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Janielle is a graduate of the Bachelor of Music (Piano and Chamber Music Performance) at the Melbourne Conservatorium. She holds a Master of Teaching (Secondary Music) from Monash University, and is registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). She is also certified with the AMEB Piano Diploma of Associate in Music (A. Mus. A). Over the years, she has studied Classical Piano with music pedagogues such as Professor Ian Holtham, Len Vorster, Sandra Birze and Janine Sowden.
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In 2012, Janielle was awarded the Pearis Rodger Piano Scholarship by the Melbourne Conservatorium for excellence in piano performance. She has also been awarded the Arts Innovation Award by the Hildegard Behrens Foundation for a music education project with the Global Leaders Institute, USA.
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Before pursuing her degree in music, Janielle studied at the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) and performed in numerous solo and chamber music concerts. Her piano trio has been tutored by well-known Australian soloists and chamber musicians such as Josephine Vains, Glenn Riddle and Rachel Atkinson. Aside from her classical studies, Janielle also enjoys playing improvisatory piano and songwriting. She is a versatile musician and teacher who tailors her classes to her students’ unique potential and interests.
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Janielle is passionate about working with children, youth and adult students from diverse backgrounds and also has experience teaching children with special needs. In 2013 she worked with The Song Room NGO and pioneered their first piano music club where she taught underprivileged children from the South Sudanese refugee community. Her music teaching and workshop experiences abroad include Chile, Israel, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, India, and the UAE.
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Since graduating with her Master of Teaching (Secondary Music) at Monash University in 2017, she has worked as a music educator and piano instructor in Melbourne secondary colleges as well as abroad at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (Afghanistan) and the Kigali International Community School (Rwanda).
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Janielle is focused on striving for excellence as well as inspiring creative expression in her students in every aspect of music practice, performance and teaching.
Master of Music Education
Bachelor of Music (Piano)
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On a mission to Masaka, Uganda, I spent some time sharing music and a message of hope with women in a village town.
My piano students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, the first and only music institute in Afghanistan.
My piano studio in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A month-long music teaching to students across Grades 4-12 at the Victoria International School of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
My passion is to make music in unusual places. This is in the Wadi Rum desert of Jordan.
A songwriting workshop and music jam session in at Northgate High School in Kantafu, Kenya.
With my piano student, Aziza, while we were on tour and our all-female Zohra Orchestra performed at the Berwaldhallen Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
A songwriting workshop with Tejas Asia, a ministry to the poor in Delhi, India.
Teaching music to an all-girls highschool, Fort Convent, in Mumbai, India.
