Erica Rasmussen (Director)
Erica is a percussionist, educator and creative director. She has completed a Bachelor of Music (Honours), Master of Music Performance in Percussion and most recently Master of Arts and Cultural Management at the University of Melbourne. Erica has received grants from Australia Council for the Arts, City of Melbourne, ArtPlay, Cybec Foundation and Moonee Valley Foundation to manage and direct a number of professional and community projects, including Crashendo! at Laverton College. Erica is co-director of Paint What You Hear art and music workshops and a regular teaching artist with ArtPlay and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She teaches percussion at a number of schools in Melbourne and is an avid performer, playing various gigs around Melbourne. Erica is co-founder of Tungsten Duo and the award-winning BED Percussion trio.
Miranda Hill
Miranda is a classically trained double bassist, musician, producer, and educator, who has performed everywhere from the Arts Centre to Mao’s live house Punk club in Beijing. Her performance interests move from historically informed period performance through to improvisation. Miranda is passionate about bringing experimental musical concepts to a broader audience and integrating improvisation and experimentation into music education. Miranda is Musical Director of 3 Shades Black, Riff Raff Radical Marching Band and co-director of Fine Fine Small Mountain and The Flying Tapirs. As a double bassist, Miranda plays as a freelance musician with Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, Opera Australia regional tours, Australian Romantic Classical Orchestra, Arcko Symphonic Ensemble and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
Kristen Perry
Kristen is a passionate musician and educator, with a love and extensive experience in performing and teaching different styles of music including classical, tango, jazz, Latin and indie rock. She has been teaching and performing on flutes, saxophones and clarinet for over 20 years. Kristen has collaborated with visual artists, dancers and musicians in a variety of styles and formats. She has composed original music for Wax Studios Independent Theatre and Eaze multi-arts group with performances at Revolver, Earth Core Music Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival. Kristen has also worked as tour manager between Melbourne and Taiwan. She has managed tours to Ho Hai Yan Festival in Taiwan for The Dirty Three, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cat Power and more.
Jennifer Timmins
Jennifer is a freelance flutist, educator and curator with a passion for contemporary Australasian music. In 2016 she completed three years of study at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). In July 2018 she graduated with a Master of Music Research degree from Griffith University. Jennifer is particularly passionate about collaborating with like-minded musicians in chamber music and orchestral settings. In November 2017 she launched ‘Timmins and Friends’, a chamber music concert series whose mission is to perform high quality chamber music by living Australian and New Zealand composers for Australasian audiences. Jennifer Timmins is on the casual musician list for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Tom D’Ath
Born in New Zealand before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 5, Tom D'Ath completed his Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Clarinet Performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2018, and is currently pursuing a Master of Music (Orchestral Performance) at the same institution. In 2018 Tom toured to Singapore and Shanghai with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, attended the Australian Festival of Chamber Music Winterschool as a part of Ensemble Contineo, performed as a part of the Australian National Academy of Music Orchestra, and commissioned and performed new Australian works as a member of six-four. 2019 has seen Tom perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and hold principal positions in the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.