Team — Breaksea

Breaksea works across Western Australia championing regional artists and communities. We engage communities and emerging artists to work alongside world class singers, performers, composers, filmmakers, dancers and visual artists in celebration of creative expression and community cohesion.

Our Team

Matt is an award-winning director based in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia working across opera, music theatre and contemporary performance. Matt has created and directed numerous productions, with commissions ranging from radio plays to contemporary opera.

Matt is currently Chair of Music Theatre at the University of Western Australia's Conservatorium of Music and Artistic Director of Breaksea,

MaTT REUBEN JAMES Ward

Artistic Director & CEO

Pia is a music director, conductor, arranger and soprano who has performed globally at prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall.

Following extensive international training in London, she currently serves as Director of Music at Breaksea and is an Advanced Scholar on the Perth Symphony Orchestra's Women on the Podium Conducting Programme.

Pia Harris

Director of Music, Marketing
& Mentorship

Australian/American soprano Rachelle Durkin has performed regularly with Opera Australia. She is a five-time Helpmann Award nominee and a winner of the Herald Sun Aria, Marianne Mathy Scholarship and Metropolitan Opera Award.

RACHELLE DURKIN

Artist Patron

Rachael Colmer First Nations Artist / Cultural Consultant
Milu Green Artist / Community Engagement
Jonathan Brain Director of Composition
Jarrad Inman First Nations Artist
Bonnie Staude Artist / Social Media Coordinator
Tammy London Ensemble Vocal Director
Jessica Ruggera Ensemble Movement Director