I am an experienced and fully qualified music teacher. I specialize in piano, keyboard, composition, theory, musicianship, music craft and aural skills.
She graduated in 1989 with a music degree that combined performance, pedagogy, and the Kodaly and Orff approaches. At Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, she majored in piano performance under the late Dr David Jones, continuing her studies with him after graduating. This key part of her studies connects her teaching lineage, through Gordon Watson, to Egon Petri and Ferruccio Busoni, a Liszt contemporary.
Anne’s students consistently achieve excellent exam results, from elementary to diploma level. Many have triumphed in piano championships and significant eisteddfod sections across NSW, such as Tamworth, Taree, Coffs Harbour, Gunnedah, Cowra, Orange, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Penrith, and various online competitions.
Anne continues to keep her skills up to date. Through the years she has participated in masterclasses with Gordon Watson, Gerard Willems, Philip Shovk, Warren Thompson, Clemens Leschke, Danielle Salamon, Richard Morphew, James Muir, Gian-Franco & Natalia Ricci, Catriona Stafford, Elizabeth Jacobs, Simon Tedeschi, and Gilbert de Greeve. Recently she has taken professional development courses with Dr Noa Kageyama, performance psychologist on faculty at the Juillard School of Music, New York, and also with Róża Yoder, of the Chopin Academy.
I love to see students flourish and accelerate their learning through enjoyment and achievement.