Michael Woods

Michael Woods studied trombone at the Victorian College of the Arts. He was a principal player in the Australian Youth Orchestra and the major orchestras of the Australian Symphony Network , Victoria State Opera, Australian Opera and Ballet and Australian Pops. As a 21 year old, he won the audition for a permanent principal position in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. His graduate conducting qualification comes from the University of Melbourne where he studied with international British conductor, John Hopkins OBE and was involved in the Symphony Australia conducting program. He also studied musical theatre and then choral conducting with Judith Clurman at the Juilliard School in New York and orchestral conducting with Kirk Trevor in the Czech Republic. For some years, he has been direc