Mark Dipnall (MEd, MMusSt, BMusPerf, GradDipEd, UMelb)
Formerly full-time principal clarinet with the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House. Casual member of Melbourne Symphony. Principal clarinet, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. Scholarship holder at the Melbourne Conservatorium Faculty of Music (Bradford, Kefford, Austral Salon and Commonwealth University Scholarships). Formerly Vice President VMTA, CLASAX, Amuse and ASME (Victorian Chapter). Formerly President, Ringwood Eisteddfod. Eisteddfod adjudicator. Currently serving as Vice President, Ringwood Eisteddfod. Strong interest in music performance skills and improvisation. Has written an educational thesis on the teaching of improvisation. Consultant to VCAA. Music Director of Community Bands and Orchestras. Participant with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Senior teacher of wind instruments – clarinet, saxophone, flute, and oboe. Performed operas, ballets and symphonies under Sir Charles Mackerras, Richard Bonynge, Carlo Felice Cillario, Willem Van Otterloo, Georg Tintner and John Lanchberry to name a few. Associated performances with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland. Performer, Victorian Government, Music in the Parks Series.
