Having spent her entire adult life as a music educator, Tania is passionate about music! Raised in a family that valued music, Tania started formal piano lessons at the age of 6 years old. Through her formative years, Tania studied with some of Australia's most respected educators and performers including Dr Margaret Brandman, Albert Landa and Alison Ascoli. She began her teaching career in 1992 at the Fairfield School of Music which she joint owned and operated for over 10 years. Tania opened her own private teaching practice, The Piano Academy in 2000 followed by her early childhood Kindermusik studio, Busy Bees Music in 2007. Tania's performance experience includes AMEB examination and HSC accompanying, work as a church, liturgical and wedding organist and accompanying work with The Opera and Oratoria Company of Australia (TOOTCA) in it's early years, run by the esteem entertainer William Amer.
Tania has completed tertiary studies in piano pedagogy, studio teaching, performance, musical theory, child development, early childhood music and Kindermusik as well as additional studies in the Kodaly Concept, Dalcroze Eurythmics, the Montessori Method, interpersonal neurobiology, sensory integration and numerous parenting workshops. She is a certfied Infant Massage Instructor with With a developing interest in how music can be used as therapy for neurologic conditions, Tania has most completed training with The Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy.
Throughout her career, Tania has taught music in child care centers, primary and secondary schools, and has worked with Families NSW, providing music classes to parents and children from diverse linguistic backgrounds. Until 2017, she was a private piano teacher at Thomas Hassall Anglican College. Tania's inclusive teaching practice embraces children with diverse learning and sensory profiles, including those with sensory processing differences and those who identify as neurodivergent. As a parent of two school-aged children, she understands how music can be a powerful catalyst for development in all learning areas. Her whole-brain teaching approach nurtures each child's unique strengths, making lessons energetic, engaging, and joyful. Many of her private piano students have achieved excellent results in AMEB examinations and have gone on to pursue various careers in music. Some of her former piano students now have children of their own, many of whom attend Busy Bees classes. It's wonderful to see this musical journey come full circle.
Busy Bees Music has been awarded Top Program status from Kindermusik International for the 2023 teaching year. This is the twelfth consecutive year Busy Bees Music has achieved Top Program status. Accordingly, Busy Bees Music is currently ranked amongst the top 1% of Kindermusik teaching studios worldwide and is currently the 2nd largest studio in Australia and the largest studio in Sydney. On numerous occasions, Busy Bees Music studio has also been nominated as a finalist in the Fairfield Local Business Awards.
As well as growing brains with music, Tania understands the role of play in early learning and has carefully curated an educational range of musical instruments and early learning toys available for purchase, that form an extension of her Busy Bees Music studio. You'll find a huge range of items to support play, parents and more at the Busy Bees Shop
Tania brings to her classes enthusiasm (lots of it!), passion, knowledge, experiene and most of all a love of learning, teaching and of music. Tania's teaching philosophy values each child's individuality, recognizing that parents are their child's most important teachers. In partnership with parents, Tania is committed to helping children reach their full potential through the transformative power of music.
