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This site hosts news of, and links to, composition graduates from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University. Where possible, individual's websites are accessible by clicking their photo. WAAPA is home to one of the largest Composition and Music Technology programs in the country, catering to composers and sound artists from fields such as concert and experimental music, electronica, popular, jazz, film and stage. Students study traditional compositional skills such as orchestration and music structure along with digital and electronic sonic arts including studio recording, spatial and interactive software. 
The course provides a balanced approach, developing intangible skills such as creativity and aesthetics along with practical skills such as logistical planning and documentation. Students take advantage of the unique opportunities available at ECU to collaborate in projects with dancers and theatre directors, film and media makers, visual artists and game programmers.. Students from the program publicly present over 40 hours of music every year, on stage and in the twice-yearly Sound Spectrum festival. Composition and Music Technology has strong links in the community with students working in radio, in music series and festivals and with local businesses.
Since 1992 there have been over 150 graduates from the program. Composition is a problem-solving degree with strong employment outcomes for graduates in the field, about 80% finding work in the music industry. The principal graduate careers include:
Composition (51%) - Classical and Experimental Art Music, Electronica, Film Music, Jazz, Pop, Dance, Theatre and Music Theatre; 
Music Technology (18%) - Audio Engineer, Producer, Programmer, Production, Administration; 
Education, Primary, Secondary, Music Facilitator (9%); 
Music Retail (2%); and 
Music Therapy (1%).
For examples of some of our graduates exciting careers see: 
Composition: (Rebecca Smith, Melanie Robinson, Dominik Karski, Dan Thorne, Mace Francis, Alice Humphries, Tilman Robinson, Johannes Luebbers, ​Kynan Tan, Sam Gillies, Michael Terren, Alex Turley, Josten Myburgh, Eduardo Cossio, Annika Moses),
Commercial Music (Karl Thomas (ShockOne), Robert Maszkowski (Halogen), Laura Lowther (Kučka), Katie Campbell (CatLips), Hannah Sorenson (Hannae Mae),
Film and media: (Chris de Groot, Kevin Penkin, Ellie Cumming, Matt Mclean, Sean Tinnion, Andrew Clarke, Raul Torres,  Michael Dang,  Nicholas Gardiner, Jonathan Yang),  
Theatre and dance: (Rachael Dease, Mia Brine, Dane Yates, Azariah Felton, Elliot Peacock).
 
Some public concerts by students from Composition and Music Technology can be heard here: SOUNDSPECTRUM
This site is not an official site of Edith Cowan University, but is maintained by staff from the Composition and Music Technology Course..
For information on the current composition courses at WAAPA click here. 

current Lecturers

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dr. lindsay vickery

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dr. stuart james

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Dr. Michael Terren
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Dr. Alice Humphries
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josten myburgh

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Rebecca Smith
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Elise Reitze-Swensen
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Matthew McLean
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Russell Holmes
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Azariah Felton

Graduates

1990s

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Dr. Russell Sarre
BMus 1992

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James Ledger
BMus 1993

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Adrian Kelly
​BMus 2005

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Dr, Dominik Karski
BMus 1996

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Griffin Byron
​MA 2009

2000s

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Melanie  Robinson
BMus 2003

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James K. Lee
BMus 2003

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Dr. Nela Trifkovic
​MA 2004

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Hannah Clemen
MA 2005

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Jonathan Mustard
​MA 2007

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Laurissa Wylie-McCarthy
BMus 2005

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Lisa James 
BMusHons 2008​

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Kristin Taylor
​BMus 2005          

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Mia Brine
BMus 2005

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Ray Foo
BMus 2005

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Michael White
BMus 2005

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Andrew Pearce
BMus 2005

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Emma Meager
BMus 2005

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Robert Maszkowski
BMus 2005

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Andrew Martin
BMus 2005

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Max Leong
BMus 2005

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Andrew Lee
BMus 2005

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Bela Inkster
BMus 2005

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Chris  Hawley
BMus 2005

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Adam Willett
BMusHons 2007

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Rachael Dease
​BMusHons 2009

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Simon Keet
BMus 2006

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Karl Thomas
BMus 2006

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Andrew Wright
BMus 2006

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Toby  Craig
BMus 2006

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Garth Blackman
BMus 2006

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Graeme Basham
BMus 2006

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Matt Bairstow
BMus 2006

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Matt George
BMus 2007

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Hugh Veldon
BMus 2007
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Johannes Luebbers
​BMusHons 2007

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Clare Norelli BMusHons 2007

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Dan Thorne
​BMusHons 2008

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Jon Edwards
​BPA 2008

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Joe Stawarz
BMusHons 2008

2010s

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Christopher De Groot
​MMus 2010

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Philip  Kenworthy 
BMus Hons 2010

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Kelly Curran
BMus Hons 2010

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Cherie  Lebrasse
BMus 2009

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Benjamin Hamblin
BMus 2010

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Alice Humphries
BMus 2010

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Tilman Robinson
BMus 2010

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Jarryd  Bird
BMus 2010

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Kynan Tan
BMusHons 2011

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Elliot Hughes
BMus 2009 

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Jake Steele
BMus 2011

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Mark Bradstreet
BMus 2011

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Sam Timmerman
BMus 2011

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Mitchell Mollison
BMus 2011

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Charles Daly
BMus 2011

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Ellie Cumming
BMusHons 2012

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Nina Stamell
GradDip 2011

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Caitlin Woods
GradDip 2011

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Rebecca Erin Smith
BMusHons 2012

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Samuel Gillies
BMusHons 2013

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Esther Li
BMus 2012

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Bob White
BMus 2012

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Kathleen Walton-Roy
BMus 2012

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Rhys George
​GradDip 2012

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Daniel Symons-Clamp
BMus 2012

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Louise Penman
BMus 2012

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Kevin Penkin
BMus 2012

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Matthew Mclean
BMus 2012

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Laura Lowther
BMus 2012

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Christopher Honey
BMus 2012

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Rhys Channing
BMus 2012

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Henry Andersen
BMus 2012

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 Joel Thurner
BMus 2013

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Jeremy Poole-Johnson
BMusHons 2013

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Suzanne Kosowitz
BMus 2011

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Thomas Greble ​
BMusHons 2014

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Joshua Blackwell
BMus 2013

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Katie Campbell
BMus 2013

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Andrew Clarke
BMus 2013

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Timothy Cluett
BMus 2013

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BMus 2013Benjamin Dougall

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Henry Gillett
BMus 2013

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Michael Holmes
BMus 2013

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Gemma Kiiveri
BMus 2013  

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 Leonard Madden

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Sean Tinnion
BMus 2013

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Jennifer Wyatt
BMus 2013

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Petro Vouris
BMus 2013 GradDip 2015

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Mathew  Cammarano
​Cert IV 2011

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Yann Vissac
​Cert IV 2011

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Mace Francis
​PhD 2015

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James Herrington
​MA 2015

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 Emma McClughan
BMus 2014

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Sam Garrone
​Cert IV 2012

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Shay-Lee Allen
​Cert IV 2012

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Zachary Corrie
BMus 2014
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Leon Ross
​Cert IV 2012
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Nik Thompson
​Cert IV 2012

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Tallis Mullheron
​Cert IV 2012

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Steve Paraskos
BMus 2014

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Saf Paul
BMus 2014

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Hannah Sorenson
BMus 2014

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Aaron Wainwright
BMus 2015

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Sam Wylde
BMus 2015

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John Barrett
BMus 2015

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Billie Court
BMus 2015

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Brendan Cummins
​GradDipMus 2015

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 Joseph Dignon
BMus 2015

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Andre Georges
BMus 2015

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Laura Halligan
BMus 2015

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Alexander Hejleh
BMus 2015

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Amelia Jutilane-Maynard
BMus 2015

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Jackson Griggs
BMus 2015

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Josten Myburgh
​BMus Hons 2015

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Timothy Newhouse
​BMus 2015  

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Ayden-James Nolan
​BMus 2015

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Leanne Puttick
​BMus 2015

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Timothy Roberts
​BMus 2015

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Raul Torres
​BMus 2015

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 Alexander Turley
​BMus Hons 2016

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Mason Vellios
​BMus 2015

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Hons Dane Yates
​BMus Hons 2016

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Leonard Madden
​BMus Hons 2016

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Glenn Rogers
​MA 2016

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Andre Biswas
​BMus 2016

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Tomas Kenny-Simpson
Dip 2016

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Tim Newhouse
​BMus Hons 2016

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Amelia Jutilane-Maynard
​BMus Hons 2016​ 

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Will Zach Brown
​BMus 2016

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James Knox
​Grad Dip 2017

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Brendan Polain
BMus 2016

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Timothy Bates
​BMus 2017

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Jesse Bach
​BMus Hons 2017

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Eduardo Cossio
​BMus Hons 2017

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Gabrielle Fusco
​BMus Hons 2017

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Edwin Jones
​​BMus Hons 2017

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Max Juniper
​​BMus Hons 2017

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​Jean-Michel Maujean
​​BMus Hons 2017

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Alexander Turner
​​BMus Hons 2017

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David  Harwood
​​BMus 2017

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James Paddock
​​BMus 2017

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​Hyung Jin Koo
​Diploma 2017

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​Conor Mckeough
​​Diploma 2017

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Samuel Nee
​​Diploma 2017

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Michael Dang
​BMus 2018

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Emma Jayakumar
​PhD 2018

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Sage Pbbbt
​PhD 2018

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Gina Craven
​​BMus Hons 2018

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Azariah Felton
​​​BMus Hons 2018

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Nicholas Gardiner
​​​BMus Hons 2018

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Rodrigo Kendrick
​​​BMus Hons 2018

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Scott Delamotte
​​BMus 2018

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Yang da Xu
​​​BMus 2018

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Nathaniel ​Cheng
​​Diploma 2018

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​Lilly LEE
​​Diploma 2018

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​Samuel NICHOLS
​​Diploma 2018

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Talisha Goh
​PhD 2019

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Michael Terren
​PhD 2019

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Jonathan Maltman
​BMus (Hons) 2019

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Tiffany Jones
​BMus (Hons)​ 2019

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Callum O'Reilly
​BMus (Hons)​ 2019

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Holly Powley
​​BMus (Hons) 2019

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Connor Spencer
​BMus 2020

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​Lachlan TURNER
​Diploma 2019

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 ​Nathan Blizard
​Diploma 2019

2020s
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Casey Atkinson
​BMus (Hons) 2020

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​Madeleine Hughes
​BMus (Hons) 2020

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Joshua Jervis
​BMus (Hons) ​2020

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Annika Moses 
​BMus (Hons) 
2020​

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​Stuart Orchard
​BMus (Hons) ​2020

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​Jonathan Yang
​BMus (Hons) ​2020

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​Joel Raja
​BMus ​2020

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Johannes Luebbers
​Phd 2021

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Ryan Burge
​BMus (Hons) ​2021

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Jacob Diffen
​​BMus (Hons) ​2021

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​Peter McAvan
​​BMus (Hons) ​2021

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Corey Murphy
​BMus (Hons) ​2021​

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​Elliot Peacock
​​BMus (Hons) ​2021​

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​Justin Ross
​​BMus (Hons) ​2021​

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​Oliver SCOTT-MOREY
​​BMus (Hons) ​2021​

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Heather Collier
​BMus ​2021​

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Jasper Cruden
​​BMus ​2021​

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Mariano Parisella
​​BMus ​2021​

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Julian Wheeler
​​BMus ​2021​

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Yagan Kiely
MMus 2022

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Suzanne Kosowitz
​BMus Hons 2022

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​Aaron Stulcbauer ​​BMus Hons 2022

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​Daniel Ohm
​​BMus Hons 2022

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​Jordyn Halliwell-Bridge
​​​BMus 2022

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​Liam Downey
​​​​BMus 2022

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​Ethan French
​​​​BMus 2022

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​Julian Nichols
​​​​BMus 2022

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Hannah Owens
​​​​BMus 2022

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Paul Tanner
​PhD 2020

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Ownlife
​Dip 2022


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Jesse DAWSON
​​Dip 2022

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Daniel RECHICHI
​​Dip 2022

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William Marshall
​Dip 2022

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