Talented alumni nominated for coveted ARIA Awards
Queensland Conservatorium alumni Katie Noonan, Megan Washington and Jayson Gillham have been nominated for Australia's top music industry awards.
Queensland Conservatorium alumni Katie Noonan, Megan Washington and Jayson Gillham have been nominated for Australia's top music industry awards.
Standing apart as one of Australia's finest music schools with a glittering roll call of alumni, the Queensland Conservatorium is turning sixty. Internationally recognised musicians including Dami Im, Jayson Gillham, Katie Noonan, Piers Lane, Megan Washington, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lisa Gasteen and Brett Dean have passed through its doors. With players in leading positions in every Australian state orchestra, and a host of Grammy and ARIA award winners among its alumni, the Queensland Conservatorium is celebrating a remarkable six decades of peerless music education.
How pianist Meg Burstow took a magical musical detour and won the Queensland Conservatorium Medal for Excellence.
Talented piano alumni are able to continue their studies overseas thanks to a host of generous scholarships from Griffith.
Two remarkable students are following a long line of musical luminaries by winning the prestigious Queensland Conservatorium Medal for Excellence. Violinist Kate Worley and pianist Crystal Smith were presented with the medals in front of a packed house at the opening concert of the Queensland Conservatorium orchestral season.
The Queensland Conservatorium is among the top 50 performing arts institutions in the world, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. Griffith University’s Performing Arts programs were ranked at number 46.