VCE Young Artist Development Program
Community & Creative Engagement Jan & Feb 2026
Choir 3006
Lunchtime singing sessions for Southbank
Artist Development Alumni
Where are they now?
Across our years ofYoung Artist Development programs, we have amassed a long list of alumni, achieving fantastic things around the world:
Lily Higson-Spence, who won the First Prize (Richard Mills Prize) at the 2015 Bach Competition has been appointed as a section violin for the international chamber ensemble Camerata Bern.
Winner of the 2014 Bach Competition, Charlotte Miles has been busy accumulating several awards and fellowships:
Kronberg Academy 2025-27
Melbourne Prize for Music 2025 - Dr Alastair Jackson AM Professional Development Award
Selected for the Budapest International Cello Competition 2025
Fondation Gautier Capuçon – Laureate 2025
Top Image: Choir 3006 Social Club Bottom Image: Renee Heron leading Choir 3006 in rehearsal
Community & Creative Engagement
Accelerando Students
2026 Accelerando cohort - Top Row (L-R) Micky, Matilda, Seth. Bottom Row (L-R) Tristan, Nora, Arianna.
VCE Young Artist Development Program
Community & Creative Engagement Jan & Feb 2026
Marshall McGuire Emerging Composer Commissions
Supporting the next generation of Australian composers
Composer
Free Music
Day-time Open Rehearsals
receipents
Kym Alexandra Dillon captivated audiences for our first Free Music session for the year in the Primrose Potter Salon Talking about her compositional process, Kym demonstrated the subtleties involved in getting the form of a piece just right Her debut album VENDESTINY will have its launch at an upcoming sold out performance at MRC on April 17.
Marshall McGuire Emerging
Commission
Nicole Brady and Arie Madden Welti