Judy Dempster

Judy teaches the cello at Wesley College St Kilda Rd and Elsternwick campuses, Strathcona Girls Grammar and privately in her home studio. She studied in the USA with Gabor Rejto at USC , Lynn Harrell at SUNY Purchase, Lazslo Varga at Aspen Festival, Heidi Litschauer at the Mozarteum. Salzburg, Chamber Music with Charles Castleman at IHEM, Montreux Switzerland and Heidi Castleman at SUNY Purchase. She has completed a Master of Music in Performance Teaching at the Melbourne University Conservatorium and a Grad. Dip. Ed. from La Trobe University in addition to the Concert Diploma of Music (Melb). Judy is an examiner in Cello and Double Bass for the AMEB and has been a council member of the Victorian Music Teachers Association since 2009-17.

In September 2015 and April 2016 Judy was a guest Cello teacher at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul and most recently she toured China as a member of the Melbourne Opera Orchestra. She is a member of Australian Strings Association, the Victorian Music Teachers Association and the Australian Society for Music for Education and strongly believes in the importance of on-going professional learning and development.