2017 – 2018
Freelance conductor/pianist
Professional Life Coach
Author of new book
Professional Speaker

Performed as Manny Weinstock in Master Class starring Amanda Muggleton in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart and the Sydney Opera House

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2016

Free lance conductor/pianist/vocal coach
Conductor Athenaeum Choir
Professional life coach

2014 – 2015
Executive Assistant to Ross Levin, Mills Oakley Lawyers, Melbourne
Conductor Athenaeum Choir
Free lance conductor/pianist/vocal coach
Professional life coach

2013
Lecturer in Voice, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University
Chief Adjudicator Herald Sun Aria Competition

2012
Coordinator and conductor of a Summer Course in Prato Italy
Lecturer in Voice, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University
Melbourne Youth Music – Facilitator, Conductor Development Program

2011
IFAC, Tokyo, Japan – Guest Conductor (cancelled because of tsunami)

 

2010
IFAC, Tokyo, Japan – Guest Conductor Verdi’s Nabucco

 

2009
IFAC, Tokyo, Japan – Guest Conductor Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Appointed Australian Chairman of IFAC

 

2008
Australian Opera Studio – Head of Music
IFAC, Tokyo, Japan – Guest Conductor Verdi’s Falstaff (repeat)

 

2007
West Australian Ballet – Music Director
Australian Opera Studio – Head of Music
IFAC, Tokyo, Japan – Guest Conductor Verdi’s Falstaff

 

2006
West Australian Ballet – Music Director
Australian Opera Studio – Guest Tutor

 

2005
West Australian Ballet – Music Director
Orchestra Victoria – Guest Conductor
Scottish Ballet – Guest Conductor (2004–2005) Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Belfast

 

2004
West Australian Ballet – Music Director
West Australian Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor
ABC Classics – Recording of Puccini/Hocking, La Bohème, the Ballet, 2CD set, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Australian Opera Studio – Guest Tutor
Western Australian Youth Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Great Barrier Orchestra (Townsville) – Guest Conductor
Scottish Ballet – Guest Conductor (2004–2005) Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Belfast

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2003
Lyric Opera of Melbourne – Guest Conductor
The Saint of Bleecker Street (Menotti)
West Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor
Pirates of Penzance, Essgee Productions – Conductor

 

2002
Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor
West Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor
Queensland Symphony – Guest Conductor
Adelaide Symphony – Guest Conductor
West Australian Symphony – Guest Conductor

 

2001
West Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor
Canberra Symphony – Guest Conductor
West Australian Symphony – Guest Conductor

 

2000
New Zealand Opera – Guest Conductor
Die Fledermaus with Dame Malvina Major
Auckland Sinfonia – Guest Conductor

 

1999
Queensland Philharmonia Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Auckland Sinfonia – Guest Conductor
Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra – Guest Conductor
State Orchestra of Victoria – Guest Conductor

 

1998
Chamber Made Opera – Music Director
Dunedin Sinfonia – Guest Conductor
Crazy for You – Music Director
State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Martinborough Festival – Guest Conductor in Gershwin Festival
Concert performances of Carmen Jones (Wilhelmenia Fernandez) Melbourne, State Orchestra of Victoria
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor
First performance Allan Zavod’s Trumpet Concerto (Adelaide Symphony)
Kiss Me Kate (Thomas Allen and Yvonne Kenny) Brisbane Festival

 

1997
Suwon Philharmonic (Seoul, Korea) – Guest Conductor
Opening, Crown Casino with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Anthony Warlow, John Farnham, Kylie Minogue, James Morrison and Ray Charles
Die Fledermaus – Opera Australia – Sydney and Melbourne
Crazy for You – Music Director
Theatre Royal, Sydney. State Theatre, Melbourne
Hunter Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

 

1996
Esso Concert in the Bowl, Victoria State Orchestra
ABC Symphony Orchestras – Guest Conductor Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmania
Adelaide Festival – State Opera of South Australia – Australian premieres of Blue Monday (Gershwin) and Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
My Fair Lady (VSO–IMG) – Music Director Brisbane
Crazy for You (John Frost) – Music Director Australian premiere season, Sydney

 

1995
All ABC Orchestras – Guest Conductor Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras
Hello Dolly (Gordon/Frost) – Music Director (Australia tour)
South Pacific (Gordon/Frost) – Music Director – Chaing Mai, Thailand
West Side Story (VSO–IMG) – Music Director – Brisbane

 

1993 – 1994
South Pacific (Gordon/Frost) – Music Director Australia and Hong Kong tour (323 performances)

 

1992 – 1994
All ABC Orchestras – Guest Conductor
Australian Opera – Guest Conductor 1993, 1994
Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor 1993
State Orchestra of Victoria – Guest Conductor 1994
Queensland Philharmonic – Guest Conductor 1993
Queensland State & Municipal Choir – Guest Conductor 1993
South Australian Youth Orchestra – Guest Conductor 1992, 1993

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1989 – 1991
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Principal Conductor including tour to Korea and Indonesia
Australian Opera – Guest Conductor – 1989, 1990, 1991
All ABC Orchestras – Guest Conductor Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras
Auckland Philharmonia – Guest Conductor – 1990
Dunedin Sinfonia – Guest Conductor – 1990, 1991

1984 – 1988
ABC Orchestras – Guest Conductor Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras
Young Composers School – Conductor – 1987, 1988, 1989
Always Afternoon, SBS Television four hour mini series – Music Director
John Farnham Age of Reason Tour – Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony
West Australian Symphony – Ray Charles at Leeuwin – Conductor
State Opera of South Australia – Guest Conductor, 1988
Lyric Opera of Queensland – Guest Conductor – 1987, 1988
State Orchestra of Victoria – Eartha Kitt – Conductor, 1987
West Australian Ballet Company – Guest Conductor – 1986–88
Victorian College of the Arts – Guest Conductor 1985–88

 

1979 – 1983
Australian Ballet – Music Director Australia, Greece, Israel, China and Mexico
All ABC Orchestras – Guest Conductor Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras
West Side Story – Director and Music Director 1983, Sydney and Melbourne
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Symphonia of Auckland – Guest Conductor
Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Solo Pianist
West Australian Symphony Orchestra – Solo Pianist
Peking Opera and Dance Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra – Guest Conductor
Veracruz Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor (Mexico)

 

1976 – 1978

Canterbury Orchestra – Music Director – Christchurch, New Zealand

Christchurch Harmonic Society (Choir) – Music Director

Canterbury University – Part–time Lecturer

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

Portland (Oregon) Opera Company – Guest Conductor

Christchurch Arts Festival – Orfeo – Music Director

Australian Ballet – Guest Conductor

Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

 

1974 – 1975

Los Angeles Civic Light Opera – Porgy and Bess – Music Director

Atlanta, Georgia – Porgy and Bess – Music Director

Los Angeles Civic Light Opera – Camelot – Music Director

Christchurch Arts Festival – Guest Conductor

 

1975

Christchurch Arts Festival – Marriage of Figaro – Music Director

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1972 – 1974

Rothchilds – National Company – Music Director

Jacques Brel – Music Director – New York and Boston

Winter Stock – Music Director – Miami

Song of Cyrano – Music Director – USA tour – original musical by Wright and Forrest

 

1970 – 1971

Australian Ballet – Music DirectorAustralia, Asia and first USA tour

Asia with Fonteyn – USA with Nureyev

Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras – Guest Conductor

 

1969

Australian Opera – Resident Conductor

Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

 

1967 – 1969

Christchurch Civic Orchestra – Music Director

Lindsay String Orchestra – Music Director – Wellington

Harmonic Society – Music Director – Wellington

New Zealand Chamber Players – Music Director and Pianist

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Guest Conductor

 

1966 – 1967

Man of La Mancha – Music Director – Israel (in Hebrew)

 

1966

New York City – Freelance conductor

West Side Story – Music Director – Puebla International Festival

Lindsay Orchestra – Guest Conductor – Wellington

Porgy and Bess – Music Director – Israel

 

1965

New Zealand Opera Company – Artistic and Music Director, Porgy and Bess, Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore

Elizabethan Opera Company – Australia – Porgy and Bess – Music Director

 

1964

Lincoln Center Summer Theatre – Associate Conductor, Merry Widow and King and I

Lincoln Center Merry Widow – USA tour – Music Director

 

1963 – 1964

Camelot National Company – Music Director

 

1962

Summer Stock – Music Director – Chicago

 

1961 – 1962

Manhattan School of Music – New York City, Member of conducting faculty, Conductor of Repertoire Orchestra, Ass’t conductor – First Orchestra and Opera Orchestra

 

1961

Lock Up Your Daughters – Music Director – Australia

Most Happy Fella – Music Director – Australia

West Side Story – Music Director – Canadian premiere

Summer Stock – Music Director – Ohio

 

1960 – 1961

West Side Story – Music Director – Australia

West Side Story – Pianist and Assistant Conductor – first USA tour

 

1959 – 1960

National Opera Company – Music Director – USA tour

 

1959

Summer Stock – Pianist then Conductor – New England

 

1958 – 1959

Robert Shaw Chorale – Pianist and Assistant to Mr Shaw (USA tour)

 

1958

Porgy and Bess – Pianist and Assistant Conductor – USA tour

 

1956 – 1958

Freelance pianist, coach and accompanist, New York City