Tasmanian Soprano, Georgia Cooper recently graduated with High Distinction and a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is currently enrolled in a Masters of Opera Program studying voice with Maree Ryan AM.

Scholarships include the Peter Davidson and Chapple/ Bremner Music Scholarships and the George Henderson Traveller's Scholarship which enabled Georgia to attend a winter school program at the Royal Northern College of Music, Great Britain. Whilst in attendance, she performed as principal soprano in staged performances as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos. Performances were conducted by Leon Frantzen-Malesani and Andreas Ashikkis.

In 2023, at the Trentino Festival, Italy, with conductor Lochlan Brown and director Robin Blauers-Piper, Georgia performed as Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart). Additional roles include: Fortuna from L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi/ Kats-Chernin) conducted by Stephen Mould and directed by David Berthold in collaboration with NIDA, Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) for The Cooperative, Silvia from Zanetto (Mascagni) for Concordia Ensemble. Ensemble opera scenes include Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) and Thaïs (Massenet) with the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luke Spicer.

Concert repertoire as soloist includes The Creation (Hayden) for East Sydney Chamber Orchestra with conductor Omid Mohebzadeh and Requiem (Fauré) with conductor Huw Belling for St Stephen's Uniting Church.

Stacey Xiaoyu Yang is a doctoral candidate (majoring in organ performance and literature) in the studio of Professor David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. She is currently also completing a Master's degree in Collaborative Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music . She was the Organ Scholar at St Paul's College, the University of Sydney 2021and 2022 and the deputy organist and music director at Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church, Annandale. She holds a MMus (Eastman) and LTCL in organ performance, a LMusA in piano performance and has performed extensively both in Australia and Overseas including Sydney Town Hall, Sydney Opera House, St James', King St, Christ Church St Laurence, Our Lady's Basilica at Tongeren in Belgium, Marktkirche, Wiesbaden in Germany, HongKong Cultural Centre and Cathedrals in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Antwerp, and Madrid. As a collaborative pianist, she has worked with many luminous performers including David Elton, Frank Celata, Katie Woolley, Evgeny Sorkin, Emma Scholl, Simon Lobelson, Jeremy Boulton, and Georg Pedersen. Since 2022, she has started to work for Opera Australia. She is the recipient of the prestigious Melba Opera Trust Scholarship in 2023.

Alastair commenced playing violin at the age of five and piano at the age of seven. He attended the Conservatorium High School on scholarship. During that time, he studied the violin with Alice Waten and Goetz Richter, and the piano with Stephanie McCallum. Alastair obtained his A.Mus.A for violin in 1998, and for piano in 1999. He was awarded the L.Mus.A for violin in 2002.

Alastair completed a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in violin performance at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2004, studying under Associate Professor Goetz Richter. He received a number of scholarships including the Matteson and Nancy Roberts Scholarship, the Chapple Bremner Award and a Rotary Scholarship. Alastair subsequently continued his studies under Chris Kimber and Carl Pini. Alastair also studied conducting with Henryk Pisarek in 2004.

Alastair has participated in masterclasses with artists of international renown, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dene Olding, Lara St. John, Walter Verdehr, Charles Castlemann, the Borodin Quartet, the Goldner String Quartet and the Belcea Quartet. Alastair reached the semi-finals of the Kendall National Violin Competition in 2001.

As a soloist, Alastair has performed many concerti including the Barber Violin Concerto with the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, the Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 with Orchestra 143, the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Balmain Sinfonia, and the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Strathfield Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, Alastair performed the world premiere of Chernobyl, violin concerto, by Aaron Kenny with the Bourbaki Ensemble – a work that was written for Alastair.

Alastair has been an active chamber musician for many years on violin and viola, and has been a member of many different ensembles including the Sapphire String Quartet, the Stables Quartet and the Stables Trio. He has performed in a wide variety of events including the 2006 Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, the 2007 APEC leaders’ conference at the Sydney Opera House, and the world premiere of ‘Dreams and Visions’ by John Petersen, in 2011.

Alastair has been a member of many orchestras, including the Opera Australia Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia, Sydney Scoring Orchestra, Sydney Concert Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, and Eminence Symphony Orchestra. Alastair has been Concertmaster of many orchestras including the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Sydney University Graduate Choir Orchestra, Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Balmain Sinfonia, Ryde Hunters Hill Symphony Orchestra and Bourbaki Ensemble.

Paul Cheung is a Sydney-based pianist who is known for his solo, concerto, chamber, and orchestral playing. He is a student of Tamara Anna Cislowska, and also completed a postgraduate diploma (piano accompaniment) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying with David Miller AM, where he received multiple scholarships. 

Paul has won prizes at a variety of competitions and eisteddfods. Recently, he has performed a number of concerti including Rachmaninoff’s 2nd (NSWYO), Beethoven’s “Emperor” (NSSO), and will perform Liszt’s 1st (WPO). He has also performed the Mozart three-piano concerto with the Sydney Symphony, as well as the Beethoven triple concerto (Anna da Silva Chen, Vincent Lo, NSWYO). He has given solo recitals across Australia and New Zealand.

Paul is also in high demand as a chamber pianist and accompanist, having won the inaugural David Miller award. He is a casual staff member with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (collaborative piano), an Associate Artist for the Rising Stars program, and an official accompanist for the Sydney Eisteddfod. He has performed a wide range of ensemble repertoire, often playing with musicians from the ACO, SSO, SSO fellowship, momentum ensemble, and AYO.

Aside from piano-playing, Paul is also interested in mathematics. In 2008, he was a silver medallist at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Madrid. In mid 2012, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science (advanced mathematics), with first class honours and the university medal, majoring in pure maths.

The NSW Police Band is Australia’s oldest and longest continuously running concert band. Formed in 1895, in 2020 the band commemorates 125 years of dedicated service. Regarded as “The State Band of NSW” it is one of only two full-time police bands in existence in the country.

Co-ordinated by Senior Sergeant Graham Dickman and Director of Music John Saunders, this permanent, full-time unit of the NSW Police Force is comprised of thirty-three high-calibre, professional musicians that perform together as a Concert Band or Parade Band, according to the occasion. The NSW Police band provides high-profile public relations support to the NSW Police, to State and Federal Governments, and to communities of NSW, forging stronger links between the Police and the people of New South Wales.

Each year the NSW Police Band fulfills over 230 engagements, providing quality music for State Government, NSW Police, community, and charity events. The band also performs formal indoor concerts and recitals, at outdoor events and street parades, as well as concerts and workshops for students during school visits. The band has appeared at numerous prestigious ceremonies, including 'Ticker Tape' parades for Australian sporting teams and for Commonwealth and Olympic athletes, and has also performed for royalty, heads of state, prime ministers and presidents. The Parade Band functions as a marching band for ceremonial events throughout the year, including police graduations and award ceremonies, State Government protocol events, Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

Boasting great musical diversity, the members of the NSW Police Band also perform in various smaller formations drawn from the full complement of the Concert Band. These versatile groups include the Big Band, Rock Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, the Dixieland or the Ragtime Combo, as well as the Lower Brass Quartet, and a number of Quintets including the Wind Quintet, the Clarinet Quintet, and the Brass Quintet. In addition to this, the band’s highly skilled members often feature in duos and as soloists.