Toby Thatcher has been appointed Assistant Conductor to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
The 26 year old is a graduate of the Conservatorium High School and trained as an oboist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Click here to read the feature in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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