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.

Hanny J

Lucas Harwood

Kylie Auldist

Bec Goring

Jess Ribeiro

Tanya Cavanagh

Hannah Blackburn

Liam Gough

Stacey Gray

Nik Pringadi

Dean Tellefson

Phil Ceberano

Xani Kolac

Sebastian Garcia

Mack Moses

Scott Thorburn

Conrad Tracey

Maddy Herbert

Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen

Kellie Santin

Alex Marko

Fiona Lee Maynard

Jen Sholakis

Hayley Mainwaring

Rod Bustos

Dave Graney

Delsinki

Jackson Phelan

Paul Cartwright

Olympia

Tim Henwood

Sam Vandenberg

Leon Kechayas

Haydn Meggit

Dave Leslie

Maggie Alley

Jamie MacDowell

Ben Stewart

Emily Shaw

Dizzy Davidson

Declan Long

Louise Goh

Nkechi Anele

Penny Ikinger

Larni Pearce

Liz Drummond

MAXON

Evan Tweedie

Thom Swain

Ben Wicks

Merpire

Marcel Youmanni

Katie Underwood

Jason Vorherr

Simon Hosford

Alana Wilkinson

MOZË

Juanita Timpanaro

Brett Kingman

Kathleen Halloran

Pete Farnan

Nitida Atkinson

Jess Locke

Laura Davidson

Tejo D’Cruz

Kerryn Fields

Glenn Reither

Kaitlin Keegan

Hugo Race

Jenny McKechnie

Andy Sylvio

Jake Laderman

Bec Sandridge

Sarah McLeod

Jimi Hocking

Cameron McKenzie

Nat Allison

Karl Lewis

Stevie Williams

Mareya

Ecca Vandal

Pete Drummond

James Crosland

Angela Librandi

Brihony Dawson

Lloyd Spiegel

Kit Riley

Thom Mann

Mitch Cairns

Emilee South

Tony Featherstone

Clio Renner

Taylor Douglas

Paris Wells

Brooke Taylor

Dallas Frasca

Damien Dixon

Stefanie Duzel

Toby Peterson

Darryn Farrugia

Ash Davies

David Seedsman

Aimee Francis

Tommy Boyce

Freya Josephine Hollick

Ruby Gill

Christian Nativo

Paulie Stewart

Ciarann Babbington

Ali Barter

Steven Gates

Zevon Hiltz

Oli Sansom

Jay Jerome
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