JM Music and Speech & Drama
About Us
About Us
JM Music and Speech & Drama opened in 2017 with one teacher, a reception room and one teaching room. As a result of support from our students and parents, we expanded in 2018 to 3 teaching rooms, 5 teachers (still 1 reception room).
We are dedicated to inspiring students to develop their confidence and understanding of Music and Speech & Drama and encouraging each and every person to have the confidence to try.
Jocelyn Merritt
Bachelor of Music and Film and Media
Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education
Piano
Speech & Drama
Voice
Saxophone
Flute
Clarinet
Guitar
Bass Guitar
Ukulele
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Jocelyn received her Voice and Communication qualification in 2007, completed her tertiary studies in music and film & media in 2011 and obtained her Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education in 2012.
She has been teaching private and group music lessons and speech & drama lessons to students of all ages and backgrounds since 2007 in Brisbane and Manhattan.
She is passionate about inspiring students to develop their skills in music and communication in a fun and safe environment.
Matt Jensen
Guitar
Bass Guitar
Ukulele
Piano
Matt started his journey with music during his first year of high school in 2008 when he decided, on a whim, to start taking guitar lessons.
What came after was many valuable life lessons, experiences and lifelong friendships all built from a passion he didn't realise he had until trying something new.
For the past 10 years, Matt has been teaching guitar with the goal of helping students find what they are looking for in music and guiding them towards recognising and achieving their goals.
Katie Randall
Drums
Percussion
Guitar
Piano
Katie is an experienced drummer in Brisbane. She has studied Jazz Performance, majoring on the drums, but also has a love of other genres including Pop, Rock, Funk, Latin and Metal.
While drumming is one of her biggest passions, Katie also finds teaching to be an exciting and rewarding experience for herself and her students. While building a solid musical foundation is important, she believes the most important thing about learning music is to have fun.
Anna Lucas
Voice
Piano
Guitar
Speech & Drama
Anna began involving herself with music in her very first year of school. She is currently working on her AMEB Certificate of Voice Performance and has studied Piano and Guitar for many years.
While musical theatre is Anna’s biggest passion in life, she also enjoys exploring and working with students to shape their voices in other genres such as classical, contemporary, pop and jazz. As well as this, she thoroughly enjoys playing and teaching the guitar and piano in many different styles.
Anna is passionate about creating a fun and exciting musical environment for her students, and hopes to continue inspiring them to love and grow in music.