Artistic Director & Conductor of Adelaide Youth Orchestra
Keith Crellin is Head of the String Department and conductor in residence at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Adelaide Youth Orchestra.
As the first violist to win the ABC Young Performers Award in 1972, Keith Crellin soon established himself as one of Australia’s leading soloists and chamber music players.
In 1985, he became a founding member of the Australian String Quartet based in Adelaide, a position he held for sixteen years and with which he performed in many countries, travelled widely throughout Australia and made numerous recordings.
He has conducted concerts and recordings with the Tasmanian and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras and has been conductor of the Australia Youth Orchestra Young Symphonists and tutor for the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Young Australian Concert Artists program on a number of occasions. He has attended many National Music camps as tutor and conductor and now divides his time between teaching, performing and conducting.