Justine Anderson

Stuart Fisher

Stuart is a Melbourne based guitarist who is particularly concerned with the creation and performance of new music on an ever widening range of plucked string instruments including classical six and ten string guitar, electric and electric bass guitar, ukulele, sitar, banjo, and mandolin. Stuart graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music Performance (Hon) in 2011, studying under Aria Award winning guitarist Tonié Field. In 2014, Stuart participated as a fellow in the Bang on a Can Summer Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, USA, working closely and premiering new works with members of the Bang on a Can All Stars. He has been involved in the Australian and International premieres of works by a range of composers including Chris Dench, Dai Fujikura, Mauricio Kagel, Morton Feldman, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Santiago Diez-Fischer amongst many others. He has performed on live broadcast and live recordings aired on numerous radio stations including 3MBS, PBS and ABC Classic FM. Stuart has performed regularly with the new music ensemble Six Degrees since 2014 including in concerts for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Metropolis New Music Festival. He has collaborated over recent years with a range of groups including the Melbourne University New Music Studio Ensemble, Elision Ensemble, Rubiks Collective, Argonaut Ensemble at BIFEM 2017 and Arcko Symphonic Ensemble. In 2018 Stuart appeared as a guest principle with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing Brett Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates. He also performs in the flute and guitar ensemble Jade Duo with his wife Shelley de Vos. Stuart also regularly works with recorder artist Ryan Williams performing improvised and composed works as the electro-acoustic duo XN.

Phoebe Green

Melbourne-based violist Phoebe Green has a Masters degree from The University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Music (Hons) from VCA (now VCAM). Past teachers have included renowned Australian contemporary violist Patricia Pollett, Paul MacMillan and Marco van Pagee. Passionate about contemporary music and extended techniques, Phoebe also has a keen interest in early music performance. A member of many contemporary ensembles including Atticus, 6 degrees ensemble, Arcko Symphonic Project, and Sunwrae Ensemble, Phoebe has also performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Dead Horse Band, ChamberMade Opera, OzOpera, AriaCo, 3 Shades Black and Quiver to name a few. Phoebe has commissioned a number of Australian compositions by composers such as Robert Davidson, Rae Howell and Sallie Campbell, premiering David Chisholm’s “The Arrival” for viola and percussion in collaboration with Speak Percussion’s Eugene Ughetti. In April Phoebe will travel to Europe with the assistance of an Australia Council ArtStart grant to study with international violists Garth Knox and Barbara Maurer.

Zac Johnston

Zac Johnston is a Melbourne based violinist who focuses on exploring the unfamiliar and unusual. As a freelance musician he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras, including ‘The Orchestra Project’ (Fabian Russell and Markus Stenz), OzOpera (Richard Gill), TSO, the MSO Mentor Program, Istana Quartet in Malaysia, multiple show orchestras for musicals around Tasmania and Victoria, and touring China with the RMPO Orchestra. He began learning violin with Phillip Taylor and has since studied with Lucy Carrig, Marina Phillips, Jan Sedivka, and most recently Monica Curro. He has had master classes from Paul Wright, Kolja Blacher, and Berent Korfker (RCM). Zac has performed and recorded with many bands including Georgia Fields and her Mini Indie Orchestra, Lior, The Moons, Jane Dust, Hobart’s own Borstal Boys (who celebrated their 10^th year anniversary in July ’09), The Big Picture, The Wishing Well (now touring Europe) and is more recently focusing on heavier prey by shredding many multiple bow hairs with HMAS Vendetta, an Australian power-metal band inspired by the Australian ANZAC tradition. His greatest passion is for contemporary music and records, performs and tours regularly with ensembles such as Sunwrae Ensemble (currently touring June 2011), the Gilmour Ensemble, Arcko Symphonic Project, Dead Horse Band, and Quiver. This is amongst many other projects with established composers (such as David Chisholm and James Rushford), and regular involvement with music festivals particularly in Victoria (The Famous Spiegeltent, Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne Arts) . Zac recently performed and conducted workshops with the Gilmour Ensemble at MonaFoma 2012.