Yvette Goodchild - Viola
Yvette Goodchild
Violist Yvette Goodchild graduated from the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music in 1991 studying with Winifred Durie, followed by post graduate studies in London with David†Takeno and in Karlsruhe, Germany with Madeline Prager.
Her chamber music activities include First Prize in the Dorothy Adams Quartet Competition (London), masterclasses with the Melos, Takacs and Borodin String Quartets and concert tours with the European Community Chamber Orchestra throughout Europe and Asia.
She has had considerable orchestral experience having played with the London Symphony Orchestra, Associate-Principal Viola with the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Since returning to Sydney, she has worked with both the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra as Guest†Principal Viola and with the Goldner String Quartet as guest violist.
For the past 3 years,Yvette has been invited to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, played in various other Festivals and in 2002 was soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She has been Assistant Principal Viola with the Sydney Symphony since 1997.