Anne Elizabeth Boyd AM is an Australian composer and emeritus professor of music at the University of Sydney.
The Elder Conservatorium of Music, also known as "The Con", is Australia's senior academy of music and is located in the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is named in honour of its benefactor, Sir Thomas Elder. Dating in its earliest form from 1883, it has a history in professional training for musical performance, musical composition, research in all fields of music, and music education. The Elder Conservatorium of Music and its forerunners have been parts of the University of Adelaide since the early 1880s.
The Conservatorium High School is a public government-funded, co-educational, selective, secondary day school that specialises in music education. It lies on the western edge of the Royal Botanic Gardens, off Macquarie Street, in Sydney's CBD.
Nancy Mary Weir was an Australian pianist and teacher.
Valda Rose Aveling OBE was an Australian pianist, harpsichordist and clavichordist. Her repertoire was very wide, including composers as diverse as William Byrd, Jan Sweelinck, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Béla Bartók.
Professor Désirée Talbot was a South African opera soprano and one of the founding members of the UCT Opera Company.
Francis Hutchens OBE was a pianist, music teacher and composer originally from New Zealand. He became a popular concert pianist in Australia and was a founding member of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, where he taught for fifty years.
Romola Helen Louise Costantino, Mrs Enyi was a noted Australian pianist, accompanist and teacher, who also worked as a music, film and theatre critic.
Alexander Borisovich Sverjensky was a Russian-born Australian pianist and teacher.
Gerard Willems AM is a Dutch- Australian classical pianist and teacher. He was the first Australian pianist to record the complete series of 32 piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. He also recorded Beethoven's five piano concertos, the Diabelli Variations, C minor variations, Andante favori, Für Elise and the 3 Electoral "Kurfürstensonaten" sonatas as well as a reconstructed "Fantasy Sonata in D". These recordings feature the Australian designed and manufactured Stuart & Sons piano. This series of recordings constitutes the largest classical music recording project ever undertaken in Australia, and Willems became the best selling classical artist in Australia's recording history.
Roy Shepherd MBE was an Australian pianist who is most renowned as a piano teacher at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium.
Gordon Charles Watson AM was an Australian classical pianist and teacher. He taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986, retiring as Head of the Keyboard Department.
Nancy Evelyn Salas MBE was an Australian music teacher and musicologist.
Ruby Claudia Emily Davy was an Australian pianist, composer and educator. She was the first woman in Australia to receive a DMus degree.
June Ellen Loney MBE was an Australian harpist.
Vanessa Scammell is an Australian pianist and conductor in the field of ballet, musical theatre, concert, and opera.
Marjorie Anne Hesse was an Australian pianist, lecturer, examiner, and composer.
Heather Doris Gell was an Australian kindergarten teacher and early proponent of Dalcroze eurhythmics to Australia. She also worked as a radio broadcaster, television presenter and theatre producer.
Maude Mary Puddy was an Australian pianist and music educator.
Beryl Kimber was an Australian violinist. In addition to her performing career, she taught violin at the Elder Conservatorium of Music for 34 years.
