Melissa Coleman is an active freelance flautist who enjoys performing both flute and piccolo in a wide range of settings – particularly solo, orchestral, wind symphony, chamber music and music theatre genres.

Melissa studied with James Kortum at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, attaining her Bachelor of Music, majoring in Performance; then later with Alexa Still at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she attained her Master of Music degree in 2013.

Melissa is a core member of Sydney’s prominent chamber music ensemble Sirius Chamber Ensemble. A specialist in contemporary flute techniques, Melissa is especially passionate about promoting and performing contemporary Australian chamber works and collaborating with composers in the creation of new music; and has premiered many new works.

Melissa is also a passionate educator, maintaining a thriving flute and piccolo studio.

Dr Jeanell Carrigan AM is an Associate Professor in Collaborative Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and throughout Australia, and has recorded for the Bavarian Radio Corporation, the ABC, and for regional stations in Australia on many occasions. She holds a Doctor of Creative Arts exploring Australian post-1970 solo piano repertoire, and in July 2023 released her thirty-fourth compact disc of Australian piano and chamber music. Carrigan has experience at all levels of teaching and specialises in coaching chamber music and instrumental, vocal, and piano collaboration. She is passionate about promoting Australian Music and has published widely on Australian solo piano repertoire and, more recently, the piano music composed by early 20th Century Australian women composers. Carrigan has recently recorded almost the entire collection of compositions by Dutch-born Australian composer Meta Overman, including two of her operas, Grotesque and Psyche, all the piano music, twelve chamber music works and songs for voice and piano. In 2019 Carrigan was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (AM) for “For significant service to music education, particularly piano, and to the performing arts.”