Queensland

Teaching Context: Malcolm is currently the Head of Faculty, The Arts, at Cannon Hill Anglican College. He is also a member of ISME History Standing Committee.

Music Education Interests: Malcolm’s music education interests and research areas include classroom music pedagogy, and the history of music education including Australian and instrumental music.

Fun Fact: I enjoy cooking and walking.

Teaching Context: Simon is currently a Lecturer in Music Education (classroom and instrumental) at Griffith University in the School of Education and Professional Studies and Pre-Tertiary Jazz Studies Coordinator, Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

Music Education Interests: Simon’s research interests are in Australian Jazz, Jazz Diaspora Studies, Jazz Pedagogy, Music Education, Instrumental Music, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Initial Teacher Education in Music

Fun Fact: Jazz boosts your creativity and productivity at work, relieves stress, and increases your immunity.

Teaching Context: Janette is currently Head of Music at St Hilda’s School on the Gold Coast where she teaches students from Years 5 to 12. Her co-curricular ensembles include the Senior Choir and Rhythm and Blues Band.

Music Education Interests: Janette is a keen choral enthusiast as well as musically directing nearly 30 School Musicals over her career and has always been actively involved in the processes of the QCAA (and its previous incarnations) through being Panel Chair, new syllabus committees and now, endorsement, confirmation and EA marking.

Fun Fact: Janette was inspired to become a music teacher as early as primary school where her music teacher at Indooroopilly State School was an inspiration. I was in awe of her and spent every lunchtime in the music room mucking around on the xylophones and loved singing in the choir, playing fife and also the bass drum! In Year 7, she performed in the role of “Dave” (!) on the Brisbane City Hall stage in a musical production of Henry Lawson’s “The Loaded Dog”. This combined with learning piano, singing and ballet and presenting impromptu performances of music theatre songs on the front verandah at home for the unsuspecting passing pedestrian traffic set her on track to be involved in music very early in the piece.

Teaching Context: QUT Lecturer in Music and Music Education from the School of Creative Practice – Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Faculty.

Music Education Interests: Andrea likes fostering the connection between universities and schools.  She has previously worked as a Primary Music specialist and has a longstanding connection to ASME as a performer at past ASME conferences. Her main areas of teaching and research are vocal pedagogy including solo performance, choral studies, and music education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Teaching Context: Jessica is Lecturer in Arts Education at UniSC.

Music Education Interests: Dr Jessica O’Bryan is a published researcher in music and singing education, education policy and higher education assessment. She is the co-editor of Teaching Singing in the 21st Century (2014, Springer Publications) and the co-author of Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21^st Century (2025, Routledge). She taught singing for 35 years in her private studio, taught classroom music for more than 10 years and has worked in higher education since 2010. Arts advocacy and access for all is an area of growing interest.

Fun Fact: She is a keen novice potter and very keen novice grandparent.

Teaching Context: Susan is a Lecturer in the School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education at QUT.

Music Education Interests: Her current areas of interest are Arts Immersion, STEAM, embodied learning, student engagement, critical and creative thinking, the Arts and neuroscience, and presenting workshops on developing engaging academic communication through innovative strategies.

Fun Fact: She uses comedy and satire to translate research and provide provocations for arts advocacy.

Teaching Context: horn teacher at All Saints Anglican School and brass tutor at St Hilda’s School.

Music Education Interests: passionate about brass playing and enjoy helping all players achieve their full potential.

Fun Fact: she is an alumnus of Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University: Bachelor of Music with first class Honours.

Teaching Context: Teaching career in Qld regional and Brisbane CBD. Returning from Victoria after 18 years of classroom, 9 years music teaching. 

Music Education interests: Lyndal is keen to be involved with Qld ASME Chapter. She is interested in developing further Professional Development access to regional Schools as a result of experiencing teaching 2.5 hours out of Melbourne. 

Fun Fact: She enjoys being in choirs.

Teaching Context: Melissa is an early career classroom music teacher in regional Queensland.

Fun Fact: She was taught by Jessica O’Bryan at UQ and didn’t give up music education.

Fun Fact: Jose has recently commenced PhD studies with Torrens University.