Producer & Production Manager
I am an experienced music production manager and concert producer, working across genres and organisations to deliver performances at the highest level and built around amazing music.
I produce the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s recital and chamber program – Up Close – and have worked as a freelance producer and tour manager for the ACO, Ensemble Offspring, Ensemble Apex and many others. In these roles I have tackled video programming, keyboard/Mainstage and drum programming, score preparation and development, and programming and artist contracting.
I am a busy concert stage manager with venues and ensembles, with a work history that includes Sydney Opera House, City Recital Hall, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms, Royal Opera and The Barbican. Until 2022 I worked in the music department of the National Theatre in London, before returning to Australia to freelance.
Recent project highlights
Total Immersion (ACO, 2023 & 2024) – an immersive concert experience for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, working with director Nigel Jamieson to present a complex program at the ACOs new home on Pier 2/3. Multiple ensembles performed across the venue and the audience moved between them, supported by a sophisticated lighting design, video projection and audio electronic augmentation. A repeated performance where we activated multiple spaces simultanously
Ensemble Offspring: The Surge regional NSW tour (2023) – went on the road with the ensemble on a multi-date tour of regional NSW, liaising with venues and building the performance with a skillset that ranged from driving the van, setup of instruments, supervision of lighting and audio, merch sales and scheduling.
Showcaller, Scorereader, Surtitler
I am an experienced and in-demand showcaller for concerts and theatrical performances, calling highly specialised musical events for a wide range of clients including the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Proms. This has included multi-venue festivals (with simultaneously occuring performances called to score from an ‘air-traffic-control’ control room) as well as more traditional concerts with cuing of performers and of technical cues and effects.
I am also a specialist in Score Reading for live broadcast: marking-up and calling musical cues for the camera crews and Director/Switcher on live performances for the ABC and for the Sydney Opera House. Highlights of 2023 included a 7-day ‘Inside Out’ festival at the Opera House in which we projected full length concerts every day live onto screens on the forecourt; the MSO Classic 100 Gala in 2023 & 2024 broadcast on the ABC, and the Brian Cox Symphonic Horizons gala for SOH and broadcast on the ABC.
I am an experienced surtitle operator working for clients including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Opera House, and the Barbican on scores ranging from classical-era core repertoire to contemporary and experimental operatic works.
Education And Outreach
I offer training and professional development to actors, creatives, and musicians, with a decade of experience in industry and a positive and enthusiastic attitude to sharing musical knowledge.