Our second print edition is about to make its way across Australia! As we prepare, we bring you our showcase of talented emerging arts journalists who have come together to share some incredible stories about the new generation of composers, performers, and arts administrators.
Emma Sullivan is a Melbourne-based musician, educator and writer. The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra principal double bass is also a regular casual musician with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Particularly memorable experiences have included touring Europe with the MSO, playing at the Olympic Arts Festival with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Beijing, and touring the east coast of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s regional touring subsidiary ACO2.
Before settling in Melbourne, Emma performed with orchestras in New Zealand and the United States of America, and completed her Masters of Music at the University of North Texas under esteemed double bassist Jeff Bradetich. Emma was a fellow at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2009, and was awarded equal first prize in the ANAM Concerto Competition.
In 2012, Emma won the prestigious Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to undertake a two-month period of intensive study and mentoring under renowned French double bass performer and pedagogue Thierry Barbé in Paris. She recently completed her doctoral project Collaborative Contrabass, which was focused on researching, performing and promoting chamber music for the double bass.
Emma is passionate about teaching and mentoring young musicians and is the proud founder of VCASS Double Bass Day, which brings together student bass players from across Victoria to participate in masterclasses and perform together in a massed double bass ensemble.
Read Emma in our print issue #2! You can catch up on our inaugural print magazine, which is now available online only for a limited time.
