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› Singers Invited to Sing A Poem by Matthew Arnold
31/Oct/2019
Stan and Wendy Gower, from Montmorency, are seeking singers for a community performance of a Matthew Arnold poem that they have set to music. The poem is titled, "The Buried Life, and can be found on-line here: https://www.bartleby.com/254/58.html Stan writes, "This poem, first published in 1852,…
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› Are you feeling alone as a musician or choir leader in your concern about the climate crisis?
17/Oct/2019
Let’s meet to support each other as we face this crisis. This group is for musicians (and other artists) who are grappling with the climate crisis. It is not intended to be a new activist group, but rather is a community where we can support each other in our own…
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› Join the all-ages Climate Calamity Choir
15/Oct/2019
Sing powerful and beautiful short songs and chants perfect for climate justice rallies. Share our common human voice to sing for change and show our solidarity with people suffering as a result of climate change. Come and learn the songs at any or all of these singing sessions: Wed…
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› ‘Creative Education’ Is Key To Preparing Kids For The Future
14/Oct/2019
‘Creative Education’ Is Key To Preparing Kids For The Future - Sandra Gattenhof of QUT has written in The Conversation about the value of “creative education” and how subjects such as music are key to developing children’s social intelligence and critical thinking. Her ideas could help strengthen advocacy for music education. Arguments continue to…
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› Importance of play in childhood education, including music
14/Oct/2019
Music And Arts Being Squeezed From The School Curriculum - Finnish education authority and head of the Gonski Institute for Education, Pasi Sahlberg, has written a book on the importance of play in childhood education. Music is one of the subjects he says needs to be strengthened in school curricula. You can read…
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› INTERESTING RESEARCH - ’musically-enabled’ students do better!
06/Oct/2019
INTERESTING RESEARCH. Study of 112,000 students: the ’musically-enabled’ jump an academic year / Computers in the classroom may do more harm than good / Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch / Why we like certain music: the brain and musical preferences / Australian-first study: benefits of early education…
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› New music publishing site for Australian choral music: SingScore.
06/Oct/2019
New music publishing site for Australian choral music: SingScore. This article was written by Ruth McCall for "Loud Mouth" E-Zine, August 2019. This new service makes access to Australian choral music at all levels of difficulty, easy. The initiative of former Song Company member, Ruth McCall, SingScore is an online shop for digital scores of choral…
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› Escaping the do-nothing education systems: community alternatives
06/Oct/2019
Escaping the do-nothing education systems: community alternatives - written by: Richard Letts for "Loud Mouth" E-Zine, October 2019. We live in hope that governments will offer good music education in primary schools. We wait and agitate and wait some more. Nothing. We are hostages to vain hope. It’s time to break…
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› Australian National Arts Policy Making
06/Oct/2019
Australian National Arts Policy Making - This important paper, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ARTS POLICY, is primarily a description of the policy making process at the national level, the efforts by the arts sector to influence the outcomes and an overall assessment of the status and effectiveness of policy making. It traces the…
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› Can you have too many singers in your Choir? by Chris Rowbury
01/Oct/2019
Choirs are often looking for new ways to recruit more singers. But will there come a time when you choir is too full? I've always had the motto: "the more singers, the merrier." I love working with large groups – the energy is great and there are plenty of place…