Our People

Conductors

Featured

Rachel Howley

Simon Hewett

David Deacon

Chen Yang

Cherie Deacon

Rob McWilliams

David Law

Bohdan Davison

Administrative Staff

Executive Director: Amanda Jolly
Artistic Director: Simon Hewett
Program Producer: Brianna Butters
Assistant Producer/Librarian: Felicity Mohr
Finance Officer: Elizabeth Lepua
Venue Manager: Sandra Hall
Consultant: Roman Maya

Board

President: Ian Walker
Vice-President: Matthew Gamer
Artistic Director: Simon Hewett
Treasurer: Timothy Kuusik
Secretary: Fiona Williams
Performer Member: Amanda Wong
Mikaeli Costello
Marg Overs
Hon. Anthe Philippedes

Tutors, Auditioners, Judges and Accompanists

QYO employs over 70 professional musicians each year as tutors, auditioners, competition judges and as accompanists for recitals.

Volunteers

QYO has approximately 100 volunteers who assist with orchestral administration, camps, concerts, tours, catering, fundraising or by offering their expertise in specialised areas, eg. IT, graphic design, instrument and equipment maintenance.

QYO also has opportunities for students who wish to gain experience in arts administration to volunteer their services to QYO as an office volunteer.

Many thanks to our 2025 Orchestral Volunteers shown below:

QYS

Administrator: Mike Bernays
Asst. Administrator: Jane Bernays
Librarians: Victoria Whiting, Jocelyn Chou
Stage Managers: David Boon, Deborah Boon, Andrew Fell, Melanie Fell, Yihee Ko

QYO2

Administrator: Xian Yang
Librarians: Maria Carolan, Victoria
Stage Managers: Craig Duncan, Rosy Rong, Jean Wu

QYO3

Administrator: Yvonne Yau
Asst. Administrator: Kaili Yang
Librarians: Jing Ma, Jie Xia
Stage Managers: Helen Hou, Yun Dou, Yang en Xu, Adam Fennessy

JSE1

Administrator: Daniel Price
Asst. Administrator: Meible Wu
Librarians: Yunjen Lu, Evalyn Legried
Stage Managers: Mayuri Sengupta, Bella Zhao, Phil Oxenbridge

JSE2

Administrator: Errisya Marliani
Asst. Administrator: Veon Yap
Librarians: Jess Wu, Rowena Savage-Peck
Stage Managers: Tom Penn-Davies, Yun Hee Jung, Vicky Wu

WS

Administrator: Clara Tang
Librarians: Cindy Beumer, Martin Beumer, Wing Nam Wong, May Jong
Stage Managers: Allyson Brown, Helen Brereton, Pinky Zhang

WE

Administrator: Sarah Steele
Asst. Administrator: Veronique Vogel
Librarians: Kate Finch, Jing Ma
Stage Managers: Francis Carroll, Jed McDonald, Pippa Taylor

BB

Administrator: Melanie Roberts
Asst. Administrator: Anthony Roberts
Librarian: Xena Irvin