Hamish Tait - Director, Piano

BA(Creative), Grad Dip Mus, MMus, MBA, MTAA

Hamish completed his Master of Music degree in 1998 at the University of Southern Queensland where he studied with Wendy Lorenz. That same year, Hamish was awarded a Regional Arts Development Fund allowing him to study piano and accompaniment in London with the renowned pianist/accompanist Nina Walker, herself a pupil of Claudio Arrau and Alfred Cortot.

In addition to his activities as a music educator, Hamish appears regularly as a piano soloist, duo pianist, accompanist and chamber musician. He has toured and performed throughout Australia and the UK. Hamish has recorded contemporary Australian music and has been broadcast on ABC Classic FM.

In 1999 Hamish was appointed as a piano teacher at the Tamworth Regional Conservatorium and was appointed Director and principal piano teacher of the Gunnedah Music Centre in 2000.

In 2003 Hamish was appointed as the Director of the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga. He is the current Executive Secretary for the Association of NSW Regional Conservatoriums and the Chairman for the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre. In 2006 Hamish completed a Master of Business Administration.