Fintan Murphy is the coordinator of strings at Monash University and Director of ACSIS, the Australian Centre for Stringed Instruments Studies. He has studied in Australia, Germany and the United States of America where he completed his master degree.

Beside appearing in recital and concerto performances and conducts masterclasses and technique workshops, he is also a regular guest in the Asia-Pacific region. His programme in the year 2000 will include: concerto performances in Singapore and Hong Kong, master courses in Thailand and recitals in Malaysia and Thailand.

An innovative teacher of string pedagogy, Fintan is on the inaugural board of String Praxis, and is writing a CD Rom on violin technique. He has a long involvement with youth music, is the String Specialist for the AMEB Victoria and musical director of the Melbourne String Ensemble.

Yeoh Jun Lin graduated from the prestigious Royal College of Music, London. She holds the G.R.S.M. which was an Honours course, as well as the A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. and the L.T.C.L.. She passed both Grade 8 in piano and violin with high distinctions at the age of 13, but considers the piano her principal instrument which she studied with, first, her father, then Yeoh Geok Hoon in Penang, and later on the late David Parkhouse when she went to London at 15. She also pursued the violin with Kenneth Piper, Harmony and Composition with Timothy Salter, History of Music with Philip Wilkinson and Jeremy Dale Roberts. Playing in the RCM orchestra, she has performed under many distinguished conductors.

She also did the debut recording of the BBC “The African Sanctus” by David Fanshawe, but Jun Lin was most involved with chamber groups and was in demand as a pianist in duos and ensembles. 

Now residing in Kuching, Jun Lin continues with her music. She did a piano concerto in the Mozart bicentennial celebrations, performed with violinist Clarence Myerscough, as a trio with Isin Cakmakciuglu and Rachel Atkinson, and with trombonist Gila Rayberg. She was also producer of the Christmas concert with Chan Hui Ling in 1995. She has a select group of students whom she tutors. Jun Lin is very active in the local music scene as the Chairman of the Sarawak Music Society, and also sits on the committee for the Rainforest World Music Festival and the Kuching Festival.

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