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, Anthony Fogg, Damian Whiteley, Emily Jeffrey, Stephen Delaney, Kathryn Lambert, Aaron McMillan, Marilyn Meier, Dennis Rees, and her own daughter Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

Early life

Maughan was born in Hendra, Brisbane, grew up in

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's western suburbs and attended

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after her parents moved from Kyogle. She comes from a long line of pianists and piano teachers - five generations of her family have been either performers or educators or both. Maughan started teaching music when she was 17 years old. She enrolled in a diploma of music at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (now the

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), however was forced to withdraw in her final year due to deaths in her immediate family. She later continued her studies and studied voice under Elizabeth Todd and piano under Alexander Sverjensky.

Career

Maughan taught piano, voice and music theory at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for 35 years. She was appointed on salary at Newcastle Conservatorium in 1968, where she taught piano and lectured to the diploma class (DSCM). She also received the

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award for excellence in teaching on at least 27 occasions. She also taught private students at her home, and was an Examiner for the AMEB for 45 years. In 2010, Maughan was appointed a

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for services to music education as a piano, voice and music theory teacher and as a guide to young musicians.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maughan, Neta Living people 1938 births Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Academic staff of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Members of the Order of Australia Piano educators Australian music educators Australian women music educators