Justin currently serves as the Associate Principal Clarinet of Orchestra Victoria and the founding Artistic Director of the Melbourne Chamber Players.

His career has led him to perform as guest Principal Clarinet and E-flat Clarinet with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and The Australian World Orchestra as well as chamber music festivals across Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He has appeared on numerous live broadcasts for ABC and 3mbs radio, Radio New Zealand, Opera Europa, and ABC Classics.

In the realm of chamber music, Justin has collaborated with renowned ensembles such as the Orava Quartet, Flinders Quartet, Arcadia Winds, Hindemith Wind Quintet, and the Melbourne Ensemble. He is also a member of the Tailors Ensemble. Reeds Bending (reed quintet), and the newly formed Glenfern Trio. He has also had the pleasure of performing at celebrated chamber music festivals, including the Port Fairy Music Festival, Peninsula Summer Music Festival, Bendigo Festival, Melbourne Festival, Music by the Springs, the Banff Summer Music Festival (Canada) and the Mackay Chamber Music Festival.

With an ardent commitment to Australian contemporary music, Justin is has commissioned an array of work from Australian composers. His work with award-winning new music ensembles Syzygy, Arcko Symphonic Project, Opus House and as a founding member of the Rubiks Collective have been critically acclaimed. Noteworthy premieres have featured compositions but luminaries such as Margaret Sutherland, Deborah Cheetham, Nigel Sabin, Paul Dean, Brett Dean, Sam Smith, and Matthew Laing. Justin also spearheads the Continuo Commissioning Circle, a Victoria-based initiative to support the creation of new chamber music and the musicians who bring them to life.

Enriched by his training as a Fellow and Alumnus of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Justin has benefited from the guidance and mentorship of eminent clarinetists David Thomas, Paul Dean, Stephen Kenyon, and Floyd Williams. He has also performed in masterclasses with internationally respected artists including Andrew Marriner, Michael Collins, Paul Meyer and Dimitri Ashkenazy, Thorsten Johanns, James Campbell, and Frank Celata to name a few. He holds a Bachelor of Music with Honors from the Queensland Conservatorium and furthered his education with various post-graduate degrees on an orchestral woodwind scholarship at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. Following this, Justin undertook study in the Professional Performance Program at ANAM and concurrently pursued a Master of Music Research degree at the Queensland Conservatorium on a full scholarship. He is also a recipient of the Nelle Ashdown Memorial Award in 2011 and Robert and Elizabeth Albert Scholarship in 2019.

Justin is active as a music educator with extensive experience teaching in schools across Queensland and Victoria. He has also acted as Teaching Associate at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy.

Some personal career highlights include performing the world premiere’s Paul Dean’s E-flat Clarinet Concertino No Exit in 2014 and Nigel Sabin’s Clarinet Quintet in 2019. The year 2018 was marked by his performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with the Orava String Quartet at MBTS, and more recently as Principal E-flat Clarinet with the Australian World Orchestra under the prestigious baton of Zubin Mehta in 2022.

JUSTIN BEERE (clarinet) is a passionate and vibrant musician and collaborative artist. He is the Associate Principal Clarinet of Orchestra Victoria and the founding Artistic Director of the Melbourne Chamber Players. Justin has enjoyed
a varied career, guesting regularly with leading Symphony Orchestras and chamber music festivals across Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Justin has appeared on numerous live broadcasts for 3mbs and ABC radio, Radio New Zealand and ABC Classics. As a chamber musician, Justin has worked with leading chamber ensembles, Orava Quartet, Flinders Quartet, Arcadia Winds, Hindemith Wind Quintet and the Melbourne Ensemble. He has also performed in the Port Fairy Music Festival, Peninsula Summer Music Festival, Bendigo Festival, Melbourne Festival, Music by the Springs, the Banff Summer Music Festival (Canada) and the Mackay Chamber Music Festival.

Review: Opera Australia: Faust review [Melbourne 2019]

“…the orchestra works tirelessly to create beautiful music. Special mention to the beautiful playing of clarinetist Justin Beere in a number of exquisite solo passages.” - Simon Paris

Review: Jan Sedivka Camerata

“The highlight of the concert was a memorable performance of the Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 622. Justin Beere’s playing here was outstanding in every way.” - The Mercury

Review: Opera Australia: La Traviata review (Melbourne 2018)

“The drama of Verdi's tuneful, romantic score was beautifully expressed, most notably in the strings, delicate then lush, and mournful clarinet solo.” - BachTrack

Review: Melbourne Chamber Players

“…Beere’s clarinet provided an excellent linchpin for this performance, his upper range blending seamlessly with Dixon’s oboe and his lower range merging imperceptibly with Emma Sullivan’s double bass.” - CutCommon

Review: Rubiks Collective

“…Ben Opie (oboe) and Justin Beere (clarinet) provides a brief moment of contrast, and their impeccable unison seems to send a shiver down the spine of the audience.” - CutCommon

Review: Syzygy Ensemble

”The chaos of the first movement, with motifs between clarinet soloist Justin Beere and violin and cello accompaniment, was in stark contrast to the eeriness and forward thrust of the second movement…” - Sydney Morning Herald

Review: Jan Sedivka Camerata

“Jan Sedivka Camerata Chamber Ensemble with Justin Beere, clarinet, gave a flawless reading of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581.” - The Mercury

Review: Rubiks Collective

“Justin Beere’s pneumatic bursts on the bass clarinet, as well as Kaylie Melville’s kick-drum and the clacking keys of the flute remind us that modern instruments are machines of the industrial revolution.” - Partial Durations

Review: Tasmanian Discovery Orchestra, Alex Briger

Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 73

“The orchestra’s second clarinet Justin Beere was hastily recruited with barely any rehearsal, let alone time for detailed study of the score. The resulting performance was quite remarkable for its poise, elegant phrasing, and mellifluous tone.” - The Mercury

Review: Jan Sedivka Camerata

“The highlight of the concert was a memorable performance of the Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 622. Justin Beere’s playing here was outstanding in every way.” - The Mercury

Review: Hobart Chamber Orchesra

“Young clarinettist Justin Beere continues to impress in his frequent appearance both as soloist and in local ensembles. His playing of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622 again demonstrated much more that an excellent technique.

There was an individuality and maturity of interpretation that bore the hallmarks of the fully developed artist. The famous slow movement had all the poise and concentration that one could have wished.” - The Mercury

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Australian Clarinet and Saxophone (Australia), Spring 2009