[photo: Adam Stevens 2023]

Philip Paine

Philip Paine was appointed conductor of Burnside Symphony Orchestra in 2013.

Philip is a horn player in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. He completed a Masters degree in performance at the University of Adelaide in 1995. Prior to this he played with the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Orchestra in Sydney after competing his Bachelor of Music at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1988.

He has performed with the Queensland, Tasmanian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra in tutti and principal positions. He has played as a member of the Adelaide Brass Quintet and performed as soloist with the Burnside and Unley Symphony Orchestras, Barossa Chamber Music Festival and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Philip’s introduction to conducting was in 1988 with the Glenorchy City Concert Brass. In 2009 he was appointed music director of the Hahndorf Town Band and, in 2010 was conductor of the Adelaide Sinfonia.

Past conductors

Bryan Griffiths 2010-2012
Martin Butler 1994-2008
Alphonse Anthony 1989-1993
Jim Ferguson 1982-1988
Robert Cooper 1968-1981
David Cubbin 1967-1968
Malcolm John 1964-1966
John Black 1956-1963

Guest conductors

Nicholas Braithwaite 2019
Tully Brookes 2017, 2023
Sebastian Phlox 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Aldis Sils 2012
Kim Worley 2009, 2010
Alwin Kidney 2007, 2011
Kevin Cameron 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
Neil Thompson 2009
Joanna Drimatis 2007, 2008, 2009
David Sharp 1997, 1998
Bruce Stewart 1994, 1995
Grant Dickson 1992