Yvette Braithwaite-Bragg - General Manager  

Yvette joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music team bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in the fields of sales, administration, management and marketing.

Coming from extremely successful careers in the Brown Brothers Milawa Vinyard PTY LTD and Townsville City Council, Yvette brings qualities and expertise from various roles including State Manager, Sales & Marketing Professional, Special Events Manager and Protocol Officer.

Yvette’s interests include wine, cooking and entertaining family and friends, and where ever possible spending weekends at Magnetic Island and Sejala Resort at Mission Beach with daughter Ruby and husband Tave.

Future ambitions include taking off for a year to explore the vineyards of the world with Tave and Ruby.

Melissa Wilson - Artistic Administrator  

Melissa joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as the Artistic Administrator.

Prior to her employment at the AFCM, Melissa held positions with the Townsville City Council as Assistant Special Events and Protocol Officer, Public Relations Department and recently Marketing Support Officer, Corporate Communications Department. While at university Melissa worked within the local accommodation industry as a Receptionist and Marketing Assistant. In 2005, Melissa completed her double degree at James Cook University to attain a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and Bachelor of Tourism Management.

Melissa's interests include travel, music and cooking. Melissa brings knowledge of music, event management, tourism and marketing to the AFCM team.

Karen Sheppard - Marketing & Events Coordinator

Karen joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as Marketing and Events Coordinator.

Karen has worked for advertising and design companies in London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Sydney and Brisbane and has now returned to Townsville. One of Karen's career highlights was being apart of the team who launched Optus Communication and Optus World in Australia. Karen was also the head designer for Arnott's biscuit packaging for 5 years with Tim Tam's still being her favourite!

Karen has 2 wonderful children, is married and swims in a ladies squad every second morning, with swimming being one of her greatest passions.

Amy Zaghini - Asst Marketing & Events Coordinator

Amy joins the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as assistant Marketing and Events Coordinator.

Amy has recently graduated with Distinction from the Queensland University of Technology  with a Bachelor of Creative Industries - Interdisciplinary, majoring in Creative Industries Management, Music Studies and Performance Studies. Throughout her study, Amy has worked closely with the Brisbane Festival, the 2High Festival, Vena Cava's Fusion Festival, as well as Youth Arts Queensland events. In 2009, Amy was appointed Events Coordinator for the Queensland Academy for Creative Industries, organising festivals and events for innovative Creative Industries students in years 10 - 12. Amy is very excited to be working on this years Chamber Music Festival, bringing her knowledge of event managment and music to the AFCM team.

Amy loves to sing, dance, act and compose music. Future ambitions include travelling around Europe, coordinating her very own festival and writing a Broadway musical.

Mary Rogl - Finance Officer

Mary joins the Austrailan Festival of Chamber Music as the Finance Officer.