Patron in Chief

Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria

Patrons

Mr Julian Burnside AO, QC

Professor Barry Conyngham AM, MA (Hons), DMus

Professor Gary McPherson, PhD, MMus Ed, DipMusEd, FTCL, LTCL

Life members

Professor Max Cooke OAM, Bundesverdienstkreuz, DipMus, MMus, 6ème Degeé (Paris), FACE (Deceased. Award co-designer, Award co-founder and inaugural Artistic Director)  

Mrs Erna Werner, BA (Deceased. Award co-founder)

Mr Neil Werner OAM (Award co-founder and former President)

Board executive

President — Darryl G. Coote, BMus (Hons), MMus, AMusA (Award co-designer and Award co-founder)

Secretary — Judy Longley (Award co-founder) 

Chief Finance Officer — Barbara Evans, FCA, GAICD

Board members

Barbara Brown, MBA, BLitt, BSW, BA, TITC

Damian Powell BA (Hons), PhD

Julienne Tracy, BMus, DipEd (Award co-founder)

Associates

Lyn Bailey

Lizanne Goodwin BA BSc

Michael Goodwin

Roly Hunt, MMBS, FRCS, FRACS

Carolyn Leslie, AMusA

Ngaire Rikys

Daphne Turnbull, ARAD

Award support

Music coordinator — Carolyn Leslie

Piano technician — Shaun Catchpole

Marketing and public relations — Ben Starick, Starling Communications

Graphic design — Studio Zoe, Company X and Willprint Shepparton

Printing — Willprint Shepparton and Michel Signs

Website — Mad Web Skills

Database coordinator — Alan Grinton and Barbara Evans

Legal advisors — Dawes & Vary Riordan Lawyers

Auditors — MMK Accounting