RECORDING: Exploring v9 of the Music Curriculum | Webinar Series
This Webinar Series is available for on-demand purchase until 31 March 2026.
Join us for a two-part webinar series designed to build confidence and clarity around the Australian Curriculum v9: Music. Whether you’re new to the changes or ready to revisit and deepen your understanding, these sessions will support you in making meaningful connections to your classroom practice.
For more information about both sessions, see the description below.
$20.00 – $90.00Price range: $20.00 through $90.00
About the Sessions
Session 1 – Orientation to the Curriculum
In our first session, we’ll provide an overview of The Australian Curriculum v9: Music. We’ll explore the Achievement Standards, Content Descriptors, and Examples of Knowledge and Skills, offering a clear orientation to the new curriculum.
This session will cover similar content to the webinar Deb presented last year. If you didn’t attend, this is a great opportunity to get up to speed. If you did, it will serve as a valuable recap and help deepen our shared understanding of Version 9.
Session 2 – Making it Meaningful: Responding Assessments
Join Deb and Debbie for an informative, interactive and inspiring look at the responding strand of v9 of the Australian curriculum and how these aspects of the achievement standards play out in a Kodály-inspired classroom.
What does it mean to communicate ideas through our compositions in Year 4? How can 6 year olds express their ideas about where/why and how people make music in an age appropriate and easily teacher-managed way? How do we explore continuing and revitalising cultures in a respectful manner? Participate in discussions and see examples.
Please note: The content of this session was presented at Kodály National Conference in Melbourne in 2024.
Debbie O’Shea is a Primary School Music Specialist who currently teaches at The Gap State School in Brisbane. She is an advocate of voiced-based music education for everyone.
Debbie has had an extensive career teaching and coordinating music programs from Preschool to University level and developing teaching materials for music educators.
Debbie has taught in State Schools, Catholic Schools and Independent Schools in Cairns and Brisbane. During her time in Cairns, Debbie was instrumental in forming the Cairns Chapter of KMEIA Qld and arranging in-service opportunities for teachers in the area, including the Kodaly Certificate Courses. She has also taught Early Childhood classes at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
Deb Brydon is a primary music specialist who returned to music teaching after working as a Senior Project Writer with Education Queensland’s Curriculum into the Classroom project, writing for Music and The Arts. In 2020 she earned national accreditation as a Highly Accomplished Teacher.
She has taught primary school music for over 25 years in both Charters Towers and Brisbane. Deb has been an accredited do-re-mi teacher and has also taught Classroom Music at Griffith University. She has been on the Kodály Qld committee for 19 years and was recently awarded Honorary Life Membership.
Deb has been the project co-ordinator for Kodály QLD’s DVD Projects including Musical Beginnings, Middle Years Music Education and Step Up With Music. She holds an Australian Kodály Certificate (Early Childhood) and is former President and Vice-President of Kodály Queensland.
She lives in Mugan-djin (Brisbane), on Yagara Country with her husband and 3 children.
