Pixie Possum

A woman with two young children outdoors during autumn, wearing leaf crowns, smiling, with guitars around them, surrounded by colourful fall foliage.

Pixie Possum creates engaging children’s music education sessions for children aged 0-6.

Based in Naarm/Melbourne, The sessions run by Xadi Walsh (living in Heidelberg, Wurundjeri Country), will visit your co-op, daycare, playgroup or child’s birthday party to run her joy filled sessions.

The curated program focuses on connecting children to their natural environment through music. Investigating together what changes we notice in the seasons, children are encouraged to ask themselves what native animals they have been noticing and what they are observing about the plants and trees around them?

In addition to connecting with and observing their natural environment, children will have the opportunity to learn:

  • Elements of music: pitch, melody, rhythm, dynamics, timbre and texture

  • Different rhythms on various instruments such as: snare and tom drums, clapping sticks, shakers and other percussion instruments

  • How we can jam with one another with different instruments

  • Solfege and Curwen hand signs

  • Kodaly rhythm syllables

  • Auslan signs

  • First Nations music (a mixture of contemporary artists and traditional songs).

  • Contemporary music (reimagined by Xadi)

Xadi carries out the sessions live with her guitar.

Xadi’s Pixie Possum friend named Bungal (named by her son) will come along for the sessions, with each session Bungal shares what she has found from her adventures in the bush and celebrates this through song.

Xadi creates a safe, inclusive, inviting and creative space for children to explore their own musical voices and connections.