Teachers & Tutors

Showstoppers can boast a fantastic collection of teachers and tutors using some of the finest from South East Queensland and interstate.

• Head of School: Simon Gallaher

• School Admistrator: Jean Burke

• Deputy Head of School & School Coordinator (Gold Coast): Lisa Gallaher

• School Coordinator and Concert Spectacular Stage Manager : Penelope Krishna

• Concert Director & Class Mentor: Craig Schaefer

• Director's Assistant & School Coordinator: Leisa Barry-Smith

• Singing Tutor; Vocal Coach & Head of Music: Jason Barry-Smith

Jason is one of the country's best all-round performers from music theatre in shows such as The Pirates of Penzance, to opera appearing regularly with Opera Queensland. He has been official vocal coach and chorus master for several major musicals as well as being one of Brisbane's most highly regarded singing teachers and vocal coaches. As well as teaching privately, Jason is a teacher of Voice at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

• Choreographer & Dance Tutor: Davidia Lind

Qualified RAD Teacher, & CSTD Theatrical and Tap Teacher
Bachelor of Human Movement Studies [UQ]
Davidia has taught children from age of 3 through to professional level for 30 years and has successfully prepared hundreds of students for examinations with extremely high standards of results in all areas. Many of Davidia's past students are now working within the entertainment industry in musical theatre, commercial dance, television, film and modelling. Davidia runs her own highly successful performance school in Brisbane for casual and full time students.

• Choreographer & Dance Tutor: Simon Lind

Simon has performed as a singer and dancer in the major Australian musical productions of West Side Story, Grease the Arena Spectacular, Jolson, Singin' in The Rain, The Boy from Oz and Jupiter's Casino shows, as well as dancing with the cast of Bootmen at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
He choreographs for Human Nature; The Young Divas; Paulini as well as numbers for Torvill & Dean's television show Dancing On Ice.
Simon has toured extensively overseas as a performer, and has danced and choreographed for many television shows, video clips, live concerts and conventions. Simon will visit from Sydney for the duration of Showstoppers.

• Singing Tutor, Music Coach & Mentor Assistant: Andi Gallaher

Andi is an accomplished singer and pianist as well as being an experienced music theatre performer from her time as one of The Fabulous Singlettes and appearing in musicals such as The Pirates of Penzance The Mikado & HMS Pinafore, to playing the leading role of Philia in the Australia/New Zealand professional production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Andi is a highly regarded private vocal coach & tutor on the Gold Coast.

• Singing Tutor & Music Coach: Shaun Brown

• Dance Tutor: Emma Myers

• Performance Tutor and assistant: Natalie Gilhome

• Performance & Mentor Assistant: Gary Jones

 

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