Woodwind Workshop with Jennie MacDonald

Woodwind Workshop with Jennie MacDonald

Join AMEB Examiner and woodwind specialist, Jennie MacDonald, for this free interactive workshop.

Jennie will run a guided workshop, aimed to develop tone, work on intonation, and provide general help with the development of technical aspects of playing the flute.

Have you tackled Faure's Sicilienne for a Grade 5 exam, but find that your low notes always go flat? This is exactly the sort of hot topic that Jennie will work with you to address. Through her years of developing her own students, and assessing AMEB and TCE exams, Jennie brings a wealth of knowledge of the common challenges that are faced by so many of us. She also has the tips and tricks to address them, which she'll share with you in this workshop that is not to be missed.

Jennie will bring some great tools and exercises for you to integrate into your practice at home. You'll get to try them out in the workshop, along with developing your understanding around how to get the best out of those exercises.

Workshop details

Saturday 26 August
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Launceston Church Grammar School
36 Button Street, Mowbray
Brock room (Music department)

FREE admission but registrations essential.

The focus for this workshop will be on flute but everyone is welcome. All attendees are expected to bring their instrument - this is a hands-on workshop where you'll gain technique and ideas through actually playing.  Jennie will work with attendees to improve aspects of their playing, before opening up to questions and discussion, focussing on the development of essential techniques in flute and woodwind playing.

No on will be required to perform a solo but there may be an opportunity for some students to perform, if time permits. As such an accompanist will not be provided and we recommend not bringing your own associate artist.

Huge thanks to Launceston Church Grammar School for hosting this event!

Read about Jennie MacDonald

Jennie is currently a leading teacher, and Manager of Performing Arts at Elizabeth College in Hobart. She is an enthusiastic woodwind teacher and school music educator who, through her career, has worked with students of all ages.

Jennie strives to extend every student to be the very best they can. Within this context she frequently networks to provide exciting workshop opportunities. As a committed lifelong learner she is very involved in professional learning, both as an active participant as well as providing resources and opportunities for others. Over the course of her career she has held various positions on state and regional committees such as TASME, Musica North, AMEB and TMTA.  Further, she has worked on numerous state conferences as an organiser, presenter and participant. Jennie was a selected presenter for the 2022 International Society for Music Education 35th World Conference.

Many of Jennie's students have moved onto successful careers in music as performers, composers, teachers, educational leaders, and music therapists throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the USA.  Some are specialists in classical music, whilst others major in jazz or contemporary music styles.  The common thread through their many varying careers comes from the holistic training they received as students to be autonomous, motivated, hardworking, considerate, compassionate, generous, inclusive, and committed to lifelong learning.

In 2006 Jennie was the inaugural recipient of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Jetstar Music Educators Award for her outstanding contribution to educating young Tasmanians in orchestral music and in 2021 she received the Australian Society for Music Education Music Educating for Life Award, Tasmania. She continues to work for the best music education outcomes for all Tasmanian students.

Jennie is one of our most highly valued woodwind, and multispecialist, examiners for AMEB Tasmania.