Bachelor of Music Education
(NSW Conservatorium of music)

Over the past 20 years I have taught thousands of adults, children and teenagers with a variety of cultural backgrounds. I have taught at the following choral camps, festivals, schools and conferences in Australia and overseas.

Choral Camps

• Wintersong NSW
• Spring into Song NSW
• Naked Voice QLD
• Earth Arts QLD
• Rhythmsong WA
• Coastal Harmonies, St Helen’s TAS
• Summersong NSW

Cultural Tours and Singing Holidays

• Singing in Paradise (Savu Savu, Fiji)
• Singing in Bali
• Singing in Siena
• Singing in Tuscany

Indigenous Youth and Choirs

• Musical director and conductor for ‘Many Roads One Voice’, a combined choir event of 270 voices that was one of the highlights of the Alice Springs Desert Festival in 2008.  As part of this project Rachel tutored the Areyonga ladies choir and the Tjitjkala ladies choir.
• Tutor in Caama Music and Dance for life project at Willowra community in the Northern Territory teaching singing and music workshops to young people.
• Songwriting tutor for young women at Ernabella community, SA, funded by BIG HART and Ngapartji Ngapartji. A CD was later recorded of these songs.
• Mentor to  Titjikala ladies choir,  a  9  day  project  aimed  at  developing  choir and leadership  skills  for  the  Titjikala  Choir.
• Coordinator and workshop leader of the 4 day choral camp Big Sing in the Desert at Ross River, outside Alice springs. We had 25 indigenous singers from the Central Desert area attend, as well as 55 singers from around Australia. We shared repertoire and choral styles and learnt a bunch of new songs.  

Festivals and Events

• National Folk Festival Choir ACT
• Woodford Folk Festival Choir QLD
• Femme Funk Festival (New Caledonia)
• Denmark Festival of the Voice, WA
• Cygnet Folk Festival TAS
• Fairbridge Festival (WA)
• Daylesford Singers Festival VIC
• Hastings Choral Festival NSW
• Tasmanian Acapella Festival
• The Big Trill WA
• Spring Song in Subi WA
• Blackheath Choral Festival NSW
• Troubadour Festival VIC+
• Fairbridge Festival WA
• Jamberoo Festival (NSW)
• Blue Mountains Folk Roots and Blues Festival (NSW)
• Port Fairy Folk Festival (VIC)
• Brunswick Festival (VIC)
• Fairbridge Festival (WA)
• Adelaide Fringe Festival (SA)
• Ironfest (NSW)
• Many Roads One Voice (Caama) NT
• Melbourne Millenium Chorus (The Boite) VIC
• Songlines Festival (NSW)
• Big Sing Wintermagic Festival (NSW)
• Big Sing Warrimoo (NSW)
• Choral Sea (NSW)

Young people

• Australian Catholic University students NSW
• You’re the Voice NSW
• Songwriting for young women (Ngapartji Ngapartji) Ernabella, SA
• Songwriting and performance for young women (Warburton Youth Arts) WA
• MAD (Music and Dance) for Life (Caama) NT
• Blue Mountains Grammar School Choir NSW (music teacher)
• Blue Mountains Concert for Peace NSW
• Nulsen Haven Music Therapy WA
• Warrimoo Public school NSW
• Faulconbridge Public schoo  NSW
• Taroona High TAS (English and drama teacher)
• Petersham Girls high  NSW  (music teacher)
• Newcastle Steiner School NSW
• Tasmanian Youth Circus (Director)

Music with Special Needs

• Nulsen Haven Music Therapy (WA)
• Bridge Road Special School (NSW)

Conferences

• Courageous Conversations (Ethos foundation) QLD
• Waging peace (Ethos foundation) QLD
• Transforming energy (Ethos foundation) QLD
• DEET Conference (Change Australia) NT
• I.T.D team day (U.W.S) NSW
• Parenting Young (Blue Mountains MOCS) NSW