Pianist

Another recent song project, And the Earth Turns , explores our relationship to nature and the universe surrounding us through repertoire that spans nine centuries. Devised in collaboration with soprano Bethany Hill and director Alek Lev., this semi-staged performance of works in five languages includes spoken texts and follows the course of a day from sunrise through to a starlit night. “Movement, spoken and sung word, music… all combined to create a meditative theatrical force.” (GlamAdelaide). The project was supported by Chamber Music Adelaide.

Opera work has taken Penelope to the Pieve di San Leolino (Chianti, Italy), Theater Akzent (Vienna), and the Festival Theatre (Adelaide). As music director and pianist for Opera Queensland’s Moving Opera she performed for 22 schools and communities across Queensland. She has led chamber productions of The Old Maid and the Thief and Suor Angelica for Mopoke Theatre. Repetiteur credits include Così fan tutte and Madama Butterfly for State Opera South Australia.

A committed teaching artist, Penelope has presented masterclasses at the University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music (NZ) and served as faculty member for the State Opera of South Australia Opera Academy. She currently teaches lyric diction at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and co-ordinates the Open Music Academy Continuing Education Program. In 2026 she was a presenter at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference. Penelope is a Golandsky Institute certified instructor in the Taubman Appoach and, in addition to a PhD, holds degrees from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (Austria), the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and the Australian National University.