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.

Louise Goh

Steven Gates

Kerryn Fields

Ciarann Babbington

Tony Featherstone

Christian Nativo

Scott Thorburn

Kylie Auldist

Conrad Tracey

Alex Marko

Ben Stewart

Jason Vorherr

Aimee Francis

Nitida Atkinson

Tim Henwood

Laura Davidson

Andy Sylvio

Sebastian Garcia

Sam Vandenberg

Zevon Hiltz

Evan Tweedie

Bec Sandridge

Mareya

Ash Davies

Jay Jerome

Darryn Farrugia

Thom Swain

Ecca Vandal

Tejo D’Cruz

Jess Ribeiro

Fiona Lee Maynard

Emilee South

Mack Moses

Stevie Williams

Stacey Gray

Liam Gough

Merpire

Thom Mann

Maddy Herbert

Freya Josephine Hollick

Jamie MacDowell

Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen

Stefanie Duzel

Ben Wicks

Angela Librandi

Simon Hosford

Kaitlin Keegan

Lloyd Spiegel

Jess Locke

Jackson Phelan

Penny Ikinger

Pete Drummond

Phil Ceberano

Larni Pearce

Tanya Cavanagh

Kit Riley

Kathleen Halloran

David Seedsman

Clio Renner

Glenn Reither

Juanita Timpanaro

Dave Leslie

Dallas Frasca

Ali Barter

Rod Bustos

Olympia

Brett Kingman

Brooke Taylor

Toby Peterson

Liz Drummond

Jimi Hocking

Alana Wilkinson

Mitch Cairns

Emily Shaw

Marcel Youmanni

Hannah Blackburn

Hanny J

Kellie Santin

James Crosland

Brihony Dawson

Jenny McKechnie

Ruby Gill

Jen Sholakis

Nat Allison

Maggie Alley

Nkechi Anele

Katie Underwood

Paulie Stewart

Dizzy Davidson

Delsinki

Damien Dixon

Nik Pringadi

Paul Cartwright

Bec Goring

Hayley Mainwaring

Oli Sansom

MOZË

Sarah McLeod

Leon Kechayas

Karl Lewis

Dave Graney

Jake Laderman

MAXON

Xani Kolac

Pete Farnan

Hugo Race

Dean Tellefson

Declan Long

Lucas Harwood

Tommy Boyce

Paris Wells

Taylor Douglas

Haydn Meggit

Cameron McKenzie
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