Amanda Chen – Violin
Phoebe Gardner – Violin
Leanne McGowan – Violin
Tim Yu – Violin
Dana Lee – Viola
Daniel Smith – Cello
Rohan Dasika – Double Bass
Leanne McGowan
Violin
Join "the gang every string player wants to be in" - The Guardian (UK)
Our Emerging Artist Program connects young, professional musicians at the outset of their careers with the ACO through one-to-one mentorship and side-by-side performance opportunities.
This successful program has seen Emerging Artist alumni go on to perform with ACO on the mainstage and seven alumni have been appointed members of the Orchestra, most recently Stefanie Farrands to the position of Principal Viola.
2021 EMERGING ARTISTS
Phoebe Gardner
Violin
Amanda Chen
Violin
Tim Yu
Violin
Dana Lee
Viola
Daniel Smith
Cello
Rohan Dasika
Double Bass
Become an ACO Emerging Artist
Applications for our 2022 Emerging Artist Program are now closed.
Support the Emerging Artist Program
This program is made possible through the generous support of The Ross Trust.
You can directly support the next generation of talented string players in the Emerging Artist program by making a tax-deductible donation. Click here to support the next generation of Australian musicians.
emerging artist program alumna
2020
2019
Molly Collier-O'Boyle - Viola
Mariette Reefman - Viola
Jaan Pallandi - Double Bass
Mana Ohashi - Violin
Harry Ward - Violin
William Huxtable - Violin
Gemma Lee - Violin
James Morley - Cello
2018
Mia Stanton - Violin
Sonia Wilson - Violin
Lily Higson-Spence - Violin
Henry Justo - Viola
Beth Condon - Viola
Eliza Sdraulig - Cello
Jaan Pallandi - Double Bass
2017
Kyla Matsuura- Miller - Violin
Natalia Harvey - Violin
Rollin Zhao - Violin
Justin Julian - Viola
Jack Ward - Cello
John Keene - Double Bass
2016
Benjamin Adler - Violin
Riley Skevington - Violin
Nicholas Waters - Violin
Elizabeth Woolnough - Viola
Nathan Greentree - Viola
Alexandra Partridge - Cello
Bonita Williams - Double Bass
2015
Amy Brookman - Violin
Madelaine Jevons - Violin
Harry Bennetts - Violin
Martin Alexander - Viola
Ruben Palma - Cello
Aurora Henrich - Double Bass
2014
Emily Sheppard - Violin
Zoe Freisberg - Violin
Katie Yap - Viola
Rebecca Proietto - Cello
Hugh Kluger - Double Bass
2013
Anne-Marie Johnson - Violin
Benjamin Caddy - Viola
Adam Szabo - Cello
Joseph Bisits - Double Bass
Doretta Balkizas - Violin
2012
William Clark - Viola
Anna Pokorny - Cello
Phoebe Russell - Double Bass
Liisa Pallandi - Violin
Glenn Christensen - Violin
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba - Violin
2011
Daniel Kowalik - Violin
Lachlan O'Donnell - Violin
Anna O'Hagan - Cello
Thomas Chawner - Viola
Tim Byrne - Double Bass
2010
Michael Brooks-Reid - Violin
Monique Lapins - Violin
Christopher Cartlidge - Viola
Eleanor Betts - Cello
Muhamed Mehmedbasic - Double Bass
2009
Holly Piccoli - Violin
Janet Anderson - Violin
Peter Clark - Violin
Neil Thompson - Viola
Sharon Draper - Cello
Ben Farrands - Double Bass
2008
Rebecca Chan - Violin
Cameron Hill - Violin
Madeleine Boud - Violin
Stefanie Farrands - Viola
Michael Dahlenburg - Cello
Douglas Rutherford - Double Bass
2007
Emily Dellit
Rachel Homburg
Emily Thompson
Charlotte Burbrook de Vere
Paul Zabrowarny
Paul O'Brien
2006
Jennen Ngiau-Keng
Marianne Broadfoot
Victoria Jacono
Katherine Corecig (Potter)
Eve Silver
Peter McLean
2005
Christina Katsimbardis
Merewyn Bramble
Charlotte Roberts
Louise McKay
