Ella Hicks is currently studying a dual degree in Bachelor of Music (Honours)/Secondary Education at The University of Queensland. Ella has been playing percussion for around 8 years and drum kit for around 9 years. Over these years she was fortunate enough to have participated in the Australian Honours Ensemble Program in 2019 and 2020 where she learned valuable ensemble playing skills. Ella was also successful in gaining a position in AYO's Spring Music Camp in 2020.
Ella has been a percussionist in the Queensland Youth Symphony from 2022 to 2023 and was fortunate enough to embark on their international tour to Singapore, Austria and Germany in late 2023. Additionally, Ella has participated various community-based musicals playing drum kit which include It Should Have Been You and Anything Goes, and was proud to have performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Karen Jacobsen’s Misogyny Opus in Mackay.