Education Writers

ABC Let’s Sing, Education Writer

Pru Borgert is an Australian Music educator with 25 years’ experience and a passion for community music making. Beyond the Music classroom, her activities range from mentoring and resource creation to conducting and PL delivery. She recently published a thesis titled “Mind the Gap: planning, modelling and consultation in online Music professional learning”. Pru’s other passions include Indigenous culture, choral music and crochet.

Lead Mentor

Dr Sue Lane is very excited to be part of Music in Me. She is committed to supporting teachers to bring engaging music education experiences into their classrooms. Sue is particularly focused on the ongoing development of accessible resources for teachers in a variety of educational settings.

Dr Sue Lane has had much experience as a music specialist and classroom teacher in a variety of school settings on the Central Coast of NSW. She worked for many years with pre-service teachers in Early Childhood and Primary Music and Dance Education programs at the University of Newcastle and the University of Technology, Sydney. Sue is a Lead Mentor with Music in Me, the National Music Teacher Mentoring Program and regularly presents teacher workshops with Musica Viva Australia In Schools and Sydney Symphony Education. Sue completed her PhD in 2019 and is passionate about her research work related to arts education provision in Australian primary schools. 

Recently Sue was awarded the James Sturgiss Exceptional Service Award from the Professional Teachers Council NSW, acknowledging her work in music education and her advocacy, leadership and active support to educators, through the Orff Schulwerk Association of NSW.

ABC Let’s Sing, Education Writer

Margie Moore has extensive experience as an Arts, Education and Music educator and administrator.  She has had successful careers as a teacher, Music consultant, Lecturer in Arts Education and managing the highly regarded Sydney Symphony Education Program. Since taking up consulting Margie has worked for the ABC/AYO on their Let’s Sing program, the Australian Vocal Quartet – AVÉ, Australia Council for the Arts, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Gondwana Voices, Moorambilla Voices, Musica Viva, the NSW Department of Education and Training, UTS, Symphony Services International, and The Sydney Opera House. 

Margie is sought after to write curriculum materials for a range of arts and education organisations and has led the connection of the Moorambilla Magic Modules to the NSW Curriculum project. In January 2011, Margie was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to Arts through Music Education.

ABC Let’s Sing, Education Writer

With a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma of Primary Education, Jemma has worked as a generalist classroom teacher and specialist music teacher for almost 20 years, also working extensively with primary school choirs and instrumental ensembles. Between 2016-2021, Jemma was the Professional Development Manager for Musica Viva Australia, presenting workshops nationally for teachers in classroom music and developing classroom music resources. In 2020-2022, she taught music, dance and drama at the University of Technology Sydney to Primary Education pre-service teachers.

Jemma has written several music education classroom resources for organisations including Opera Australia, Musica Viva Australia and Australian Youth Orchestra’s Music in Me program. In 2018 Jemma completed a three-year teacher training in the TaKeTiNa rhythm meditation method with founder Reinhard Flatischler and Master TaKeTiNa teacher Tania Bosak, going on to mentor the next cohort of TaKeTiNa teacher trainees (2019-2022) and continuing her advanced training. Jemma is a passionate advocate of the creative arts to support and enrich learning and as a means for connection, expression and inclusivity within our communities. 

ABC Let’s Sing, Education writer

Felicity has taught the flute, classroom music and other performing arts subjects to both primary and secondary students for over 25 years and currently works part time as a Performing Arts specialist in a regional Victorian primary school.

Felicity has been a Mentor and Lead Mentor with the NMTMP since the Victorian program’s inception. More recently she took on the role of Victorian Coordinator of the National Music Teacher Mentor Program.

She is a sessional academic in music and drama education at Australian Catholic University Melbourne Campus, a member of the ASME Council Victoria and has completed the Teaching Excellence Program (Arts) at the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership.

As was her experience as a student, Felicity loves nothing more than working with young people to experience the joy of collaborating and performing music with others can bring.