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› That Girl Song calls for Safety and Empowerment for Women and Girls….
23/Nov/2019
“You put something like this out there and you just hope that it might contribute to improving the situation” says Sarah Mandie, songwriter and creative director of That Girl, a song and dance-based community focussed project run in conjunction with Community Music Victoria to empower women and girls, encourage them to stand up against gender-based violence, stereotyping and inequality and say ‘stop’.
Two years after its launch in 2017, That Girl has brought together girls and women from the Indian and Bhutanese communities of Wodonga; culturally diverse groups of primary schoolgirls in Boroondara; and secondary school-age girls from Healesville High School and the Healesville Indigenous Community Association in the Yarra Ranges. Read more...
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› Whittlesea Muster Delights Uke Enthusiasts
22/Nov/2019
Naming the inaugural Whittlesea Uke Muster was ‘a great laugh’, a take on the iconic annual Deni Ute Muster which was started years ago featuring barbecues, burn outs and a whole lotta utes. “We found out that there actually is a Deniliquin Uke Muster so we had to name our event the Whittlesea Uke Muster and we put a lot of pictures of Ukuleles on the fliers so nobody would turn up thinking it was for cars.” Read more...
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› Songs & Chants for Planet Earth: A Compilation of Songs by Jane Coker
11/Oct/2019
"The outpouring of freedom songs went to the core of the struggle and expressed, as nothing else was able, the hope, belief, desire, passion, dreams, and anguish of the conflict.” Mary King speaking of the power of song during the US Civil Rights movement.
I put this selection of songs and chants for climate justice together with the specific aim of helping us all to find stuff that was simple and catchy enough to use outdoors at protests. I wrote a few and gathered a few from other people but this is only the beginning of my collection and there’s loads of other great stuff out there... Read more
**Photo courtesy of Hilary Walker
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› Footscray Gypsy Orchestra CD launch
05/Dec/2019Help us launch our second album" FGO:Live in the basement", and celebrate the end of another great gig-filled year for your favourite Gypsy Orchestra. Take this opportunity to hear our new hits live and drinks at the bar. Supper provided. Entry: $10, $5 Concession. At the Footscray Hotel, 48 Hopkins… -
› South of the Sun: Australian Fairy Tales
02/Dec/2019
Hi Community Music elves, Our anthology, "SOUTH OF THE SUN - AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY", is calling for entries until 13th December at https://australianfairytales.com/. These include poems and song lyrics! For YA + adults, rated G, the book features contributions by acclaimed guests, with lush illustrations and intercultural inventiveness.…
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› More Successful Than Drugs: Music As An Intervention For Dementia
02/Dec/2019
Aged care homes have unfortunately been in the news for all the wrong reasons of late. Substandard practices by some operators and dwindling resources have been to blame, but recently it has come to light that over-reliance on pharmaceutical drugs to treat dementia has become an alarming problem in Australia’s aged care sector. The…
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› Portland Music Club News
01/Dec/2019
Portland Music Club, Inc. QUICK NOTES, No.176, 1st December, 2019. President/Secretary: June Roberts, email portlandmusicclub1990@gmail.com. 3305. Tel: (03) 5523 1054 Venue codes and Phone Nos. for booking and enquiries: HPAC Hamilton Performing Arts Centre 5573 0429; SRHT Helpmann Theatre Mt.Gambier (08) 8723 8741; LHT Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool 5559 4999; PorAC Portland Arts Ctr /Casterton/Heywood 5522 2263; BStM-G Basilica…
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› EOI for singing leader in Geelong
27/Nov/2019
Sing Out Geelong Inc. invites Expressions of Interest for a ‘Singing Leader’ position in Geelong. Expressions of interest are invited from Singing Leaders, passionate and experienced, and keen to provide musical direction for a newly formed Geelong based community singing group in 2020. To fulfil the role, you: Love…
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› What stops people singing?
23/Nov/2019
The Natural Voice Network believes that everyone can sing. But when we say that to some people, we get the response: “But not me – I can’t sing at all”. Some people even wear this as a weird badge of pride – but is that just the fear talking?. For others…
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› Music is a vital urban resource. How do we plan for it?
23/Nov/2019
Music is a vital urban resource. How do we plan for it? Written by: Shain Shapiro, Founder and CEO, Sound Diplomacy. Music, like any other resource, is not infinite. If we do not teach, invest and support it, it disappears. When something is wedded into the fabric of everyday life, we ignore…