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Musicians Profiles

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Tom Pugh
Artistic Director

 A flautist, conductor and teacher, Tom currently holds the positions of Director of Music at Flinders Christian College, Co-Director of the Mornington Peninsula Chorale, Flute Tutor and Conductor in the Melbourne Youth Orchestras program and Assistant Artistic Director of the Peninsula Chamber Musicians. Passionate about making music, he has a wealth of experience across many different musical areas from musicals to opera to esoteric contemporary flute repertoire and symphonic works.

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Katrina Waters
Mezzo Soprano & President

Mezzo Soprano Katrina Waters is the winner of the 2023 ABC Top 5 Arts Media Residency and the 2022 Early Phase Resident @ The Street Theatre devising a new theatrical song cycle for female dramatic voice with Australian female composers titled Songs for Loud Women.
She has enjoyed a career in opera in the United Kingdom, France and Australia - performing regularly with Opera Australia in their Melbourne Seasons.

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Paul Jenkins
Clarinet &
​Founder

Graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2000, Paul Jenkins also holds a Masters in Music and Graduate Diploma of Education from Monash University. 
Paul founded Peninsula Chamber Musicians Inc. in 2013, in an effort to inspire and reinvigorate chamber music on the Peninsula. The aim, to connect musicians, students and community. Paul is currently Head of Instrumental Music at Kilvington Grammar School.

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Marney Pope
​Flute

Marney began playing the flute when she was in Grade 6 and continued playing throughout her school life. When she finished high school she attended both the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, completing Bachelor of Music degrees in both performance and education.  She currently works at Woodleigh School as a flute teacher and classroom music educator.

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Megan Smithies

After completing a Diploma of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Melbourne University, Megan spent a number of years in Sydney, performing with ensembles as diverse as the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia of Sydney and the Seymour Group. On her return to Melbourne, Megan played with the Melbourne Symphony and as a permanent member of the State Orchestra of Victoria (now Orchestra Victoria).

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Andrew Hall
​Former Artistic Director

Andrew Hall played as a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as a casual musician before successfully auditioning for a role in the Second Violin section in 1996. He served as Artistic Director for the Peninsula Chamber Musicians from 2015 - 2022.
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Born in Melbourne Andrew began violin lessons at the age of seven, later taking up the piano and viola whilst still in primary school. 

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