Here are some of our alumni. This is only the people who’ve gone on to do jazz at university or professionally, not the countless others who learnt a lot and found pleasure in playing music. Those things are very important too. Have we missed you? Let us know.
Recent alumni:
Many JWA students choose to go on to study jazz and build careers as professional jazz musicians as well as in diverse other areas of music. These musicians all took private lessons at Jazz Workshop Australia, were in our ensembles program, or both.
- Eric Tsai (guitar)
- Amy Fox
- Damon Poppleton (saxophone)
- Tim Doubinski (guitar)
- Thomas Odell (piano)
- Jacob Graham (bass)
- Abby Constable (drums)
- Siebe Pogson (bass)
- Alex Inman-Hislop (drums)
- Holly Conner (drums)
- Luke Hennings (drums)
- Chloe Kim (drums)
- Hilary Gedes (guitar)
- Nick Ujhazy (guitar)
- Alex Hirlian (drums)
- Oli Nelson (drums)
- Paddy Kelly (piano & violin)
- Emma Stephenson (piano & vocals)
- Luke Davis (trombone)
- Jack Stoneham (sax)
- Ashley Stoneham (drums)
- Nick Henderson (bass)
- Shota Matsumura (trumpet)
- Deven Rahman (trumpet)
- Billy Ward (sax)
- Heather Prowse (trumpet)
- Siebe Pogson (bass)
- Michael Clarke (sax)
- Bec Scolnik (sax & clarinet)
- Oscar Peterson (bass)
- Ana Leckie (sax)
- Frances Madden (piano & vocals)
- Nick Ujhazy (guitar)
- Josh Spolc (bass)
- Donna Daly (trombone)
- Kali Gillen (sax)
- Charlie Sundborn (sax)
- Kali Gillen (sax)
- Hugh Smart (trumpet)
- Seb Bartels (guitar)
- Matthias Vecanski (sax)
- Brendan Paul (drums)
- Chiara Minotto (sax)
- Henry Junor (bass)
- Amanda Suwando (piano)
- Will Perry (guitar)
- Daniel Willington (guitar, producer)
- Ben Samuels (sax, clarinet, leisure)
- Casey Allen (bass)
- Shaun Rammers (sax)
Some of the students who did our short workshops and aren’t on one of the other lists (but excluding Summer Jazz Camp – that would be a gigantic list)
- Evan Harris (sax, flute, clarinet)
- Donna Daly (trombone)
- Harri Harding (sax)
Pre-History:
Taught by Saul Richardson before The Jazz Workshop opened. The following students all got into the jazz course at Sydney Conservatorium or WAAPA in Perth. They all came through Saul’s jazz program at North Sydney Boys’ High School
- Alex Ash (trumpet & piano)
- Alex Hone (guitar)
- Andrew Brooks (sax)
- Andrew Chessher (piano)
- Dale Gorfinkel (vibraphone)
- David Berry (trombone)
- Gene Taylor (bass)
- Grant Arthur (trombone, guitar, & banjo)
- Jackson Harrison (piano)
- James Walsh (trombone)
- Jamie Castrisos (drums)
- Jeremy Rose (sax, clarinet, & flute)
- Marty Wieczorek (clarinet & sax)
- Mike Jardine (sax)
- Nick McLean (bass)
- Richard Savery (sax & clarinet)
- Scott Simpkins (sax)
- Seb McIntosh (sax)
- Simon Ferenci (trumpet)
- Will Gilbert (trumpet)
- Matthew Collins (trumpet)
- Laurence Rosier Staines (guitar)
Students of Saul Richardson &/or JWA who didn’t go to “the Con” but are making significant and successful contributions to Australian music:
- Bobby Poulton (bassist in Wolfmother)
- Michael Solo (drums, music production & promotion)
- Alex Solo (drums)
- Graham Bucknell (sax)
- Paddy Kelly (piano & violin)
- Jono Savery (sax & clarinet)
- Ryan O’Donnell (bass & opera singing)
- Mark Selim (bass, producer)
- Siebe Pogson (bass)
- Carlo Antonioli (sax, conductor)
- Sam Myers (drums, producer)
- Andrew Hemsworth (trumpet)
