Artistic Director

 

In addition to her work with young people, Lyn Williams has become one of Australia’s foremost Music Directors and Conductors for major events. She was Music Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and for the Rugby World Cup in 2003 with the Sydney Symphony as well as the NSW Centennial Ceremony in 2001 with the Australian Youth Orchestra. Under Lyn’s direction, major new symphonic scores were commissioned from leading Australian composers for each of these events.

Lyn Williams OAM

Lyn has conducted many major professional choirs and orchestras in Australia, including the Sydney Symphony, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In 2001 she co-directed Leunig's Parables, Lullabies and Secrets with her national choir Gondwana Voices, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Neil Finn and Michael Leunig.

Lyn has also toured extensively with her choirs including visits to Europe, Asia and North America. In 2004 she performed with Gondwana Voices at America Cantat in Mexico City and at Polyfollia in Normandy, France. In April 2005 she travelled with the Sydney Children’s Choir to the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan for the official Australia Day Expo Ceremony.

In January 2004 Lyn Williams was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in recognition of her services to the Arts as Founder & Director of Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Voices. She recently received NSW State Award at the 2006 Classical Music Awards for her long term contribution to the advancement of Australian music. Lyn is a Churchill Fellow and also a composer.