Our conductor

Born in Graz, Austria, Marie-Louise Wright (Mary) began violin studies with Brian Fish and later with Zefferino Mendes, Tim Wachtel and Warwick Stengards. She studied conducting and Musical Direction with Dr. Peter Clinch, Robert Rosen, Marvin Rabin, Jerry Nowak, Dr. Robert Culver and Dr. LeRoy Jones as well as attending Symphony Australia workshops in Tasmania, Melbourne and Adelaide, and most recently a workshop with the Royal Australian Navy Band.

She is currently the conductor of the Eltham Orchestra and its string groups, and Surrey Hills Orchestra, and is past conductor of the Victorian Concert Orchestra, Preston Symphony Orchestra, Preston Strings, Preston Junior Strings and the Henry Touzeau Strings for Melbourne Youth Music.

She is also a conductor of many past productions of light opera, including Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas, Lehar's Merry Widow, German's Merrie England, Lerner & Lowes' Brigadoon, Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma, Calamity Jane, Fiddler on the Roof, Kismet and Carousel.

Mary is also a very experienced string teacher.