Marina Marsden has been the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Second Violin since 2006 having joined the SSO in 1995 as Assistant Concertmaster. She is also a member of the Australian World Orchestra.

Marina studied violin at the Sydney Conservatorium with Alice Waten and from 1985, assisted by several scholarships, studied for a Performer’s Diploma in Vienna with Gerhard Schulz (Alban Berg Quartet). In 1990 Marina became a Concertmaster of the Bruckner Orchestra in Austria and Melbourne Symphony’s Associate Concertmaster from 1992 until 1994. As soloist, she has performed with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Canberra Symphony and Adelaide Chamber Orchestra. In 1997, Marina travelled to Austria and the USA on a Churchill Fellowship.

Marina is an active soloist and chamber musician, appearing frequently in Sydney Symphony Chamber Players series. Marina has recorded for Tall Poppies, Move Records, Wirripang Publications, ABC Classics labels and the AMEB, and was the 1999 recipient of an Australian Music Centre National Award.

She travelled to Europe in 2013 for advanced study in violin playing and mentoring, assisted by a Sydney Symphony Michael and Mary Whelan Trust Scholarship. In 2015 she appeared as soloist with the SSO and performed in the AWO Southern Highlands Chamber Music Festival.

For more information on Marina, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/marina-marsden

Emily is a member of the first violin section of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, where her chair is generously supported in memory of Dr Margot Harris. She is fortunate to play a Leandro Bisiach violin on loan from the SSO.

Emily studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy in London. She has performed in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the New Zealand Symphony, Opera Australia Orchestra, and has toured to Japan, Italy, China, Malaysia and Europe.

An active chamber musician, Emily has performed in the SSO's Utzon Room series and was a founding member of the Sydney Omega Ensemble. Emily has recorded the Brahms Horn Trio for ABC Classic FM, as well as recording multiple CDs with the Linden Quartet. She has toured NSW for Musica Viva, recorded for ABC Classic FM's Sunday Live program and has appeared in the Four Winds Festival near Bermagui, and the 2023 Craven Creek Music Festival.

For more information on Emily, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/emily-long

Justine has been a member of the Sydney Symphony since 1990. Before taking up this position, she pursued post-graduate studies in Berlin for four years with Wolfram Christ, assisted by several scholarships. During her Berlin years, Justine played as a casual member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the Berlin Ensemble Oriol. She performed as soloist with the Baden-Badener Orchestra and as Principal Guest Violist of the Berliner Kammeroper Orchestra. On her return to Australia in 1989, Justine joined the Australian Chamber Orchestra, on occasion acting as Principal Viola and played as both member and soloist with the Brandenburg Orchestra. In 2004, Justine was awarded a Sydney Symphony Friends and a Michael and Mary Whelan Trust Scholarship to further her viola studies with Wolfram Christ in Germany and to research issues relating to musicians' health at the Kurt Singer Institute in Berlin.

Over the past two decades, Justine has been an active chamber musician, a former member of the Novalis Quartet and guest artist with the Ku-ring-gai Virtuosi and the Grevillea Ensemble. She is presently a member of the Linden String Trio. Justine has recorded a CD of works by Margaret Sutherland with her violinist sister, Marina Marsden (Sydney Symphony Principal Second Violin) and has recently recorded for Wirripang.

In 2013 Justine traveled to London and North Germany for further study and research on musicians' health and performance-related matters.

For more information on Justine, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/justine-marsden

Jane Hazelwood studied at the Sydney Conservatorium with Alexandru Todicescu.

From 1983 to 1986, she furthered her studies with Wolfram Christ in Berlin where she played regularly as a casual with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1986 Jane returned to Australia to become Principal violist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. From 1990 to 1995 she was Lecturer in Strings at the Victorian College of the Arts.

She is currently a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and plays as a guest artist with various chamber music ensembles.

For more information on Jane, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/jane-hazelwood

Fenella Gill began her cello studies with Nelson Cooke at the age of seven. She graduated from the Australian National University in 1992 having studied with Lois Simpson and Valter Dešpalj. She has been the recipient of several awards including a Big Brother Award and an E.V. Llewellyn Memorial Award for overseas study. She undertook advanced study in Austria and the UK with cellists Christopher Bunting, Joan Dickson and William Pleeth.

Fenella Gill has been a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra, held the position of Principal Cello with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Australian Virtuosi, and has performed as a soloist with the Queensland and Canberra youth orchestras. She has worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra, and the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide symphony orchestras. She joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as a permanent musician in 1997.

As a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Fenella Gill has toured Europe, Asia, the USA, and Italy. She is also active as a chamber musician and has performed with the Sydney Soloists, Australia Ensemble, Trio Novalis, the Song Company and the Australian Trio, with which she has recorded for ABC Classics. In addition to her commitments to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and various chamber groups, Fenella Gill also teaches cello.

For more information on Fenella, see website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/fenella-gill