About Muses Inc.

Muses Inc was incorporated as an Association in Queensland in 2023, encompassing the management of Muses Trio as performing and recording artists, and advocates for music by women.

The principal purpose of Muses Inc. is the promotion of music and the performing arts. The secondary purpose of Muses Inc. is to enhance and advance the equal role of women in, and to add diversity to, the social, cultural and educational life of Australia, the objects of the Association are –

To increase the representation of women in music, by commissioning, performing, recording and distributing their work.

To work towards eliminating discrimination through inclusive collaboration and diverse artistic practice.

To educate and mentor women creatives and increase visibility of their work in the community.

To voice contemporary social and cultural topics through creative output.

To use diverse formats to increase audience access to music by women.

To enrich cultural development by using diverse platforms to engage audiences.

You can read the Muses Inc amended rules here: MUSES INC. AMENDED RULES JULY 2025

ABN 32 487 272 128

Get in touch:

e: contact@musestrio.com

mob: 0421 477 700

Muses Trio is a registered charity through the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status through the Australian Tax Office..

Muses Inc Management Committee

Sarah Bradley AO

President

Sarah Bradley AO is a lawyer and former Queensland judge. She currently holds volunteer roles in a number of humanitarian organisations.

Tenisha Hughes

Treasurer

Tenisha Hughes (Harrigan’s Lane Artist-in-Residence, Autumn 2026) is a contemporary classical composer from Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. She completed the Master of Music Studies (Composition) at QCGU under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Murphy, developing a portfolio of work titled Ornithology that explores the relationship between humans and birdlife – a work at the intersection of sound and advocacy. Tenisha is passionate about how music can amplify and advocate for non-human voices, and her music, informed by collaborative practice – with humans and non-humans – and the possibilities of sound invites others to listen to and engage with music as a conduit for ecological consciousness.

Tenisha is also passionate about advocating for opportunities for emerging composers. She brings experience to the Muses Inc. Management Committee through her work as an Administrative Assistant for Music and Performing Arts at Somerville House, where she coordinates performances and events and oversees department finances, budgets, and expense records.

Therese Milanovic

Secretary

Therese has been heavily involved in curating, producing and administrating Muses Trio’s performance activities and recordings since the ensemble’s inception in 2013. She has also produced multiple events for Anywhere Festival and Fringe Brisbane, in addition to regularly producing independent events in non-traditional spaces.

She is an advocate for musicians’ injury prevention and rehabilitation, providing access for curious interstate and international students through online learning since 2009, alongside creating and producing national workshops, teacher training and lectures for music teachers’ groups and conferences. Therese is also a Principal Artist of Topology, joining the band in 2009, and serves on the Topology Board.

Erica Hart

Erica Hart is an experienced producer, programming director and researcher with high level skills in creative development of new works, regional community engagement of arts events across Queensland, and Remote community cultural developments. Erica’s most significant work experience includes Program Director of Queensland Music Festival, Producer – Brisbane Festival and more recently consulting projects for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Redlands Performing Arts Centre and QPAC.

Dr. Natalie Nicolas

Dr. Natalie Nicolas is a Sydney-based composer, researcher, and lecturer, with a Master of Music (Composition) and PhD from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her emotionally driven work explores calm and catharsis, heard in We Won’t Let You Down for ACO Collective and the Hush Foundation, from an ARIA-nominated album (2019).

She has written for major ensembles including the Sydney, Tasmania, Canberra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, the Australian String Quartet, and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Her music has featured on ABC Classic and been performed internationally. Recent highlights include Sydney Dreaming, By the Tide of the Moon, Something from Nothing, and the Hush album Peaceful Moments (2025). Nicolas is the 2025 Layton Fellow with Australia Ensemble and winner of the Australian Composition Competition with guitarist Matt Withers. (current as of Jan 2026)

Christa Powell

Christa brings a wealth of experience to the Muses Inc Management Committee from her ongoing work as music educator, violinist and administrator for Topology. Budgeting, billing, reconciliations, tax concerts, the status of the organisation, consulting with the bookkeeper and the accountant, and the running of projects and performances are all monitored and recorded by Christa. Christa also reports to and advises the board on finances and other matters.

Christa Powell is responsible for budgeting, financial records, coordinating the band members, organising rehearsals, tour management and strategic planning. As treasurer on the Topology board, Christa informs the effective decision making of the organisation on day-to-day operations, as well as addressing long-term funding requirements and program plans.

Emily Winter

Member

Emily Winter is an emerging writer and musician based in Meanjin (Brisbane). She is
passionate about cross-disciplinary collaboration and the ways in which artistic mediums foster community and connection. Her fiction has received recognition in the shortlist of the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer (2022) and appears in the pages of Jacaranda Journal summer edition, Cutting Edge (2024).

She is a founding member of Cerulean Collective, a group of emerging composers and instrumentalists bringing new Australian music to local audiences. As a cellist, she has performed alongside artists such as
dots+loops, Nonsemble, William Barton and Deline Briscoe. Currently, Emily is studying at
the University of Queensland, majoring in writing, music and history.