Meet our instrumental program tutors

Our Music Department is committed to offering a high quality Music education with the support of our team of accomplished Peripatetic Tutors. We cater for those who have music experience and those who are keen to learn a musical instrument for the first time. 

Brass - Jackie Simkin
Originally from Perth Mrs Jackie Simkin's music journey began with piano lessons at the age of seven. Her love of all things brass commenced when she headed to Perth College Anglican Girls School for secondary school where she was fortunate enough to receive a music bursary and decided to pursue the trumpet. Mrs Simkin have fond memories of band camps, overseas tours and in her final year became the Music Captain. She continued her studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she studied classical music and was a recipient of a part Dean’s Scholarship.  Over this time Mrs Simkin had some amazing teachers, peers and experiences playing in many concert bands, orchestras, brass and jazz bands. 
Mrs Simkin have been in the Mid West since 2002, marrying and settling on her farm at Binnu which is where she began teaching piano and brass to the primary school students later extending to Northampton schools a few years later.  Now at Nagle also, Mrs Simkin enjoys teaching all the brass instruments on offer and the wide range of genres brass can play.  GO BRASS!

Guitar/Bass/Drums - Ian Weggler
Mr Ian Weggler is a German born, Geraldton raised musician and has been gigging and touring in a multitude of different acts since he was 17. He plays lots of instruments but has mainly focused on being a singer and songwriter since the pandemic hit. Mr Weggler has had several different mentors over the years, in a wide variety of styles, the most notable of whom was Jackson Guitars endorsee and Berklee College of Music alumni David Davidson, from the American progressive metal band Revocation. He loves all styles of music, loves writing his own music, and has been fortunate enough to support bands like Birds Of Tokyo and Jon Stevens (Noiseworks, ex-INXS.) while playing his own songs. Mr Weggler used to teach guitar for a brief period when he left school but has since learned so much more about tuition and music in general. He is exuberantly excited to help students at Nagle down their own paths of music!

Piano - Liz McLeary

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Voice - Lex Parenzee


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Woodwind - Alyce Brook

Ms Alyce Brook is both a classroom and instrumental music teacher specialising in Woodwind. Having played woodwind for over 20 years and teaching for over 10, she holds a Bachelor of Classical Music Performance from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and a Graduate Diploma of Education. Ms Brook is currently the conductor of the Geraldton City Band, sings and plays guitar and ukulele as well as dabbling in many other instruments. She is passionate about making music fun for people of all ages and enjoys educating students of all ages, teaching in a way that caters for different types of learners: aural, visual, kinaesthetic. Ms Brook uses a range of teaching techniques but is particularly interested in the Kodaly Method.