“I’m an interpreter of stories. When I perform, it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.”
- Nat King Cole
Hearing Beyond Sound
with Dr James Cuskelly OAM
Saturday 22 February 2025
10am – 4:30pm
TSO Studio, Hotel Grand Chancellor,
Davey St Nipaluna, Hobart TAS 7000
Join Dr James Cuskelly in our immersive conference for music teachers. Explore how integrating all the senses can deepen students' aural skills, enrich their musical understanding, and access meaning through listening.
Join your community of teachers at this flagship event as we share in the research of Dr Cuskelly with exciting and impactful strategies that you might embed in your practice.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr James Cuskelly OAM is music teacher at St Joseph’s School (Stanthorpe), Immediate Past President of the International Kodály Society, Director of the Summer School Music Program, Director of the Cuskelly College of Music, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland (School of Education).
2026 EVENTS
The 16th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference will be held held in Adelaide in 2026 and 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. More information to follow.
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.
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 2025 Dr Jody Heald AM.