BRIENNE GAWLER is a Melbourne-based oboist and enjoys an exciting, multi-faceted career as a performer, arts manager and educator. Brienne loves to share her God given musical gifts with others and she has been a member of the Belgrave Heights Convention and Drouin Baptist Church music teams since 2011.    
Her artistic practice has a focus on curating innovative musical experiences that are both creative and collaborative. Brienne’s extensive oboe studies and passion for Australian music led to her research interest in creative collaboration in music and she completed a Master of Music (Research) degree with First Class Honours at The University of Melbourne. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including the John Gaitskell Memorial Mensa Prize and she has attained her Licentiate Diploma on oboe and her Associate Diploma on oboe and piano from the Australian Music Examinations Board. Brienne has been broadcast on ABC Classic and was awarded first prize in the Gilbert Glausiuss Competition at The 11th International Akaroa Music Festival in New Zealand.    
Brienne is equally passionate about community music-making, music education and arts accessibility. She is the President of State Music Camp Victoria and a member of the Australasian Double Reed Society’s Victorian committee. In addition, Brienne is the oboe teacher at numerous private schools around Melbourne.     

NATHAN GLENN is a Melbourne-based composer, musician and arranger who began piano lessons at the age of three, and later learnt additional instruments including the flute and clarinet. He received his Associate and Licentiate Diplomas in piano, and has released 4 solo albums as well as 2 collaborative albums.    
Nathan's works have been performed by orchestras and symphonic bands in Australia and internationally. His music has also been broadcast on Vision Radio and 3MBS. Nathan has a wide variety of performances, compositions, and classical arrangements on his YouTube channel, and it is one way he can connect with his audience.    
Nathan has won numerous awards for his performances and compositions, being one of five state finalists twice in the Yamaha Australian Youth Piano Competition, and placing 3rd in a national woodwind and brass competition. He was nominated as one of three international finalists for the SABAM Award for Best Young International Composer during the 16th World Soundtrack Awards. Nathan attended the gala concert in Belgium where his entry was performed by the Brussels Philharmonic.
     Outside of music, Nathan has an Honours degree in Software Engineering and is a natural bodybuilder.