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› Sing into the funnel please: inside the Covid-19 lab
29/Jul/2020
Sing into the funnel please: inside the Covid-19 lab hoping to declare singing safe. Britain’s 40,000 choirs have all been silenced, brass and woodwind players too. We meet the scientists racing to find out exactly how dangerous blowing instruments and singing can be. Declan Costello, an ear, nose and throat…
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› City of Geelong: Arts and Cultural Strategy Survey
27/Jul/2020
The City of Greater Geelong is developing an Arts and Cultural Strategy which will guide initiatives and investment from 2020 - 2030. We have engaged consulting firm 'Positive Solutions' to assist in this process. Through preliminary research and engagement specific to arts, culture and heritage, we have identified themes that…
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› ‘Baby Bilby Sings’, An Interactive Digital Book for Children
27/Jul/2020
BABY BILBY SINGS - A DIGITAL BOOK FOR CHILDREN This week, Victorian Opera launches Baby Bilby Sings, an interactive digital book designed to introduce babies, toddlers and children to the sounds of opera.…
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› Play It Forward Online in Term 3
22/Jul/2020
The Play It Forward Choirs will continue to rehearse online in Term 3, July 13 to September 18. Isolation isn't stopping us from singing! Calling All Lounge Singers! All the fabulous 'Play It Forward' choirs are in full swing rehearsing. You're invited to join in the fun. Choirs are led by our…
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› Three Videos from Natural Voice News
21/Jul/2020
The Natural Voice News has published three delightful videos! Moon River - Sing for Water North 2020 Collaborative Video at https://naturalvoice.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cf015fbe8421b8ebcf941b65&id=92b9ec8499&e=fd60887114 You've Got a Friend - Leanne Sedin with Sing Tower Hamlets and Clapham Community Choir at https://naturalvoice.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cf015fbe8421b8ebcf941b65&id=7cf3ffa213&e=fd60887114 The Female Drummer - Gitika Partington and the Dialling Tone Chorus at
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› The Coastal Connections Project: Strengthening Community through the Arts
21/Jul/2020
‘Coastal Connections’ is one of 135 projects that have received funding through the Bass Coast Shire Council Resilience Grants Program COVID 19, announced during the week beginning July 13. The project is a response to the impact of COVID-related social isolation and hardship in the community. The ‘Coastal Connections’ project will support a process of community reconnection, resilience and recovery, bringing people together through a framework of creative engagement and intercultural collaborations. Project activities include creative writing, musical composition and film-making, with a focus on the local natural environment. The project will result in an exhibition and the development of seven short films about local people and their special places. The new works will showcase the community’s creative gifts and the…
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› Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra in your Loungeroom
09/Jul/2020
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra in your Loungeroom - The Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra (HSO) have created a YouTube channel where audiences can enjoy a library of curated performances. They are available for anyone to watch. If viewers subscribe they will be notified when new content is uploaded. More details at https://banyulecitycouncil.cmail20.com/t/d-l-muldttk-nhyhkmjd-m/
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› Victorian Venues Rescue Package
09/Jul/2020
Music Victoria is thrilled that the State Government has supported our live music rescue package to help Victorian live music venues through this crisis. Music Victoria has been meeting with venue owners weekly since the shutdown forced closures on Friday March 13, collecting data and articulating issues and priorities to…
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› Birds Are Singing Country - Film and Article
07/Jul/2020
"ONE OF the many things that COVID has revealed to me, is that if you love a place, it will love you back. It’s an extension of Arthur Rubinstein’s idea that "if you love life, life will love you back". This year,…
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› COVID-19 and Risk: Information for Community Music Makers
02/Jul/2020
Community Music Victoria has collated a reading list of information intended to help any community music group leaders or participants to consider the risks and requirements involved in returning to community group music making 'in real life'.
It is important to note that the collation of this information is ongoing, that it is subject to change and is intended for guidance only.
The information can be found under the 'resources' section of the website, here.