Georgia White is a clarinettist based in Naarm/Melbourne. In 2025 she is in her third year at ANAM under the tutelage of David Thomas. Originally from the Bellarine Peninsula, Georgia has called Melbourne home since moving in 2019 to study with David Griffiths at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, completing her Honours degree in performance in 2023.
During her undergraduate degree, Georgia was a recipient of the Lady Turner Exhibitions in Music Scholarship, a Principal's Scholarship, and the Melbourne University Artist Portfolio Prize. In 2022, she was awarded Runner-Up at the University’s Concerto-Aria Competition, subsequently performing Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto with the University Symphony Orchestra in 2024. In her first year at ANAM, she was awarded the Brett Dean Prize for the Best Performance of an Australian work in a recital and in her second year received the award for Creative Concepts alongside Maria Zhdanovich for their Immigration Museum show ‘Joy’.
Georgia loves orchestral music and has participated in Australian Youth Orchestra programs and performed regularly with The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra during her studies. Since 2022, Georgia has worked as a casual musician with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria.
In both chamber and solo settings, Georgia is passionate about playing and promoting music written for the clarinet by women, in 2022 recording Alice Mary Smith’s Andante through the University Portfolio Prize and performing Ruth Gipps’ luscious ‘Rhapsody in Eb’ at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Showcase Concert. She is also very interested in contemporary and Australian music, as shown through her recital and ‘Joy’ programs.
Aside from music, Georgia occupies her time drinking plenty of coffee, spending time in the bush and experiencing Melbourne’s incredible art scene.
FROM: VIC. Lands of the Wadawurrung peoples.
Georgia is supported by ANAM Syndicate donors Barbara Bedwell, Helen and Michael Kolawole, Jacob and Elizabeth Okno.
Photo by Pia Johnson