Exaudi

One of Australia’s most active choral conductors is widely respected for his work with Young Voices of Melbourne (YVM) which he founded in 1990 following a Churchill Fellowship study tour of outstanding children’s choirs around the world. Mark is an Honorary Life Member of the Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to choral music and education in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list.

Juliana is a conductor, composer and teacher with a deep-rooted love for choirs and choral music. Equally at home working with children, community groups and professionals, Juliana strives to create musical experiences that are both engaging for singers and memorable for audiences. She has been conducting choirs and teaching in secondary schools since 2016, while maintaining her own practice as a singer and award-winning composer. Her compositions are performed by choirs across Australia and she is regularly commissioned to write new music for chamber choirs, massed choirs and school choirs. She is also the founding director of Choral Edge, which sees her regularly experimenting with multimedia performances and theatre collaborations. 

Juliana joined the YVM team in 2016 as Assitant Conductor to Exaudi and now directs Exaudi, shares the conducting of Main Choir, and tutors the Training Choirs.