Many years ago (about fifteen of them) in a land far away (Perth), Stephanie began her musical journey on the oboe, quit, and then picked up the bassoon. Thankfully, it stuck and Stephanie is currently in her third year at ANAM, under the guidance of Lyndon Watts.
Stephanie completed her Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Western Australian Academy of Music, Edith Cowen University in 2019 and was awarded an additional Honours degree in 2020 from the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie is an active freelance musician across several orchestras throughout Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. She has a passion for musicals and opera, and was a member of the orchestras in Dubai and Melbourne for Victorian Opera’s tour of Sweeney Todd in 2025.
Stephanie adores chamber music and is a champion for the reed quintet, an emerging ensemble comprising oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon.
Outside of performing, Stephanie spends her time with her two cats Clara (Nutcracker) and Mimi (La bohème), asking her Yiayia and mother for step-by-step instructions on how to make various delicious Greek foods and reading far too many novels.
FROM: WA. Lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
Stephanie is supported by ANAM Syndicate donors Ian Hogarth and Peter Larsen, Merilyn and the late David Howorth, Barry Jones AC and Rachel Faggetter, Chris Perks and Victor Goldsztein, Adrian Turley and the late Frank van Straten AM.
Photo by Pia Johnson