Lisa Woods
PEAK Presenter
Based in:
Angle Vale, SA, AustraliaHi, I’m Lisa.
I am an established SA presenter with more than a decade of experience as a primary performing arts educator, currently working for the Department of Education in Adelaide’s North Eastern suburbs.
I hold a Bachelor of Education (Major in Music) and I am passionate about public education and Arts advocacy. I have a strong commitment to the SA Public Primary School’s Music Festival in my role as a choir trainer, concert manager, and regional festival coordinator. As a musician with a focus on choral singing, I have successfully established choral music programs in primary schools.
I have been an active member of the Orff-Schulwerk Association of SA since 2011 and have completed Level 3. This will be my fourth national conference, my second as a presenter. I strive to support teachers in their journey to provide quality music education to children and look forward to meeting you.
PEAK Elective Session | Thursday, 9th January 2025 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Long Way From Home
This is an experience designed to build feelings of empathy and respect through the lens of belonging and what it means to be ‘home’. Performing Arts can provide gentle understandings of human life experiences that are perhaps different to our own. This is a hands-on, practical session incorporating light movement and music making, multimodal texts, games and singing. Beginners are welcome; this session is for everybody. Participants will create tableaux, respond to music using cup percussion, sing and chant before layering simple body percussion patterns and transferring these to classroom instruments. There will be room for individual creativity before we finish with a song composed by the talented American singer, Moira Smiley. Resources have been mindfully selected, including a clip from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website which promotes empowerment for refugees. Participants should leave the session feeling thoughtful, relaxed and supported to engage with meaningful content in performing arts education.