SAE Audio HOD Sam Taylor on Holding Students at the Heart of his Teaching
Auckland
22 Nov 2017
22
Nov
SAE Audio HOD Sam Taylor on Holding Students at the Heart of his Teaching
22 Nov 2017
The Big Idea chats to new SAE Audio Head of Department, Sam Taylor, about his desire to be a catalyst for young people with hopes of successfully fulfilling their creative career ambitions. Sam brings a wealth of knowledge built up over five years of teaching and managing in the arts and te reo Māori departments at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He has always maintained his craft as a guitarist alongside his teaching profession and recently returned from an extended tour of Europe with Nadia Reid. Sam is constantly in awe of the incredible richness of talent in his students and he is determined to open his student’s eyes and ears to how they can transfer these skills into successful careers.
“I am always flabbergasted by the amount of talent that is everywhere, in every student.” says Sam Taylor, the new Head of Audio Department at SAE on keeping students at the heart of his teaching practice.