Mardi McSullea
MARDI McSULLEA, ASCM DSCM MA Queens NY, Head of Woodwind Studies
Mardi McSullea studied flute with Margaret Crawford and Victor McMahon in Sydney before continuing her studies in New York with Thomas Nyfenger. She received her Masters Degree from Queens College, City University of New York where she later taught. While in the United States she also had lessons with Marcel Moyse, Robert Dick and Michael Parloff.
In New York she performed as soloist with the Brandenberg Orchestra, New York Pops Orchestra and the New School Chamber Orchestra. She became active in new music through invitations to perform with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and the Twentieth Century Music Group in New York.
Mardi McSullea is Lecturer of Woodwind at the Faculty of Music. She has recorded a CD of Australian Flute music with pianist Michael Harvey, for the ANU Anthology of Australian Music on Disc Series. In Australia she has performed in Festivals including the Melbourne International, the Port Fairy and the International Composing Women's Festival; for ensembles such as Pipeline, Playing Field, the Victorian State Orchestra, Astra Chamber Society and for ABC Sunday Live Broadcasts. She is currently Artistic Director of the Contemporary Menu Series of new music concerts for the Faculty of Music.