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Bernard Depasquale<\/h5>\n CEO AMEB Ltd<\/p>\n
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Bernard Depasquale \u00d7<\/h5>\n CEO AMEB Ltd<\/p>\n
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.
Dr Tanya Nguyen<\/h5>\n AMEB Ambassador to Vietnam & AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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Dr Tanya Nguyen \u00d7<\/h5>\n AMEB Ambassador to Vietnam & AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
Dr Tanya Nguyen Minh Thanh was born into a family rich in traditional music. She was trained as a gifted 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.<\/p>\n
Fiona Seers<\/h5>\n Head of Examining<\/p>\n
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Fiona Seers \u00d7<\/h5>\n Head of Examining<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Helen Smith<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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Helen Smith \u00d7<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Glenn Riddle<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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Glenn Riddle \u00d7<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
Glenn Riddle is a music lecturer, researcher and one of Australia\u2019s 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 Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr 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).<\/p>\n
Dr Christine Logan<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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Dr Christine Logan \u00d7<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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.
Emeritus Professor David Lockett<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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Emeritus Professor David Lockett \u00d7<\/h5>\n AMEB International Examiner<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Steven Hodgson<\/h5>\n Head of Publishing<\/p>\n
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Steven Hodgson \u00d7<\/h5>\n Head of Publishing<\/p>\n