CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
FESTIVAL OF BANDS 2023
Sat, 6th may, 2023
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4:00pm
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Sat, 6th may, 2023 〰️ 4:00pm ~
St. Patrick's Primary School Emerald, QLD 4720
Enter via Carpark on Anakie Street
BAND CONDUCTOR/CLINICIAN
Rachel Howley is a conductor, music educator and researcher. Completing a Doctor of Musical Arts (Conducting) at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Rachel has conducted some of Australia’s finest elite youth ensembles, including the Queensland Youth Symphony, the Queensland Conservatorium
Wind Orchestra and at MOST, a selective program for Queensland’s most accomplished secondary school musicians.
She is also a regular conductor in the Young Conservatorium program at Griffith University, conducts several times a year within the Queensland State Honours Ensembles Program and is a member of the Queensland Wind Orchestra conducting team. In addition, Rachel is regularly engaged as a clinician throughout Australia.
In 2015, Rachel was the founding Director of Grace Academy at Grace Lutheran College, a leading Queensland educational institution in Performing Arts and is sought after as a music education consultant and mentor.
Rachel’s research explored the role of the conductor in championing the works of Australian female composers. She actively advocates encouraging diversity and fair gender representation through repertoire selection. In 2018, she founded the Australian Women’s Wind Band Composition Award, contributing nearly 50 new works by Australian female-identifying composers to the industry.
CHoiR CONDUCTOR/CLINICIAN
Artistic Director | Voices of Birralee
Conductor - Birralee Blokes & Resonance of Birralee
Co-Conductor - Gondwana Chorale
Paul Holley is a choral conductor and music educator. His personal warmth and passion for choral music have inspired many singers to discover and develop their skills as choral musicians. With over 25 years of teaching experience in schools and many years of working with instrumentalists and singers Paul knows how to connect with people of all ages and enjoys collaborating with them in the music making process.
Presently, Paul is the Artistic Director of Voices of Birralee a community youth and children’s choir organisation based in Brisbane. He conducts two of the signature choirs the Birralee Blokes and Resonance of Birralee. Both of these ensembles have toured nationally and internationally, won several competitions, made numerous recordings and supported community events. He is also the co-conductor of the national youth choir Gondwana Chorale. In addition to these roles, Paul is a workshop presenter, choral clinician, guest conductor and mentor to younger conductors. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2016 for his services to choral music.