Musical Staff

Musical Director / Principal Conductor

Jonathan Powles, is a conductor, composer and musicologist. He studied composition with Ross Edwards and Peter Sculthorpe, completing a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from the University of Sydney in 1988. He then completed a doctorate on analytic and semiotic issues in the music of Igor Stravinsky, at the University of Oxford. From 1993-2000 Jonathan was lecturer in music at Liverpool Hope University in the UK, where he conducted the university orchestra and opera company. He returned to Australia in 2000 was Head of the Musicology Department at ANU School of Music until 2003. Since 2002, he has been the Musical Director of SCUNA and is now the longest continuously-serving Conductor in SCUNA. Jonathan is currently Director of Educational Development at the ANU College of Law.

Associate Conductor (Choir)

Matthew Stuckings graduated from the ANU in 2003 with first class Honours in Musicology. He presently works at the National Library of Australia as a researcher for MusicAustralia. His extensive conducting experience spans orchestras, bands, opera and many choirs. He presently directs the fabulous choir Igitur Nos and two public service choirs alongside his work with SCUNA. He likes to play trumpet and ring bells too.