Joan Thorp

Joan Thorp is the Managing Director of one of Australia’s leading music publishing companies, Thorp Music. She has published over 250 works for bands, orchestras and ensembles. Joan enjoys regular praise for her creative and inspiring music for school bands.

Joan’s outstanding record as a music educator has seen her direct the Junior State Band Camp Concert Band as well as the NSW Senior State Wind Ensemble. Joan’s career has included directing a professional corporate function band, “Abracadabra”, teaching, performing, adjudicating, guest-conducting as well as earning state and national championship titles on French Horn. She has also received an ATCL for French Horn, an AMusA for Theory of Music and a LMusA in Orchestration and Arrangement. Joan is accredited by the Australian Music Teachers’ Association, the Music Arrangers’ Guild of Australia and the
Australian Band & Orchestra Directors’ Association. Joan has had a long association with the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival and looks forward to
adjudicating again this year.

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