Music Education Resources Team
Designing music education resources for early childhood from babies to toddlers into professional & easy to use preschool music courses is a team effort. All of the Musical Child team members who put our curriculum together and update it regularly would like to sing “Hello” to you!
Meet Our Team!
Carol Biddiss, Dip. T., B.Ed., M.Ed
Founder and Director of Musical Child, Course Designer and Author
Having taught children and adults for over 40 years, Carol has seen first-hand the benefits of musical education whilst watching her students grow into adulthood. In keeping with mainstream educational theory, she believes that for the young musical child the greatest learning comes from the joys of song, dance, games and simple instruments when it comes to music and movement activities for preschoolers & toddlers. Once fine motor skills and a love of music have grown, students naturally progress to more complex instruments and music.
With a Masters’ degree in Music Education, Carol has worked as a junior primary teacher, a music advisory teacher, a student-teacher educator and has sixteen years’ experience as an academic at University of South Australia designing tertiary courses. Having worked in settings such as private studios, early learning centers and childcare centers in both Australia and China, Carol has the qualifications, experience and passion to help you bring quality musical education to your educational practice. Follow her journey helping to create an uplifting preschool music curriculum on the Musical Child blog.
Over the last ten years, Carol has been invited by Early Childhood Australia, Gowrie South Australia, TAFE Gawler, South Australia’s Early Childhood Organisation Inc. EChO, Department for Education and Child Development DECD schools, Seaton Childcare Links, SALCAS Children’s Librarians Association and private operators to present on a wide range of topics such as: ‘Music Across Your Centre’, ‘Activity-based Developmental Learning’; ‘Learning Language through Nursery Rhymes’, ‘Music and Movement’, ‘Music for Children with Disability’, and many others at various seminars, workshops, open days and conferences.
Carol also has publications. For a full curriculum vitae see her LinkedIn profile.
Mish Bown, Dip. Art Therapy
Program Contributor, Music Educator, Senior Trainer, Performer
Michael Cashen, B. Ed., Grad. Dip. Jewellery
Program Contributor, Music Educator, Senior Trainer, Performer
Maggie Fiddian
Program Contributor, Editor, Book Designer, Music Educator, Senior Trainer, Performer
Maggie has always seen the happiness that music brings to her learners, and the significant benefits it offers to the development of the whole child, including cognitive, emotional, physical, spatial and literacy skills. She has experience delivering musical education to a diverse range of learners in a variety of settings, from students with special needs in schools to her own children in the home through music & movement activities in early childhood followed by the provision of a strong formal music education over time.
Xinyan Li (Andrea), M.Ed.
Chief Consultant in China, Bi-lingual Resource Design
Xinyan believes in the importance of education for all, and her passion comes from seeing children become empowered, confident and forward-thinking leaders through the power of musical learning. You can contact her directly at [email protected].
Janette Porteous
Musician, Music Educator, Program Contributor
Penny Smith
Sales and Administration