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.

Jason Vorherr

Paris Wells

Andy Sylvio

Pete Farnan

Angela Librandi

Dizzy Davidson

Glenn Reither

Hannah Blackburn

Phil Ceberano

Lucas Harwood

Maggie Alley

Stacey Gray

Hugo Race

Nik Pringadi

Marcel Youmanni

Ecca Vandal

Sebastian Garcia

Delsinki

Stefanie Duzel

Jess Ribeiro

Jackson Phelan

Zevon Hiltz

Thom Swain

Sarah McLeod

Thom Mann

Mack Moses

Liam Gough

Ali Barter

Brihony Dawson

Jen Sholakis

Pete Drummond

Alex Marko

Tommy Boyce

James Crosland

Merpire

Hayley Mainwaring

Ben Stewart

Freya Josephine Hollick

Clio Renner

Scott Thorburn

Jimi Hocking

Tony Featherstone

Darryn Farrugia

Ash Davies

Larni Pearce

Emilee South

Karl Lewis

MOZË

Evan Tweedie

Juanita Timpanaro

Brett Kingman

Steven Gates

Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen

Sam Vandenberg

Liz Drummond

Alana Wilkinson

Dave Graney

Toby Peterson

Emily Shaw

Jamie MacDowell

Paul Cartwright

Damien Dixon

Dave Leslie

Kylie Auldist

Xani Kolac

Oli Sansom

Aimee Francis

Bec Goring

Stevie Williams

Penny Ikinger

Kerryn Fields

MAXON

Kit Riley

Christian Nativo

Jess Locke

Nitida Atkinson

Jay Jerome

Mareya

Katie Underwood

Ciarann Babbington

Simon Hosford

Brooke Taylor

Jake Laderman

Conrad Tracey

Taylor Douglas

Declan Long

Tim Henwood

Lloyd Spiegel

David Seedsman

Dean Tellefson

Dallas Frasca

Hanny J

Laura Davidson

Kaitlin Keegan

Haydn Meggit

Rod Bustos

Maddy Herbert

Louise Goh

Mitch Cairns

Nkechi Anele

Bec Sandridge

Tanya Cavanagh

Jenny McKechnie

Nat Allison

Leon Kechayas

Cameron McKenzie

Ben Wicks

Kellie Santin

Tejo D’Cruz

Olympia

Fiona Lee Maynard

Paulie Stewart

Kathleen Halloran

Ruby Gill
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