Harmony
Posted on: 17 May 2024
Birgit graduated from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) in 1988, gaining a B.Mus (Ed) degree specialising in piano teaching. After teaching music full-time at a couple of high schools in South Africa and Namibia, she moved to Germany with her husband. Between raising 3 children she continued teaching piano privately, conducting an adult A Capella choir, and playing piano in a chamber group.
Since moving to Australia in 1998, she has extended her teaching privately at home and at various schools, and has played accompaniments for numerous AMEB, scholarship & HSC exams.
For the past 20 years she has entered candidates of all grades for AMEB exams (piano, flute, theory and musicianship) with very pleasing results.
She now teaches in a beautiful studio with a bush outlook in the leafy suburb of Glenhaven.
Posted on: 16 May 2018
I have 20 years of work experience as music teacher, guitar teacher, music composer and performer in university and various private institutions in Tehran, Iran and Sydney, Australia. Through these years I gained my strong foundation in the areas of Music Theory and Harmony, Musical Composition, vocal pop and knowledge and understanding in popular and jazz music. My areas of expertise are playing guitar and teaching Classical, Spanish, Flamenco, Persian, Mediterranean and South American music.
My music inclination is hone by attending and finishing formal education in music. I have completed my Bachelor of Music (Performance) from International Conservatory of Music in Sydney, Associate Degree in World Musical Instrument from Nahavand Conservatory Open Higher Education Institute, Iran and Advanced Diploma in Music from Jame Elmi Karbordi University in Iran. I am currently enrolled in Suzuki Talent Education Association (NSW) aiming to complete the Suzuki Guitar-Certificate III.
As the highlight of each year, I also provide high quality concerts for students and I also perform with my professional band yearly in Australia and various countries. I had a very successful concert with my band, it was held in China in 2019. Some performances are available on YouTube under my name Mahoor Jadidi or Ryde Music Center.
With a lifelong love of music, I'm fully committed and hope to inspire all my students and hope to bring out their full potential. I am a very committed and reliable music teacher with the ability to relate well to children, parents, colleagues and school staff. I can adapt well to a multicultural environment and all age students.
Facebook: Ryde Music Centre
YouTube channel: Ryde Music Centre or Mahoor Jadidi
Studio: U8/No.1 Maxim Street, West Ryde NSW 2114
Member, International Federation of Musician (Music Composer – 665)
Posted on: 14 November 2016
Dr GEOFFREY GARTNER obtained his B Mus (Hons) from Sydney Conservatorium where he studied cello with Georg Pedersen. He possesses Masters and Doctoral performance degrees from the University of California San Diego.
Dr Gartner has over thirty years experience as a teacher and performer and has appeared as a guest lecturer at universities and conservatoriums throughout Australia and the USA. He has acted as mentor to many young string players, guiding them through their LMusA, HSC examinations and beyond. His recordings appear on ten different labels and he performs a repertoire extending from the baroque to the newest works of today, many written especially for him.
A qualified massage therapist, Dr Gartner takes a holistic approach to teaching the cello; correct posture, technique and good practice habits are fundamental to students enjoying their cello playing and achieving great results.
Dr Gartner is well experienced as a lecturer in music history, theory and aural and is renowned for his work with emerging composers. He teaches at his Woollahra studio and is currently accepting students of all levels.
Posted on: 19 August 2013
Examiner 50
ASA TDip, MOAA, MMTA, MASME, MISME, MUMT, MAATA, MASA
Zeljko Bedic OAM commenced piano and violin studies in Croatia, Europe and subsequently continued with his professional music studies in Sydney, Australia on piano, pedagogy and music theory under the baton of Dr Margaret Brandman, and on accordion, with Maestro Dante Simonelli and Mr Ross Lombardo.
Mr Bedic was included on the Australia Day 2019 Honours List and presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for distinguished services to humanity in Australian and global communities and the performing arts, particularly through music.
He is a university academic (successfully prepared students for their Bachelor of Music Degrees and AMEB Performance Diplomas), and a Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Music Teachers’ Association (NSW) accredited professional music teacher in piano, accordion and theory.
Mr Bedic is the founder, and has been the Owner / Director, of Bedic Music Studio, now Paddington Music Studio for over 35 years. He has over 40 years of professional teaching experience and has been an AMEB Examiner for over 30 years. He was awarded his Teacher’s Diploma in 1983 and received his AMEB Examiner 25 Year Service Award Shield in 2016.
He has successfully prepared and trained numerous music teachers to become AMEB examiners and has written, reviewed and edited AMEB syllabi for many years. Most recently, he led and collaborated with other examiners, on a comprehensive and extensive syllabus review / rewrite which was successfully submitted to the AMEB for publishing.
Mr Bedic has delivered solo and duet performances at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and at the Sydney Town Hall. He is a former first prize recipient of the ASA NSW state championships and the City of Sydney Eisteddfod. He was also a former recipient of the second and third prizes in the ASA Australasian Championships. Mr Bedic has adjudicated at international, national and state championships, and the City of Sydney and St. George Eisteddfods on many occasions.
His students have won International, Australasian, Australian National and NSW State Solo Championships. One of his students was selected by the NSW Board of Studies to perform at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, HSC ENCORE Concert. Another one of his students has won the prestigious Music Teachers’ Association (MTA) – Margaret Chalmers Memorial Scholarship and received an invitation to perform as a soloist at the MTA’s Centenary Celebration at Parliament House in Sydney in 2012.
He was the Musical Director and Orchestra Leader of the Koleda and Dubrovnik Croatian folkloric ensembles and the Musical Director of the Klapa Koleda a capella ensemble and choir. Mr Bedic recorded an album at the Sydney Opera House in the capacity of Musical Director / Orchestra Leader with the Koleda ensemble and a studio album with the Dante Simonelli Orchestra and Choir at EMI Studios.
Mr Bedic was the Australian National Coordinator, promoter, manager and publicist for two highly successful charity recordings / CDs, ‘Side by Side – Song for Port Arthur’ and ‘Stop the War in Croatia’. Both were highly successfully on the Coca Cola ARIA Charts (10 weeks in the Top 10), with extensive national television, radio and print media coverage, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity, but more importantly, provided moral support for the victims’ families. At the time, he received letters of commendation and support from the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon. Mr. John Howard MP and Premier of NSW, The Hon. Mr. Bob Carr MP and numerous prominent senators.
