ADRS Committee

Jill Noble became the national treasurer of ADRS in April 2025. She lives in Adelaide. She has been playing the oboe for most of the last 45 years. She is an enthusiastic amateur, playing in the Norwood Symphony Orchestra, Cumberland Park Orchestra and various chamber music groups.

Professionally, Jill is a retired Chief Financial Officer, with degrees in Science (Computer Science & Mathematics), an MBA, and a Master of Commerce (Accounting). She is a Fellow of the Certified Practising Accountants (FCPA) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Since retiring, Jill continues to work as a Board director, in both professional and volunteer Boards, including as Treasurer of Chamber Music Adelaide, and the Norwood Symphony Orchestra.

Hailed by the Daily Telegraph as “a new star…who wields his instrument with virtuosic skill and with moves you usually associate with a rock guitarist”,  Matthew Kneale is one of Australia’s leading lights on the bassoon.

He was the first ever bassoonist to be awarded the prestigious Freedman Classical Fellowship. Matthew used this award in late 2019 to embark on an international concert tour that aimed to shatter preconceived notions by presenting the bassoon as a brilliant solo and chamber entity in its own right, with a strong emphasis on music by Australia’s leading young composers.

Matthew is a founding member of Arcadia Winds, Australia’s leading young wind ensemble, and Musica Viva’s inaugural FutureMakers musicians. With Arcadia Winds Matthew appears as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals and venues around Australia.

Anne recently retired from the West Australian Symphony Orchestra where she was Principal Bassoonist for thirty years. She continues her involvement in music in solo appearances and with various West Australian ensembles including the Perth Symphony Orchestra and the Perth Chamber Orchestra. Anne teaches in a number of schools where she is a strong advocate for the use of the Mini-Bassoon in upper Primary Years.

Alan, originally from Adelaide started both oboe and bassoon in his student years; oboe initially took over after a stint in the ABC Training Orchestra in 1968 which led to playing 2nd Oboe and Cor Anglais firstly in the Elizabethan Trust Sydney Orchestra, later in 1975 moving to Hobart (yea!) and playing in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra retiring from there in 2001. In retirement (?!) there has been quite a bit more bassoonerie, both on Baroque and also his beloved Buffet.

Alan has been the ADRS Treasurer for 15 years and is a muched loved member of ADRS.

Secretary Stephen Moschner is a founding member of the ADRS in 1996 and studied Oboe at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Victorian College of the Arts. He is a busy administrator as well as performer and has worked with orchestras in Australia and overseas, and on events ranging from the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to local concerts.

Caryl started the bassoon with Thomas Wightman at the Elder Conservatorium in the early 70s and has been playing ever since.

Caryl is a founder member of the Unley Symphony Orchestra and has also played with many other community groups throughout Adelaide. After teaching English and French at various State Secondary Schools she is now happily retired and plays regularly withthe Arbor Wind Quintet, Flinders University Chamber Ensemble, AdelaideSummer Orchestra and Notos Nonet.

She has been an active committee member of the SA Branch of ADRS for the last 10 years and is the sub-editor of Reeding Matter.

Christina began her musical career on Oboe and Violin in England before moving to Australia in the early 1980's. WIth oboe as her primary instrument Christina joined the RAAF in 1985 becoming the first woman musician in an Australian Airforce Band where she stayed for seven years. After a 25 year break from music,  Christina took up the oboe again and is passionate about being a "born again oboist" playing whenever she gets the opportunity. When she isn't playing Oboe Christina enjoys playing Alto Saxophone and is learning to play jazz, a whole new experience for her and vastly different from classical.