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A highly regarded recorder player performing as a soloist and ensemble musician throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe; Alana has performed with a number of ensembles including The Royal Wind Music, The New Dutch Academy, Salut! Baroque, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Pinchgut Opera, The Sydney Consort, The Tall Poppeas and The Sydneian Bach Choir. As a soloist, she has performed concerti with The Early Music Ensemble of the Sydney Conservatorium, The Manly-Warringah Symphony Orchestra, Coro Innominata and The Bourbaki Ensemble; she has also teamed up with other Australian artists Rosalind Halton (Harpsichord), Riley Lee (Shakuhachi), Neal Peres da Costa & Daniel Yeadon (continuo) and Ben Carey (sound technologist). To continue studies in Australia and The Netherlands, Alana was awarded a University of Sydney Postgraduate Award, Ian Potter Cultural Foundation Award and PPCA Performers' Trust for further education. A performer of both early and contemporary music, Alana has performed in some of the world's greatest recital and concert halls including; the Sydney Opera House, Wigmore Hall (UK), Amsterdam Concertgebouw (NL), and Konzerthaus Berlin (GR), recorded six CDs, and performed live on radio broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and The Netherlands.
Alana has recently completed her PhD in music from the University of New England. Her research looked at identity, group processes and management of classical chamber music ensembles. Other areas of interest are performance practice (contemporary and historically informed) and musician entrepreneurship.