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The following people were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2010 Australian Honours List for their contributions to musical life in Australia.

AMADIO, Leonard Lyof
Officer of the Order of Australia
Rushcutters Bay NSW 2011
Citation: For distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly the Australian Youth Orchestra through executive, advisory and mentoring roles and through contributions to the establishment of the Alumni program.

BENDER, Lin
Member of the Order of Australia
Victoria
Citation: For service to arts administration through executive roles with a range of cultural organisations, and to the music community of Melbourne.

BLYTH, Peta Sheridan
Medal of the Order of Australia
Delungra NSW 2403
Citation: For service to the performing arts, particularly opera.

EMMANUEL, William Thomas
Member of the Order of Australia
Citation: For service to the music and entertainment industries as a guitarist, and to the community as a supporter of Kids Under Cover.

EVANS, Sandy
Medal of the Order of Australia
South Curl Curl NSW 2096
Citation: For service to Australian contemporary jazz music as a composer and musician.

FORREST, Jill Mary
Member of the Order of Australia
Wahroonga NSW 2076
Citation: For service to medicine as an academic, researcher and educator, and to music as a composer and carillon recitalist.

GRAY, Judith Claire
Medal of the Order of Australia
Kurrajong NSW 2758
Citation: For service to the community through music, sporting and emergency service organisations.   

HANNA, Joan
Medal of the Order of Australia
Kialla Vic 3631
Citation: For service to music, particularly through Sing Australia Shepparton.
            
HARMAN, Henry Ernest
Medal of the Order of Australia
Kanwal NSW 2259
Citation: For service to the performing arts as a jazz musician and as a mentor of emerging artists.

LOCKETT, David Robert
Member of the Order of Australia
Athelstone SA 5076
Citation: For service to music as a concert pianist, educator and researcher, and as an advocate and supporter of Australian music and composers.
       
PALMER, George Alfred
Member of the Order of Australia
Sydney NSW 2000
Citation: For service to the law as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and to music as a composer and through leadership roles with a range of cultural bodies.
                  
PEARSON, Phyllis Marjorie
Medal of the Order of Australia
Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
Citation: For service to music, and to the community of the Nambucca region

REES, Philip Ivan
Medal of the Order of Australia
Wyong NSW 2259
Citation: For service to music through the Central Coast Philharmonia Choir.

THREADGOLD, Cheryl Elizabeth
Medal of the Order of Australia
Black RockVic 3193
Citation: For service to the performing arts, particularly through the Mordialloc Light Opera Company, and to the community.

WATERS, Noel Robert
Medal of the Order of Australia
Carindale Qld 4152
Citation: For service to music as an administrator, and to the community.

WOOD, Cecily Mary
Medal of the Order of Australia
SA
Citation: For service to music, and to the Society of Recorder Players of South Australia.