Bernadette Harvey is one of Australia’s most sought after performers. She received her early training at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and her Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts at Eastman. After teaching in Boston at the New England Conservatory and the Longy school of Music, she returned to Australia in 1997. She has been active in Australia’s musical scene ever since, championing and commissioning new works by Australian composers, touring Australia for Musica Viva with Australian and international artists, recording and performing live broadcasts for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and performing at various festivals around Australia (Huntington, TURA new music festival, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Castlemaine). She is a core member of the Sydney Soloists, (an ensemble consisting of the Principle players from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra) as well as a regular guest with other noteworthy Australian ensembles (Ensemble Offspring, the Australia Ensemble, New Sydney Wind Quintet). In 2009, Bernadette was invited to play at the Tucson Chamber Music Festival and has been invited back in 2011 and 2013. In 2010 her chamber music engagements include live radio broadcasts for the World New Music Days, tours with oboist Diana Doherty, Ensemble Offspring, and many other solo and chamber music performances around Sydney. Bernadette joined the Keyboard Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2009 where she teaches Piano and Piano Pedagogy.