Ann Carew is a young musician from Brisbane, Australia. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Music (Honours)/Bachelor of Science, at the University of Queensland. She is majoring in violin performance, and has recently travelled with them to New York to take part in the New York University Winter Strings Conference. On violin, she is a member of the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra, the Queensland Youth Symphony and the UQ Symphony Orchestra as well as playing in many chamber ensembles around Brisbane. The Dame Joan Sutherland Fund will support her upcoming tour to America with the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra, to take part in the 2017 New York International Music Festival held at Carnegie Hall.