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› The Australian Music Vault: Free Resources for Singing Groups
16/Nov/2020
Arts Centre Melbourne has compiled a FREE singing resource for Singing Leaders and anyone who wants to sing. The Australian Music Vault Choir Project offers arrangements of Australian music for school and community choirs "to get more people singing great music!" For licensing reasons singing leaders need to get in…
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› Greenbrook Singers: Share a Song of Hope with the World
13/Nov/2020
Congratulations to the gorgeous Greenbrook Singers, led by Margaret Crichton for their rendition of Avi Wisnia's beautiful song 'Pass Over'. The video of the song features a selection of artwork, courtesy of the talented artists of Greenbrook Community House and Mernda Community House! This project was made possible with support from Community Music Victoria and City of Whittlesea. The Greenbrook Singers are a group of ten fabulous friends who have been singing together at Greenbrook Community House and at local events in the City of Whittlesea, Melbourne, Australia for over 15 years. During Melbourne’s lockdown in 2020, the singers have zoomed in each week with their Singing Leader, Margaret Crichton and together they recorded ‘Pass Over’. ‘Pass Over’ is an original song…
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› 35 weeks of Lunchtime Sings come to an End!
13/Nov/2020
We would like to raise our hats and wigs to the legendary work of Jane York from Just Holler for keeping spirits raised and singing happening on the daily through lockdown. Beginning back in March 2020, Jane started going live at lunchtime, sung a song and did it everyday for... 8…
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› Singing Songs in the Key Of Life
11/Nov/2020
Ian Pidd’s parents moved into a nursing home this year, in the brief gap between Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdowns. Then, two weeks later ... ‘‘The home gave us a call,’’ he says. Mum and dad were infected. ‘‘The home got absolutely smashed [by COVID-19],’’ Pidd says. ‘‘I don’t want to demonise…
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› Watch Amberley Online (CMVic Singing Camp 2020) - Online!
02/Nov/2020
On Saturday 17 October, over 150 screens lit up and shone as Amberley Online (CMVic Singing Camp 2020) brought forth an outpouring of human connection, emotion, singing, humour, hope and inspiration, across Victoria and the world. There was laughter, there was reflection, there was heaps of opportunity to offer and receive strength and peer support and to acknowledge and share the strange twists and turns of 2020, together. Even on screen, Amberley Online was a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones, learn new songs, share favourites and gather fresh ideas and approaches for Zoom-friendly warm ups, self care, voice-preservation and short songs and rounds for teaching and singing both online (and off!). Many aspects of Amberley 'IRL' were cleverly built into the program. The always…
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› “The Hum”, GAMC news - FINAL EDITION
02/Nov/2020
The following are excerpts from the GAMC e-BULLETIN, "The Hum", GATHERED FROM GAMC’s NETWORKS, TWO LISTS TO CHECK OUT WHILE YOU SELF-ISOLATE. (Big thanks to Barry Stuckey for keeping us all entertained and informed throughout lockdown!) The Boite – https://www.boite.com.au. For some, The Hum has been an introduction to the…
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› DRUMMING “Down the Line” with Drum Connection
31/Oct/2020
By Annie Fletcher Fun fact - Did you know that in early African societies drums were played to make an announcement or to call the villagers to a meeting? Messages were also passed down the line from village to village, somewhat like Morse code prior to the invention of the…
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› WELL TARGETED MUSIC PLAYLISTS CAN HELP DEMENTIA SUFFERERS
31/Oct/2020
A paper published in "Journal of Alzheimer's Disease" shows how music playlists chosen using evidence-based methods can lead to improved outcomes for dementia sufferers. The research was led by Western Sydney University's Sandra Garrido, whose background is in music and psychology. Full story available at https://musicaustralia.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c1f6cd5eedcfc179f2fbf0c0a&id=12eab419b4&e=6f5d07caf3 Music’s benefit…
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› We Do Not Speak Your Name - A new song & video by the Spooky Men
29/Oct/2020
dear world the spooky men would consider that it's not melodramatic to say that we find ourselves at a very dangerous point in history, as archetypical small men everywhere in the big wider world try to get their mean little hooks into everything. we've always wished to…
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› The Healing Power of Singing
28/Oct/2020
I was facing some shadows in my life. Could singing with others help me reclaim my voice and calm my fast-beating heart? By Anna Sublet Years ago, I took to the stage with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir. We sang Handel’s Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem and the Dream of Gerontius in…