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Music

If you're studying in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music you can find the contacts for your course below.

Bachelor/Diploma of Music (Performance)

Principal study area Contact Email
Classical and Historical Performance Brass Mr Brad Lucas bradley.lucas@sydney.edu.au
Classical voice
Dr Anke Hoeppner-Ryan anke.ryan@sydney.edu.au
Historically-informed performance
Dr Daniel Yeadon daniel.yeadon@sydney.edu.au
Piano A/Prof Stephanie McCallum stephanie.mccallum@sydney.edu.au
Collaborative piano Dr Theresa Leung theresa.leung@sydney.edu.au
Non-western instruments (including Chinese instrumental performance) Dr Lu Liu lu.liu@sydney.edu.au
Percussion Mr Kevin Man kevin.man@sydney.edu.au
Strings Mr Julian Smiles julian.smiles@sydney.edu.au
Woodwind A/Prof Michael Duke michael.duke@sydney.edu.au
Jazz performance   Dr Steve Barry steve.barry@sydney.edu.au
Music Theatre   A/Prof Narelle Yeo narelle.yeo@sydney.edu.au
Drum Set   Dr Simon Barker s.barker@sydney.edu.au

Bachelor/Diploma of Music (Composition)

Contact Email
Dr Ivan Zavada ivan.zavada@sydney.edu.au

Bachelor/Diploma of Music

Program or major Contact Email
Contemporary Music Practice Dr Toby Martin toby.martin@sydney.edu.au
Composition for Creative Industries Dr Ivan Zavada ivan.zavada@sydney.edu.au
Digital Music and Media Dr Ivan Zavada ivan.zavada@sydney.edu.au
Musicology major David Larkin david.larkin@sydney.edu.au

Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Contact Email
Dr Jim Coyle jim.coyle@sydney.edu.au
Dr Carla Trott (Semester 2, 2025) carla.trott@sydney.edu.au

Honours

Contact Email
Professor Helen Mitchell helen.mitchell@sydney.edu.au

Master of Music Studies/Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance)

Contact Email
Dr Daniel Yeadon daniel.yeadon@sydney.edu.au

Master of Music Studies (Opera Performances)

Contact Email
Mr Alan Hicks alan.hicks@sydney.edu.au

Higher Degree Research

Contact Email
Professor Christopher Coady christopher.coady@sydney.edu.au



Last updated: 03 July 2025

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