Please note that Melody Lin has replaced Ben Hoadley as a Secondary Class Adjudicator

Melody is the Artistic-Teacher of Flute and Chamber Music at the University of Auckland. She is also the director of the Magic Flutes NZ, the University of Auckland Flute Ensemble. After graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Performance), Melody furthered her studies at The University of Auckland with Professor Uwe Grodd, gaining a Master of Music with First Class Honours in 2007 and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2011. Winning awards in numerous competitions, Melody also gained first place in the Flute Ensemble Competition at the 2007 Australian Flute Festival.

An active chamber and orchestral musician, Melody is the Principal Flute of the Manukau Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the Pipers Sinfonia. She has also been invited as a guest principal flutist with the Opus Orchestra and St. Mathew's Chamber Orchestra. As a concerto soloist, Melody has performed with the East-West Philharmonic Orchestra (Sydney), both The University of Auckland Chamber and Symphony Orchestras and the Manukau Symphony Orchestra

Melody is sponsored by:

The University of Auckland's School of Music

Competition Organizer - Mary O'Brien

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Mary O’Brien is a flute teacher based on the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. She plays 2nd flute and piccolo with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra and is a past president of the Auckland Flute Society and the New Zealand Flute Society. She is the Editor in chief and the driving force behind Flute Focus.