Our examiners
Our highly qualified examiners are experts in their field.

Expert examiners
Examiners at AMEB Victoria are selected for their advanced qualifications and extensive experience in both teaching and performance. Each examiner has a strong understanding of the AMEB system and is a specialist in their chosen field, whether in music, speech, or drama. This ensures candidates are assessed by someone with deep knowledge of their instrument, voice, or discipline. Wherever possible, we allocate examiners who are qualified in the relevant category, making each exam fair, meaningful, and supportive of the candidate’s development and progress.
AMEB Victoria examiners are also committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and encouraging environment for all candidates. Every examiner holds a current Working with Children Check or registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, ensuring the highest standards of care. Their role is to provide assessments that recognise achievement but also and inspire future progress.
Keyboard
Piano examiners
- Caroline Almonte, BA(Mus)(VCA), LMusA
- Robin Baker, PPRNCM, GRNCM, LRAM
- Warren Bebbington AM, MA(NY), MMus(Melb), MPhil(CUNY), PhD(CUNY), HonFMusA
- Dianne Bresciani OAM, PhD, BMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Ian Burk, PhD(Melb), BA, MMus, DipEd, FTCL, ARCM, ARCO(ChM), LTCL, TMusA, AMusA, CertAdvStudies, RCM(Lond)
- Christina Chao, BMus(Melb), MMus, GradDip, DMA(NewEngland), AMusA, LMusA
- Kristian Chong, PhD, BMus(Hons), MMus(Melb), PGDip(London), DipRAM(Royal Academy), BLL(Hons), BCom(Adelaide), LMusA, AMusA
- Janis Cook, MMus(Griff), GradDipMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Darryl Coote, BMus, MMus, AMusA
- Majella Drew, MMus(Edinburgh), BA(Mus)(VCA), BComm(Melb), Cert Advanced Solo Studies(Lond), LMusA, AMusA
- Kenji Fujimura, PhD(Monash), BMus(Hons), MMus(Melb), DipPerf(RAM, London), LRAM, LMusA, AMusA
- Micheal Giddens, PhD, MEd, BMus(Melb)
- Coady Green, BMus, MMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Nicholas Grunden, MMus(Perf), BMus(Perf)(Hons) (Melb), GradDipEd(Monash), LMusA, AMusA
- Julie Haskell, PhD(Adelaide), BMus, GradDipEd, AMusA, LTCL, FTCL
- Christopher Hill, BMus, DipEd(Melb)
- Lana Higson, BMus(Perf)(Hons)(QCGU), BBs(Psych)(Swinburne), AMusA
- Ian Holtham, BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD(Melb), BMus(Hons)(Durham), HonFMusA, FTCL, ARCM, LRAM, LGSM
- Joshua Hooke, PhD, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb)
- Peter Hurley, BMus(Melba), LYMF(Electone), AYMF(Piano)
- Helen Kasztelan, PhD(CDU), MMus(Melb), BA(Mus), GDip(VCA), LMusA, AMusA
- Mark Kerr, BA(Hons), DipEd, LMusA, AMusA, FTCL, LTCL
- Danaë Killian, PhD, MMus, BA(Mus)(VCA)
- Linda Kouvaras, PhD, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb), AMusA
- Mark Kruger, DMA, MMus, BMus, LRAM, AMusA
- Ian Ladd, BMus(Qld)
- David Laughton, MMus(Juilliard), BMus(Hons)(Cleveland), LMusA(Piano), AMusA (Piano & Violin), FTCL, LTCL
- Tristan Lee, PhD, BMusPerf(Hons)(Melb), MMus(RNCM)
- Igor Machlak, MMus, BMus(Moscow)
- Mark McGee, DMA, MMus, BMus(Hons), GradDipEd, FTCL, LMusA, STAT
- Heather McKenzie, ARCM, BMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Barbara McNeair, MTeach(LaTrobe), DipEd(MCE), BMus(Melb)
- Sonya Mason, DMA(Manhattan), MMus, BMus(VCA), LMusA
- Elizabeth Mitchell, PhD, MMus(Melb), ConcertRecitalDip(Lond), LMusA
- Glenn Riddle, BMus, MMus(Melb), FTCL, LMusA, GradDipArts(French Studies)(Melb)
- Thomas Sammut, MMus(Perf), BMus(Hons)(Melb), LMusA
- Robert Sipos-Ori, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Tamara Smolyar, PhD(Monash), MMus(Melb), BMus, DipMus(Kyiv)
- Colin Taylor, BMus, MMus, DipEd(Melb)
- Hilary Travers, BEd(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Nancy Tsou, BMus, MMus(Melb)
- Jerry Wong, BMus(Indiana), MMusic(PeabodyCon), Doctor of Musical Arts (Manhattan)
- John Young, MMusPerfTeach(Melb), BMusPerf(Hons)(VCA), GradDipEd(La Trobe), LMusA
Organ examiners
- Ian Burk, PhD(Melb), BA, MMus, DipEd, FTCL, ARCM, ARCO(ChM), LTCL, TMusA, AMusA, CertAdvStudies, RCM(Lond)
Strings
Ochestral String examiners
- Jasmine Alexandra, MMus, BMus(Juilliard)
- Lynley Bramble, BMus(Hons)(Melb), AMusA
- Olivier Bonnici, ARCM
- Alexander Cole, BEd(Melb), LRSM, DipABRSM, LMusA
- Michael Dahlenburg, BMus(Melb), LMusA
- Anna Daniel, DipArts(Mus)(VCA), AMusA
- Oliver Dennis, BMus(Perf)(VCA), AMusA
- Ruth Dixon-Lawrence, MA (Music)(Monash), BMusEd(Melb), LRSM
- Mark Drummond, DipArts(Mus)(VCA)
- Phillip Green, DipMus(Melb), MMus(Qld), GradDipEd(Monash)
- Alla Grinstein, MEd(Belarus)
- Shelley Heath, MMus(Monash), CertMusTch(USQ)
- Beth Hemming, GradDip(Berlin), DipArts(Music)(Tas), AMusA
- Julie Hewison, BA, DipEd, AMusA
- Helen Holt, BA(Music)
- Andrea Keeble, DipArts(Music)(VCA)
- Christopher Kopke, BEd, MMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA, LTCL
- Barry Luo, MA(Zurich), BMus(RNCM), Hochschule Abchlussprüfung(Freiburg), BMus(Melb), DipABRSM
- Markiyan Melnychenko, BMus(Eastman), MMus(Eastman)
- Fintan Murphy, BA(Melb), MMus(CUA, Washington DC)
- John Quaine, BMusEd(Melb)
- Julian Quirit, BMus, BA(Manila)
- Michele Raynor
- Sonia Rogers, BEd(Melb), DipArts(VCA)
- Josephine Vains, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb), BMus(Perf)(Hons)(VCA), Kunsterlische Ausbildung Diplom(Hannover), LMusA
- George Vi, DipArts(Music)(VCA)
- Diana Wuli, PhD(Indiana), MMus(RNCM), BMus, BCom(Melb)
Classical Guitar examiners
- Benjamin Dix, BMus(Hons)(VCA), DipMus
- Daniel McKay, MMus, BMus(ANU)
- Ken Murray, PhD, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb)
- Sergio Ercole, MMus, BMus(Melb)
Woodwind
Woodwind examiners
- Carolyn Berlin, BMus(ANU)
- Anne Brisk, BMus(ANU), GradCert(Mktg), GradDipEd(Monash)
- Anthony Brookes, BMus(Melb), ACTT
- Grania Burke, MMus(Melb), DipArts(Music)(VCA), AMusA
- Alison Catanach, MMus(Melb) BA, BMus, GradDip Arts in Music, ATCL, LRSM
- Kaye Duffell, BMus, BA, GradDipMus(VCA), DipEd, AMusA
- Neil Fisenden, LMusA, AMusA
- Anne Gilby, BA(ANU), AMusA, DipMus(Detmold)
- Ian Godfrey OAM, BEd
- Alan Hardy, BA, CertEd, ARCM
- Joseph Lallo, MMus(Strasburg), AdvDip, MMus, AdvDip(Bordeaux), BMus(Hons)(Melb)
- Briana Leaman, PhD(Melb), MMus(Strasburg), BMus(USC)
- Greg Lee, MMusPerf(Melb), BMusPerf(Hons)(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Sylvie Leprehon, Hochschule Abchlussprüfung(Freiburg), BMus(Montréal)
- Robert Millar, MA(Monash), AGSM, DipEd
- Paula Rae, BA(Mus), GradDipMus(VCA), LMusA
- Peter Rickard, BMusEd, BEd(Melb), MEdSt(Monash)
- Johanna Selleck, PhD, MMus, BA, BMus(Melb), TMusA, LMusA, AMusA
- Neville Shade, BEd(Melb)
- Rose Stephens, BEd
- Yo-yo Su, DMA(Iowa), MMus(NSKA), MMus, BMus(Amsterdam), Medaille D’or(Versailles), Perfectionnement, DEM (Montpellier)
- Kate Stockwin, BAMus(ANU), LTCL
- Ruth Wilkinson, BMus(Qld), AMusA
- Paul Williams, BMus(Victoria), LTCL
Brass
Brass examiners
- Anthony Brookes, BMus(Melb), ACTT
- Joel Brennan, DMA, MMA, MMus(Yale), BMus(Oberlin)
- Kevin Cameron, BMus(Syd), MMus(UWA), PhD(Newcastle), LTCL, FTCL, ARCM, AMusA, ASCM, GradDipEd(Charles Sturt), GradDipMgt(SA)
- John Ferguson, PhD(Melb), MMus(VCA), GMus, DipMusEd, DipICA, PGCE
- Anthony Gilham, BMus(Hons), DipMus(VCA), DipHRM, CertIV HR
- Linda Hewett, BMus, MMus(Perf), DipMus(VCA), LMusA, AMusA, LTCL, FTCL
- Gabriella Ibbott, MTeach(Melb), BMus(Perf)(VCA), AMusA
- Kenneth MacDonald, BA(Music), DipEd(Monash)
- Trinette McClimont, BA(Music), BMus, DipEd(Qld), AMusA
Voice
Voice examiners
- Justine Anderson, BMus(Latrobe), PostGradDipMus(VCA), MMus(Melb)
- Susan Breen Clarke, MMusSt(Melb), BMus(Melba), DipMus, DipOpera(VCA), ACMM, AMusA
- Trevor Jones, PhD(Melb), BMusEd(UWA)
- Heather Keens, MAVS(Lond), PgDipOp(RCM), MRes(MQ), ARCM, LMusA
- Ian Lowe, BMus(VU), DipTeach(Melb)
- Peter Mander, BMusEd(Melb), AMusA
- Christopher Nolan, MA(Guildford), AMusA
- Lisa-Marie Parker, BMus(VCA)
- Ana Mitsikas, BA(Deakin), AMusA
- Sophie Thomas, BMus(VCA), LMusA, AMusA
Percussion
Percussion examiners
- Wendy Couch, MA(San Jose), BMusEd(Melb), GradDipMus, DipArts(Music)(VCA)
- John Wise
- Brent Miller, MMus, BMus
Music Theory
Theory of Music, Musicianship, Music Craft examiners
- Dianne Bresciani OAM, PhD, BMus(Melb), LMusA, AMusA
- Ian Burk, PhD(Melb), BA, MMus, DipEd, FTCL, ARCM, ARCO (ChM), LTCL, TMusA, AMusA, CertAdvStudies, RCM(Lond)
- Majella Drew, MMus(Edinburgh), BA(Mus)(VCA), BComm(Melb), Cert Advanced Solo Studies (Lond), LMusA, AMusA
- Timothy McKenry, MMus, BMus(Hons)(Melb), AMusA
Speech & Drama
Speech & Drama examiners
- Melissa Agnew, PhD(Sydney), MA(QUT), BEd, DipTeach(Melb), LSDA, ASDA
- Leslie Cartwright, MCA(Wollong), BA, DipEd(Monash), LSDA
- Julieanne Eveleigh, GDEVT, ASDA, DipActing (UK), LSDA
- Astrid Wootton, FESB, LRAM, RAMDip
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