WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2024 YAMAHA PIANO TEACHER AWARD: BREAKOUT
The Yamaha Breakout Award is an annual, by-application award, gifted to a piano teacher currently engaged in teaching piano in 2023-2024. It supports both Yamaha's education advocacy program Off to a Great Start and the Australian Music Association's national ambition to engage more people in music-making.
Yamaha was looking for Australian piano teachers who are committed and passionate about music education. Nathan Rippon from Yamaha comments ‘music is widely accepted as a valuable and meaningful part of a child’s education and as the largest instrument manufacturer in the world, Yamaha is in a position to lead a conversation around its value.’
Congratulations to this year's recipients:
- Margaret Chalmers QLD
- Rhonda Davidson-Irwin QLD
- Lyndon Ellis TAS
- Gail Godfrey QLD
- Rebecca Guy WA
- Donna Hinkley VIC
- Liane Molewyk WA
- Helen Perris NSW
- Michael Power TAS
- Karyn Skewes SA
Figure 2 Paul Grabowsky performing at the 2022 Awards dinner.
Figure 3 The recipients of the 2022 Yamaha Piano Teacher Award: From L to R: Courtney March-Peach, Therese Wahl, Margaret Curtis, Laura Kahar, Heidi Rangai, Lynda Irvine, Stephanie Insanally, Helen Perris, Finley Francois, Connor Taylor.