Paul Vickers

BMus Studies (Perf), Grad Dip Ed, MMus (Perf – Conducting), MACEL

Paul Vickers is a passionate music educator, educational leader, conductor, consultant and coach. He is driven by a passion for developing high performance teams and deeply committed learning cultures. Paul loves seeing others succeed in their own pursuit of excellence. This drives his commitment to adjudicating annually at the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival.

As a conductor, Paul has twenty-five years’ experience conducting ensembles of various abilities and ages across all educational sectors. He has played his part in a range of music education teams, and has led from the front in significant school music programs since 2003. Most recently, Paul spent nearly ten years as Director of Music at the Scots College, Sydney; a music program transformed by the team under his leadership. Paul remains the conductor of the College’s Symphony Orchestra, and the Year 7 Wind Band.

In universities, Paul has conducted ensembles in Australia and Canada. Since 2018, he has been the conductor and musical director of the Wind Symphony at the University of NSW, where he has also lectured in Music Education. Previously, Paul was the Assistant Conductor for the University of Victoria Wind Symphony in British Columbia, Canada while he completed a Master of Music degree in conducting. Paul’s tertiary qualifications also include a Bachelor of Music Studies (Performance) on trombone from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and he is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Organisational Coaching.

Paul has been an ensemble conductor with The Arts Unit of the NSW Department of Education and was a core conductor for the Symphony Services International conductor training program, conducting professional orchestras in Australia and New Zealand. He is a regular contributor to professional journals, boards and advisory panels, including the ASBOF Advisory board. Paul is also an experienced adjudicator, speaker, clinician and guest conductor across orchestral, wind band and jazz genres, and is regularly sought after in these roles and as a consultant and coach for leaders and for music educators.

Paul has also held a number of senior and executive educational leadership roles outside of Music Education. He currently oversees a school campus as the Head of Middle School at The Scots College, Sydney, where he has previously been Director of College Improvement and Director of Co-Curricular Activities.