Fergus is in his second year at ANAM, studying cello with Howard Penny.
Fergus completed a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, under the tutelage of Richard Narroway. During his studies Fergus routinely held principal positions in the UoM Symphony Orchestra from 2022 to 2024.
An accomplished orchestral and chamber musician, Fergus had the privilege of travelling to Texas for the Mimir Chamber Music Festival with his string quartet in 2022 and toured to Singapore and Malaysia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2023.
Fergus has performed with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra and Melbourne Opera Orchestra and has participated in Australian Youth Orchestra programs since 2021.
Fergus’ favourite musical experiences are collaborative ones, especially chamber experiences and orchestral tours.
Alongside music, Fergus enjoys bouldering, solving complex variant sudokus, and traveling.
FROM: VIC. Lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
Fergus is supported by ANAM Syndicate donors Jannie Brown, Tom and Fiona Clarke, Aurel Dessewffy and Olga Vujovic, Peter and Yvette Hiscock, Ken, Margaret and Edward King, Robert Whitehead, Anna and Mark Yates.
Fergus currently plays a Virgilio Capellini 2006 Cello on loan to ANAM from Jannie Brown.
Photo by Pia Johnson