Dec
03
2018
By Yolanda Acker
Did you know that there are a number of dates in the calendar that are particularly significant to music and musicians around the world? Here are some of the most important:
21 June. Coinciding with the Summer solstice,...
Oct
24
2018
I had the good fortune to ask many questions of Jeffrey Wood, the Guild President, who is a registered Piano Tuner with the Piano Tuners Technicians Guild of Victoria and the Australasian Piano Tuners Technicians Association, whilst observing him...
Oct
23
2018
Lyn Murphy-Lane an Actress from the 70's has in her older years decided that she would like to learn how to play the piano. Leonie Wobking a piano teacher registered with the Australian Guild of Music Education has enjoyed...
Oct
17
2018
The A.G.M.E. Examiner's role may be summarised as follows:-
To provide a fair mark.
To encourage but not to give false hope.
To provide a comprehensive report with guidelines for both the teacher and student.
To be cheerful and...
Oct
04
2018
What a fun day Tuesday was! Teachers, prospective students, and locals came into the campus to explore our facilities. The sausage sizzle was delicious and the conversations were delightful.
Thank-you for coming to the campus , we met some very...
Nov
07
2018
Did you know that the AGME has a public speaking syllabus incorporating the creation and delivery of PowerPoint presentations?
PowerPoint and public speaking have come together in our latest Speech syllabus Business Presentations.
This course is designed to meet the...
Oct
01
2018
Have you noticed that our country’s name is often incorrectly pronounced? Here are some of the mispronunciations heard by speech teachers, as well as our recommended way to say Australia.
Some incorrect pronunciations
Leaving out the first syllable, and starting the...
Aug
28
2018
If your idea of a composer is one of a lonely, garret-dwelling, wine-swilling, isolated, tortured soul, responding to the sorrows and joys of the world with music that "means" something, and hoping that enough people like it to pay...
Recent Comments