Adelaide Fringe Festival success for talented teacher

By Jennifer Trijo
Community contribution / April 23, 2018

The Adelaide Fringe Festival is a drawcard for creatives who want to showcase their work, and Sarah Jessica Williams, an emerging, practicing artist whose teaching extends far beyond the classroom, is one of them.

For Williams, a performing arts teacher at Saint Paul Lutheran who also teaches dance at Westminster School, working part-time allows ...

This story appeared in the April 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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By Jennifer Trijo

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Jennifer has a double degree in Music and Education from The University of New South Wales. She lives a double life as a music teacher/performer and enjoys reading, singing, playing the piano, observing human behaviour, and walking her greyhound. She has worked as a music teacher privately and as a classroom teacher at Murray High School (NSW), Loreto College (SA), and Mercedes College (SA). Jennifer is a freelance writer and author of The Serenade Files, and Cadenza Notes column on AussieTheatre.com

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