Horizon Orchestral Studio

The studio
where conductors
are formed.

Real rehearsals. Real musicians. Real music. The Studio is where the work begins, and where it matters most.

What It Is

A professional
orchestral environment

The Studio is designed for advanced pre-professional conductors to develop their craft in the only way that actually works: through practice.

Real rehearsals with real musicians, shaping real music. The kind of work where every decision is heard immediately, and every moment of listening changes something.

The focus is on formation: the slow, deliberate development of musical intelligence, technical command, and the ability to listen deeply and lead clearly. The concert is where that work becomes visible.

Artistic Team

The people
in the room

The Studio is led by artists who believe that mentorship is one of the most serious things you can do.

Dr Susan Collins Concertmaster & Artistic Mentor

Dr Susan Collins

Dr Susan Collins is a conductor and violinist with a distinguished career spanning performance, leadership, and education. From 1992 to 2001 she served as Deputy Concertmaster of the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and has held guest concertmaster positions with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist she has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and toured Australia, the USA, and Europe. She holds a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong and a Master of Music from Indiana University Bloomington.

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Hans Sangtoki Founder & Inaugural Conducting Fellow

Hans Sangtoki

Hans Sangtoki is an emerging conductor based in Sydney, and the founder of Horizon Orchestral. He is currently the inaugural Honours in Conducting student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Professor Benjamin Northey. He has participated in masterclasses with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra, and serves as Artistic Director of Cantate Deo Youth Orchestra.

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For Emerging Conductors

A rehearsal environment
with real stakes

If you are an advanced pre-professional conductor looking for genuine orchestral experience, the Studio is built for that. Real musicians, real repertoire, real feedback — from the first rehearsal.

01
Conduct the Orchestra

You lead the room from the first session. The ensemble is professional, the music is serious, and what you bring shapes what happens. There is no simulation here.

02
Work with Mentors

Close guidance from artists who have spent their careers in rehearsal rooms. Technique, interpretation, the capacity to listen and communicate — the things that only develop through practice with real musicians.

03
Perform

The work leads to a concert before a real audience. Formation through preparation, then the test of delivering. This is what the Studio is for.

Express Interest
For Musicians

The musicians
in the room

The musicians who work with Horizon Orchestral Studio are part of the artistic process. Their contribution shapes what the music becomes.

The Studio holds a high standard. It is also genuinely collegial. The standard exists because the music deserves it.

Every rehearsal is a collaboration between the conductor, the ensemble, and the music itself. What happens in the room belongs to everyone in it.

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The Ensemble

Professional orchestral musicians working with advanced conducting students in a structured rehearsal environment.

The Repertoire

Each programme is chosen for its artistic depth and its value as a learning environment: music worth spending time with.

The Standard

High, because good music calls for it. Musicians deserve to be in a room where that is taken seriously.

"Formation is the work.
Listening, refinement, shared intention.
The gradual shaping of something real."

Horizon Orchestral Studio
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