Jolanta Kalandyk-Gallagher
Convener, Early Childhood Music Program
T: +61 2 61254397
E: jolanta.gallagher@anu.edu.au
Dr Jolanta Gallagher received her Masters degree in Music Education
with Distinction from the Warsaw Conservatorium of Music. Following
her graduation, Jolanta was employed as a lecturer with the Warsaw National
Philharmonic, and a conductor of the University of Warsaw Choir. Her
further professional training included a Music Therapy course in Paris
and a Music Therapy degree from the University of Melbourne.
Jolanta established and ran for several years the Red Hill Music Program
in Victoria. Her groundbreaking doctoral research, the first one in
the world to focus on the effect of a specifically designed music program
on the self-esteem of young children, was completed at the University
of Melbourne in 1994. The study investigated the influence of particular
music activities on children's social interaction, participation, emotional
mood, and leadership. The results of this research were summarised in
Jolanta's book "Music and the self-esteem of young children",
published by the University Press of America in 1996.
After three years of full-time lecturing in Music Education (Early Childhood
and Primary) at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Jolanta moved to Canberra
in 1999 and has taught at the ANU School of Music and the Australian
Catholic University (Teacher Training). Over the past two decades Jolanta
has presented numerous lectures and workshops at national and international
conferences and seminars.
In 2004 Jolanta became the inaugural Convener of the Early Childhood
Music Program at the ANU School of Music. This innovative, research
based program attracted media attention and resulted in many radio and
television interviews, including the ABC Stateline.
Jolanta is the Patron of the International Association of Infants Massage
(IAIM), and is currently undertaking a research investigating the effect
of music on neurological development of young infants.
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