Who's who
DAVID SHORT (Music Director)
David joined the choir in October 2005. After completing his studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, David began his career teaching music in NSW secondary schools, conducting choirs, directing stage musicals and running a variety of music groups. He is widely sought after as an accompanist on piano and organ, and has accompanied choirs, instrumentalists and vocalists since he was 13 years old. He is currently organist at St Matthews Uniting Church at Baulkham Hills, and until recently a secondary school Principal. He assumed the role of Music Director at the start of 2026.
BRIAN LEWIS (ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR / ASSISTANT ACCOMPANIST) is an accomplished musician and a past President of the choir. He studied piano for 8 years to 7th Grade and has been an organist and pianist at Wesley Uniting Church, Castle Hill since 1967. Brian has also been accompanist and musically directed a number of shows for EUC Musical Society, Eastwood. He is currently the Musical Director of the Mirrabooka Singers, a ladies choir which sings in aged care facilities in northern Sydney.
KAREN GREEN ACCOMPANIST
B.Mus. Certificate Music (Vocal Pedagogy), M.Mus.Ed.
Karen is an accredited Singing, Piano and Theory Teacher and an Examiner for the Australian Music Education Board for written and online Theory, Musicianship and Music Craft.
She has adjudicated at Eisteddfods state wide for singing and choirs and has composed over 50 hymns for Sunday School and Youth, which has been distributed world-wide in her Church, where she is an organist, pianist and choir/orchestra leader. Karen took on the role of choir accompanist in February 2026.
