Jemima Drews is a Brisbane based flautist with a love for storytelling through engaging performance. A recent graduate of the University of Queensland, Jemima was the 2019 and 2020 recipient of the James Carson Memorial Prize, the 2020 winner of the O’Brien Family Prize, and a nominee for the 2020 Freedman Fellowship. Jemima performed in the 2020 Brisbane Music Festival as a Young Artist, and has been a Next Gen Artist with the Southern Cross Soloists since 2019. She has performed at the Bangalow Music Festival and was featured in the 2020 University of Queensland Concert Series. In 2019, she performed as a concerto soloist with the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra. Jemima joined the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2021, and in 2020 held the position of Principal Flute for the Queensland Youth Symphony. Jemima is very passionate about performing and premiering Australian music, and has a special interest in mixing the media of drama and flute playing.