OUR WONDERFUL PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS

Tanya Christensen

Music Director

Tanya Christensen is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, where she attained a Bachelor of Music.

As a professional singer, Tanya has performed nationally and internationally with major musical theatre and opera companies, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera and the Stella Musical Theatre Company.

Tanya has been the lead singer for P&O Cruises, the NSW Police Band and is currently a singer with the Australian Army Band, and is frequently heard singing the Australian National Anthem for major ceremonial events.

Tanya is a passionate educator and believes everyone can sing. She has taught singing at primary and high schools, as well as university institutions, and is currently a singing teacher and Choir Director at Inaburra School.

Tanya is also the Director of Music for the inner-city choir, “The MondayNightingales”.

Dewi Liu

Choir accompanist

A sensitive and highly versatile pianist, Dewi holds a Master of Music from Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she studied solo piano with Gerard Willems, Clemens Leske, and Phillip Shovk, and collaborative piano with David Miller. As well as playing as a soloist, chamber music has always been her passion.

Dewi was awarded third prize in the open piano accompaniment competition held by The International Wales Piano Festival in the United Kingdom 2016. She was also a finalist in the Sydney Conservatorium Piano Concerto Competition 2011 and has received numerous awards from Sydney and Wollongong Eistedffod. In 2015 Dewi was granted a full pianist scholarship to participate in Bel Canto Summer Voice Program in Munich.

Her past professional engagements include duo performance with renowned soloists such as Geotz Richter, Michael Halliwell, Julian Smiles, James Kortum, Yvonne Kenny, Rowena Cowley, Zara Barrett and David Hobson. Since 2012 she has played for many choirs and was appointed as principal accompanist to Sydney Male Choir in 2013. Dewi currently teaches piano at Meriden, St Leo’s catholic college and Master Piano Institute, and has recently joined the piano accompaniment team at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.

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