EARLY YEARS
Joyful Meaningful Music Making
Join Hilary Keegan, director of School of Musical Heartbeats in Perth, for a day filled with musical experiences for little people
Sessions include
- working with babies and toddlers
- preschool children and early years literacy links to music making.
- extending your own musical skills , wherever your starting point is
Location
Adelaide West Uniting Church
312 Sir Donald Bradman Dr
Hilary Keegan, originally from Ireland, studied Music Education at Trinity College Dublin, the Kodály Institute in Hungary and, in May 2020, she was awarded the highest Honors in her Masters of Music, in Music Education (with a Kodály emphasis), from Holy Names University, California, under the direction of Maree Hennessy. Hilary is currently enjoying her maternity leave from PLC, Perth where she taught students from Pre-Kindy (age 3) to Senior School classes and is the Head of Choral.
She currently lectures the Music Education component of the Masters in Early Childhood Education at ECU, and the Primary Australian Kodály Certificate, and has also completed First Steps in Music Education Certificate with John Feierabend. She has recently set up a music school; School of Musical Heartbeats, a place where musical heartbeats are made for life, with group Music classes on offer for Newborns to age 10 children. Hilary also directs the Irish Choir Perth and thoroughly enjoys presenting at professional development courses for General Primary, Secondary and Specialist Music teachers.