Times:
4.30 – 5.30pm: Beginning Training Choir (grades 1 – 2) with Marion Stafford
4.30 – 5.40pm: Junior Training Choir (grades 3 – 4) with Elizabeth O’Leary
5.30 – 7.00pm: Senior Training Choir (grades 5 – 6) with Elizabeth O’Leary
Times:
4.30 – 5.30pm: Beginning Training Choir (grades 1 – 2) with Marion Stafford
4.30 – 5.40pm: Junior Training Choir (grades 3 – 4) with Elizabeth O’Leary
5.30 – 7.00pm: Senior Training Choir (grades 5 – 6) with Elizabeth O’Leary
St Catherine’s School
17 Heyington Pl, Toorak VIC
Members:
Marion Stafford is a highly respected Kodály Music educator who has taught throughout all levels – from Preschool to Tertiary. She is a graduate of Melbourne University and the prestigious Holy Names Summer Institute in Oakland California.
Marion has made a significant contribution to the development of teacher training courses in Melbourne and served as President of the Victorian branch of Kodály Australia for many years. Marion is currently the Head of Music in the Junior School at the Wheelers Hill campus of Caulfield Grammar School and directs the Beginning Training Choir of Young Voices of Melbourne.
Elizabeth is a passionate music educator, conductor and choral performer. She has a decade of music teaching experience both within schools and in the wider community. Elizabeth is currently the Director of Training Choirs at Young Voices of Melbourne, teaches at Caulfield Grammar School, and is the founder of Very Young Voices of Melbourne, Kodály inspired music classes for children aged 0-5.
In 2019, Elizabeth was awarded the Sarolta Kodály Scholarship to study at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy, where she completed an Advanced Diploma. She was awarded the Australian Kodály Certificate (AKC) in 2012 and is an accredited Kodály lecturer. She is an experienced workshop presenter and has taught musicianship and primary pedagogy as part of the AKC. Elizabeth performs regularly as a soprano and is currently a member of Alta Collective.
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