About
Erna holds a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the University of Queensland, where she was Principal Cello of the University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra and a prize winner of the Richard Pollett Memorial Competition.
Erna has been actively involved in Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) programs, serving as Principal Cello for the AYO Summer Seasons Orchestra, Associate Principal Cello for the Winter Seasons Orchestra, and Principal Cello for the National Music Camp Chamber Orchestra in 2022. Through AYO’s Momentum Ensemble projects, she has worked under the mentorship of esteemed musicians such as Belinda McFarlane, Jack Liebeck, and Patricia Pollett.
As a founding member of the Amiti String Quartet, her chamber music experience includes performing at the Australia Festival of Chamber Music, where she collaborated with renowned artists like Lloyd Van’t Hoff and William Barton, and most recently at AYO Chamber Players under the tuition of the Orava Quartet.
Erna enjoys a busy freelance life in Melbourne, having regular orchestral engagements with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria as a casual musician. In addition to her performance career, Erna is passionate about education and is currently a cello teacher at Alphington Grammar and Ivanhoe Primary School.
Photography: Pia Johnson
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