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Our Musicians

Flutes
Mandy Hutchinson
Melanie Walters
Madeleine Stewart
Tegan Beck
Jennifer Bird

Oboes
Hannah Kovilpillai
Jo Bridgman

Clarinets
Katie Marshall
William Branson
Steve Jarman
Anna Day
Elizabeth Neal
Terry Bickley
Kim Korte

Bassoons
Ashley Nott
Angus McBride

Saxophones
Sarah Byron
Daniel Burgess
Daniel Webber
Kate Flint

Horns
Nicole Durdin
Samson Peng
Lucy Rattigan
Ben Bersten

Trumpets
Timothy Frahn

Angelo Valdivia
David Lang
William Madden
William Smith
Jason Geddie

Trombones

Matthew Madden
Vacancy
Vacancy

Euphonium
B.J. O'Donovan

Tuba

Matthew May

Percussion
Henry Millar
Amber Watkins
Cameron Edmiston
Isabella van Loenen

Harp
Cianah Harris

Piano
Joseph Ingram

String Bass
Vacancy

Our roster is constantly changing and may not reflect the current status of the orchestra or the regular casual players of the ensemble

Matthew Madden

Trombonist with AWO

Matthew is currently Music Assistant at Pembroke School and the patriarch of the AWO brass section.

His first professional engagement was at the age of 15 in the off stage band in an Australian Opera production of Aida. He finished his Bachelor of Music (honours) in 1997, during which he performed with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra regularly in concert, in the pit and on a country tour, the Band of the South Australian Police as well as numerous ensembles.

He started as Orchestra Manager with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in 1998 and performed with the CSO and several ensembles in Canberra. Upon his return to Adeladie in 2001 to work with ABC Classic FM, he regularly performed with the Adelaide Art Orchestra including in several Adelaide Cabaret Festivals and touring musicals such as A Chorus Line.

He was Operations Manager with the Australian String Quartet from 2004 to 2011, touring the country four times a year, as well as a US tour for G'Day USA, and Director of Communications with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra from 2011 - 2014. He is also a patron services officer at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, and Operations and Staging Manager with the Adelaide Chamber Singers.

Matthew is indebted to Nicole Durdin for introducing him to AWO.

Melanie Walters

Principal Flutist with AWO

Dr Melanie Walters has been described as a “champion of new music in South Australia”(The Serenade Files), and her flute-playing as “truly exceptional” (The Advertiser)
She holds a PhD in flute performance, for which she has received a Dean’s Commendation, and a Master of Music degree in Australian flute music. Melanie is an active freelance performer and has played with ensembles including Soundstream Collective, Stereo//Mono flute and electronics duo, The Stables Flute Ensemble and Chronology Arts. She was a performance fellow at the 2014 Bang on a Can Summer Festival in the US and has also performed at Musica Viva Sessions, Recital Australia’s ReClassified concert series, and the Australian Flute Festival.
Her solo performances have included recitals at the Tilde New Music Festival in Melbourne and the Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference in Perth, and gigs at COMA (Creative Original Music Adelaide), Experimental Night at The Metro, and 3D Radio’s Live at the
Sound Lounge. Since 2017, she has been presenting solo shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival that aim to bring music by living composers to a wider audience.

Melanie has taught flute and piano for over 20 years both in her private studio and at various schools. She has tutored flute at Tabor College, and has given lectures on contemporary flute techniques and free improvisation at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. She is currently Vice President of the Flute Society of South Australia. As well as performing and teaching, Melanie has written about live music for The Conversation, The Advertiser, CutCommon, and Limelight Magazine.