David Deacon
Queensland Youth Orchestra 3
David Deacon is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium where he studied violin and viola with Elizabeth Morgan and John Curro. David also undertook post graduate studies with the German violist, Wolfram Christ – Principal Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. From an early age David was an active soloist, chamber player and orchestral musician performing across Australia and throughout Europe and America. David was Principal Viola of the Queensland and Australian Youth Orchestras and upon joining the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1996, was the youngest musician in the ensemble.
David developed a passion for conducting while he was a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1996 – 2006, playing and touring internationally with world renowned conductors such as Edo de Waart, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Ashkenazy. David returned to Brisbane in 2006 as Acting Associate Principal Viola with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra while also performing chamber music and teaching viola at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
Throughout his music career David has also sought to understand music from many different genres and styles, performing in specialist Baroque and Contemporary ensembles, Film Music Orchestras, Irish Folk Bands and Jazz violin.
In 2008, David accepted the role of Co-Director of Co-Curricular Music and Head of Strings at St Peters Lutheran College as a new career path in music education and conducting. Since 2008 David continues to pass on his knowledge learnt through performing with the world’s best to music students throughout Queensland.