Anette Kerkovius is a qualified and experienced piano, singing / vocal and theory of music teacher, offering lessons from her studio in Winthrop, Perth WA. She is an Accredited Teaching Member of the West Australian Music Teachers’ Association.
Anette has been involved with music education for forty years; ranging from early childhood, primary and secondary school to tertiary level.
She has taught piano, voice and music theory and directed regional children’s choirs, church choirs, community choirs and taught all age groups within the school environment in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Anette Kerkovius has presented both locally and nationally at Orff, Australian Society of Music Education and Australian National Choral Association conferences, and internationally at the International Society of Music Education Conference (Pretoria 1998). She has published articles on aspects of the Orff Approach to music education and on choral work.
Anette was the Director of Music at All Saints’ College in Perth (2011–18) and the Junior School Music Co-ordinator (2003–10) also at All Saints’ College. She now runs her own music studio, teaching piano, voice, theory and ATAR Music, provides professional development for teachers, and is a music education consultant for schools.
A practitioner of the Orff Approach to music education, Anette has completed Level 4 in Orff Schulwerk (Sydney) and attended an International Summer School at the Orff Institute in Salzburg.
Anette strongly believes that every child should have the benefit of a quality music education, be taught to sing in tune, and be given the opportunity to experience the joy of singing and making music.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Music (Honours with distinction) specialising in Music Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Teachers Diploma in Music Studies, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Orff Schulwerk Music and Movement Level 4 Certificate of Accreditation