People
Musicians
These are the musicians who currently make up the AAO:
- Erkki Veltheim
- Viola
- Eugene Ball
- Trumpet
- Tony Hicks
- Saxophones, flutes, clarinets
- Alister Spence
- Piano, keyboards
- Simon Barker
- Drums
- Vanessa Tomlinson
- Percussion
- Scott Tinkler
- Trumpet
- Sandy Evans
- Saxophones, flute
- Phillip Slater
- Trumpet
- Philip Rex
- Tuba, Double Bass
- Elliott Dalgleish
- Saxophones, bass clarinet
- Paul Grabowsky
- AAO Founder, Director, Conductor, Pianist
- Paul Cutlan
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
- Niko Schauble
- Drums, percussion
- John Rodgers
- Violin
- John O'Donnell
- Sound Engineer
- James Greening
- Trombone
- Julien Wilson
- Saxophones
- Lachlan Davidson
- Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Cor Anglais Education Committee
- Adrian Sherriff
- Bass trombone; also flute, shakuhachi, didgeridu
- Alex Pertout
- Percussion
- Carl Dewhurst
- Guitar
- Stephen Magnusson
- Guitars
Guest Artists
- Paul Kelly
- Singer/ Song Writer
- Jeff Wassmann
- Photographer
- Ruby Hunter & Archie Roach
- Singers / Songwriters - Ruby's Story and Kura Tungar
- Patrick Nolan
- Director - Kura Tungar Melbourne 2004
- Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani
- Into the Fire
- Tina Harrod
- Voice
- Yusef Komunyakaa
- Poet
- Michael Kieran Harvey
- Guest Pianist
- Rajeswari Sainath
- Bharatanatyam Exponent
Others
- Music Committee
- The Music Committee guides the artistic program of the AAO. It is elected by the members of the Orchestra for a term of 2 years. Current members of the MC are:...
- Paul Grabowsky (chair)
- Adrian Sherriff
- Alister Spence
- Scott Tinkler
- John Rodgers
Past Band Members
- Gary Costello
- Stephen Grant
- Bob Coassin
- Daryl Pratt
- Doug de Vries
- Mark Simmonds
- Tony Gorman
- Ian Chaplin
- Tim Hopkins
- Peter Harper
- Jim Glasson
- Stuart Campbell
- Ren Walters
Board Members
- Tos Mahoney
- James Hewison
- Kate Ben-Tovim
- Joan Spiller (Chair)
- Ann Moir
- Gavan Griffith QC
- Jeff Wassmann
- Paul Grabowsky
- Patricia O'Donnell
Staff
Ann Moir (General Manager) and Veronica Kent (Project Coordinator)
