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› Singing the Gold
18/Aug/2023
Singing The Gold A new songbook and accompanying MP3s from Beechworth-based community music leader Leanne Murphy (author of Coffee Love and On The Silver Tide from CMVic’s "Sing It"), featuring 23 rounds, part songs and longer songs in 2-4 part harmony with sheet music, lyrics and chords with ukulele TAB. Currently retailing at $40 including…
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› 5 Ways Singing Helps Humanity
18/Aug/2023
A digest of the most recent research into the benefits of singing by Professor Jane Davidson, Chair, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Initiative at the University of Melbourne.
This article was first published on Pursuit. Read the original article.
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› New repertoire for singers and players
31/Jan/2023
Hot off the press, for your group music-making pleasure: Singing the Gold A new compilation of original songs by Beechworth-based community music leader Leanne Murphy for community singers and choirs, arranged in High, Middle and Low parts written in the treble stave to allow for a wide variety of arrangement possibilities, and can be readily adapted to other vocal ranges, keys or arrangements. Songs of the Living World Laura Brearley's book of 30 songs about our love of the natural world, with notation, lyric and chord charts and recordings featuring singers and musicians from across Victoria. Available from the CMVic online shop Where Everything is Music Val Regan (UK) has a new book of 10 harmony songs,…
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› Sharing food and music makes Sunraysia shine
31/Jan/2023
As Community Music Victoria is all about using music to facilitate connections and develop community networks we were very excited to learn from our Growing Community Music Murray Mallee team about what the good folks from Food Next Door Coop and Out of the Box Sunraysia are doing. Work that feels aligned with the values of our own organisation, and to hear about how everybody’s paths came to cross at the end of November. Read more and see the beautiful video at our CMVic Blog...
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› CMVic Jan-Jun 2022 in pictures and numbers
03/Nov/2022
The CMVic Annual Report covering January to June 2022 is now published!
Click here to check out the pictures and stories (and the oh-so-exciting numbers, of course!). It's a six month "annual" report becuase we've switched to financial year accounting as part of our new funding arrangement with Creative Victoria.
A profound thank you to our members, volunteers, donors, funders and everyone who is sharing the joy of making music across Victoria.
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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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› Growing Grey Gratefully
14/Jun/2023
Not only does music add colour to life, new research has shown that playing and actively engaging with music can also significantly increase the amount of grey matter in our brains.
Read more at the CMVic blog.
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› Announcing the winners
14/May/2023
CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS of 'Why We Sing' by Julia Hollander Robyn J. Virginia M. Katie H. Thanks for completing the CMVic members and friends survey – we look forward to hearing about how you enjoy the book [Updated 05 May 2023] ____________________________________________ Singing makes you feel good! Everyone who sings in a community choir (or in the shower) knows this, and relishes the sense of liberation, connection and sheer joy that singing can bring. Why We Sing is an inspiring and thought-provoking memoir by singer and community music teacher Julia Hollander, which celebrates our impulse to sing, from the beginning to the end of life. Drawing on her personal experience as well as the fascinating recent…
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› CresFest 2023 in pictures
13/May/2023
Here are a few gorgeous photos from Cilla Brady that really capture the spirit of the CresFest weekend. Thanks Cilla! If you can identify yourself or friends in the photos please drop us a line to info@cmvic.org.au and we'll create some captions.…
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› Rocks ‘n’ Stroll along the Elwood Singing Walking Trail
03/Apr/2023
Along a well-known part of Melbourne’s Bayside, a new Singing Walking Trail is fine tuning walkers into their environment through a series of songs telling stories that incite fresh knowledge and new perspectives of its familiar landscape.
Back during the murky depths of the 2020 lockdown, plans for the Elwood Singing Walking Trail were conceived and hatched by local choir leader and project facilitator, Jeannie Marsh. Originally intended to lift the spirits of Jeannie’s Elwood Community Choir at a time when singers were isolated from each other, a key focus of the project is connection, a cornerstone of all Jeanie’s work, and this spirit has flowed outwards from the choir, to the broader community of Elwood. Read more...