Sharon Yearsley

BMus(Hons); MMusTher (Hons)Sharon is has been teaching singing in high schools as an itinerant singing specialist and as a private practitioner for 15 years. She has a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Voice Performance and a Master of Music Therapy (Honours). She has performed extensively as a soloist and ensemble member in many operas and Read more

Madeleine Knowles

Madeleine Knowles is about to Graduate from Toi Whakaari, The New Zealand Drama School. She has worked as a Teacher of Dance, Voice training and Speech and Drama for 4 years. She has also Obtained her Advanced Diploma in Speech and Drama Teaching and Performance with Distinction. Going through the Trinity Exams in Musical Theatre and Read more

Chantelle Brader

Chantelle is an acting graduate from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama school and the John Bolton Theatre School. She has worked as an actor & director in Israel, China, Ecuador and Aotearoa and performed in several television, film, and theatre productions with companies such as Red Leap Theatre, Ensemble Impact, devised the show ‘My Boyfriend Got Read more

Brian Nelson

Brian Nelson has a Masters of Fine Arts.He teaches graphics and workshop technology at Scots College. Prior to that he was a graphic designer and illustrator for over 20 years.www.briannelson.co.nz

Mike Ashton

Mike Ashton BMus(Hons) MAOriginating from the UK, Mike started his professional life as a trombonist and teacher which led to work as a sound technician with the Royal New Zealand Navy band. Upon relocating to Wellington in 2016, he was employed by Scots College to run their world-class professional recording studio, tutoring students and working Read more

Jacqui Nyman

Jacqui is a performing and teaching freelance musician based in Wellington. She began playing guitar at five years old, bass guitar at eleven and holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance in guitar from the New Zealand School of Music.Jacqui is a very active member of Wellington’s music scene and can be heard playing Read more

Josh Simon

Josh Simon is a Saxophonist and band leader based in Wellington.He started playing Saxophone when he was 12, and fell in love with Jazz after listening to Sonny Rollin’s album ‘Saxophone Colossus’. He practiced all throughout high school and University (in old bomb shelters, closets, you name it!), and eventually moved to Wellington to study Read more

Marion Horsburgh

Marion is a New Zealand Champion piper having won several titles for both solo and pipe band performance.  She has competed in the top Grade at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow as a member of The City of Wellington Pipe Band and more recently as a member of The Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band.  Read more

Therese Eberhard

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1965. I grew up on the West coast of the U.S.A. Spending time in Denver Co, Oregon, and various parts of California. I always had an desire to paint and draw. My High School art teacher further fuelled this desire by entering my work in local art Read more

Justin Rogers

Justin is a recent graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Since graduating in 2015, Justin has worked for the Wellington International Arts Festival, starred in the two person musical The Last Five Years and toured Canterbury with the Court Theatre. He has starred in three short films and features in an upcoming US TV Read more

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Based at Scots College
1 Monorgan Road
Strathmore
Wellington 6022
Rātā Studios
Based at Scots College
PO Box 15064
Miramar
Wellington 6243
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