Staff
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF SCHOOL
Megan Connelly
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sarah Hunt
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Dana Moran (Acting)
Artistic
Student Training Program
Head of Teaching and Learning, Level 5 Classical Teacher - tbc
Classical Teacher & Level 8 Coordinator - Joanne Michel Dip. ABS, VGCEBI*+
Classical Teacher & Level 8 Coordinator - Andrew Murphy Dip. ABS
Classical
Kevin Jackson Adv. Dip. ABS, GDEDI+
Irina Konstantinova BA Classical Ballet (USSR), VGCEBI+
Sergey Konstantinov BA Classical Ballet (USSR), VGCEBI+
Sabrina Lenzi Dip. Academie de Dance Classique de Montecarlo+
Christine Vavladellis Adv. Dip. ABS, GDEDI, BAHealthSc (Anatomy &Physiology), MAEdu.LM
Jacqueline Clark
Specialist Ballet Coach
Lyndelle Steer Adv. Dip. ABS. GDEDI
Principal Guest Teacher
Adam Bull
Contemporary Teacher - Lucas Jervies Adv Dip. ABS, Post Grad Dip Dramatic Art. Directing NAISDA, Cert IV Training and Assessment
Character/Folkloric Teacher - Melanie Moravski Dechnicz
Spanish Guest Teacher - Areti Boyaci Assoc Dip. Arts UniSA
Strength & Conditioning Coaches -Narelle Forbes, Bradley Smith
Guest & Melbourne Community Access Teachers
Natalya Bobenko
Phillipa Crawley, Kristy Davis, Nateeqa Sazali, Natalie Clarke
Music
Head of Music & Audio/Visual Coordinator - Diane Palmer BMus. (Piano), AMus.A (Piano)
Pianists and Musicians
Anastasia Gardachnikova
Diane Palmer BMus. (Piano); AMus.A (Piano)
Emma Lippa
Hayden Dun MTeach (Music; BMus (Composition); AMus.A (Piano)
Irina Koulikova BMus. MMus. Post Graduate Diploma (Music)
Keith Ng AMus.A (Piano)
Kieran Ray (Guitar - Spanish unit)
Larissa Oberfeld MMus, Marts, BMusDist. Dip.hlth.counselling
Mitchell James MTeach (Music); BMus (Performance); ATCL (Piano)
Neil McNeil BMus (Elder Con), Dip. Ed (Adelaide Uni)
Roland Cox (part-time)
Waldemar Lis BMus.
Werner Neumann (Guitar - Spanish unit)
Academic
English
Stuart Campbell (VCASS Level 7) **
Sara McKenzie (VCASS Level 6) **
Pauline Ryan
Anatomy - Gabrielle Davidson
Career Management - Pauline Ryan (Levels 7 & 8)Adv. Dip AAD +
Cultural Studies - Pauline Ryan
Dance Perspectives/VCE Dance - Pauline Ryan (Levels 5, 6 & 7)
Drama
VCASS Goran Banyai ** (Level 6)
VCASS Steven Thorne ** (Level 7)
Music: Mitchell James MTeach (Music); BMus (Performance); ATCL (Piano)
Nutrition - Katherine Shone BNutrDiet, BArts&Sci
Academic Provider - Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
VCASS Principal - Hilary Bland
VCASS Deputy Principal - Karen Schofield
Health & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing Manager
Teagan Lowe B.Soc.Sci.(Psych), P.Cert.Adol.Couns.(Monash), Adv.Dip.ABSB, Cert III.ABS
Health and Wellbeing Manager (interim) and Sports and Performance Psychologist
Tamara Wiltshire M. Psych (Clinical), M.Psych (Sport & Exercise), B.Psych.Sci (Hons), BA.Psych.Sci, B.Biomed.Sci.
Lead Physiotherapist and Anatomy Teacher
Gabrielle Davidson Adv. Dip. ABS, Dip. Physiotherapy (CSP), MAPA+
Strength & Conditioning Lead and Anatomy Teacher
Bradley Smith BHlthSc MPhysioPrac, Cert IV Training and Assessment
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Sarah Perkins
Specialist Ballet Coach and Artistic Teacher
Lyndelle Steer Adv. Dip. ABS, GDEDI
Dietician
Fiona Sutherland B.Sc., M.Nut. & Diet+
Advanced Sports Dietitian and Nutrition Teacher
Jessica Rothwell BHumanNutr, MDiet
Conditioning & Rehabilitation Specialist
Narelle Forbes Cert IV Training and Assessment
Sports Physician
Dr. Andrew Garnham MB, BS, Dip. RACOG, FACSP
General Practitioner
tbc
Myotherapist
Leigh Holliday Ad. Dip. Myotherapy
Boarding Program
Head Of Boarding -Tamara Maddrell
Boarding House Manager -Reshma Raju BPsychSc
Boarding Assistants
Jay Allan
Georgia Blackley
Charli Brown
Antoinette Davis
Mia Horsfall
Simon Krstevski
Katelyn Samarkovski
Kepas Turnbull
Michelle Turnbull Solai Venkatachalam
Support Team
Head of Operations - Marijke Franken BA (Hons)
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director - Keri Agg
Student Support Team
Lola Ma
William Marshall
Jonathon Shilling
Digital
Digital Lead- TBA
Development
Head of Marketing & Communications Dana Moran BA, GDipArts, GCertComm
Marketing & Communications Coordinator - Frederick Mutswagiwa
Fundraising Administrator - Mataeo Morgan
Finance
Finance Manager - Olivera Krstevski BEc(Acc), CA
Accountant - Ferdinando Cossalter BAcc
RTO
RTO Lead -Katherine Kaleb B.Sc (Psych/Psychophys)
