Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter
Susie is a music and movement educator, Orff practitioner, jazz musician, composer and immediate past president of the Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association (VOSA).
Although Phil doesn’t have formal qualifications, according to his business card he does hold a ‘Bachelor of Hearts with a Degree of Humour’. He has been composing and performing since an early age, playing guitar and percussion, as well as singing in many bands. Phil is also an accomplished motivational speaker and humourist, script and songwriter as well as a dynamic and high calibre MC.
Together they have presented and conducted professional development workshops for teachers throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, Canada and Singapore, as well as the renowned Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria.
Susie and Phil have presented workshops and concerts at the International Society of Music Education conferences in Spain and Malaysia as well as recently presenting at the AOSA conference in San Jose 2007 and national Australian Orff conference in Melbourne 2008.
In 2008, Susie is teaching level 1 and 2 Orff level courses in New Zealand. Susie and Phil are also guest presenters at Orff conferences in Singapore and Taiwan as well as presenting Funkey Monkey shows in Singapore and Malaysia this year.
They have 5 collections of their songs published by ‘Themes and Variations’ for the US and Canadian market which have proven very successful and are being sold in well known stores such as West Music, JW Pepper and Music in Motion.
Since 1997, Susie has been on the teaching team for Orff level courses for VOSA. Susie has trained pre-service students in music at the Australian Catholic University and Melbourne University and is currently studying for her masters in Music education at the same institution. She also presents a course ‘Joy of Jammin’ – an Orff based improvisation course accredited through VOSA and ANCOS (Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk)
Susie and Phil have developed the very popular 'Welcome to Music' Series of CD's and books, musicals and choral range which is enjoyed extensively by teachers, parents and children of all ages throughout Australia, New Zealand, UK and Asia. Titles include: Rainbows, Trees & Tambourines; Bop in the Bath: Funkey Monkey: Razzamajazz: Boomerang Jam: The Power of You: Move It; Anything is Possible; ‘Sing , Jam & Jive’; ‘Take Orff with Jazz’ and ‘Take Orff with Recorder’.
They regularly present shows, family music workshops, artist in schools programs, professional development for teachers, performances and their popular ‘Musikeynote’ presentations at conferences. Over the years, they have been commissioned to write songs for schools and organizations, develop music programs in preschools and schools and direct choral festivals and large scale musical events.
Susie and Phil have also received numerous awards for their song writing including 2nd place winners in the 2007 Australian Songwriter's Association ballad section; 2nd place winners in the 2006 Unisong International songwriting contest; 2nd place winners in the 2006 QuickLaunch/FlightSafe Song Contest in the USA; 3rd place winners in the 2006 Australian Songwriter's Association Australia section; 2nd place winners in the 2005 Australian Songwriters Association (ASA) - Children’s section; 1st and 3rd place winners in the 2003 (ASA) 'Spirit of Australia' section
Susie and Phil’s vision is to spread the word to as many children and adults around the world that singing, moving, dancing, playing and creating music is good for the heart, for the soul, the body and the mind and that everyone can enjoy music!
