Artistic Team

Dr Philip Eames

Guest Conductor
Fauré Requiem 2026

Hailing from Brisbane, Dr Philip Eames studied piano with Max Olding AM and Stephen Savage at the Queensland Conservatorium..

Assistant Conductor
Fauré Requiem 2026

Oscar Balle-Bowness grew up in Cairns where he began his music education playing the Double Bass and studying Classical Voice.

Guest Conductor
A River City Christmas 2026

Lanneke Jones is a singer, choral director, adjudicator, composer and educator specialising
in a cappella, jazz and early music.

Artistic Director & Principal Conductor 2019-2025

A passionate advocate for music as a force for change,

Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith is a conductor and socially-engaged artist.