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The term for the position concludes in year shown.

Prof. HUIB SCHIPPERS (2013) Chair

DEAN ORMSTON (2013) Deputy Chair

IAN HARVEY (2014) Secretary/Treasurer

Dr RICHARD LETTS Executive Director

CATHERINE GERRARD (2014)

Prof JULIAN KNOWLES (2013)

NATHAN SHEPHERD (2015))

MICHAEL SMELLIE (2015)

TBA (2015)

 
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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, GM. (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)

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): TBA

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, Research Leader, Creative Practice, QUT; Composer/Performer/Producer; Chair, Q Music; Co-director, Independent Music Project. (QLD)

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, BY FIELD REPRESENTED

EDUCATION/YOUTH

Early Childhood Education: (2014) Dr ALEKSANDRA 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: (2015) DANIEL BLINKHORN, award-winning composer. www.bookofsand.com.au (NSW)

Brass and Concert Bands: (2015) JEREMY DE KORTE, Dandenong High School strings teacher, conductor. www.jdk.id.au (VIC)

Computer Music, Multimedia: (2014) Prof. ANDREW BROWN, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. (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: (2015) LUKE O’SHEA, award-winning musician, teacher, writer, presenter. 2012 Urban Country Music Festivals Official Ambassador (VIC)

Folk Music: (2013) SEBASTIAN FLYNN, musician, Managing Director, National Folk 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 (2015). KATE LIDBETTER, CEO, Symphony Services International (NSW)

World Music: (2013) Prof. HUIB SCHIPPERS, researcher, educationalist, sitarist,. Director, 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)

INFRASTRUCTURE/DISSEMINATION

Community Music Development: (2015) TBA

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: (2015) NATHAN SHEPHERD, solicitor, Allens. 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, Head of Discipline, Music and Sound, Creative Industries Faculty, 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: (2015) 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, GM, Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) (VIC) Record Industry: (2014) VANESSA HUTLEY, GM, Music Rights Australia Pty Ltd (NSW)

Research: (2013) Dr BRYDIE-LEIGH BARTLEET, Senior Lecturer, Research and Music Literature, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QLD)

Venues or Festivals: (2014) ANDREW ROSS, CEO, Powerhouse, Brisbane. (QLD)

SPECIAL MEMBERS

Special Member: (2012) Dr. DAWN BENNETT. Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University (WA)

Special Member: (2013) Dr HELEN LANCASTER. Executive Manager, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. Former director of tertiary music schools in Australia, Thailand. Studies of music leadership. (QLD)

Special Member: (2014) MICHAEL HUTCHINGS, Indigenous Music Officer, APRA (NSW)

Special Member: (2015) STEPHEN GREEN, Managing Director, SGC New Media Marketing P/L, Board member, Q Music, and Music Industry Community Services. www.sgcmedia.com (QLD)

Special Member: (2013) TBA

Special Member: (2013) TBA

 
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Membership 2011-12

Michael Sollis (Chair)

Kellie Wilson (Vice Chair)

Jehan Kanga (Secretary)

Rowan Brand (Treasurer)

Alex Masso (Communications)

Andrew Stone

George Jackson

James “Jimblah” Alberts

Asher Christophers

Erinn Swan

 

Details of these councillors can be found on the AYMC's website.