Mr Carl Vine AO, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Natalie Williams, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ivan Zavada, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Daniel Blinkhorn, Lecturer
- Ms Ella Macens, Associate Lecturer
- Ms Alexis Weaver, Associate Lecturer
- Honorary Associate Dr David Kim-Boyle
- Honorary Adjunct Professor Ross Edwards AM
- Associate Professor Damien Ricketson, Composition and Music Technology
- Associate Professor Daniel Rojas, Composition
- Associate Professor Paul Stanhope, Composition
- Dr Benjamin Carey, Senior Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Toby Martin, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music
- Dr Ivan Zavada, Senior Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Daniel Blinkhorn, Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Andrew Callaghan, Lecturer in Composition for Creative Industries
- Dr Fiona Hill, Lecturer in Composition for Creative Industries
- Ms Ella Macens, Associate Lecturer in Composition
- Ms Alexis Weaver, Associate Lecturer in Composition
- Associate Professor Charles Fairchild
- Dr Toby Martin, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jadey O'Regan, Lecturer
- Dr Paul (Mac) McDermott, Academic Fellow
- Ms Bree Van Reyk, Associate Lecturer
- Dr Benjamin Carey, Senior Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Ivan Zavada, Senior Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Daniel Blinkhorn, Lecturer in Composition and Music Technology
- Dr Paul (Mac) McDermott, Academic Fellow in Contemporary Music and Music Technology
- Dr Simon Barker, Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Myfany Turpin FAHA
- Dr Catherine Ingram, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Lu Liu, Lecturer in Chinese Music Performance and Ethnomusicology
- Dr Georgia Curran, University of Sydney Robinson Fellow
- Emeritus Professor Allan Marett
- Professor Emerita Kathryn Marsh
- Professor Martin Thomas, Honorary Research Fellow
- Professor Neal Peres Da Costa FAHA, Historical Performance and Early Keyboards
- Associate Professor Erin Helyard, Early Keyboards
- Dr Alan Maddox, Senior Lecturer in Rhetorical Performance and Musicology
- Dr Daniel Yeadon, Senior Lecturer in Cello and Viola da Gamba
- Dr Anthony Abouhamad, Lecturer in Harpsichord and Continuo
- Dr Lu Liu, Lecturer in Chinese Music Performance and Ethnomusicology
- Ms Rachael Beesley, Casual Lecturer in Violin
- Mr Andrew Doyle, Casual Lecturer in Clarinet
- Ms Melissa Farrow, Casual Lecturer in Flute
- Mr Rafael Font, Casual Lecturer in Violin
- Ms Nicole Forsyth, Casual Lecturer in Viola
- Ms Anna Fraser, Casual Lecturer in Historical Voice
- Mr Matthew Greco, Casual Lecturer in Violin
- Mr Benjamin Hoadley, Casual Lecturer in Bassoon
- Ms Esther Kim, Casual Lecturer in Early Keyboard (Clavichord)
- Mr Matthew Manchester, Casual Lecturer in Cornetto and Pre-Baroque Practice
- Mr Hans-Dieter Michatz, Casual Lecturer in Recorder and Flute
- Dr Ingo Müller, Casual Lecturer in Oboe
- Ms Anneke Scott, Casual Lecturer in Horn
- Ms Nicole van Bruggen, Casual Lecturer in Clarinet
- Ms Joanna Tondys, Casual Lecturer in Early Keyboard (Harpsichord)
- Associate Professor Christopher Coady, Musicology and Jazz
- Dr Simon Barker, Senior Lecturer
- Mr David Theak, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Phillip Slater, Senior Lecturer
- Ms Jess Green, Equity in Jazz Lecturer
- Dr Kevin Hunt, Lecturer
- Dr Steve Barry, Associate Lecturer
- Mr Carl Dewhurst, Associate Lecturer
- Ms Hannah James, Associate Lecturer
- Mr Andrew Dickenson, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Timothy Clarkson, Casual Lecturer
- Dr Jeremy Rose, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Virna Sanzone, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Craig Scott, Casual Lecturer
- Professor Jennifer Rowley
- Dr James Humberstone FRSA, Senior Lecturer
- Ms Carla Trott, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jim Coyle, Lecturer
- Dr Thomas Fienberg, Lecturer
- Professor Emerita Kathryn Marsh
- Honorary Associate Professor Peter Dunbar-Hall
- Honorary Associate Professor Michael Webb
- Associate Professor Narelle Yeo
- Mr Simon Kenway, Associate Lecturer in Music Theatre
- Mr Robert McDougall, Associate Lecturer in Music Theatre
- Ms Tanith Bryce, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Luke Byrne, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Peter Cousens, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Karen Cummings, Casual Lecturer
- Dr Melissa Fenton, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Margi De Ferranti, Casual Lecturer
- Mr David Gardos, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Felicity Jurd, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Lorena Otes, Casual Lecturer
- Professor Helen Mitchell, Musicology
- Professor Neal Peres Da Costa FAHA, Historical Performance and Early Keyboards
- Associate Professor Christopher Coady, Musicology and Jazz
- Associate Professor Charles Fairchild, Contemporary Music Practice
- Associate Professor Daniel Rojas, Composition and Musicology
- Associate Professor Myfany Turpin FAHA, Ethnomusicology
- Dr Amanda Harris FAHA, ARC Future Fellow
- Dr Steffen Herff, Senior Lecturer and Sydney Horizon Fellow
- Dr Catherine Ingram, Senior Lecturer, Ethnomusicology
- Dr David Larkin, Senior Lecturer, Musicology
- Dr Alan Maddox, Senior Lecturer, Musicology
- Dr Anthony Abouhamad, Lecturer, Musicology (Music Skills)
- Dr Rachel Campbell, Lecturer, Musicology
- Dr Laura Case, Lecturer, Musicology
- Mr Lewis Cornwell, Lecturer, Musicology
- Dr Jadey O’Regan, Lecturer in Contemporary Music
- Dr Georgia Curran, University of Sydney Robinson Fellow
- Ms Alisa Bernhard, Associate Lecturer, Musicology (Theory and Analysis)
- Dr Alex Chilvers, Academic Fellow (Aural Perception)
- Honorary Associate Dr Graeme Skinner
- Emeritus Professor Richard Charteris
- Honorary Associate Professor Kathleen Nelson, Musicology
- Honorary Associate Professor Michael Webb
- Professor Neal Peres Da Costa FAHA, Conductor of the Conservatorium Early Music Ensemble
- Associate Professor Roger Benedict, Chief Conductor of the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of Modern Music Ensemble
- Associate Professor Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera
- Associate Professor Stephen Mould, Artistic Director of Con Opera, ARC DECRA Fellow
- Associate Professor Paul Stanhope, Conductor of the Conservatorium Chamber Choir, Conductor of Modern Music Ensemble
- Dr Daniel Yeadon, Senior Lecturer, Chamber Music Coordinator
- Dr Elizabeth Scott, Academic Fellow, Conductor of the Conservatorium Choir
Mr Philip Swanton, Casual Academic
- Dr Amanda Harris FAHA, Director (Sydney Unit), ARC Future Fellow
- Emerita Professor Linda Barwick FAHA, Chair of the PARADISEC Steering Committee
- Emeritus Professor Allan Marett
- Mr Kevin Man, Casual Academic
- Associate Professor Daniel Herscovitch
- Associate Professor Stephanie McCallum
- Dr Bernadette Harvey, Senior Lecturer
- Mr Clemens Leske, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Paul Rickard-Ford, Senior Lecturer
- Ms Natalia Ricci, Senior Lecturer
- Mr Phillip Shovk, Lecturer
- Associate Professor Roger Benedict, Viola
- Associate Professor Ole Bohn, Violin
- Associate Professor Vladimir Gorbach, Guitar
- Associate Professor Goetz Richter AM, Violin
- Dr Daniel Yeadon, Senior Lecturer in Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba
- Dr Evgeny Sorkin, Lecturer in Violin
- Dr Stephen Lalor, Casual Lecturer in Mandolin
- Mr Timothy Kantor, Senior Lecturer in Violin
- Mr Julian Smiles, Senior Lecturer in Cello
- Mr Kees Boersma, Lecturer in Double Bass
- Ms Janet Davies, Lecturer in Violin
- Mr Alex Henery, Lecturer in Double Bass
- Mr Stuart Johnson, Casual Lecturer in Viola
- Mr Georg Pedersen, Casual Lecturer in Cello
- Ms Rachel Siu, Casual Lecturer in Cello
- Professor Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Elizabeth Todd Chair of Vocal Studies
- Associate Professor Stephen Mould, ARC DECRA Fellow
- Associate Professor Narelle Yeo
- Dr Rowena Cowley, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Anke Hoeppner-Ryan, Lecturer
- Mr Barry Ryan OAM, Lecturer
- Mr Alan Hicks, Associate Lecturer
- Dr Simon Lobelson, Associate Lecturer
- Ms Donna Balson, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Amelia Farrugia, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Andrew Goodwin, Casual Lecturer
- Dr David Greco, Casual Lecturer
- Mr Russell Harcourt, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Maree Ryan AM, Casual Lecturer
- Ms Christina Wilson, Casual Lecturer
- Honorary Associate Professor Michael Halliwell
- Associate Professor Michael Duke, Saxophone
- Mr Andrew Barnes, Senior Lecturer in Bassoon
- Ms Susan Newsome, Senior Lecturer in Clarinet
- Mr Frank Celata, Lecturer in Clarinet
- Mr James Kortum, Lecturer in Flute
- Ms Emma Sholl, Lecturer in Flute
- Ms Shefali Pryor, Casual Lecturer in Oboe