Rock Academy Mentors
We’ve been able to pull together a range of the very best Melbourne musicians to work with our teenagers during Rock Academy. Learn a little bit more about them below.
Developing the future
Our mentors are professional, recording, performing and touring musicians, willing to pass on their years of trials and tribulations to make the path forward a little bighter for the next generation of Australian artists.
Earned knowledge
Our mentors have earned their stripes by touring, performing and recording as solo artists, as band members and hired guns and bring their unqieu perspective to the life of a professional musicians and the art of songwriting.

MAXON

Kaitlin Keegan

Jamie MacDowell

Thom Mann

Tommy Boyce

Evan Tweedie

Brett Kingman

MOZË

Bec Sandridge

Nat Allison

Jackson Phelan

Cameron McKenzie

Dave Leslie

Hugo Race

Brihony Dawson

Olympia

Stefanie Duzel

Kellie Santin

Delsinki

Steven Gates

Ben Wicks

Ben Stewart

Jess Locke

Lloyd Spiegel

Jake Laderman

Tony Featherstone

Mitch Cairns

Zevon Hiltz

Alex Marko

Kylie Auldist

Ash Davies

Fiona Lee Maynard

James Crosland

Jenny McKechnie

Louise Goh

Damien Dixon

Freya Josephine Hollick

Sam Vandenberg

Nkechi Anele

Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen

Leon Kechayas

Stacey Gray

Larni Pearce

Paul Cartwright

Tim Henwood

Nik Pringadi

Jen Sholakis

Oli Sansom

Liz Drummond

Jess Ribeiro

Katie Underwood

Pete Farnan

Kathleen Halloran

Glenn Reither

Emily Shaw

Stevie Williams

Alana Wilkinson

Mareya

Declan Long

Kerryn Fields

Conrad Tracey

Karl Lewis

Marcel Youmanni

Taylor Douglas

Hannah Blackburn

Ali Barter

Rod Bustos

Nitida Atkinson

Sebastian Garcia

Bec Goring

Simon Hosford

Andy Sylvio

Tejo D’Cruz

Hayley Mainwaring

Kit Riley

Paulie Stewart

David Seedsman

Penny Ikinger

Clio Renner

Jimi Hocking

Maddy Herbert

Thom Swain

Juanita Timpanaro

Jason Vorherr

Dave Graney

Hanny J

Phil Ceberano

Merpire

Haydn Meggit

Ciarann Babbington

Emilee South

Jay Jerome

Pete Drummond

Ruby Gill

Mack Moses

Sarah McLeod

Liam Gough

Laura Davidson

Maggie Alley

Dean Tellefson

Dizzy Davidson

Christian Nativo

Ecca Vandal

Lucas Harwood

Xani Kolac

Paris Wells

Angela Librandi

Tanya Cavanagh

Aimee Francis

Brooke Taylor

Scott Thorburn

Dallas Frasca
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