NOMINEES OF NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd/Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Ltd (APRA/AMCOS): DEAN ORMSTON, Company Secretary and Director of Corporate Affairs. (NSW)
Australian Music Centre: JOHN DAVIS, General Manager. (NSW)
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB): MIKE TYLER, Chair, Queensland Advisory Committee; Chair, Federal Board. Principal Education Officer (The Arts), Queensland Department of Education. (QLD)
Australian Music Industry Network: DENISE FOLEY, Director, EO, Q Music. (QLD)
Australian Music Therapy Association: ROB MCGRIGOR. (QLD)l
Australian National Choral Association: Prof PETER ROENNFELDT, President, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. (QLD)
Australian Society for Music Education (ASME): JUDITH HALDANE, Vice President. (WA)
Australian Youth Music Council (AYMC): JEHAN KANGA, Secretary. (NSW)
Australian Youth Orchestras (AYO): COLIN CORNISH, CEO. (NSW)
International Association of Music Libraries (Australian Branch) (IAML) /Australasian Sound Recordings Association (ASRA): ROBYN HOLMES, Music Curator, National Library of Australia. (ACT)
Musica Viva Australia: MARY JO CAPPS, CEO. (NSW)
Musicians’ Union of Australia: TERRY NOONE, Federal Secretary. (VIC)
National Council of Tertiary Music Schools (NACTMUS): Prof JULIAN KNOWLES, QUT. (QLD)
Contact the MCA Board of Directors and Council Members via MCA Administration
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, BY FIELD REPRESENTED
The term for the position concludes in year shown
EDUCATION/YOUTH
Early Childhood Education: (2014) Dr ALEKSANRA ACKER, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT, Melbourne. (VIC)
Private Music Instruction: (2014) JODY HEALD, President, Tasmanian Music Teachers’ Association, National Chairman Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference Association Inc. (TAS)
School Music Education: (2013) JANE LAW, School Principal, Department of Education, NSW. Deputy Chair, Music Education Advisory Group, Commonwealth Minister for Education. (NSW)
MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE
Composition: (2012) AMANDA BROWN, singer, instrumentalist, screen composer. (NSW)
Brass and Concert Bands: (2012) Lt Col IAN MCNEIL AM CSC, Director of Music, Australian Army. (ACT)
Computer Music, Multimedia: (2014) Dr ANDREW BROWN, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. President, Australian Computer Music Association. (QLD)
Contemporary Classical Performance: (2013) Dr VANESSA TOMLINSON, Head of Percussion, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. Artistic Advisor, Clocked Out; Ensemble-in-Residence. (QLD)
Country Music: (2012) DOBE NEWTON, musician, Bushwackers Band; Executive Committee member, Country Music Association of Australia. (VIC)
Early Music: (2011) Dr HELEN RUSAK, Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management, University of South Australia. (SA)
Folk Music: (2013) SEBASTIAN FLYNN, musician, Managing Director, National Folk Festival, Director, Queensland Multicultural Festival (ACT).
Indigenous Music: (2014] JESSIE LLOYD, CEO/Artistic Director, Songlines Aboriginal Corporation. (VIC)
Jazz: (2014) JOANNE KEE, Director, Ceres Solutions, Sound Travellers, places + spaces. Board Member, Sydney Fringe Festival. (NSW)
Opera and Music Theatre: (2014) TIMOTHY SEXTON, CEO and Artistic Director, State Opera of South Australia. (SA)
Popular Music: (2014) CLARE BOWDITCH , singer, songwriter, band leader. (VIC)
Professional Orchestras: (2012) KATE LIDBETTER, CEO, Symphony Services International. (NSW)
World Music: (2012) Prof HUIB SCHIPPERS, researcher, educationalist, sitarist. Director, Queensland Conservatorium & Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University. Formerly Committee Member Dutch National Arts Council and Director, Jazz, Pop and World Music Department, Rotterdam Conservatoire, Netherlands. (QLD)
World Music: (2013) CHRIS BOWEN, Director, Dance and Music, Arts Development, Arts Queensland. (QLD)
INFRASTRUCTURE / DISSEMINATION
Community Music Development: (2013) PAT RIX, composer; musician; playwright; Director, Tutti Ensemble; Board Member, Arts in Action. (SA)
Community Music Development: (2012) MICHELLE LEONARD, Director, Leichhardt Espresso Choir. (NSW)
For-profit music industry: (2013) IAN HARVEY, Executive Officer, Australian Music Association; Director, Morton Group (sales and marketing consultancy). (VIC)
International Promotion: (2014) MICHAEL SMELLIE, businessman; former Global COO, Sony/BMG. (NSW)
Legal and Copyright: (2012) NATHAN SHEPHERD, solicitor, Allens Arthur Robinson; Jazz and world musician. (NSW)
Music Broadcasting (public): (2014) GRAEME HINCKLEY, Development and Operations Manager, ABC Classic FM. (SA)
Music Broadcasting (Community or Commercial): (2013) CHRIS JOHNSON, Manager, Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP), Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. (NSW)
Music Criticism/Journalism: (2013) TBA
Music in Creative Industries: (2013) Prof PHIL GRAHAM, Director, Institute of Creative Industries and Innovation, QUT. (QLD)
Music in Film and Television: (2014) ART PHILLIPS, screen composer; Immediate Past President, Australian Guild of Screen Composers. (NSW)
Music Management: (2014) CATHERINE HARIDY. Catherine Haridy Management; Chair, Association of Artist Managers. (VIC)
Music Publishing: (2014) CATHERINE GERRARD, Chair, Australasian Music Publishers Association; a Director, AMCOS; Executive Director, Publishing and Copyright, All Music Publishing and Distribution Pty Ltd.; Manager, Publishing, Hal Leonard Australia. (VIC)
Policy: (2012) Dr RICHARD LETTS AM, Executive Director, Music Council of Australia; Past President, International Music Council. Author, editor, researcher. (NSW)
Record Industry: (2013) NICK O’BYRNE, General Manager, Independent Record Labels Association (AIR). (VIC)
Record Industry : (2014) VANESSA HUTLEY, GM, Music Industry Piracy Investigations, Australian Record Industry Association; ED, Internet Society (Australia) (ISOC (Aust)). (NSW)
Research: (2013) Dr BRYDIE-LEIGH BARTLEET, Lecturer, Research and Music Literature, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. (QLD)
Venues or Festivals: (2014) ANDREW ROSS, CEO, Powerhouse, Brisbane. (QLD).
SPECIAL MEMBERS
Special Member: (2014) TBA
Special Member: (2012) Dr DAWN BENNETT, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University. (WA)
Special Member: (2013) Dr HELEN LANCASTER, Former director of tertiary music schools in Australia and Thailand; Studies of music leadership. (QLD) |
