Kathryn McLennan

Kath learnt piano from a young age from her mum and has since found a love for any instrument that she can get her hands on. Thus, heading into the music education world was not a hard choice! Kath has been teaching Instrumental and Classroom music for the last 43 years, starting out in Western QLD with PCAP- Priority Country Area Program. Her teaching team formed the Sou-West Youth Concert Band, performing at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982.

As a State Instrumental Music Advisor, she travelled throughout QLD helping set up/ manage/ assist regional and remote IM teachers and programs.

From 2003, Kath spent the majority of her teaching time at Virginia State School with a very supportive community who were huge advocates for quality music education. By including students, parents, grandparents and staff in the music program, a wonderful village community emerged. 

In 2005, Kath was delighted to be awarded the ABC inaugural State and National “FLAME AWARD” (Finding Leaders in Australian Music Education).

In 2020, Kath was one of 4 music teachers in Australia (the only Queenslander) to be nominated for the “ARIA Music Teacher of the Year”. https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/telstra-aria-music-teacher-of-the-year-nominee-kathryn-mclennan/video/79440ff0593131a4017913f9bdf36e22

Kath is a member of the National Music Teacher Mentor Program (now called “Music in Me”) and contracted by the Australian Youth Orchestra to mentor teachers in remote areas in music education. She has been a mentor in North Queensland at Coen and Hopevale and more recently at Saibai Island (Torres Strait).

Having recently retired from full time teaching, Kath has excitedly taken on the Musical Director role, at Second Wind, in a shared capacity for this year to continue with her love of conducting and meeting new people.

 Louise Goodwin has taught primary schools with Education Qld since 1989. She learned the piano from the age of 7 and completed her A. Mus. A. (piano) in 1993. Louise majored in music when completing her Diploma of Teaching and subsequent Bachelor of Education. 

She joined the Kedron Adult Starters Band to learn the trumpet, which she loved. After 18 months, she received medical advice for a damaged larynx….if she  wanted to keep singing and teaching, she had to give up trumpet, and so moved to the percussion section and the rest is history! 

Louise had a 15 year break from band whilst she focussed on her choral singing and then re-joined Second Wind in 2014 as a member of the Concert Band percussion section. She has played alto sax in New Beginnings and currently plays bass (keyboard) with Big Band.

 Jennie's first love is the flute, having played since she was 10 years old. She has been teaching flute, clarinet and saxophone for many years to students of all ages. She has completed her A.Mus on flute as well as her Bachelor's degree in Music, majoring in flute. She also completed her Teaching diploma and worked for a number of years as a general Primary School teacher. Jennie has been involved in community ensembles for most of her life, including chamber orchestras, the Cairns Flute Ensemble and a number of pit orchestras for music theatre productions. She returned to Brisbane in 2020 after living in Cairns for 15 years where she taught woodwind at St Monica's College and established the school's handbells program, which still flourishes. 

Jennie loves conducting and guiding ensembles to achieve their music-making goals. She has a busy home studio, conducts Brisbane Bell's premier ensemble, Bellissimo, and is enjoying being music director for Second Winds' ensembles Intermezzo and New Beginnings. In her spare time, Jennie enjoys being Nana to her two grandchildren, going for long walks with her dog, and bushwalking.