It’s hard not to feel proud of my daughter’s musical journey! Ariana is a drummer with Perth teen band The Ruby Keys, and last year while she was in the midst of her finishing year 12 as an ATAR student, they were selected as finalists for the 2024 Gozzy Rocks:…
Last month I attended the 2025 “Spotlight on Pedagogy” professional development day run by the Australian Guild of Music & Speech. I always enjoy attending these workshops and picking up fresh ideas for my students. I took the opportunity to stock up on my “Piano Odyssey” books.
The school holidays are a common time for Professional Development for music teachers, though other sessions are held regularly throughout the year through the various music teachers’ associations around Australia. Not all webinars I attend or watch back offer professional development certificates. One of the PD events for the June…
The second annual Australian Guild of Music & Speech (AGMS) Virtual Festival is currently underway. Up until the June 25th closing date, we will be submitting video performances by students for adjudication. Pieces can be taken from any exam syllabus; for beginners, I am using the St Cecilia Exams syllabus…
On Sunday 21st January 2024, I attended a half-day “Spotlight on Pedagogy” workshop provided by the Australian Guild of Music & Speech (AGMS) here in Perth. Topics included music for teens, incorporating technology into composition during lessons, and various new syllabus options available through the AGMS. Of particular interest to…
I’m very excited to be selected to take part in the pilot programme of the “Safe & Healthy Music Teaching” course being run by BodyMinded, the Sydney Alexander Technique. The first workshop will take place this weekend.
I enjoyed presenting a workshop through the AMEB (WA) on the Rockschool syllabus from a teacher’s perspective on August 22nd. It’s an exciting option, which my piano students are thoroughly enjoying! It was a pleasure to share what I’ve learned over the years, and I hope more teachers consider this…
On 9th April 2021, I presented a workshop “Demystifying the web” to help teachers with establishing or improving their online presence.
I’ve had a number of piano teachers express interest in a Rockschool workshop, so I offered a workshop through the WA Music Teachers’ Association on 27th March 2021.
A couple of my students have now successfully completed exams using the Rockschool Piano syllabus. It’s a fabulous contemporary option that the students who have worked with it have really enjoyed. The AMEB are putting on a Rockschool showcase at the end of the month, and one of my students…