Dr. Rachel Hocking is a versatile musician with extensive expertise in performance, research, and education. She currently teaches at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the Young Conservatorium program, is a lecturer in Piano Pedagogy as well as Keyboard Skills for Voice/Composition for the tertiary program, and serves as an examiner in piano and theory for the AMEB. In addition, Dr. Hocking teaches piano and accompanies multiple choirs and instrumentalists at Brisbane Boys’ College, including performances of her own choral compositions. Her musical repertoire includes piano, harpsichord, and pipe organ, and she has collaborated with a wide range of soloists, choirs, dancers, and instrumental ensembles.
As a composer, arranger, and recording artist, Dr. Hocking brings a creative dimension to her work. Her research interests span education, musicology, Australian music, church music, and the music industry, and she has contributed to the field through published articles and presentations at both national and international conferences. Recently, her report ‘Fading Notes’, written in collaboration with Dr Anita Collins for the Alberts|Tony Foundation has been used in music education advocacy throughout Australia. Dr. Hocking’s prior work and projects include:- adjudicating in NSW, Queensland and the ACT, manager of Resound (replacing instruments lost in natural disasters), lecturing in primary music education at ACU, lecturing in music and music education at UNSW, working in research and advocacy with the Music Council of Australia, piano teaching and accompanying at The King’s School, Sydney. Dr. Hocking has served on a number of councils including MTA NSW and APPCA (Qld conference 2019). Her qualifications include PhD (musicology), BMus with First Class Honours (piano performance), MTeach (secondary music, for which she received the Dean’s medal), GCULT, AMusA, LTCL, ATCL.
