Maddison is in her second year at ANAM under the tutelage of Damien Eckersley. She completed a Bachelor of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne in 2024 studying with Emma Sullivan and Steve Reeves and was a receipient of the Corinna d’Hage Mayer scholarship in 2022 and 2023.
Maddison is an enthusiastic chamber musician and enjoys coming forward on the stage from her spot up the back in the bass section of an orchestra. She is a frequent performer with the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne, an ensemble of musicians based in Germany who tour Australia every year and perform string chamber music in regional communities.
Maddison’s love for orchestral music blossomed during her involvement with the Australian Youth Orchestra throughout her studies. In 2024 she joined Orchestra Victoria and while also performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Opera and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Monash University Orchestra and Melbourne Youth Orchestra.
Maddisons’ recent highlights include Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Melbourne Opera participating in side-by-side projects with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, MSO, and Auckland Philharmonia during her first year at ANAM.
Maddison has a soft spot for early music and plays the double bass’s smaller and more ancient cousin, the viola da gamba. She is very enthusiastic about bringing this lesser known but beautiful sounding instrument into the limelight and was thrilled to perform it on multiple occasions for ANAM audiences in 2025.
FROM: VIC. Lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation.
Maddison is supported by ANAM Syndicate donors Kerry Landman, Elizabeth and Ron Rosanove.
Photo by Pia Johnson