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

Sandy Evans OAM

Tenor and Soprano saxophone, composer

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

Philip Rex

Double Bass, Tuba

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

Daniel Wilfred

Young Wagilak Group - Voice/ Yidaki (didjeridu) / Dance

Wesley Wilfred

Young Wagilak Group - Dance

John O'Donnell

Sound Engineer

Paul Grabowsky

Artistic Director and Founder/ Conductor/ Piano, Keyboards


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.