OUR MUSIC TEAM

JOHANNA VAN TIENEN

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Johanna took over as our Music Director mid 2018 with strong credentials as a composer and conductor.  She made her public conducting debut at age 17 and soon after was conducting the 200-strong chorus of Cats (Exitleft Productions) as Assistant Chorusmaster.  

Johanna has worked with many Hobart choirs and is actively involved with the Lindisfarne Riverside Arts Club as well as us!

She conducted the UTAS production of The Little Sweep and was Assistant Conductor for UTAS's The Magic Flute.

Johanna has an AMus in piano and Bachelor of Music in composition. 

ANDREW SHORT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Our popular assistant director Andy first performed at age 8 in Pippin and has since amassed dozens of opera and music theatre credits in many UK and Australian shows, including Marius in Les Miserables, Alex in Aspects of Love and Fakir in Secret Garden.

Other credits include Side by Side by Sondheim, Guys and Dolls and the operas Cosi Fan Tutte and La Cenerentola which toured with Opera Australia. 

During his decade in the UK Andy gained a Masters of Performance from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. 

Andrew most recently appeared as Freddy in My Fair Lady and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera at Hobart’s Theatre Royal.

KIERAN SLICER

ACCOMPANIST

Kieran Slicer joined the Choir mid 2018 as our principal music maker and has been involved in music for longer than he can remember.

His passion for music saw him complete a Bachelor of Musical Arts, as well as recently obtaining an AMus in singing under the tutelage of Helen Todd, a co-founder of the Choir of High Hopes.

Alongside private piano and singing teaching, Kieran has turned his personal focus back to keyboard, working alongside musical director Johanna to accompany the Choir of High Hopes and the Lindisfarne Riverside Arts Club Choir.

Kieran also accompanies the recently formed Hobart City Council choir with music director Joan Wright.