Kenneth Goodge - Director

Since his early childhood Ken was interested in musical theatre and music. But it was not until 2000 that he was finally able to explore his passion for music and so the journey began. Ken started singing lessons with Susan Ellis and joined the Yarralumla Singers for Pleasure group. Since these early days Ken has performed in a number of musical productions: Peter Pan (Alpha Theatre); Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus and L' Enfant en les Sortilege's (Canberra School of Music); Fiddler on the Roof, Les Misérables (Canberra Philharmonic Society), The Shakespeare Project (ACT Singers). In the last five years Ken sang several lead roles: Pish Tush in The Mikado (Canberra Philharmonic Society), Edwin in the Trial by Jury and Marco Palmier in The Gondoliers(ACT Singers), Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore and Frederick in The Pirates Of Penzance (Queanbeyan Players). He also sang in the Melbourne Opera chorus in their Canberra performances of LaTraviata, La Boheme and The Marriage of Figaro as part of Canberra Opera Chorus.
Ken takes keen interest in developing and encouraging aspiring singers through offering them opportunities to take lead roles in the ACT Singers productions. He has been the president of the ACT Singers since 2006 and is currently enjoying this new challenge of directing Trial By Jury.

Robyn Collins - Musical Director

Robyn's music training began at age 9 when she began playing Clarinet in her school's band program. During her school years, she played with various community groups including Canberra Youth Orchestra Society and Canberra Youth Music.  

In 2000 she began lessons with Susan Ellis and completed her Bachelor of Music with honours in 2005. For ANU's George Limb Opera Company she has performed the roles of Jou-Jou (Lehar's Merry Widow), La Chatte Blanc and La Tasse Chinoise (Ravel‚s L'Enfant et les Sortileges), Miss Silvertones (Mozart's The Impressario), Adele (J Strauss's Die Fledermaus), and Suor Genovieffa (Puccini's Suor Angelica). She has performed Gilbert and Sullivan with ACT Singers and Canberra Philharmonic Society including Yum-Yum (Mikado), Angelina (Trial by Jury) and Casilda (The Gondoliers). Last year she performed in her first musical; the role of Maria in West Side story for Canberra Philharmonic Society.

Robyn first started conducting with the Calvary Hospital Choir and was able to explore music learning techniques and concepts using the wonderful hospital staff as unsuspecting 'guinea pigs'. She is excited to work with the dedicated singing students/hobbyists of ACT singers and to continue exploring her ideas.

Foreman: Frank Kornfeld