Sydney Catholic Schools is looking for passionate and enthusiastic classroom teachers to join our growing Amadeus Music Education Program team. NOW HIRING FOR AMADEUS POSITIONS

The Amadeus program is one of the biggest, most comprehensive and ambitious investments in quality music education ever undertaken in Sydney’s schools, placing 52,000 instruments in the hands of Year 3 to 8 students.

The program has already seen successful launches at more than 98 Sydney Catholic Schools, and its availability will expand to all 147 schools by 2024. 

At the heart of the program are talented, passionate music educators who are helping our students unlock their potential. 

Laura Jane Aulsebrook is one such educator—here, the St Gertrude’s Catholic Primary School Smithfield teacher describes her experience of the Amadeus program. 

What is your background in the arts and how has this led you to the Amadeus Program? 

I possibly come to the role of Amadeus Teacher from a different background than most. I was a classroom teacher for more than a decade before the Amadeus Program started and I was approached to take on the role to introduce it at our school. I grew up with a background in musical theatre and take pride in the fact that this passion and training in the Arts actually came from my time as a student in Sydney Catholic Schools and the Arts opportunities I was able to experience. 

Throughout my classroom teaching career I have run school dance troupes, choirs and public speaking groups and have always utilised music, dance and drama into my lessons, whether it be from creating a song to remember all of the ships of the First Fleet to the structure of a narrative or Maths procedures, I have always organically infused creativity …