Our conductor

Born in Graz, Austria, Marie-Louise Wright (Mary) began violin studies with Brian Fish and later with Zefferino Mendes, Tim Wachtel and Warwick Stengards. She studied conducting and Musical Direction with Dr. Peter Clinch, Robert Rosen, Marvin Rabin, Jerry Nowak, Dr. Robert Culver and Dr. LeRoy Jones as well as attending Symphony Australia workshops in Tasmania and Adelaide, and most recently a workshop with the Royal Australian Navy Band.

She is currently the conductor of:
- Surrey Hills Chamber Orchestra and Feeder String Programme
- Preston Junior Strings
- Eltham Orchestra and two other ensembles in the Eltham Orchestras group.

Other appointments:
- Recently appointed Tutor for Healesville Summer Music Camp (2008)
- Past Conductor of Henry Touzeau Strings for Melbourne Youth Music
- Past Tutor of Margaret Sutherland Strings and MYM Summer Schools
- Conductor of past productions of Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas, Lehar's Merry Widow, German's Merrie England, Lerner & Lowes' Brigadoon, Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma as well as Calamity Jane and most recently Fiddler on the Roof.

Marie-Louse has been privileged to conduct, at this stage, 6 out of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies, as well as Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, to name but a few composers.

She also performs as a violinist and arranges music for the Victorian Concert Orchestra.

Her favourite music is Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, and classical ballet music of the Romantic era. Her ambition is to conduct for performances of large-scale ballet.