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About Our Ozwinds Team

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Aaron Ebert

Aaron Ebert Brasswind Technician

Aaron is our master brass wind repair specialist and in house machine guy. We are so proud he has one of the best equipped workshops in Australia with the passion to be the very best at what he loves doing -
Aidan Hodge

Aidan Hodge Assistant Store Manager

Aidan moved to Melbourne from Geelong in 2013 to study jazz at Monash Uni, and quickly fell in love with the bari sax and bass clarinet. He has performed and recorded with the likes of Joe Lovano, Kate Ceberano and Lafferty Daniel. His favourite coffee is from Cartel Coffee in Geelong.
Brian Ebert

Brian Ebert Store Owner

Brian completed an apprenticeship in the 1970's with Brian Murphy as a brass and woodwind repair technician. The original brassnwoodwind repair shop began in 1989 as a one person operation with the assistance of his wife Liz. With dedicated staff members with the same passion over the coming years, Ozwinds has continued to grow to where we are today.
Glenn Foster

Glenn Foster Store Manager

Glenn has been working in the music retail business for more than 17 years and is totally passionate about our customers receiving the very best customer service and products.
Hannah Ebert

Name of Team Member Assistant Woodwind Technician

Hannah has been working as an assistant woodwind technician for the last two years, assisting our team whenever she can in between her Melbourne University science studies. She is becoming a very fine clarinet repair technician at this moment and is expanding her knowledge with other woodwinds.
Liz Ebert

Liz Ebert Store Owner

Working with the business from day one, Liz takes care of the back end of daily tasks our customers never see. The number one objective is to give the best customer experience in store and online.
Matthew Holzinger

Matthew Holzinger Assistant Woodwind Technician

Matthew Holzinger has a Bachelor of Music from the Elder Conservatorium and a Postgraduate Diploma of Performance from the Universitet Stavanger in Norway, where he studied with renound bassoon pedagogue Prof. Ole Kristian T. Dahl. Matthew manufactures custom reed cases for Holzinger Reed accessories and works in woodwind repair at our Moorabbin Workshop.
Pat Watkins

Pat Watkins Assistant Brasswind Technician

Pat joined our team in 2016 and has been working under the guidence of Aaron and is becoming a very competent brasswind technician. Along with working in the workshop, Pat is also completing his Bachelors of Science at the University of Melbourne.
Sophie Tulloch

Sophie Tulloch Sales Consultant

Sophie grew up in Mackay, QLD and studied music from a young age. After school, she moved to Mount Gambier, SA to study jazz trombone at the James Morrison Academy of Music. Sophie's passion lies with all things low brass and the occasional tin whistle.
Stephanie Cai

Stephanie Cai Business Manager

Steph is our go to person including fixing complex problems and so much more.
Trav Ebert

Trav Ebert Online Sales

Trav is our online specialist sales person, striving to make your purchase experience the best he can with further support when needed from our professional in store qualified musicians and technician staff.
Tyler Marchiori

Tyler Marchiori Sales Consultant

Tyler started playing saxophone at age eight and went on to study jazz music at the James Morrison Academy of Music in Mount Gambier. Relocating to Melbourne shortly thereafter, he is now one of our friendly floor staff and always happy to talk anything woodwind. He is also an avid chess enthusiast!
Joseph Cai

Joseph Cai Accounts

Finishing a degree in business marketing and accounting, Joseph is reconciling the numbers to help all our stores stay on track. This is a daunting task with five stores to take care of.

Hugh Parsons

Hugh Parsons Sales Consultant

Trumpeter Hugh is alumni of the James Morrison Academy of Music and an Honours graduate of Monash University. He has performed extensively with Morrison, including shows with Kate Ceberano, Darren Percival, Mat Jodrell, Troy Roberts and the One O'Clock Lab Band. A diversely skilled instrumentalist in jazz and commercial playing, Hugh has a wealth of knowledge of instruments and mouthpiece specifications, and finds joy in helping musicians of all levels find their ideal tools.
Mark George

Mark George Store Manager

MG joined the Ozwinds team in 2017 after over a decade teaching instrumental music at various schools around Victoria. A multi-instrumentalist by trade, specialising in fretted instruments, Mark has carved a nice niche out for himself performing within the professional musical theatre scene. As a multifaceted musician, Marks skills extend beyond the performance realm, with an extensive background in sound engineering, lighting, programming and writing music for the moving image. Mark can often be found scoring for film and television encompassing both professional and personal projects.

Ben Byrne

Ben Byrne Store Manager

Ben Byrne is a professional saxophonist who is active as a free-lance recording and gigging musician. He also performs regularly with permanent bands such as Franky Smart and Nomika. Ben has worked at Ozwinds Brisbane since 2010 and has a deep understanding of most things brass and woodwind. He cares deeply about matching customers to their dream gear.
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson Low Brass Specialist

Chris is our in store Low Brass Specialist and being a Brisbane-based freelance musician, he understands the players needs and wants very well indeed.
Daniel Byrne

Daniel Byrne Education Specialist

Daniel is a Brisbane based clarinet and bass clarinettist that has premiered operas, symphonies, and chamber works by Paul Dean, Lisa Cheney, Steve Newcombe, Gerard Brophy and Catherine Likhuta. Starting at Ozwinds in 2015, Daniel is passionate about finding the right instrument and gear for each individual.
Drew Niemeyer

Drew Niemeyer Small Woodwinds Technician

Over the years Drew has travelled the globe expanding his technicians knowledge at numerous factories, including Marigaux, Rigout, Sankyo and Buffet. Drew specialises in smaller woodwinds, particularly oboe, clarinet and flute.
Simon Ward

Simon Ward Assistant Store Manager

Simon is an experienced trumpet player with both a BMus and GradDipEd. He is a skilled professional who actively performs and records with many artists in Brisbane, and enjoys helping aspiring players in store musically and technically.
Tanya Campbell

Tanya Campbell Woodwind & Brass Technician

In 2002 Tanya completed a three year full time repair technician and manufacture course in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK where she built a clarinet from scratch! Tanya enjoys all brass and woodwind repairs.

Karen Hood

Karen Hood Sales Consultant and Accounts

Learnt Piano & Guitar at an early age. Has administrated the Gold Coast Shop since 2002. Specialises in Print Music
Rob Rota

Rob Rota Sales and Brass and Woodwind Technician

Since starting clarinet at 11, Rob played in small ensembles until his late teens and composed & recorded popular music. He began studying Brass & Woodwind repairs in late 1999. Since January 2000, Rob has owned and now manages the Ozwinds Gold Coast store.

About Our Ozwinds Team

Aaron Ebert Brasswind Technician

Aidan Hodge Assistant Store Manager

Brian Ebert Store Owner

Glenn Foster Store Manager

Name of Team Member Assistant Woodwind Technician

Liz Ebert Store Owner

Matthew Holzinger Assistant Woodwind Technician

Pat Watkins Assistant Brasswind Technician

Sophie Tulloch Sales Consultant

Stephanie Cai Business Manager

Trav Ebert Online Sales

Tyler Marchiori Sales Consultant

Joseph Cai Accounts

Hugh Parsons Sales Consultant

Mark George Store Manager

Ben Byrne Store Manager

Chris Thomson Low Brass Specialist

Daniel Byrne Education Specialist

Drew Niemeyer Small Woodwinds Technician

Simon Ward Assistant Store Manager

Tanya Campbell Woodwind & Brass Technician

Karen Hood Sales Consultant and Accounts

Rob Rota Sales and Brass and Woodwind Technician

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