Guest Speaker Samuel Cairnduff!

​​Samuel Cairnduff is an experienced arts and cultural management professional, a lecturer and consultant, who has worked internationally as a leader and manager in the arts. His work focuses on the intersection between culture and society, grounded in a passionate belief in the capacity of cultural institutions to transform lives and communities through ethical and empathetic engagement. 

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Samuel’s PhD research examines the concept of cultural leadership in Australian symphony orchestras; the outcome will be a new model of leadership for performing arts organisations. 

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Returning to Australia in 2016, Samuel was Director of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs at the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2022. He led strategy in the areas of audience development, marketing, sales and communications.

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Samuel has sat as a director on the boards of Bethlehem House Hobart; the internationally recognised baroque ensemble Van Diemen’s Band and is a member of the City of Launceston Cultural Advisory Committee. He holds a BA (LaTrobe, Media and Cinema), an MBA (Deakin), is a member of AICD and an alumnus of the 2018 Tasmanian Leaders Program and the 2020 Australia Council Arts Leaders Program cohort. 

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He lectures in Arts and Cultural Management at Deakin University and teaches media and communications at the University of Melbourne.

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Samuel has a parallel background as a professional pianist; he spent 5 years performing onboard cruise ships, and was engaged as resident pianist at the Dorchester, Claridges and Savoy hotels in London. He recorded a 6-CD set of solo piano music in 2012, released worldwide by Silva Screen Records.

You can read read Samuel's full bio here: 

https://samuelcairnduff.com/about/