Pete Churchill

Pete Churchill is a composer, pianist, singer and educator. Former Professor of Jazz Studies at the Guildhall School of Music, Head of Jazz Composition at the Royal Academy of Music (London). Pete Churchill is a regular faculty member in the Summer and Winter School Music Programs.
He is the Director of the London Vocal Project. in 2007, he was awarded the Parliamentary Award for Services to Jazz Education.

Kate Schirmer

Highly-experienced singing teacher, and currently works at The University of Canberra/Southbank TAFE in the Bachelor of Acting and Performance, and at QCGU in their Performing Arts department (Musical Theatre).

Dr James Cuskelly

Director of Winter School (NSW) and Summer School Music Program (QLD). Head of Music, Classroom Music teacher and choral conductor at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School (QLD), conductor of Queensland Kodály Choir, international lecturer and key note speaker in music education and aural studies, President of the International Kodály Society.

Sally Wilson

Soprano Sally Wilson has performed in Europe, Asia, Australia, the UK and the USA for the past twenty years. Her repertoire spans from baroque to contemporary, and includes several world-premiere performances across four continents

Phil Ryan

Brass specialist teacher, performer and conductor in Brisbane and Toowoomba, lecturer in the Summer and Winter School Music Programs

Annie Lower

nnie Lower is a soprano and singing teacher who has sung extensively on both national and international stages in opera, oratorio, chamber music, musical theatre and jazz. Annie brings a wealth of performing and teaching experience to her work with young people. She currently teaches at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, and the past director of the Pre-tertiary Classical and Children’s Musical Theatre programs at the Cuskelly College of Music Summer and Winter Schools, Children’s Musical Theatre course for the Pathways to Music program, and Opera Queensland’s educational program.
Annie toured as soloist across Europe and performed with the English Concert Singers and appeared regularly on BBC television as a supporting vocalist to artists such as Bryn Terfel. In Australia, Annie has performed as soloist with Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Army Band, Underground Opera and The Seven Sopranos.

Dr. Mark Kruger

Concert pianist with Bachelor and Masters studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Melbourne and various periods abroad in Moscow, London and Germany.

Dr. Anna Grinberg

Piano Performance Fellow and Lecturer at the School of Music, University of Queensland. She has an international profile as a pianist, teacher, and academic, and collaborates widely with orchestras, composers and other performers.

Caroline Ryan

Music teacher and Brass specialist in Brisbane and Toowoomba, lecturer in the Summer School Music Program and Winter School Music Programs. Born and raised in the Darling Downs and the Lockyer Valley, Caroline was a performer for theatre shows and with the comedic brass quintet, Brass Razoo. Now a classroom music specialist teacher, she brings to the classroom a fun-loving practical approach to making music.

Lucinda Geoghegan

Lucinda is Creative Learning Director for NYCOS, a theory and musicianship lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a regular tutor, member of the Trustees and Chair of the Education Planning Board for the British Kodály Academy, Director on the Board of the International Kodály Society and a tutor for the Benedetti Foundation.
Lucinda’s work involves Staff Development training across Britain presenting workshops on Kodály musicianship and methodology. She is a guest lecturer on the summer and yearly courses at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary, and is a frequent workshop leader in Australia and Singapore. In addition she has delivered workshops in Ireland, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Qatar, Canada and USA. Publications written by Lucinda for NYCOS include – Singing Games and Rhymes for Tiny Tots, Singing Games and Rhymes for Early Years (Books 1 and 2), Singing Games and Rhymes for Middle Years (Books 1 and 2) and with Dr László Nemes Singing Games and Rhymes for ages 9 to 99. With Christopher Bell she wrote the musicianship programme Go for Bronze, Go for Silver and Go for Gold.

Megan Flint

Mattias Lower

Mattias holds a Graduate Diploma in Voice from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and an Honours Degree in music from Elder Conservatorium Adelaide. He has performed as soloist and chorus member with Opera Queensland, State Opera of South Australia, Opera Australia, West London Opera, Guildford Opera, Underground Opera and with the touring companies Co-Opera and Oz Opera.

Evalyn Legried

Cellist, Evalyn Legried, is a performer, instrumental string specialist, and ensemble conductor. Outside of teaching hours, Evalyn regularly performs repertoire spanning from Baroque to Contemporary music, with groups and artists such as the Qld Ballet, Qld Pops Orchestra, Vera Blue, and Eminem.

Maple Egerton

Maple is an Instrumental string specialist (violin/viola) with both Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Maple teaches in her private studio and at St. Joseph’s Primary Catholic School, Stanthorpe, Glen Aplin Primary School and Texas P-10 School. Maple is a lover of donkeys and truffles!

Vicky Sayles

Vicky Sayles is currently Associate Leader of the London Mozart Players and Section Leader at Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. She divides her time between UK and Sweden and is a busy chamber musician in Europe with ensemble OModernt. Vicky has been concertmaster of BBC Scottish Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber, Swedish Radio and Trondheim Symphony Orchestras.
Vicky is also a passionate educationalist and was Director of Music at Hazlegrove School (2016-2019).