Hume Conservatorium

15/06/2026

Music learning can shape far more than musical ability. 🎵🧠

Research continues to show strong links between music participation and academic achievement across core learning areas. But music teachers also know something deeper — well-rounded musicianship is built through both singing and instrumental learning. Instrumentalists benefit from singing, and singers benefit from learning an instrument.

The strongest music learning experiences don’t divide these skills, they connect them.
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12/06/2026

12/06/2026

What happens in your brain & body when you listen to music? Explore how it shapes our identities and future therapeutic uses. With Q&A.

02/06/2026

Andrea Keller has developed 100 prompts for improvisation and composition, and presented these in a card deck for musicians of all ages and stages. Accompanied by a Journal to record ideas, reflections and concepts alongside manuscript pages.

See Andrea perform Live at Hume Con on 12 June.

https://youtu.be/1K8R9mhuPAs?si=ryR6h8lYkwg58CS5
https://events.humanitix.com/andrea-keller-solo-piano

Andrea Keller has developed 100 prompts for improvisation and composition, and presented these in a card deck for musicians of all ages and stages. Accompani...

02/06/2026

Meet Andrea Keller on Friday 12 June for an improvisation workshop from this set of 100 concepts for Cultivating Creativity.

Book your tickets to the concert and workshop today. https://events.humanitix.com/andrea-keller-solo-piano

Video 2 of 6What's in the box? 100 Concepts for Cultivating Creat...

28/05/2026

Always wanted to play Cello?

Have a Free Trial Lesson with Rachel Johnson. We have five free 10 min lessons for people wanting to learn the cello. We even have cellos you can use!

First in best dressed. Give us a call today! 02 4821 8833 or email [email protected]

https://youtu.be/tV3Bs_XPCt8?si=Q1hULVUESELYxS0J

One of Australia's most versatile performing and teaching artists, Rachel Johnston is a well known classical and alternative cellist.

Rachel became well known to Australian audiences performing as cellist in the Australian String Quartet from 2006-2013. During this time she performed with leading international artists including Pieter Wispelwej, Alina Abragimova, Anne Sophie von Otter, the Juilliard Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, and many more, as well as Australian luminaries such as Piers Lane, Liwei, Brett Dean, Slava Grigoryan, Sara Macliver, Konstantin Shamray, Fiona Campbell, Marshall Maguire and Andrew Goodwin.

With postgraduate degrees from the Juilliard School in New York, London University and Canterbury University, NZ, Rachel was one of the last students to study with the legendary Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne as part of the international award winning Tankstream Quartet.

21/05/2026

How is this handled in your school?

Would students ever be asked to choose between two sports… or is this only happening with music?

We’d love to hear your experience 👇

If this is something you’re navigating, this toolkit can help:
🌟 https://ow.ly/bqRp50YKafv