Musical Staff



The Musical Geniuses behind SCUNA



Musical Director / Principal Conductor



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Matthew Stuckings

Matthew Stuckings is delighted to be working with SCUNA again, having been variously its assistant conductor and acting music director from 2002-2013.

Matthew founded the acclaimed chamber choir Igitur Nos over 15 years ago, out of an abiding desire to explore the western sacred choral tradition through performance. Matthew has conducted concerts with many Canberra musical groups including the The Oriana Chorale, The Llewellyn Choir, the National Capital Orchestra. He has been the Director of Music at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Manuka, since 2013 and prior to that held a similar role at All Saints’, Ainslie for about 10 years.

Hailing from the Riverina region of NSW, Matthew studied music, Greek, mathematics and chemistry as an undergraduate at the ANU. After 10 years in various roles at the National Library, he returned to full time study and obtained the degree of Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney, where he also sang with the Choir of St Paul’s College under the direction of David Drury. He was recently admitted to the legal profession.





Répétiteur



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Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith is a Canberra-based pianist, musicologist, composer and arranger. As a pianist, he has performed in Australia, England, Germany, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and the USA. He has a particular interest in the works of Constant Lambert, the subject of his PhD thesis, completed at ANU in 2017.

Anthony worked as an accompanist for the ANU School of Music for many years, performing hundreds of assessable recitals with undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is currently répétiteur to SCUNA, as well as two other large Canberra choirs: Canberra Choral Society and The Llewellyn Choir.