People
Musicians
These are the musicians who currently make up the AAO:
- Scott Tinkler
- Associate Artistic Director/ Trumpet
- Eugene Ball
- Trumpet
- Phillip Slater
- Curator 'The Hollow Air'/ Trumpet
- James Greening
- Trombone
- Adrian Sherriff
- Musical Director 'Into the Fire' and 'Five Elements'/ Bass trombone
- Lachlan Davidson
- Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Cor Anglais/ Education Committee
- Sandy Evans
- Saxophones, flute
- Elliott Dalgleish
- Saxophones, bass clarinet
- Tony Hicks
- Saxophones, flutes, clarinets
- Paul Cutlan
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
- Erkki Veltheim
- Viola, Violin
- Carl Dewhurst
- Guitars
- Stephen Magnusson
- Guitars
- Alister Spence
- Musical Director and Composer 'Soak'/ Piano, Keyboards
- Paul Grabowsky
- Artistic Director and Founder/ Conductor/ Piano, Keyboards
- Philip Rex
- Tuba, Double Bass
- Niko Schauble
- Drums, Percussion
- Simon Barker
- Drums
- Alex Pertout
- Percussion
- Vanessa Tomlinson
- Percussion
- Benjamin Wilfred
- Young Wagilak Group - Yidaki (didjeridu) / Voice/ Bilma (clapsticks)
- David Wilfred
- Young Wagilak Group - yidaki (didjeridu) / dance
- Desmond Wilfred
- Young Wagilak Group - Voice/ Yidaki (didjeridu) / Dance
- Wesley Wilfred
- Young Wagilak Group - Dance
- John O'Donnell
- Sound Engineer
Guest Artists
- Michael Kieran Harvey
- Guest Pianist
- Patrick Nolan
- Director - Kura Tungar Melbourne 2004
- Paul Kelly
- Singer/ Song Writer
- Rajeswari Sainath
- Dancer - Bharatananatyam
- Ruby Hunter
- Tributes to Ruby from the AAO
- Archie Roach
- Singer/Songwriter
- Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani
- Mridangam, Co-Muscial Director of Into the Fire
- Jeff Wassmann
- Photographer
- Richard Nunns
- Ethnographer and tradional Maori instrumentalist (Nga Taonga Puoro)
- Yusef Komunyakaa
- Poet
Other
- Music Committee
- The Music Committee guides the artistic program of the AAO. It is elected by the members of the Orchestra for a term of 2 years.
Past Band Members
- Doug de Vries
- Daryl Pratt
- Bob Coassin
- Julien Wilson
- Gary Costello
- John Rodgers
- Johnson Hall
- Mark Simmonds
- Tony Gorman
- Ian Chaplin
- Tim Hopkins
- Peter Harper
- Jim Glasson
- Stuart Campbell
- Ren Walters
- Gary Costello
- Gary Costello, 1952-2006, was a founding member of the AAO. Read our tribute to this great musician and wonderful man.
