HSA
Handbell Society of Australasia
Office Bearers
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Executive Committee
Carmel Daveson - President HSA
Carmel’s interests span music, adult education and training, social work and community development.
As HSA President, she is passionate about mentoring directors and ringers in their
desire to play more musically.
She has conducted at International Symposiums in USA, Japan and United Kingdom.
Carmel is the Australasian representative on the International Handbell Committee
Contact information:
Mackay, QLD
+617 408728952
Susie Fredline - Vice President
Susie Fredline is a classroom music teacher who has taught in many rural and remote settings across Queensland. She has taught in state schools as well as Catholic and Independent school settings. She has a passion for Choral music that was fostered by her own primary music experience.
Susie’s involvement in handbells began with the desire for a photo opportunity. Her niece had played in the Handbell Ensemble at her current school and she thought it would be fun to send her a picture. The director of the ensemble encouraged her to stay and play and she hasn’t looked back since. The school now has three ensembles that include students from Year 6 to Year 12 as well as a Year 4 Folk/Handchime group.
Email: susiemin@live.com.au
Ali O'Connell - Vice President
Ali O’Connell is the director of the South Australian Youth Handbell Ensemble and the handbell program at Pulteney Grammar School and is passionate about excellence in handbell ringing and music education, particularly for youth.
In addition, Ali is pioneering handbells as a chamber music instrument, recently performing and recording works composed for her by Jodie O’Regan, Carl Crossin, Rachel Bruerville, Georgina Bowden and Jakub Jankowski. Ali has attended a number of national and international festivals as a performer, clinician, adjudicator and conductor, and was thrilled to represent the HSA in 2022 as the Australasian massed ringing conductor at the 19th International Handbell Symposium in Nashville, USA.
Email: alioc@internode.on.net
Andrew Robinson - Treasurer
HSA is indeed fortunate that Andrew Robinson has taken over from Janice Keys as our Treasurer. Some of you may have met Andrew when he was the Registrar of the 18th International Handbell Symposium held in Cairns, Queensland, in 2018.
Until his retirement in 2013, Andrew was one of Australia’s most experienced bankruptcy trustees with over 33 years’ experience in the Finance sector. He was appointed by the Attorney General as the Commonwealth Government’s Official Receiver for all states and territories and ran the Government’s bankruptcy and debt agreement business lines responsible for a budget of $30M. He was a member of the agencies board for 9 years and for his last 2 years was on their independent Audit Committee.
Prior to this he was in various national roles and has a background in finance management. He has presented at both national and international conferences and for 13 years was on a Regional Heads committee responsible for organising and chairing annual heads of government conferences in Queensland for around 150 delegates and their spouses.
Timothy Sherlock - Secretary
Timothy Sherlock is an Australian choral and handbell conductor and composer. Having enjoyed a successful career in music education, Timothy now focuses his creative energies conducting a number of ensembles, composing choral and handbell music, presenting choral and music education workshops and adjudicating at eisteddfodau and music competitions around Australia.
Timothy conducts the QPAC Chamber Choir at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QPAC), the Children’s Health Queensland Community Choir and Cappella Chorale. From 2012 - 2015, Timothy was the co-director of the official choir convened by the Australian Government for the Dawn and Lone Pine services in Gallipoli, Turkey. He was the nominated Australiasian massed-ringing conductor at the 17th and 18th International Handbell Symposia in Vancouver, Canada (2016) and Cairns, Australia (2018). He is the composer of the Australasian massed ringing piece for the 21st International Handbell Symposium to be held in Hamamatsu, Japan in 2024.
Email: sherloct@gmail.com
Managing Committee
Barbara McGeever
Barbara McGeever
Barbara McGeever is a freelance music and general classroom teacher with over 50 years’ experience in education. She is a director, composer and arranger of handbell and choral music.
Barbara has conducted and adjudicated at metropolitan and regional choral festivals and has represented Australasia as conductor and workshop leader at international handbell symposia and national festivals.
She is a mentor to handbell directors and ringers throughout Australia and New Zealand. Barbara is the convenor of HSA’s Music Education and Training Committee.
Email: b.mcgeever46@gmail.com