Ghosts Australia premieres tonight on Channel 10 at 8:30pm. Then moves over to Paramount Plus. Music composed by Jed Palmer and clarinetting by yours truly! Such a fun project.❤️ Can’t wait to watch it - the British version was hilarious.

It is with great pleasure that I share that I have been appointed Director of Music at Scotch College Melbourne from 2026. To say that I am honoured and humbled by this opportunity is an understatement of the highest order. I am profoundly indebted to the inimitable John Ferguson, whose visionary leadership has cultivated a remarkable culture of musical and educational excellence at Scotch. His legacy will continue to inspire and resonate throughout the community for many years to come!

Happy heavenly 70th birthday, Mum. You’re missed every single day. May you be up there, still coordinating your outfits with caravans.

The national conference for the @asmemusiced Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) in sunny Brisbane came to a close yesterday after a superb three days of knowledge sharing. Truly grateful to have had the opportunity to learn so much, to meet fabulous people, and to catch up with brilliant colleagues and friends.

Four years since you left us, Mum. We miss you every single day.

This Monday September 15 I am presenting alongside the inspirational John Hendry OAM for Box Hill Institute. This professional learning session will cover a lot of salient topics for creative art education right now: cultivating curiosity in the classroom, building rewarding relationships, and understanding the neurobiology behind our learning habits, the learning habits of our students, and what we can do to guide them toward engagement. If you, or you know someone who is interested in cultivating creative spaces, fostering quality relationships, and understanding how our neurobiology shapes our learning experiences, then please come along or share this link to other like-minded educators. https://info.boxhill.edu.au/music-and-creative-teacher-development-day/

I’m delighted to be presenting on Monday 15 September at Box Hill Institue alongside the incredible John Hendry OAM. My session, “Using Neuroscience to Cultivate Creative Learning Spaces” will bring to light the importance of understanding barriers to learning and ways in which we can facilitate positive experiences in the classroom or creative arts studio. In this current climate of hijacked attentions and short-span concentration, our responsibility to encourage active learning through tangible, hands-on experiences rather than passive production via third-party interfaces is more crucial than ever. I am honoured to present alongside John Hendry OAM, who is an accomplished and incredibly generous educator with over 50 years experience. He is a foundation member and consultant to The Flow Centre, has been a consultant to UNESCO on bullying and school violence, and is an all-round brilliant font of knowledge on relationships. Interested? Please click the link and register! https://info.boxhill.edu.au/music-and-creative-teacher-development-day/

Although the alarm is set to the horrific time of 2:45am, I am ultra excited to speak with Boston University Music Education doctoral students about writing a dissertation, doing research things, and organising data. I may not be all the way awake, but maybe the pure stream of consciousness may hit the mark nicely. We will see!

I am absolutely delighted to share that I have just signed a book deal with Routledge! I can't wait to bring "Multiple Memory Music Learning" to fruition. I hope that this work contributes meaningfully to unraveling the wholly unique and brilliant ways in which we learn music. From brain pruning to auto(in)correct, from flow state to the frustrations we musicians (and young learners) face when things go wrong, this book is intended to be a compassionate guide to knowing how our brains work specifically in the context of playing an instrument.