International flavour to UQ Summer Music School

More than 120 Australian and international music educators will take part in a unique summer music program starting on Wednesday, January 9, at The University of Queensland.

The program of courses on classroom music, instrumental music, early childhood music and conducting gives teachers an opportunity to enhance their skills with leading practitioners in the field.

Initiated by UQ School of Music lecturers Judith Johnson and James Cuskelly, this year’s program will feature international guest Professor John Feirerabend - a specialist in early childhood music and the first American recipient of the International Lego Prize awarded annually to recognise a distinctive contribution to the conditions under which children live and grow.

Mr Cuskelly and Mrs Johnson will be joined by other specialists including Piroska Varga, Music Director of the National Children’s Choir of Australia and Director of the National Centre for Music Education in Melbourne and Micheál McCarthy, a graduate of the Kodaly Institute in Hungary.

Mr McCarthy has held numerous major tertiary teaching posts in Australia.
Also featuring School of Music staff member and renowned Australian violist Patricia Pollett (a former member of the famous Italian string ensemble I Solisti Veneti), the program will culminate on Tuesday, January 15 with a special concert in the Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Building, The University of Queensland at 5pm.

Media: For further information contact James Cuskelly on 07 3201 2301 or Andrew McLeod on 07 3365 3503.