Gemma is a Naarm/Melbourne-based harp performer and teacher. She has worked and played with numerous orchestras including the Melbourne Opera, Australian Youth Orchestra, Zelman Symphony and The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, and Wind Symphony. Gemma is also a passionate teacher and is the current instrumental harp teacher at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.

 

Gemma loves chamber music and collaborating with fellow musicians. She graduated her BH-MUS with first class honours from The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and was the recipient of the Corrina D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship twice and the Cassidy Bequest Scholarship during her time there. Gemma’s educational foundation has been an immersion within performing musical spheres, studying at the Sydney Conservatorium High School and graduating at the Newtown Performing Arts High School in Sydney. Gemma has previously studied with teachers Louise Johnson, Camille Gold and Jacinta Dennett. She has had the opportunity to have masterclasses with world-class harpists such as Judy Loman, Alice Giles and, Heidi Lehwalder.