James Hillier is a Sydney-based flute player who is in his 3rd Year of a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree studying with Mr James Kortum. He has participated in masterclasses with Leone Buyse and Andrew Macleod and in Semester 1, 2026 he was very privileged to study on a full time basis with Mr Geoffrey Collins.

He enjoys performing as a soloist and orchestral musician and has experience in both Opera and Musical Theatre with productions including Sweeney Todd by Sondheim and Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach.

James is currently a member of Strathfield Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Youth Orchestra. He successfully auditioned to tour South America with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra in November 2026 and won a position as performer in the Michael Cox Week of Masterclasses in Adelaide in December 2026.

As a soloist James competed successfully to perform Faure’s Fantasie with orchestra at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2025 and was a soloist with the Penrith Symphony Orchestra in 2026.