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Wyana has been an active member of the Canberra musical community since graduating from ANU in 2005. She has been principal percussionist with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Pops Orchestra, Canberra Choral Society, Canberra Youth Orchestra, ANU Canberra School of Music Symphony Orchestra, ANU Drumatix, Darwin Symphony Orchestra and numerous other local professional and community ensembles. Highlights of her career have included being soloist with the Canberra Pops Orchestra in 2007, appearing on a ‘Tall Poppies’ recording of the music of Sandra France in 2005 and working closely with world renowned percussionists Steve Schick, Mark Ford and Mike Udow at the Australian Percussion Symposium in 2003. Her passion for contemporary chamber music has seen the formation of percussion duo Chix with Stix with friend and colleague, Mary Broughton and the exciting new Canberra based chamber group, Griffyn Ensemble. Wyana is the senior percussion teacher and an ensemble director at Canberra Girls’ Grammar School. Etherington performed in JOLT and the National Film and Sound Archive's SONO PERCEPTION concert in Canberra in 2008.
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