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Janet Andrews: ChiME Co-odinator |
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B.Mus. Ed.(Sydney), M.CMT (Creative Music Therapy)
Registered Music Therapist (RMT) Janet has been teaching in the Wollongong Conservatorium CME programme for over 26 years. She was coordinator of the CME programme for 7 years and took up that position again in 2008. Janet has conducted music workshops for early childhood (EC) educators throughout NSW and has tutored primary and EC tertiary students in music education at Wollongong University, Wollongong TAFE and the Sydney Institute of EC Studies. 
Janet has worked with students at the South Coast School for Children with Autism for over 10 years and in 2006 completed her Masters in Creative Music Therapy for which she received the Deans Medal for academic achievement. She will be presenting a paper, with colleague Ann Lehmann, on their work with children with autism at the World Music Therapy Congress in Buenos Aires in July 2008. Janet has performed as a singer and percussionist and has composed and conducted for Sydney ensemble ‘Voices from the Vacant Lot’ for 21 years. She is currently learning to dance the tango! |
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Helen Barker holds a B.A. in music from the University of East Anglia (UK) and a post-graduate certificate of education from Leeds University (UK). Helen has been teaching Early Childhood Music at Wollongong Conservatorium since 1999. |
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Lucie Benz has a Masters degree in Music performance from the Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide University and a Soloist's Diploma from the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Mannheim, Germany. She has played with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Sudwestrundfunk Orchestra and as a soloist with the Kammerensemble Cologne on tours of France, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Lucie holds a Musikgarten (German early childhood music) teacher's licence and has been teaching, both in Australia and overseas for 15 years. She joined the Wollongong Conservatorium staff in 2009. |
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Amanda Fox holds a Diploma in Music from the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music and is a registered nurse. She joined the staff at the Conservatorium in 2007. |
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Sue Deans has a Diploma in Music Teaching from the New South Wales Conservatorium and has an A.Mus.A in piano from the AMEB. She worked for many years as a high-school music teacher and has been teaching Early Childhood Music at the Wollongong Conservatorium for more than 14 years. |
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Janelle Pass is an experienced early childhood teacher who has accreditation in the Kindermusic program. Janelle joined the ChiME staff in 2009. |
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Jesse Pinazza began his association with the Conservatorium as a preschooler in the early childhood program and soon went on to study piano. He has obtained his L.Mus and an Advanced Diploma of Music. Jesse is a regular prize winner at both local and national competitions and has recently appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. |
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Susan Webb holds a Bachelor of Education from Sydney University and has taught primary and infants classes during her career. She has been involved with vocal groups from an early age and, as an adult, has led school choirs, music groups and church music programs over many years. She also teaches German at Bulli Public School. |
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Mel Wishart holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music) from the University of Wollongong and is currently studying for a Bachelor of Teaching from the Unviersity of New England. Mel joined the staff at the Conservatorium in 2009. |
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