A sought after musical director, conductor, soloist and event manager, Shilong Ye regularly travels between Canberra, Sydney, Wollongong, and China to work on multiple musical projects each year. A top student in music from Narrabundah College, Shilong went on to study violin and viola with Tor Fromyhr and conducting with Max McBride and Dominic Harvey at ANU School of Music. He later completed his Master of Music Studies in Conducting with Professor Eduardo Diazmuñoz (Orchestral), Dr Stephen Mould (Opera) and Associate Professor Neil McEwan (Choral) at Sydney Conservatorium of Music and received "Alan Bellhouse Award for a Young Conductor".

Since 2006, Shilong has performed and conducted in regional NSW, major performance venues in Canberra, the Sydney Opera House, and enjoyed concertizing in Shanghai, Taiwan and Czech Republic.

Karen Da Silva has been the Principal Accompanist of the Australian Rugby Choir since 2005.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne and a Diploma in Education from the University of Canberra.

Karen has been a music teacher with the ACT Education and Training Directorate since 2005, including as a member of staff of the Instrumental Band Program in ACT government primary schools.

Since early in 2019 she has also run the Pied Piper Music For Littlies program, with the website www.piedpipermusic.com.au.

In 2014 she was appointed as Principal Accompanist for the Male Choirs Association of Australia festival held in Canberra, playing a wide-ranging repertoire for a choir of over 400 male voices. In 2014 Karen received the choir's Patron's Award.