Facilitating Percussion Practice for High School Students at School and Home

Anna Kho is an Australian-Chinese/Taiwanese artist specialising in classical and jazz percussion. She is an advocate for percussion instrumental music education as a teacher and researcher, and aims to better support teachers, students, and parents on how to facilitate the practice of multiple instruments across schools and homes. As a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at The University of Queensland, her interdisciplinary research explored the social and cultural learning phenomenon of high school percussion practice in Queensland schools and contributed to the fields of instrumental music education, percussion pedagogy, music practice, and cultural psychology in education. Anna is also a registered teacher in Victoria and has been tutoring percussion in ensemble and lessons for over ten years. As a performer, she was a featured guest artist in projects such as Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra, Drummer Queens (QLD), Playlab Theatre, and UQ Taiko. She has performed alongside diverse artists, including Vanessa Tomlinson, Nozomi Omote, Diana Tolmie, and John Hoffman, and worked as a live and recording improvising musician with composers such as Nicholas Ng, Guy Webster, Ray Lin, and Jasmin Leung. Anna is also a vibraphonist singer-songwriter on Instragram (@heenaakho) and is the founder of the music community podcast, 'Musicians Unmuted'. www.annakho.com