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.
We are kindly hosted in The Studio with thanks to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Lunch is provided at the Hotel Grand Chancellor's Tasman Restaurant, with light refreshments also available during the day. This project is assisted through Arts Tasmania.
SCHEDULE
10:00 am Morning Tea/Registration
10:30 am Welcome
11:00 am Session 1 – Dr James Cuskelly
12:30 pm Lunch at The Tasman
1:30 pm Session 2 – Dr James Cuskelly
2:30 pm Afternoon Tea
3:00 pm Session 3 – Dr James Cuskelly
4:15 pm Final Wrap Up
4:30 pm End
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).
James has a very broad base in education, having taught in Kindergarten, pre-school, primary and secondary classrooms as well as in tertiary institutions since 1987. His passion for music, and his ability to enthuse and bring about effective learning in students across all ages or abilities, is internationally recognised. James is committed to teacher training in music education, and consequently, is frequently asked to lead teacher in-service programs and workshops in a variety of teacher training programs including Australia, Malaysia, Scotland, England, Hungary, South Africa and New Zealand. Dr Cuskelly was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to music education in The Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours List.
