JOHN KELLAWAY

A.MUS.A; L.MUS.A (SYDNEY), ATCL; LTCL (LONDON), FELLOW TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC LONDON, DIP.MUS.ED (NEWCASTLE), B.MUS.ED (NEWCASTLE), DSCM (SYDNEY)

John Kellaway has been conducting for fifty years. He has toured extensively throughout Australia and
Internationally. He has been a Director of the International Trumpet Guild and was a lecturer in Trumpet
and Music at the University of Newcastle for thirty two years. Prior to that he was a NSW Secondary
School music teacher. Before retiring in 2016 he was the Coordinator of the University Conservatorium
of Music in Newcastle. John has
performed as a soloist for the Hunter Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Nova, Armidale Symphony
Orchestra, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Australian Army Band Darwin, National Wind Orchestra
Belgium, International Trumpet Guild Kiev – Gothenburg – Kentucky – Chicago.

He has conducted Newcastle PCYC Brass Band, Maitland City Brass Band, Cardiff North Lakes Brass
Band, Toronto Brass Band, Darwin City Brass Band, Waratah Brass, Armidale Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestra Nova, Hunter Symphony Orchestra, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Lake Macquarie
Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Hunter.

John has recently been appointed a Guest Conductor for Orchestra Nova and Musical Director of
Waratah Brass in 2025.

John is a Life Member of PCYC NSW, Band Association of NSW and is Patron of the Mid North Coast
Sinfonia and Orchestra Nova.