Piano lessons for special needs

Dr Micaela Nathan is a professional orchestral and concert performer, Music Therapist, examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB), composer, and artistic director. After attending the Sydney Conservatorium high school, she gained her BMus (high distinction), MA, and PhD (music therapy) at Sydney University, with adjunctive postgraduate research through Melbourne University and the Sydney University of Technology.

Dr Nathan has been a music educator for 40 years at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, including lecturer in woodwinds and piano at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Penrith Conservatorium, the University of NSW, and Sydney University of Technology. She is regularly sought for specialist instruction for HSC, undergraduate, and post- graduate music students.

As a registered Music Therapist, Dr Nathan provides music learning programs for children who are neurodivergent, and have cognitive differences and physical disabilities. She has undertaken specialist post graduate training and has 25 years' experience teaching these unique children.
Her involvement in music education spans 40 years within the school and tertiary systems, including lecturer in woodwinds and piano at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Penrith Conservatorium, the University of NSW, and the University of Technology Sydney. Roles included Head of Woodwind, instrumental tuition, tutoring chamber ensembles, and direction of symphonic wind orchestras. As an examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB), she has expert knowledge of the woodwind and piano syllabus, and progression through AMEB examinations, undergraduate, and postgraduate university requirements to professional level.