Dear KMEIA Members,

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the third edition of the National Newsletter. The articles included have been supplied by KMEIA Branches and members, with a special guest article by Dr. Anita Collins and we are grateful for all their contributions.

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.

Our fabulous Newsletter Editor, Rosalie Scott has worked tirelessly to pull this edition together and we are extremely grateful for her diligent work on this publication. Thanks also to our webmaster extraordinaire, 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 click here for further information.

On behalf of the KMEIA National Council, I hope you enjoy this publication. As always, we appreciate and value your thoughts and feedback.  I wish you all a happy and prosperous 2016.

Kind regards,

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