Stephen Chin

Bachelor of Music (Sydney University) 

Post Graduate Diploma in Musical Composition (Sydney University)  

Master of Music (Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith University)  

As a founding member of the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Stephen's interest and enthusiasm for music lead him to undertake further studies at Sydney University where formal training in both violin and composition were completed under John Harding and Peter Sculthorpe respectively.  Since that time, he has been invited to perform with such groups as The ABC Sinfonia, The Darlington Baroque Players directed by Winsome Evans, The Badinerie Players, The Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, The Queensland Symphony Orchestra and The Queensland Pops Orchestra.  In addition to this Stephen performs regularly with a number of professional chamber ensembles.  

In 1997, Stephen completed the Master of Music course at the Queensland Conservatorium of music specialising in violin performance and pedagogy.  In 1999, he was also appointed an examiner for the AMEB.  He has been invited numerous times to adjudicate various eisteddfods and competitions.  He is also in demand as a string and orchestral clinician and has conducted a number of workshops and festivals.   

Stephen is presently  Principal String Teacher and Director of Orchestras at Brisbane Grammar School.   

Above all he enjoys the challenge of combining all the above with his wife and six children.