Any Australian's out there?

[Jo]

Greetings from Down Under. I just found this forum today and I apologise in advance if I flood it with a million and one messages in the first few days.

I've been teaching for about 4 years and am currently studying the AMEB's Associate Diploma in Teaching.

If you're an Aussie (or even if you're not) say hi

[jeff]

hi

i'm 18, and live in australia (melbourne, victoria). this year i started doing music at the victorian college of the arts. 'tis fun! but of course, hard work (actually, it probably just feels like a lot of work because i can be pretty lazy).

keep up the good work with the teaching and all

[Jo]

Hi Jeff,

I'm 33 and currently living in QLD. I'm doing my ATMusA via correspondance at the University of Southern QLD at Toowoomba.

[Csarina]

Hi there,

I found this forum myself a couple of months ago and I think its been of great value.  I have gone back to teaching after an absence of about 7 years and I have found the ideas and thoughts that you get from a forum like this really help to give you confidence.  It's great to hear other peoples ideas and views because teaching from a home studio you can be a bit isolated.

I taught for ten years but having no "formal" qualifications I have also decided to study the ATMusA through the AMEB in Sydney.  

The other thing that I have found is that I have more confidence now to use the preferred teaching books that I have always used, namely Leila Fletcher and John Thompson (which I think are great).  I also use Michael Aaron's Adult Piano Course for my adult students.  What do the rest of you use?  I had thought that I was somewhat "out of touch" when making a trip to the local music store I found that it was being taken over by "Alfreds".  I also noted (when going to view the portfolios of successful candidiates)  that a lot of people who have done the ATMusA also preferred Alfreds.  I must admit that having looked the books over I was not impressed but I know that other people seem to like them.  However having read many people's comments on this forum I find that Leila Fletcher and Thompson are not so "out of touch".

This is my first message so its probably a bit long winded.

Cheers

[Lyndall]

Hi fellow Aussies. I'm currently living & teaching piano in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.  Good to hear from others Down Under as I've been gone 5 yrs.  Teaching sure is different over here in this community - there are loads of kids & not enough teachers so even though I work full time (8-5 Mon-Fri) I have 5 soon to be 8 students.  There is no AMEB equivalent here which seems strange to me as I was brought up on it, but the kids still achieve a lot since there are Festivals & Sonatina Competitions throughout the year & they're very competitive.

[cziffra]

yay!  an Aussie's page!  

i didn't think any other australians inhabited this board at all.

i'm in western australia at the moment, a vertiable hub of classical music    

[krenske]

Give me a home among the.... lol
Yes another one from Aus... check out my webpages...

[CW]

Wow, there are quite a few Aussies in this forum...and I thought I was the only one!
I'm from Melbourne, just finished my degree and doing my Honours this year. This is my 4th year of teaching...not sure if it's really for me after I had a massive dose of screaming and crying from a student...

[comme_le_vent]

as the 1st non-aussie to reply to this thread i have to ask........ are you guys proud of Percy Grainger?