Kaimahi Staff
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Head of School
Denis Adam Chair in Music
Classical Performance staff
Programme Director—Pouakorangi
Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi
Dr Kathryn Mosley
Coordinator of Collaborative Piano
School of Music
Associate Professor
School of Music
Senior Lecturer · Head of Classical Performance, Voice
School of Music
Lecturer (Teaching) · Head of Winds and Brass, Conductor of Large Ensembles, Trombone
School of Music
Composition and Sonic Arts staff
Programme Director—Pouakorangi
Associate Professor
School of Music
Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi
Lecturer in Composition
School of Music
Emeritus Professor—Taiahorangi
Jazz Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi
Lecturer · Jazz drums and percussion.
School of Music · Jazz performance
Lecturer · Jazz performance, theory and composition
School of Music
- Rodger Fox - in memorium
Music Studies staff
Programme Director—Pouakorangi
Senior Lecturer
School of Music
Programme staff—Ngā tūranga akorangi
Senior Lecturer in Music
School of Music
Associate Dean, Teaching and Equity
Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Music Therapy staff
Programme Director—Pouakorangi
Professional staff—Ngā tūranga awhinuku
Sofia Machray
School Administrator
School of Music
Hector McLachlan
School Administrator
School of Music
Adjunct Professors
Dr Inge van Rij
Adjunct Professor
School of Music
Current Artist Teachers—Ngā Kaiako Puoro
Classical Performance
- Matthew Allison – Associate Principal Trombone, NZSO
- Nick Walshe - Principal Clarinet, Orchestra Wellington
- Mark Carter – Sub-Principal Trumpet, NZSO
- Matthew Stein – Trumpet
- Bridget Douglas – Section Principal Flute, NZSO
- Dr Kirstin Eade – Associate Principal Flute, NZSO
- Andrew Jarvis – Principal Tuba, NZSO
- Douglas Mews – Early music specialist, keyboard
- Robert Orr – Section Principal Oboe, NZSO
- Emma Sayers – Accompaniment
- Rueben Chin - Saxophone
- Barbara Paterson - Voice
- Nino Raphael - Voice
- Cheryl Hollinger - Associate Principal Emeritus Trumpet, NZSO
- Michelle Velvin - Harp
- Byron Newton - Euphonium, Managing Director and Tutor of Buzzing Brass
- Beth Chen - Piano
Jazz Performance
- Callum Allardice – Guitar, Teaching Fellow for Jazz Theory
- Anita Schwabe - Piano
- Lisa Tomlins - Voice
- Iris Little - Voice Improv
- Eilish Wilson - Saxophone, ensembles
- Oscar Lavën - Saxophone, ensembles
- Seth Boy – Upright bass, electric bass
- Ben Hunt – Trumpet, Improvisation, Ensembles, Richter City Rebels, Raw Collective, Niko Ne Zna, L.A.B session musician
- Louisa Williamson - Saxophone, Improvisation, Combo
- Kaito Walley - Trombone
- Mike Taylor - Trumpet
- Cameron Robertson - Trumpet
2025 Composer in Residence—Kaitito ā-noho
- Penelope Axtens
- View details about the Composer in Residence scheme, including a list of past recipients.
Teaching Fellows—Ngā Kaiwhakaako
- Callum Allardice
- Evie Wright
Typesetter—Kaiwhakanikoniko, Wai-te-ata Music Press
- Alistair Gilkison