Lisa Conlan-Holownia is a respected Australian professional freelance French horn player and pedagogue.  She has been playing and teaching brass instruments for over 30 years, also working as a professional trumpet player and accompanist on occasion; also as a conductor, examiner, classroom and instrumental music specialist. She has taught in primary, secondary and tertiary settings, in various schools in Australia and the UK, including as Lecturer in Brass at the Victorian College of Arts,  and has been a guest lecturer/performer and adjudicator on many occasions.  Her qualifications include: a Bachelor of Music degree (University of Melbourne), a Graduate Diploma of Education (University of New England), and a Masters of Educational Studies (University of Queensland).

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She has worked extensively as a freelance musician with orchestral music, including Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Australian Opera, Queensland Ballet, Música Viva, various 'Pops' Orchestras, many  chamber, show and session orchestras. She also performs as a soloist and with smaller ensembles including Brisbane Chamber Project, which she directs; John Coulton Brass, as a guest with Empire Brass Quintet and with Buzz Quartet. She has recorded for films and television commercials, including  the movies ‘Aladdin King of Thieves’ and ‘Babe’.  

 

She has also worked in the UK in the 1990's with The English Chamber Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia and the London Brass Ensemble. She lives in Brisbane.