Professor Peter Tregear is a graduate of the Universities of Cambridge and Melbourne, and a former Fellow and Lecturer in Music at Cambridge. Active internationally as a scholar and performer, he held the post of Executive Director of the Academy of Performing Arts, Monash University and more recently Professor and Head of the ANU School of Music from 20122015. Peter is a recipient of a number of awards, including the Charles Mackerras Conducting Scholarship, a ‘Green Room’ award for ‘best conductor, opera’, and a Medal of the Order of Australia. He is the co-founder of The Consort of Melbourne and IOpera, and a regular contributor to arts pages of The Australian Book Review. In 2020 Peter was appointed the inaugural Director of Little Hall and holds honorary professorships in music at the Universities of Melbourne and Adelaide.