Professor Judith Brown AM is the Director of the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music within CQUniversity, Australia and is the Head of College - The Arts within the School of Education and the Arts. In 2017, Judith was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for significant service to music education as an academic and teacher, to professional organisations and to the community.

In 2010 she received an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning. Judith was a consultant editor for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) for their Series 3 Piano for Leisure publications and serves on the Queensland Advisory Committee of the AMEB. She regularly publishes in the field of music education and is actively involved in research around the scholarship of learning and teaching as it applies to tertiary music education practice.

She teaches undergraduate units in music and theatre history, while also supervising Masters and PhD students in a range of music education and creative arts projects.

A graduate of Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, and CQUniversity, Judith is an accomplished collaborative pianist. She has performed with some of Australia’s leading classical musicians and is also an accomplished performer of music theatre and cabaret genres. She has also adjudicated at eisteddfods and music festivals. Judith is currently a life member and the accompanist for the Mackay Choral Society since 2009.