Jamie-Lee Xu is a pianist and has recently completed her Master of Music Studies (Performance) degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, after completing her Bachelor of Music (Performance). She was awarded the Keith and Eileen Ong Prize for Piano on entry to her Master's degree. Additionally, she has received the John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Fund scholarship on entry to the Conservatorium in 2018, as well as the Molly Neale Memorial Award in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, Jamie-Lee was awarded the George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship, allowing her to attend a summer school program at the Collaborative Piano Institute in the US. Jamie-Lee has had successes in 2022, winning both the David Miller Award and the Sydney International Song Prize. She has studied with Dr Jeanell Carrigan during her post-graduate studies, specialising in a collaborative piano major. Formerly, she has studied with David Miller AM, Natalia Ricci and has had masterclass experience with Graham Johnson OBE, Christian Müller, Warren Jones, Rita Sloan, Arno Bornkamp and Amir Farid.

Jamie-Lee has also worked and performed with Rockdale Opera Company in their Der Fledermaus Gala Concert in 2022, L'Elisir d'Amore and La Bohème in 2023, The Pirates of Penzance and Lucia di Lammermoor in 2024. She has also worked as a vocal coach for the Cuskelly School of Music in Brisbane. Currently, she also works as a rehearsal pianist for Sydney Children's Choir, and as a casual academic at the Sydney Conservatorium.



Catalina Dermenjian is an Australian, Armenian Cellist whose passion to music has started at a young age. She is the recipient of the Greta Davis scholarship for musically talented students in 2022 and the Alan Hyland Scholarship for instrumental studies in 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Music Performance and a Masters of Music Studies (Cello Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Dr. Georg Pedersen, one of Australia's foremost Cello teachers and performers.   Catalina's performance is not only classical , but can be described as a mixture incorporating middle eastern, tango and gypsy music.  She has worked with internationally known composers like Elena Kats-Chernin, Ann Carr-Boyd, Gerard Brophy, Marcel Khalife and many others. Her repertoire extends from Baroque to new music, as she has participated in early music ensembles exploring the baroque cello and its role contrasting to the modern cello.



Alfred Yu is an active instrumentalist and has played in multiple Piano Trios, Quartets and other chamber groups. In the previous years, he had participated in the "FEMUSC" music festival in Brazil and the International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum university. Before moving to Sydney, Alfred had also won first prize at the Hong Kong school music festival with his string quartets and had since been actively involved in chamber music.

Outside of chamber music, Alfred also participated in many local orchestras, including The Metropolitan Orchestra, the WIlloughby Symphony and The Modést orchestra. In 2023, Alfred was selected to perform on stage with renowned Australian violinist Anothy Marwood, in a special concert held at the Sydney Conservatorium.

After receiving his LTCL in Violin Recital with Distinction in 2013, Alfred was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium and had since completed his Bachelor of Music. Alfred was awarded The Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship, the Belinda Frances Hughes Violin Scholarship, and the Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Scholarship during his studies. He has studied with Ole Bohn, Janet Davis and Goetz Ritcher, and had received high remarks from all the teachers.

Soprano, Hannah Burton, originally from Rural New South Wales, has recently graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours and a High Distinction in Classical Voice Performance while studying on a scholarship for Merit and learning from Maree Ryan AM. In 2024 Hannah completed her Diploma of Languages and Graduate Certificate in Cross Cultural and Applied Linguistics at the University of Sydney.

As a Young Artist with Pacific Opera Studio in 2024, Hannah has been mentored by Cheryl Barker AO and Peter Colman-Wright AO. Through this experience, Hannah performed Adele in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus, and Madame Hertz in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor directed by esteemed Australian Director Gale Edwards, was the titular role in Massenet opera Thaïs. Hannah's performance with Willoboughy Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Nicolas Milton AM was described 'to delight the audience.' Opera credits include title role in Kaija Saariaho's "Emilie", conducted by Johanna Drimatis, First Witch in Henry Purcells Dido and Aeneas conducted by Omid Moheb Zadeh, Dew Fairy in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel conducted by Ben Fan and Moth in Brittans A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Kate Gaul and conducted by Stephen Mould. Hannah's Concert credits include performances soloist in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana conducted by Elizabeth Scott in 2023, soloist in the sold out concert of Mahlers Fourth Symphony conducted by Tim Doubinski in 2024 and the Soprano Two Soloist in Mozart's Great Mass conducted by Omid Moheb Zadeh. Hannah is also a Vocal Scholar and Soloist at St Stephens Uniting Church conducted by Huw Belling and was a Regional Vocal Scholar with Opera Australia in 2019. Hannah has performed in masterclasses held by Dr Graham Johnson OBE, David Miller AM, Lynn Dawson, Brett Weymark OAM and Roderick Williams OBE. Hannah looks forward in 2025 to starting her Masters of Music Studies (Opera Performance) at Sydney Conservatorium and is honoured to debut the iconic role of The Queen of the Night in Vienna with Prague Summer Nights. 


Bradley Gilchrist completed a Bachelor of Music at the WA Conservatorium of Music, and post-graduate studies in accompaniment and piano performance in Sydney and Madrid.

Bradley has numerous concerto performances to his name including the Khachaturian Concerto with the WA Symphony Orchestra, the Grieg Concerto with the Slovakia Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven's First and Second Concertos with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra. Bradley has given solo and chamber music recitals across Australia and in South Korea, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. 

Bradley broadcast two solo programmes for the ABC Young Australia program. Bradley enjoys chamber music and has performed in a variety of ensembles but has specialised in piano trio and flute and piano duo repertoire. 

As repetiteur, Bradley's early interest in ballet repertoire has extended to opera and has been repetiteur for many of Sydney's chamber opera companies as well as being in demand as an accompanist and vocal coach for auditions, recitals, examinations and concert performances.

Johanna Selleck is a composer, musicologist, and flautist. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, where she is currently an honorary fellow. Her compositions have been performed by internationally renowned artists including in Australia, Europe, the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Malta, Israel, the USA and Chile. As a flautist, she performs regularly as a soloist and in chamber music, particularly in collaboration with harpist Jacinta Dennett and at Melbourne Composers' League concerts. Johanna's research focuses on Australian music and cultural history and is published widely including by Cambridge Scholars Press, Lexington Books, Palgrave Macmillan, and this year, Hollitzer Verlag, Vienna.

Publishers of her music include Lyrebird Press and the Australian Music Centre. Her recordings appear on labels including Move Records, Tall Poppies, Albany (USA) and Navona (USA). Johanna's awards for composition include the Percy Grainger Prize, the Albert Maggs Composition Award, and the ANZVS Viola Composition Competition.

In 2024 Johanna completed a Creative Residency in collaboration with First Nations artist Amos Roach at the University of Melbourne.


Sumiko Yamamura is a freelance accompanist born in Japan. She completed her Bachelor of Music in performance with Elizabeth Powell, and a Graduate Diploma in piano accompaniment with David Miller at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is an active ensemble pianist working with instrumentalists and singers including recitals with Berlin Philharmonic Principal Trombone Jonathon Ramsay, former SSO Principal Bassoon John Cran (with ABC-FM), Orana Trio (ABC-FM), Kammer Trio, Sirius Ensemble and many others. Sumiko has been involved in the premiere performances of many works by Australian and European composers, often in conjunction with the clarinetist Richard Rourke.

These composers include Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti, Johanna Selleck, Andrián Pertout, Paul Moulatlet and Alan Holley and many more.