Deb Brydon is a primary music specialist who returned to music teaching after working as a Senior Project Writer with Education Queensland’s Curriculum into the Classroom project, writing for Music and The Arts. In 2020 she earned national accreditation as a Highly Accomplished Teacher.
She has taught primary school music for over 25 years in both Charters Towers and Brisbane. Deb has been an accredited do-re-mi teacher and has also taught Classroom Music at Griffith University. She has been on the Kodály Qld committee for 19 years and was recently awarded Honorary Life Membership.
Deb has been the project co-ordinator for Kodály QLD’s DVD Projects including Musical Beginnings, Middle Years Music Education and Step Up With Music. She holds an Australian Kodály Certificate (Early Childhood) and is currently Vice-President of Kodály QLD.
She lives in Mugan-djin (Brisbane), on Yagara Country with her husband and 3 children.
Day 3: Wednesday
with Debbie O’Shea
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Session 5: 15.00 | Responding in the Kodaly-inspired Primary Music Classroom (Australian Curriculum v9) |
Join Deb and Debbie for an informative, interactive and inspiring look at the responding strand of v9 of the Australian Curriculum and how these aspects of the achievement standard play out in a Kodály-inspired classroom. What does it mean to communicate ideas through our compositions in Year 4? How can 6 year olds express their ideas about where/why and how people make music in an age appropriate and easily teacher-managed way? How do we explore continuing and revitalising cultures in a respectful manner? Participate in discussions and see examples. |
Day 4: Thursday
with Debbie O’Shea
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Session 4: 14.05 | Advocacy and Change Making |
Join Deb and Debbie for an informative, interactive and inspiring look at the responding strand of v9 of the Australian Curriculum and how these aspects of the achievement standard play out in a Kodály-inspired classroom. What does it mean to communicate ideas through our compositions in Year 4? How can 6 year olds express their ideas about where/why and how people make music in an age appropriate and easily teacher-managed way? How do we explore continuing and revitalising cultures in a respectful manner? Participate in discussions and see examples. |