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› Mothers Use the Benefit of Song to Promote Infant Development
26/Sep/2022
A program led by Professor Shannon de l’Etoile from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music aims to help at-risk mothers engage with their babies through singing, to support and promote development of emotional and self-regulation in the infants.
https://cmvicblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/26/mothers-use-the-benefits-of-song-to-promote-infant-development/
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› Squeezing out the Zest! The Music Makers adding Flavour to the Murray Mallee
26/Jul/2022
“We are quite isolated in terms of where we sit within Victoria. Given that we are a really diverse community, we punch well above our weight in terms of the people we have involved in performing arts and community music and I feel that we’re really just under the radar.” So says Kylie Livingston, Community Music Victoria’s Local Catalyst for Mildura, Sunraysia and the Mallee, an exciting role created through the Growing Community Music Project (GCM) to support and nurture a network of community music-making practitioners and participants, living in this north-westerly corner of Victoria. It’s a region well known for its fruit and wine, a number of annual music and arts festivals, and its picturesque location along the banks of the…
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› Speech or Song? How the Brain Perceives Music
30/May/2022
New research explores the different ways in which the brain distinguishes between music and speech. Source: Cognitive Neuroscience Society Press Release Most neuroscientists who study music have something in common: they play a musical instrument, in many cases from a young age. Their drive to understand how the brain perceives and is shaped by music springs from a deep love of music. This passion has translated to a wealth of discoveries about music in the brain, including recent work that identifies the ways in which the brain distinguishes between music and speech. “Over the past two decades, many excellent studies have shown similar mechanisms between speech and music across many levels,” says Andrew Chang of New York…
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› Sweet New Series of Celtic Jam Sessions for Young Adults with Diverse Learning Needs & Disabilities
26/Aug/2022
Every Thursday evening in Box Hill, Judy Oleinikov and Katy Addis host an open jam Celtic music session for young adults aged between 15 and 25. Offered by Quasitrad Music Melbourne, the sessions are open to players of all abilities and to anyone with and without lived experience of diverse learning needs, and or disabilities. The sessions are free, funded by the Keys of Life Foundation, a charity that supports students with disabilities and or diverse learning needs to flourish through music making.
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› New Song Book: Songs of the Living World
13/Jul/2022
We were delighted to introduce the Songs of the Living World at the recent 35th International Society of Music Educators Conference hosted in Melbourne in July 2022. Drawing on many years of creative collaborations with First Nation Elders and artists in intercultural and environmental projects, Laura Brearley has composed thirty environmental songs for community singing groups and choirs, focussed on three inter-related themes: Respect, Protect, Connect. The Songs of the Living World are a testament to our deep and fiercely protective love of the natural world. The recordings feature singers and musicians from across Victoria, with stunning production by Mal Webb. Songs of the Living World includes: lyric and chord sheets, musical notations USB and digital download of recordings of final arrangements separated parts and backing…
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› Companion Voices: singing for the end of life
15/Jun/2022
There are several singing groups in the US, UK and beyond which specialise in bringing songs of comfort to the dying. You may have heard of the Threshold Choir network in the US. Here in the UK we have Companion Voices founded by Judith Silver in 2014. I asked Judith…
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› Music Is Just as Powerful at Improving Mental Health as Exercise, Review Suggests
15/Jun/2022
The next time you're not able to get out to the gym, maybe spin some records instead: new research suggests the positive impact on mental health from singing, playing, or listening to music is around the same impact experienced with exercise or weight loss. That's based on a
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› Kingston Singers – new choir in the City of Kingston!
30/May/2022
Calling all shower singers, car crooners and karaoke carollers: you are invited to join in an evening of song and community with Kingston’s brand new choir. All welcome! Enjoy group singing of songs from many styles and eras, and from many cultural traditions; delicate originals, show stoppers, traditional hollers…
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› Boosting Brain Function in Later Life Through Singing
30/May/2022
Summary: Singing in a social group such as a choir may help protect cognitive function and treat aphasia in older adults. Ask anyone in a choir why they enjoy it, and they will tell you about the euphoric effects singing has on their mental health. A team of neuroscientists and clinical…
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› OPPORTUNITY - Volunteer Musician/Music Group Leader Inbox
23/May/2022
Sacred Heart Mission is looking for a confident volunteer musician who can facilitate a small group music session weekly on Wednesday mornings in our Engagement Hub in Grey Street, St. Kilda. Our clients attend to pick up a take-away meal and access various supports, including groups such as the music group.…