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Shilong Ye, Conductor
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\"\"<\/a>A sought-after musical director, conductor, soloist and event manager, Shilong Ye regularly travels between Canberra, Sydney, Wollongong, and China to work on multiple musical projects each year. A top student in music from Narrabundah College, Shilong went on to study violin and viola with Tor Fromyhr and conducting with Max McBride and Dominic Harvey at ANU School of Music. He later completed his Master of Music Studies in Conducting with Professor Eduardo Diazmu\u00f1oz, Dr Stephen Mould and Associate Professor Neil McEwan at Sydney Conservatorium of Music and received \u201cAlan Bellhouse Award for a Young Conductor\u201d. Since 2006, Shilong has performed and conducted in regional NSW, major performance venues in Canberra, the Sydney Opera House, and enjoyed concertizing in Shanghai, Taiwan and Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Tony Silcock, Guest Conductor, Term 1\u00a0 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tony Sillcock has been involved with music since primary school and this experience led to a 34 year career in Army bands as a player, instructor, administrator, conductor, and for the final 13 years as the Army Director of Music.
\nTony has a special interest in community music and has been actively involved with several bands, orchestras and ensembles since arriving in Canberra almost 40 years ago.
\nHe holds a Licentiate diploma in conducting from Trinity College of Music, London, and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 1997 Queen\u2019s Birthday honours for contribution to military music and the community.<\/p>\n

Former Conductors<\/h2>\n

Rosalie Hannink, Music Coordinator & Conductor<\/h4>\n

As a high school music trainee Rosalie majored in piano and studied cello as a second instrument. Her first posting was to Inverell High School followed by Newcastle Junior Boys\u2019 High, Queanbeyan High, Melrose High in Canberra and lastly Lake Ginninderra College, Canberra. As Head of Music at Melrose High for 13 years Rosalie gained invaluable experience in orchestral conducting, working with both the School\u2019s Senior Orchestra and its Training Orchestra. The Senior Orchestra, on most occasions, took out first prize when it competed at the Sydney Eisteddfod held at the Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n

After retiring from the workforce Rosalie at last had the time to resume playing the cello, something she had wanted to do all through her working life, and joined the wonderfully friendly and stimulating Brindabella Orchestra. As well as playing the cello she has had occasional stints conducting this orchestra, an experience she finds both interesting and rewarding.<\/p>\n

Alpha Gregory, Conductor<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alpha trained in Canada as a secondary music teacher, and before settling in Australia in 1971, she worked in the West Indies and England.\u00a0 A singer herself, Alpha has taught music to all ages and in a variety of educational settings.<\/p>\n

She is well known in Australia as a choral director and music educator.\u00a0 She operates her own early childhood musical education business, and has founded and directed a number of choirs.\u00a0 She has also worked in schools, universities and community groups, offering workshops, rehearsals and tutorials.\u00a0 In all of these activities Alpha has been keen to pass on her love of music and the pleasure it brings to performers and audience members alike.<\/p>\n

Peter Shaw, Conductor<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Peter grew up in Gosford NSW, first learning soprano cornet in the Gosford High School Band. During his high school years he played in the Gosford Shire Brass Band, Ettalong Beach War Memorial Concert Band, Central Coast Orchestra and the Gosford Orchestral and Choral Society. In 1981 Peter continued his trumpet studies with the late Don Johnson at the Canberra School of Music.<\/p>\n

After a career in hospitality he returned to playing trumpet joining Weston Winds in 2005. In 2013 Peter became assistant conductor of Weston Winds under the late Mike Gossage and in January 2014, with Mike\u2019s passing, he became their Musical Director. Peter also played in the orchestra for a number of the Queanbeyan Players\u2019 musicals including their successful 2015 production of My Fair Lady, and has performed with the National Capital Orchestra and the Brindabella Orchestra. He began conducting the Brindabella Orchestra in 2015.<\/p>\n

Craig Johnson, Conductor<\/h4>\n

Craig Johnson was born in Sydney but has called Canberra home for many years.\u00a0 He was a member of the Australian Army Band rising from private soldier to the head of the Australian Army Band Corps over a career spanning over 40 years’ service.\u00a0 Craig was a conducting student of maestro Robert Rosen and was awarded the Commanding Officer’s prize for the best conductor of his band officer course.\u00a0 He continued his development, undertaking advanced orchestral conducting study in Varna, Bulgaria and Venice, Italy.\u00a0 Craig’s final appointments in the army were as the Commanding Officer\/Chief Instructor of the Defence Force School of Music in Melbourne, then as Commanding Officer of the Australian Army Band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shilong Ye, Conductor A sought-after musical director, conductor, soloist and event manager, Shilong Ye regularly travels between Canberra, Sydney, Wollongong, and China to work on multiple musical projects each year. A top student in music from Narrabundah College, Shilong went on to study violin and viola with Tor Fromyhr and conducting with Max McBride and … Continue reading People<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1532,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}