St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra

 Miranda Adams was born in Dunedin, and completed a B.Mus, P.G.Dip in both violin and conducting from Otago University in 1986, the same year she was a finalist in the TVNZ/NZSO Young Musician Competition, performing Dvorak violin concerto with the NZSO.

She then moved to Nelson and became the resident conductor of the Nelson Symphony Orchestra from 1988-93, with 6 concerts a year of both standard repertoire, commissions (the opera "At the Hawks Well" by Nigel Keay a highlight), and on 2 occasions conducting and performing (Vivaldi The Four Seasons, and Beethoven’s violin concerto).

 Justine is a former Concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia. She has also played with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, and continues to appear regularly throughout NZ as a recitalist, chamber musician, adjudicator and concerto soloist. Justine has received many awards, including a TVNZ Young Achievers Award, two QEII Arts Council Grants, a Fulbright Scholarship and an NZSO Alex Lindsay Memorial Award. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

 Joanna holds degrees in Music Education and Violin Performance from the University of Western Australia and the Canberra School of Music as well as a PhD in Musicology. In 1996 she completed a Masters in Music ,at the University of Texas in Austin, in violin and conducting. In March-April 2000 she undertook private conducting studies with David Effron at Indiana University, Bloomington. Joanna has been a masterclass participant in conducting workshops given by the Auckland Philharmonia and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Matthias Bamert.

 Ashley is currently cellist for the New Zealand Trio. He has taught cello at the Universities of Waikato and Canterbury. He has been Principal Cellist of the National Youth Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia and the Auckland Philharmonia and Cellist of the Turnovsky Trio. He now teaches at Auckland University. Ashley studied at Canterbury University with Alexander Ivashkin, graduating with Distiniction as a Master of Music. During this time he won the TVNZ Young Musicians Competition, the CCMC National Concerto Competition and a special prize at the ROSL Music Competition in London.

David was awarded a Bachelor of Music Performance with Honours in Conducting from the University of Adelaide in 1995. Since graduating he has conducted many of the major symphony orchestras in Australia, appeared on television and radio and conducted orchestras overseas. He enjoys an increasingly important role with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra where he is the conductor and director for their Family Concert Series and regional tours. As an active participant in Symphony Australia's Conductor Development Program, David has conducted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.