History

In 1887 the University of Adelaide and Melbourne established the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). Tasmania was the third State to become a party to the AMEB with the University of Tasmania joining in 1911. In 1918 the AMEB became a national organisation.

Today it is a federated body with its Federal Office based in Melbourne. Signatories to its constitution comprise the Universities of Melbourne, Adelaide, Western Australia, the Minister for Education and Training, New South Wales, the Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts, Queensland, and the Minister for Education, Tasmania, through the University of Tasmania. These and other education institutions use AMEB qualifications as a benchmark for selection of students into their courses.

In Tasmania, the AMEB is administered by the Conservatorium of Music (University of Tasmania) on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills.

Members of the AMEB State Committee appointed by the Minister for Education and Skills are as follows:

Professor Kevin Purcell, PhD(Melb), MMus(Melb), GradDipMusic(Performance)(Syd), BA(LaTrobe), GradDipEd(Melb), Chairperson.

Frank Bansel, MEd(Studs)(Tas), BEd(TCAE), DipT(Tas), TTC.

Robert Clark, BMus(Tas), DipEd(Tas).

Barry Dudgeon, BEd(Tas), DipT(Tas), AssocDipMus(Tas), TTC.

Jody Heald, GradDipMus(Tas), BMus(Tas), TMusA, AMusA, LMusA, MIMT.

Jenny Lakeland, BEd(Music)(Tas), AssocDipMus(Tas), AMusA.

Christopher Luke, BA(Music)(UNE), PGradDipEd (Monash), LCompASMC(Hons), MACEL.

Jennifer MacDonald, BMus(Tas), DipEd(Tas).

Edwin Paling, BSc(Open), LRAM, ARAM.

Margaret Reid, BA(MusEd)(Tas), TTC.

Scott Weston, BMus, MusEd(Tas).

Marita Crothers, BA (Tas), State Manager.

AMEB Tasmania

History