From:

New South Wales, Australia

Professional Qualifications:

8th Grade Piano
8th Grade Singing
8th Grade Musicianship
Certificate of Performance in Singing
Certificate of Teaching in Piano

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Grades Taught:

I currently teach all grades of piano (both full course and Piano for Leisure), theory, musicianship and singing.

Teaching Experience:

I've been teaching piano, theory and singing since 2003 as a private tutor.

Brief Statement & Additional Information:

I started playing the piano when I was 5 and did all 8 of the piano grades available bythe AMEB. At this time, Piano for Leisure hadn’t been brought out yet.  Yes – I am *that* old. My piano teacher, Ms Jennifer Orton, took me through the first two grades of Theory before deciding that our sanity would be better kept if I switched to Musicianship.  Not sure if her hearing appreciated the change…

I completed the minimum requirements (5th grade – yup, not 4th grade) and then promptly decided that I liked finishing things I started.  So I kept going.  And going. Before I knew it, I’d done 8th Grade Musicianship. Ever sat alone in an exam room?  It’s fun.

Concurrently I also did singing with another wonderful teacher, Mrs Christine Clarke, whose hearing I’m sure will never be the same.  She also had the patience of a saint.  She took me (and my sister) through 8th Grade Singing and then the Certificate of Performance for Singing.

While I was doing all of this music study, it occurred to me that I could start teaching cute little newbies all I had learnt.  So I started teaching and kept teaching until it dawned on me that I was a teacher and I should probably get a pretty piece of paper that said so.

So once again I hoofed it to the AMEB and got myself a Certificate in Teaching.
Again, ever sat alone in an exam room?  Lots of fun.
:)