Great Repertoire Collections: Beginner to Advanced
Elissa Milne gave us an inspiring presentation on Repertoire Collections. She went through a few of her favourites and had to do away with her ‘yellow notes’ because we ended up heading down a...
View ArticleGames for Aural, Rhythm and Reading – Samantha Coates
Samantha bravely gave us a second presentation on ‘Games for Aural, Rhythm and Reading’. You may be familiar with Samantha’s books “How to Blitz…” She has books for theory, musicianship, sight...
View ArticlePanel Discussion – Ask The Examiners (AMEB Examiners, teachers and...
This was the final presentation of the day – a Panel Discussion on questions teachers had for AMEB examiners and other board representatives. On Sight Reading: Students are allowed to put their hands...
View ArticleFeb/March 2010 AMEB Theory Exam Seminar
I attended a theory Seminar at the beginning of 2010. I can’t remember if it was held in February or March but I did take lots of notes that I thought might be useful to post here. Discussed was the...
View ArticleAMEB Online Examinations – Notes from Feb Seminar
Relying purely on my notes here from the Feb/March-whenever-it-was Seminar I attended on the new Online Examinations for Theory. Covered first was the concern teachers mainly had with the online...
View ArticleOctober 2010 Music Conference ‘Refresh and Recharge’
The Music Teacher’s Association and Allan’s Music Education are holding a music conference for all music teachers (whether you are an MTA member or not). Presenters include: David Miller AM, Nick...
View ArticleMusic Seminars Sydney January 2011
Wow, Sydney is alive with Music Seminars throughout January! Unfortunately I’m at home with my kids as I chose to have a family holiday a few months ago over workshops/seminars so I’ll have to stay...
View ArticleKinder Beat – teaching 18 month to 3 year olds
Posted 12 February 2010 on my music blog:- A few years ago I was introduced to Kinder Beat. A music course aimed specifically at 3 to 4 year olds. I was curious as I was teaching piano to a couple of...
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Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Workshop 2005
I attended an Alfred’s Premier Piano Course many years ago, and have just come across some notes I had taken from it. It was so long ago – they had just completed the first level – 1A (the red books),...
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Bring back the Music Workshops!
I was reflecting back this morning on how I got to where I am today with my music. It really came down to a few influential people in my life. I’ll save that information for another post, but I did...
View ArticleAustralasian Piano Pedagogy Conference notes
I had no idea that general notes or some sort of transcription was available from previous Pedagogy Conferences. I was very delighted to stumble across a link, as I was sad to be missing out on the...
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