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Susan West
Dr. Susan West trained in music performance at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music and obtained a postgraduate diploma in music education from the Kodaly Institute of Hungary. She played with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and was a Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra before moving to the ANU. She has a master’s degree in Gifted and Talented Education and her Ph.D. developed a theoretical framework for the innovative Music Education Program she established and developed at the ANU School of Music. Her approach to music education based on a social model of community outreach has resulted in several national awards and is also the subject of a range of films produced and in production by Ronin Films, Australia.