UPCOMING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

IMMS CONFERENCE, PERTH

SOUND MINDS: WELLBEING FOR MUSIC STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

JULY 2025

IMMS CONFERENCE, PERTH

COURAGEOUS PERFORMANCE:

PATHWAYS FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS

JULY 2025

WAPPC CONFERENCE, PERTH

TEACHING COURAGE: HELPING STUDENTS OVERCOME PERFORMANCE ANXIETY WITH SCIENCE

JULY 2025


PAST PRESENTATIONS:

2024

  • The Gutsy Musician – Addressing Our Students’ Performance Skills’ – presented to ANATS singing teachers

  • Performance Courage Express!’ presented to music students at the UWA Elevate!

  • Does Practice Really Make PerfectAMEB presentation for parents and music teachers

  • The Young Performer’s Path to Courageous Performance’ – presented twice to music students at All Saints College

  • Performance Courage Express!’ presented at the UWA Guitar Fiesta

  • Resilience and Music’ – presented to parents, teachers and students at the UWA Day of Piano;

  • Let’s Mock It!’  - AMEB workshop for teachers and parents

  • Resilience and Music’ – A presentation for music teachers and parents in Kalgoorlie International School of Music;

  • Performance Courage Express!’ presented at the UWA Day of Guitar

2023

  • Optimal Exam Preparation’  - AMEB Workshop for music teachers and parents

  • Do Musicians’ Expectancies and Reflections Influence Their Music Performance Anxiety?’ – UWA CARE Lab Seminar Series

  • Music Performance Anxiety – Does What We Think About It Matter?’ – UWA Conservatorium of Music Seminar Series

  • Building Resilience Through Music’ – AMEB Workshop for parents and music teachers

  • Do Musicians Expectancies Influence Their Music Performance Anxiety?’ presented at the ISME Conference

  • Expectancies and Music Performance Anxiety’ at the UWA Training Sound Performers: making Musical Athletes Symposium about Musicians’ Health

   

2021

  • Teaching Collaborative Piano Skills’ - presented at the AMEB and WAMTA teachers’ workshop.

2018

  • How to get your Students to be the best Musicians THEY can Be’ – presented to piano and singing teachers and examiners at ‘Triple Treat’, a day-conference held by the Australian Music Examination Board (WA);

  • Coping with ‘accompanists’: Keys to Successful Collaboration’ – presented at the National Conference of the Australian Strings Association (AUSTA)

  • Studio Exchange Central’ – presented and moderated two workshops of piano teacher Q&A sessions at the Piano Pedagogy Conference of the WA Music Teachers’ Association;

2017

  • Communication in Performance’ – lecture to 1st year music students, UWA School of Music;

  • What is Pianistic Collaboration and do we really need to teach it?’ – presentation given at the Piano Pedagogy Conference of the WA Music Teachers’ Association;

2016

  • ‘In the Line of Gossip: Musicians talk about Collaborative Pianists’ – presented at ‘Headstart’, UWA PG Research Conference;

  • Everyone has an Opinion: Why do Collaborative Musicians Blacklist Each Other?’ – presentation at the UWA School of Music Postgraduate Seminar Series;

2015

  • Collaborative Pianists: What’s in a Name? Discussing Specific Collaborative Pianistic Skills and the Titles Given to these Pianists’ – Presentation at the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference