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› How to stand and sing without getting backache
12/Jun/2019
How to stand and sing without getting backache - an article by Chris Rowbury Jun 10, 2019, for "Front of the Choir". I always encourage my singers to stand. It’s the most effective body position for singing. However, some older singers or those with back problems can be resistant. Is it possible to…
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› CHANGES Scholarship Program
11/Jun/2019
The Music Under Wings – Regional Participant Scholaship will be awarded to ten (10) regional Victorians. We encourage not only artists, but also anyone working in a variety of fields in creative industries. There are no age restrictions for the scholarships, however applicants must reside in Victoria. Successful applicants will receive…
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› Banyule City Council Community Arts Grants are coming…
08/Jun/2019Banyule City Council Community Arts Grants are coming...Applications open on 1 July. Keep an eye out for more information on our Facebook page and next month's E-News! Banyule City Council arts@banyule.vic.gov.au via cmail20.com or FB at https://www.facebook.com/banyulecouncil/?ref=br_rs -
› How to adapt singing warm ups if you have limited mobility
08/Jun/2019
How to adapt singing warm ups if you have limited mobility - an article by Chris Rowbury Jun 3, 2019 for "From the Front of the Choir". chrisrowbury.com Like many choir leaders, I get people to loosen up their bodies as well as their voices when preparing to sing (see Preparing to…
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› Interesting discussions for singing leaders
01/Jun/2019
These topics have been the basis of many a singing leader discussion at music camps in previous years. All the more reasons for rewarding yourselves with a singing camp at least once a year! Have a look at Chris Rowbury's thoughts on the following: How much are you worth?
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› Growing Community Music – Regional Consultation Workshops
01/Jun/2019
Community Music Victoria is designing a new statewide community music leadership program to provide support and skill development to the wonderful people who devote their time to leading community music and singing activities. And to create new opportunities for communities to make group singing and music-making a part of their lives. We want to know what you think about how this program should be designed so that it can help community music to grow in your area. During 2019 we are inviting as many people as possible to take part in workshops and conversations to identify exactly what this support and development should look like in your community. You are invited to take part in one of our FREE regional…
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› The CMVic Shop never shuts! Great new resources now available
01/Jun/2019
The CMVic online store has four wonderful new additions to its virtual shelves, The Ukestration Manual and The Business of being a Community Musician by Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart, and Just Sing and Just Sing Rounds songbooks aimed at community singing groups and choirs, by Jane Coker and Val Regan. The Ukestration Manual: Want to go beyond hum’n’strum? Want to deal with music-making humans more effectively? 100+ pages packed with knowledge, practical solutions and reflections based on ten years of teaching and leading ukulele. Click here The Business of Being a Community Musician: Let people value you…
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› Join the CMVic Monthly Giving Circle
01/Jun/2019
Join CMVic's Monthly Giving Circle! Community Music Victoria is in an exciting phase and we are busy doing what we do best: developing, implementing and delivering a rich program of music making opportunities and projects to deliver across Victoria which are open to everyone. As an independent, not-for-profit, membership based organisation Community Music Victoria relies on a mix of Government funding, membership fees, sponsorship and your donation to exist. Your support is fundamental to the future of CMVic and to our broadening the take up of community music making in Victoria. Through your efforts, over the last couple of years we’ve been able to: Create hundreds of new songs and tunes to share with our communities at over a dozen major festivals and events Provide mentoring support all over Victoria to over 30 new singing…
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› All Directions: A new community choir!
01/Jun/2019
All Directions Community Choir is an open access choir that supports the inclusion of people with disability and a lived experience of mental ill health or ABI and their allies. We focus on gospel and folk and also perform our own compositions. We perform a few times every…
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› Organise your own Song Swap
01/Jun/2019
Whenever CMVic runs an event, we ask the participants for feedback and without fail responses relate to repertoire (more new songs) and networking (the opportunity to talk with people working in similar areas, to share problems, to learn!). A rewarding and easy way to achieve both objectives is with a Song Swap. I want to organise my own Song Swap! But how? A Song Swap is easy to organise. As few as four people can be successful although the more the merrier - and the more diverse the range of songs offered up. You need: a venue, a facilitator, a date, advertising Can CMVic help? YES!!!! We have a number of people who are skilled in running these events…