Stuart learned the piano accordion as a child, and the piano as a young man. He took up the violin as a mature age student, played first violin in the Mosman Symphony Orchestra and set up a palm court orchestra where he arranged the music.

Stuart took up singing later in life and sang as a bass in the Ku-ring-gai Male Choir for many years where he also served as president.

Stuart joined the Buderim Male Choir in 2022 and was invited to conduct the choir in 2023.

Carina started piano lessons at 9 years of age and completed her grade 7 UNISA exam in 1970 and graduated from Nylstroom High School in South Africa. She studied at the University of Pretoria and the Teachers College of Pretoria, South Africa, and qualified as a Mathematics teacher (BA & THED) in 1974. She was married in April 1974 to Johan Frank.

Carina was employed permanently at High School Hercules in Pretoria and in various temporary teaching positions, while raising their three children. In 1988 she gained her Diploma in Church Music from the Conservatory of Church Music in Pretoria, South Africa. She was appointed as organist of NHK, Kempten Congregation, and worked in this position for twenty-one years.

In 1992 she started teaching permanently again at the Gauteng Department of Education as a secondary school teacher of Mathematics at High School Birchleigh in Kempton Park. She gained experience in accompanying participants in local Eisteddfods and a few School Choirs in South Africa. She became Head of the Department of Mathematics in 2003 at High School Goudrif in Germiston.

She was appointed as Chief Marker of Additional Mathematics by the Gauteng Department of Education. At the end of 2008, Carina took early retirement from teaching after a shoulder collapse and they decided to emigrate to Australia.

While being employed as a full-time Senior Mathematics Teacher during 2009 and 2010 in Australia, Carina accompanied the musical, 'Pirates of Penzance' at St. John's College in Dubbo, NSW. Johan and Carina Frank immigrated to Australia permanently at the end of 2012. Since then, she has been a volunteer organist at MCRC, Wishart, Brisbane and at MP Church in Alexandra Headlands. She is currently volunteering as organist at Buderim Uniting Church in Buderim.

Carina is the current Accompanist of the Buderim Male Choir, appointed on 3/02/2016. She is also the accompanist of the U3A Choir of the Sunshine Coast.