Performer, academic and music educator Sally Walker is Senior Lecturer in Classical Performance. Her research embraces historical performance practice, music/physiology and composer/performer collaborations. She has published in public-facing media as well as academic platforms. Sally's  Doctor of Musical Arts thesis (University of Sydney) explored developing fluency in switching between modern and historical flutes and she has presented related research at the International Symposium of Performance Science, International Conference on Baroque Music and the Musicological Society of Australia National Conference. New works developed through her collaborations with composers have been presented at the Swedish Flute Festival, Music and Spirituality Symposium and the MSA Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance. Her creative practice includes recent critically acclaimed recitals with pianist Simon Tedeschi, productions with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Omega Ensemble, Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra and performances in major festivals. She is active in social projects including 1:1 CONCERTS (gaining a 5-star Limelight review), Equal Music, Symphony for Life Foundation with program outcomes presented in the International Karajan Symposium, UNSW Forces of Music Series and published in the International Journal of Community Music.

Doctor of Musical Arts (University of Sydney), Meisterklassendiplom (Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich), Künstlerische Ausbildung (Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover)

• Orchestral Music
• Chamber Music
• Historical Performance Practice
• Woodwind performance and pedagogy
• Music Performance research
• Performer/Composer collaborations
• Arts/Health