Julia Sykes

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Categories:

• Piano, 
• Theory

Keywords:

• Accredited Teaching Member, 
• Theory, 
• Piano

General info

B.Mus Ed

Accredited Member

MMTA

 

Julia began learning piano at the age of 6 and began teaching piano at the age of 14. She studied a Bachelor of Music Education at The University of Western Australia. She has developed the Sykes Piano Program and student books series which includes 15 published piano books for students and teachers. The Sykes Piano Program is about creating holistic musicians and includes performance, technique, singing, sight singing, aural, arrangement, improvisation, composition, theory and music appreciation. Julia has trained over 30 piano teachers. In 2013 she established Julia Sykes School of Music which is a piano school currently with 5 piano teachers with students in Perth, Manjimup and national and international students through skype lessons. Many of her students have won music competitions, achieved high grades in exams and been accepted to study music at a tertiary level. 16 of her students have gone on to pursue careers in music or have worked in the music industry. In 2018 she completed Level 1 Secondary training in the Kodaly method