Head of School
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole
Tel +64 3 479 4025
Email HoS-SchoolofPerformingArts@otago.ac.nz
Music programme staff
- Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole
- Professor Terence Dennis
- Associate Professor Heleen du Plessis
- Hugh Harlow
- David Harrison
- Dr Michael Holland On Research and Study leave in Semester 1, 2026
- Professor Henry Johnson – Head of Programme
- Arlie McCormick – Kaiāwhina Māori
- Tom McGrath
- Dr Madeleine Parkins-Craig
- Tessa Petersen
- Dr Tessa Romano On Research and Study leave in Semester 1, 2026
- Bridget Telfer-Milne – Pasifika Support
Theatre programme staff
- Associate Professor Hilary Halba
- Ryan Hartigan – Postgraduate Co-ordinator
- Associate Professor Suzanne Little – Head of Programme
- Amanda Faye Martin – Playwriting Fellow
- Martyn Roberts – Theatre Manager, Disability Support
Dance programme staff
- Sofia Kalogeropoulou – Programme convener
Bachelor of Performing Arts
- Sofia Kalogeropoulou – Programme convener
Tutors
- Dean Armitage – bass
- Scott Birrell – Scottish highland drumming
- Dr Alison Blair – popular music
- David Burchell – organ
- Nick Cornish – oboe
- Neil Favell – brass instruments
- Sabrina Goh – taiko
- Dr Andrew Perkins – composition and music theory
- Grace Shaw – music theory
- Tomuri Spicer – taonga pūoro
- Emily Sterk – clarinet
- Greg Wilson – Scottish highland bagpiping
- Carl Woodward – drums
- Doug Wright – keyboards
Emeritus Professors and Honorary Fellows
- Emeritus Professor Peter Adams
- Emeritus Professor John Drummond
- Emeritus Professor Anthony Ritchie
- Emeritus Professor Stuart Young
- Dr Robert Burns – Honorary Associate Professor
- Dr Ian Chapman – Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr John Egenes – Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Support staff
Marlene Robertson, Operations Lead
School of Performing Arts and College of Education
Tel +64 3 479 4995
Mob +64 21 249 4995
Email marlene.robertson@otago.ac.nz
Kaitlyn Chisholm, Administrator
Tel +64 3 471 6424
Email kaitlyn.chisholm@otago.ac.nz
Katherine Rae, Administrator
Tel +64 3 479 8885
Email katherine.rae@otago.ac.nz
Stephen Stedman, Technician
Tel +64 3 470 3424 or +64 21 279 3925
Email stephen.stedman@otago.ac.nz
Adelaide Dunn, Assistant Technician
Email adelaide.dunn@otago.ac.nz
Mozart Fellow
The Mozart Fellowship has been discontinued for 2026.
Find out more about the Mozart Fellowship
Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance
Jeremy Beck
Email jeremy.beck@otago.ac.nz
Find out more about the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance