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MA Student Lisa Price Invited To Join Music Generation Forum

Friday 28th January 2022

Music Generation is Ireland’s national music education programme and supports equality in learning, giving children and young people the opportunity to sing, create, play and perform music.

Last year, MA Voice Pedagogy student, Lisa Price, was invited to join Music Generation’s Early Years Communities of Practice forum.

The research Lisa is undertaking in her MA, which is focused on developing self-efficacy through music and singing from both student and teacher perspective, piqued the interest of Music Generation’s head office.

Lisa began working with Music Generation in October 2021 as a Primary School Music Educator and hopes that her research ideas or developed framework could be explored and taken on board in the national framework for teaching music in primary schools.

Lisa Price

Lisa Price began her career as a professional singer, performing with Damien Rice and Juniper, corporate bands, and as a studio session vocalist. Her students have been finalists on The Voice UK...


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