2026 Kodaly WA Open Classrooms with Dr Anthony Young – Kodály-inspired teaching in action!

Dr Anthony Young will visit several schools across the Perth metropolitan area on Friday, 8 May, delivering music classes to students across a range of year levels in an open classroom setting.

The event will be facilitated by Dr Jason Goopy, who will guide the sessions and support reflective discussion throughout the day.

Kodály WA welcomes expressions of interest from members who would like to attend, as well as from schools or student groups interested in participating in this initiative.

Please send all expressions of interest to wa@kodaly.org.au.

Click here to register to see Dr Young work with the Year 10-12 Chorale at Perth Modern School.

Dr Anthony Young is Head of Classroom Music at St. Laurence’s College in South Brisbane. The college has a strong male community singing tradition, supported by 7 choirs involving 240 singers aged from 10 to 17 and taught by a team of highly accomplished and generous teachers. His research doctorate in Music Education examined the participation of boys in a Kodaly based music education program. He holds a Masters in Music Studies (choral conducting), an Australian Kodaly Certificate, an Arts degree in literature, and a Law degree. A recipient of the Queensland College of Teachers Excellence in Teaching award, Anthony serves the QCAA as a Lead Endorser, Lead Confirmer and Lead External Examiner. He has contributed to books on Music Education and Choral Conducting published by ACER, Springer publications and Oxford University Press. Anthony lectures in musicianship for the University of Queensland and is in demand as a choral conductor internationally in school, community, festival, and liturgical settings. 

Dr Jason Goopy is Lecturer and Coordinator of Secondary Music & Instrumental Music Education at Edith Cowan University and President of the Australian Society for Music Education. His research aims to uncover how music education positively transforms lives by examining the nexus between music, education, and psychology using arts-based and mixed-methods. Jason’s research monograph, Teenage boys, musical identities and music education: An Australian narrative inquiry, is published through Routledge. He is currently leading funded research projects investigating how music education supports the mental health and wellbeing of young people and the impact of community-based music teacher professional development courses.