Brieley Cutting graduated at age 18 with first class honours from the Queensland Conservatorium, winning all the main performance prizes. Postgraduate studies followed at Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Queensland Conservatorium and Royal College of Music in London. Brieley is Artistic Director and Manager of DeClassified Music in Brisbane. She was keyboard winner in the 2006 ABC Young Performers Awards and has been a recipient of numerous awards including a Churchill Fellowship