MAL HEWITT OAM - PRESIDENT
Mal Hewitt graduated from Sydney Conservatorium on 1966, majoring in violin and voice.
Most of his teaching career of 40 years was spent in Western Sydney, where he established band and orchestral programs in several high schools.
From 1981 to 1989 he worked in the DET Performing Arts Unit, leading the state-wide performance programs and music camps.
He has worked with youth orchestras and choirs from USA, Canada, UK and Europe, and throughout Australia, and established The Occasional Performing Sinfonia (TOPS) in 1993, of which he is musical director. Retired from DET in 2005, Mal remains very much involved in music education.
Graduated from Sydney Teachers College and Conservatorium of Music in 1966 as a 4-year trained Secondary Music Teacher - later converted to a Diploma of Music Education by the Department of Education. Served in the Department for 40 years as a class music teacher, a Head Teacher Administration, Deputy Principal, and Senior Education Officer in the Performing Arts Unit of the Department, responsible for state-wide music programs in NSW.
My focus in schools was the development of band and orchestral programs in schools of great economic disadvantage.
In 1993 I established The Occasional Performing Ensemble, an orchestra which brings together teachers, students and professional musicians, to raise funds for children in need, as well as establishing an annual concert - Celebration Sing Out. On retiring from the Department in 2004, with colleagues I established the Collegiate of Specialist Music Educators, to lobby for a quality music education for every child, especially those suffering economic disadvantage. In 2014, I was awarded an OAM for services to Music Education and the community.
Mal Hewitt graduated from Sydney Conservatorium on 1966, majoring in violin and voice.
Most of his teaching career of 40 years was spent in Western Sydney, where he established band and orchestral programs in several high schools.
From 1981 to 1989 he worked in the DET Performing Arts Unit, leading the state-wide performance programs and music camps.
He has worked with youth orchestras and choirs from USA, Canada, UK and Europe, and throughout Australia, and established The Occasional Performing Sinfonia (TOPS) in 1993, of which he is musical director. Retired from DET in 2005, Mal remains very much involved in music education.
Graduated from Sydney Teachers College and Conservatorium of Music in 1966 as a 4-year trained Secondary Music Teacher - later converted to a Diploma of Music Education by the Department of Education. Served in the Department for 40 years as a class music teacher, a Head Teacher Administration, Deputy Principal, and Senior Education Officer in the Performing Arts Unit of the Department, responsible for state-wide music programs in NSW.
My focus in schools was the development of band and orchestral programs in schools of great economic disadvantage.
In 1993 I established The Occasional Performing Ensemble, an orchestra which brings together teachers, students and professional musicians, to raise funds for children in need, as well as establishing an annual concert - Celebration Sing Out. On retiring from the Department in 2004, with colleagues I established the Collegiate of Specialist Music Educators, to lobby for a quality music education for every child, especially those suffering economic disadvantage. In 2014, I was awarded an OAM for services to Music Education and the community.
