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    Mr Peter Shanhun

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Mr Peter Shanhun

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3721
Email: p.shanhun@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML16.237  

Peter is a Lecturer in Music Education at the School of Education.

Background

Peter Shanhun has over 20 years of diverse teaching experience in Western Australia, including Classroom Music from K - 12 in Government, Independent and Catholic systems. Peter taught Voice for IMSS for 7 Years, and has taken Choirs in numerous contexts. Peter served as president of the Kodály Music Education institute of Australia, WA Branch from 2016 - 2017. He has completed the Australian Kodály Certificate and a Masters in Kodály Music Pedagogy at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy in Kecskemet. Peter has served in Music Coordinator, Head of Arts, and Head of Secondary positions, and is a past recipient of the Sarolta Kodály Scholarship I awarded by the international Kodály Society.

Current Teaching

  • EDU1010 - Becoming a Teacher
  • PPA4311 - Assistant Teacher Program
  • MUE2125 - Teaching Music in Secondary School
  • MUE6711 - Music Education Foundations
  • MUE6205 - Instrumental Music Education Foundations
  • MUE3105 - Teaching Instrumental Music
  • MUE3120 - Contemporary Music Teaching Practices

Professional Associations

  • 2025 Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia (Member)
  • 2025 Australian Society for Music Education (Member)
  • 2020 Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, Western Australian (Chair, Education Subcommittee)
  • 2016 - 2020 International Kodály Society (Member)
  • 2016 - 2017 Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia (Western Australian Branch President)
  • 2012 - 2013 Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing (Member)

Awards and Recognition

  • 2016 - Sarolta Kodály Scholarship
  • 2000 - Rupert Thackeray Prize in Music Education

Research Interests

  • Music Education
  • Teacher Education
  • Singing

Qualifications

  • Professional Equivalence, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Arts, Hungary, 2019.
  • BMus Education with First Class Honours, The University of Western Australia, 2001.
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