About me
Tracy Videon shares her passion for conducting both as a music educator, and as a PhD researcher at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. She directs ensembles of all levels, including regular guest conducting the University’s Wind Symphony and Concert Band. With rich and varied experience as a teacher, former military musician, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra chorister, and with a background in heritage and museum studies, Tracy works to connect musicians and audiences with music of diverse composers through narrative.A former state president in the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association, and editor of the journal Interlude, Tracy was recognized in 2025 with ABODA Victoria’s Certificate of Excellence for outstanding achievement and contribution to music education. As a Regional Instrumental Music Coordinator for schools in Victoria’s Southeast, Tracy guided and advocated for school music programs, developed events to enrich staff and students’ experience, promoting the growth of band programs in schools. In 2022 she received Melbourne University’s State Music Camp scholarship for excellence in conducting.A keen supporter of community music-making and Musical Director of the Melbourne Rainbow Band, Tracy prioritized safe performance spaces for musicians from varied backgrounds. Her current PhD project reveals the musical legacy of Australian heritage women composers through the wind band medium. During the last third of 2025 Tracy studied at the University of Georgia, guest conducting the Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, premiering new additions to the wind band repertoire, and presented at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.
