“I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform, it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.”
- Nat King Cole
4th & 5th May 2024
Workshops & Seminars
Two locations - Ulverston & Spreyton
Presented by Dr Jody Heald AM, and
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra violinist, Yue-Hong Cha.
Join us for a weekend of collaborative music-making with in an exclusive series of workshops and seminars. Discover the magic of harmony, rhythm, expression, and creativity, as we share in the knowledge and expertise of these two pedagogues and musicians.
SATURDAY 4 MAY 2024
INTERSTELLAR SOUNDS: MAY THE FOURTH MUSIC EDUCATION SERIES
THE GNOMON PAVILLION - WHARF PRECINCT
Wharf Rd, Ulverston TAS
Presenter: Dr Jody Heald AM
2:00pm Jedi Jams: Piano Masterclass with 4 student performers
3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:30pm Nebula Notes: Teaching Piano Students in the First Two Years. Like a nebula is the birthplace of stars, the most effective teaching strategies and practice methods lay the foundation for musical playing and creativity.
5:00pm Finish
Ticket registrations are for admission per each day.
SUNDAY 5 MAY 2024
HARMONY IN MOTION: VIOLIN & PIANO SEMINARS
HANS VONK MUSIC HOUSE
23 Hillside Ct, South Spreyton TAS
Presenters:
Yue-hong Cha & Dr Jody Heald AM
10:00am - Twin Keys: Piano Duet Masterclass
11:00am - Morning Tea
11:30am - Dynamic Duos: Piano & Strings Collaborative Masterclass
12:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - Strings Spotlight: Solo Strings Masterclass
3:00pm - Finish
Ticket registrations are for admission per each day.
YOUR PRESENTERS
DR JODY HEALD AM
Jody Heald is a highly experienced and trained piano teacher, who has worked as a professional musician in Hobart since her arrival in 1982. She has produced a number of professional musicians amongst her students, has presented at numerous conferences on music pedagogy, and conducted masterclasses and festival adjudications.
She has served on Boards and committees that include Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB), Australian Piano Pedagogy Conference, and led Tasmanian Music Teachers’ Association as President for more than 25 years, curating and directing its annual conferences and State-wide events until her acceptance of the Vice President role in 2023.
In 2017, Jody was awarded the Order of Australia for significant service to music education in Tasmania, and in 2019 completed a PhD thesis that addressed pedagogical relationships in music.
YUE-HONG CHA
Yue-hong Cha started to play violin at the age of six. She entered the Shanghai Primary School of music when she was ten. Between the ages of thirteen to sixteen she won several national awards and scholarship at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
At the age of nineteen she won the first violin position in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra as its youngest member. During the next three years she performed many solo’s and chamber music concerts for weekend chamber music events and Sunday radio concert programs. In 1997, she came to Australia to continue her studies on scholarship under violin professor Peter Zhang and Charmian Gadd.
In 2002 she completed a 4-year Bachelor of Music degree and 2-year master of music degree with honours on a scholarship. During her six years study she was a regular player with Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Australia Opera and Ballet Orchestra. In 2002 she won auditions at both the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. She chose to accept the position in Hobart. In 2004 she also won the audition of section leader in Orchestra Victoria.
During her time in Tasmania Yue-hong has been active in chamber music concerts with various ensembles for Sunday Live concert programs.
Monday July 8 to Friday July 12, 2024
The 15th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (APPC 2024) will be held from Monday July 8 to Friday July 12, 2024 at Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, hosted by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance. With the support of major sponsors Kawai, Hal Leonard Australia, AMEB and Monash University, APPC 2024 will bring together academics, pianists, teachers, educators and students for a packed program of keynote presentations, masterclasses, workshops, concerts, lecture-recitals, academic and practitioner papers. Find out more...
In the spirit of Reconciliation, Dr. Jody Heald AM acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land she works, learns and lives upon.
I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend my respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Copyright 2024 Dr Jody Heald AM.