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 Perfect’ – AMEB 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