Our People
AMEB Vietnam has a close collaboration with AMEB Ltd, based in Melbourne Australia. Dr Tanya Nguyen, our Ambassador of Vietnam, is responsible for development and setting up relationships with schools and conservatories in Vietnam.
Our International examiners are senior examiners from various states of Australia and all hold high academic positions at universities.
Bernard Depasquale
CEO AMEB Ltd
Bernard Depasquale ×
CEO AMEB Ltd
Bernard Depasquale completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours in 1983 at the Elder Conservatorium, a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration at the University of South Australia in 1993 and a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice with Honours at Flinders University in 2003.
He performed as a professional musician with his wife Sarah in the much-loved chamber ensemble, the Tea Rose Duo, for over 20 years performing around Australia and overseas.
Bernard has been CEO of the Australian Music Examinations Board since 2008.
Dr Tanya Nguyen
AMEB Ambassador to Vietnam & AMEB International Examiner
Dr Tanya Nguyen ×
AMEB Ambassador to Vietnam & AMEB International Examiner
Dr Tanya Nguyen Minh Thanh was born into a family rich in traditional music. She trained as a child at HS system of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Russia. Following a three-round selection process to win a full scholarship from the Australian Government, completing a Master degree in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney in 1999, where she graduated with distinction. Following this, Tanya won a full scholarship to study for a PhD at UNSW, and graduated with excellent results selected by judges from Canada, USA, UK and Australia. To date, she has participated in many solo, ensemble and concert performances in countries such as Japan, Russia and Australia. Tanya is an experienced educator. She has spent many years working as a lecturer and jury member at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM), Lecturer at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School and as the Director of Western Sydney School of Music. With over 21 years of experience teaching and guiding thousands of students in Australia, she is the only Vietnamese- Australian person to be selected as an AMEB examiner. Many of her students have become Australian music teachers. For this reason, she was entrusted by AMEB to take the role of AMEB Ambassador in Vietnam.
Fiona Seers
Head of Examining
Fiona Seers ×
Head of Examining
Fiona is an experienced Arts Administrator having worked in the performing arts sector for many years with orchestras, opera companies and choirs. She has also worked as a music teacher at numerous schools, teaching piano, winds and theory. Fiona has a Bachelor of Music, a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies and an AMEB Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA) in piano. She has worked at AMEB for three years and is currently the Head of Examining.
Helen Smith
AMEB International Examiner
Helen Smith ×
AMEB International Examiner
Helen Smith is a pianist with over 40 years of experience, and has participated in solo and chamber music performances across Australia and Europe. She is also a flutist, and has performed with the Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Queensland State Symphony Orchestra as both a soloist and orchestral musician. Helen is renowned as a prestigious educator, both in Brisbane, Queensland and across Australia. She is the director of Music Schools Australia and is frequently invited to give lectures and examinations across the country. Helen has more than 25 years of experience in AMEB examinations and is currently the Head of the Jury and Keyboard Advisor to AMEB Queensland. She has been involved in a number of projects with AMEB, including the compilation of Piano Series 17 and 18 and Piano for Leisure Series 3 and 4, and most recently, revising a set of works for AMEB Piano Level 2.
Glenn Riddle
AMEB International Examiner
Glenn Riddle ×
AMEB International Examiner
Glenn Riddle is a music lecturer, researcher and one of Australia’s most renowned pianists. He specialises in performing works of eminent composers such as Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt, Chopin, Bach and Grainger. Currently Lecturer in Piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Glenn also participates in postgraduate research programs at the Royal College of Music, London and at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Glenn has won the John Allison Scholarship, in addition to the prestigious Horlock and Clarke scholarships, two scholarships from the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust, the First Prize of the Yamaha Australia Piano Competition and the Ian Potter Foundation Prize. Glenn is in demand as a judge at international music competitions in the United States, Greece, Indonesia, Thailand and New Zealand. He has performed in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia; and frequently appears on ABC Classic as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. Glenn has a great passion for contemporary music and has spent many years collaborating with renowned violinist Marianne Rothschild. The two have recorded and made public appearances by leading composers in Australia. Glenn is currently a Federal Examiner for AMEB. He has been involved in editing eight piano books for AMEB (Series 15, 2002) as well as editing four volumes of the Compositions of Baroque Keyboard Works (AMEB, 2001).
Dr Christine Logan
AMEB International Examiner
Dr Christine Logan ×
AMEB International Examiner
Dr Christine Logan has performed, broadcast and recorded as piano soloist, duo-pianist, chamber musician and fortepianist in Australia, USA and Canada. With pianist Julie Adam, she recorded the complete duo piano music of Frank Martin for ABC Classics. She taught music at UNSW, Sydney for over 30 years, both as Senior Lecturer in the School of the Arts and Media and Head of the former School of Music and Music Education.
Christine is a contributor to the Revised New Grove and Oxford Music Online, and has published articles and book chapters on aspects of Australian music, the piano music of Frank Martin, Beethoven, Gabriel Fauré, Messiaen, piano pedagogy and music education. A graduate of Sydney Conservatorium (DSCM Teacher’s and Performer’s Diplomas) and Uni of Sydney (BMus and MMus Hons), she was awarded the Sydney Moss Travelling Scholarship from Sydney Uni and US teaching assistantships that enabled her to complete the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati, USA where she studied piano with the renowned Hungarian pianist, Béla Siki. Formative teachers were Marjorie Docherty and Elizabeth Kozma. She was also coached by Menahem Pressler in Banff and Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano). Christine is a Federal AMEB examiner and Chief Examiner (Keyboard) for AMEB NSW as well as an experienced adjudicator for scholarships, eisteddfodau and other competitions. She is now enjoying coaching a wide range of piano students and playing more piano herself.
Emeritus Professor David Lockett
AMEB International Examiner
Emeritus Professor David Lockett ×
AMEB International Examiner
David Lockett commenced studies as a pianist at the Elder Conservatorium of Music as a twelve year old. By the time he completed his Bachelor of Music degree, he had performed as concerto soloist with the Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and had appeared many times on national radio and television. David Lockett’s achievements as a performer and educator have been acknowledged through a number of honours and prizes, including a Stephen Cole Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Adelaide. He is a patron of the Music Teachers’ Association of South Australia and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Piano Teachers’ National Association of Japan. In 2018, he was awarded an honorary Fellowship in Music (FMusA) by the Australian Music Examinations Board. He has given master classes and lectures in the United Kingdom, the United States, Serbia, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He is frequently engaged as an examiner and adjudicator nationally and internationally. David Lockett holds a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Adelaide, the first performer ever to receive this award. He was also the first performer to be appointed as a full professor at the University. After relinquishing the position of Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the end of 2009, he was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor.
Steven Hodgson
Head of Publishing
Steven Hodgson ×
Head of Publishing
- AMEB Federal Office
- AMEB Vietnam
- International Examiners
Bernard Depasquale
Dr Tanya Nguyen
Fiona Seers
Helen Smith
Glenn Riddle
Dr Christine Logan
Emeritus Professor David Lockett
