Madeleine Healy

Madeleine played in MSE around 1994 to 2001 and joined in the Asia tour in 1996. Her family had close involvement in the group, including her sister Rosannah Healy as a violinist, and her father Terry Healy who was the president of the group for many years. 

Although music has remained an important part of Madeleine’s life, her professional life led her to study medicine at the University of Melbourne. She works as a geriatrician at Monash Health and Dementia Support Australia. Her sub-specialty interest is in dementia, with her doctoral studies at Monash University in improving dementia diagnosis in people with intellectual disabilities. In 2024 Madeleine and her family travelled overseas for her Churchill fellowship in the area of dementia and Down syndrome.

Participating in MSE was a wonderful, and life changing experience for Madeleine. Here she and her family made close friendships which have continued throughout life. Music has remained her main interest outside of medicine, and when possible she plays in the doctor’s orchestra, but more often with her children, who all play several musical instruments. Two of Madeleine’s children are currently playing in MSE in the intermezzo and chamber groups, the second generation of her family to learn a lifelong love of music through MSE.