Kate Schirmer is a highly experienced singing teacher and music educator, currently working at Griffith University as Lecturer in Music and Singing at the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT). She serves as Artistic Director of the Queensland Show Choir and conducts their award winning young adult ensemble, Voiceworks. Kate presents nationally and internationally to singers, teachers, choristers, and actors and is in demand as an adjudicator. She is an experienced crossover performer with a career spanning Opera, Big Band, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Contemporary Commercial Music, and even a gig with the Rolling Stones!

Jen Teh is a Meanjin-based singer, music educator and conductor with more than twenty years’ experience across classrooms, choirs, studios and stages. Jen holds honours degrees in Music and Education, and has directed large-scale music and choral programs, delivered lectures and workshops at national and international conferences and symposia, and performed extensively as a live and studio singer. She firmly believes that music should belong to everyone.