Deborah Goodall
Deborah has been a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s First Violin section since 1988.
Born in Adelaide Deborah studied the violin with Merier Roberts and Beryl Kimber. In 1985 she graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) having already performed as a soloist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in the finals of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition. She toured with the Australian Youth Orchestra and Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra. In 1996 she won the Elton John Award and did further study in London and Toronto.
Performing as Academy of Melbourne
The Academy of Melbourne is a small chamber orchestra formed in 1989 by its artistic director, Brett Kelly, MSO principal trombone.
Horn Concertos
Hector McDonald, then Solo Principal Horn of the Vienna Symphony, joins the Academy of Melbourne under Brett Kelly in a programme of horn concertos by Haydn, Förster, Telemann and Teyber.