The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music forms part of the faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania

University of Tasmania

The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...

. It is a music training institution with courses and specializations in classical and contemporary music, music education, technology and composition.

The school offers a range of undergraduate degrees and postgraduate degrees including the MMus (research) and PhD. The school has a performance program through its various ensembles including the ARIA award nominated Southern Gospel Choir

Southern Gospel Choir

The Southern Gospel Choir is a gospel choir based at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in Hobart, Tasmania, and is directed by Dr. Andrew Legg.The choir and its band, the Very Righteous Gospel Band were formed by Dr...

, Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute, Jan Sedivka Camerata and Tasmania Discovery Orchestra.

The school maintains a number of seasonal short-course schools including the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute and Tasmania Discovery Orchestra. The school also offers community based program for pre-tertiary music students in The Young Conservatorium. The Conservatorium acts to administer the AMEB in Tasmania and has links with local educational and performance institutions including the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the smallest of the six orchestras established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation .-Activities:...

, IHOS Opera and ExitLeft Theatre.

Expansion and reforms

Since 2000, the Conservatorium has expanded to include the expansion into new areas of study such as Rock Studies and Time-based Multimedia to complement its already-established programs in Classical Music, Jazz and Music Education.

Head of School

• Andrew Legg
  Andrew Legg
  Dr. Andrew Legg is a Tasmanian musician & director of the ARIA award-nominated Southern Gospel Choir, which he runs through the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. He is head of contemporary music at the Conservatorium, as well as a contemporary piano & keyboard tutor. He is also Director of Music...
  
   - Acting Head of School, September 2010 - Current
• Kevin Purcell - 2009 - September 2010
• Andrew Legg
  Andrew Legg
  Dr. Andrew Legg is a Tasmanian musician & director of the ARIA award-nominated Southern Gospel Choir, which he runs through the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. He is head of contemporary music at the Conservatorium, as well as a contemporary piano & keyboard tutor. He is also Director of Music...
  
   - Acting Head of School, June 2008 - January 2009
• Douglas Knehans
  Douglas Knehans
  Douglas Knehans is an Australian/American composer and academic.Between 2008 and 2010 he was Dean of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.-External links:* ²* ¹...
  
   - 2000- June 2008
• Christian Wojtowicz - Acting Director 1998 to 1999
• Raffaele Marcellino - Acting Director 1996 to 1998
• Simone deHaan - 1994 to 1996
• Don Kay
  Don Kay (composer)
  Donald Henry Kay AM is an Australian classical composer.Don Kay attained a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne after which he taught music at Colac High School, Victoria, 1957-59. He then went on to teach music at Peckham Manor Comprehensive School for Boys, London, UK 1959-64...
  
   - Acting Director 1990 to 1993
• David Cubbin - 1985-1989
• Jan Sedivka
  Jan Sedivka
  Jan Boleslav Sedivka AM was widely recognised as one of Australia's leading violinists and teachers. Educated in the Czech Republic, France and England, he made his reputation over overseas as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher before coming to Australia in 1961.Educated in the Czech Republic...
  
   - 1971-1982
• Rex Hobcroft - Founding Director 1964-1971

Notable alumni

• Geoffrey Lancaster
  Geoffrey Lancaster
  Geoffrey Lancaster AM is an Australian classical pianist and conductor. Born in Sydney, he was raised in Dubbo, New South Wales before moving to Canberra. He attended the Canberra School of Music where he studied piano with Larry Sitsky...
  
  
• Matthew Dewey
  Matthew Dewey
  Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
  
  
• Michael Lampard
  Michael Lampard
  Michael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...
  
  
• William Lane
  William Lane
  William Lane was a journalist, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian.-Early life:Lane was born in Bristol, England, eldest son of James Lane,from Ireland a Protestant Master Gardener , and his English wife Caroline, née Hall...
  
  
• Andrew Legg
  Andrew Legg
  Dr. Andrew Legg is a Tasmanian musician & director of the ARIA award-nominated Southern Gospel Choir, which he runs through the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music. He is head of contemporary music at the Conservatorium, as well as a contemporary piano & keyboard tutor. He is also Director of Music...
  
  
• Constantine Koukias
  Constantine Koukias
  Constantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
  
  
• Raffaele Marcellino
• Ian Williams
• David Malone
  David Malone
  David Malone may refer to:*David Malone , British documentary filmmaker*David M. Malone, Canadian scholar-diplomat*Dave Malone, American guitarist/vocalist of The Radiators...
  
  

External links

• Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
• Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute

www.tasmaniadiscoveryorchestra.com.au