Dear KMEIA Members,

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the second edition of the National Newsletter. It is our hope that you will find the articles included to be topical and of interest, providing further inspiration and ideas to augment your teaching practice. The articles included have been supplied by KMEIA Branches and we are grateful for their contributions.

The National Newsletter serves to offer a broad range of articles focusing on Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Choral and ICT. My sincere thanks go to the authors for the time and effort they have put into their respective submissions. Many thanks also to the State Branch Editors and members of their committees for their input.

A special thank you must go to WA Branch President, National Councillor and Newsletter Editor, Rosalie Scott. Rosalie has worked tirelessly to pull this edition together and we are extremely grateful for her diligent and professional approach to this important role. Thanks also to National Councillor and Webmaster, Jason Goopy for his efforts with facilitating the upload of the newsletter.

We would warmly welcome submissions of articles for the next edition of the National Newsletter. If you are interested in submitting articles for consideration please follow this link for further information.

http://www.kodaly.com.au/events/newsletter/call-for-articles/

On behalf of the KMEIA National Council, I hope you enjoy this publication. As always, we appreciate and value your thoughts and feedback.  It is through your contributions to the work of KMEIA that we can look to further strengthen our network of educators, striving to make music education the right of every child in this country.

Kind regards,

Joel Copeland
National President
Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia Inc.