Read article here

HERE you will find the new 2011 Lobby Kit for more music in Australian schools. The current version (just uploaded) has no photos … look out for the pictorial version, coming soon.

NOW is the time to lobby school Principals and Parent/Teacher Committees to get MORE and meaningful music into your school. Use the new Lobby Kit for ideas, statistics, models, quotes and inspiration.

www.moremusictoolkit.org.au/advocacy-tools/62

It’s birthday of the great Franz Liszt – piano virtuoso extraordinaire – happy birthday Franz…who was a buddy of…

Chopin – it’s still Chopin month on Classically Kids, and  Katie Harley clues us up about the  pieces that Chopin churned out – mazurkas, polonaises, nocturnes, you name it…

Didn’t get around to our Nuts ‘n’ Bolts segment last week, so this week we’ll finally look at Jeremiah Clarke’s “Trumpet Voluntary” – we’ll pull it apart, give it a good going over, and put it back together…

And for a bit of world music, we go all Greek – so pull out your bouzoukis and join in…and-a-one, and-a-two…

Plus lots more on Classically Kids this Saturday on 3MBS 103.5 FM, 8am – 9am with Jacqui and Adam. Classically Kids – not just for kids! Listen online at www.3mbs.org.au

3MBS 103.5FM is undertaking a survey which will provide us with feedback on what we are doing well and how we could improve. There is also an opportunity to provide us with general feedback on what you think of 3MBS 103.5FM, with the results of the survey helping us plan the next five years or so. You also have the chance to win a pack of CDs valued at $150.

Click this link to go to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VM9CSV2

3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARTS AND HEALTH CONFERENCE, 14 – 17 NOVEMBER 2011
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA & NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, CANBERRA
Early Bird Registrations Close Wednesday 26 October 2011

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Clive Parkinson Director, Arts in Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, and Minister for the Arts

Molly Carlile, Manager, Palliative Care Services, Austin Health & Arts and Health Program Manager, Olivia Newton John Cancer Centre for Wellness, Austin Health, Melbourne

Kristen Whittle, architect and urban designer, Bates Smart, Melbourne

Sharon Woodworth, AIA, architect and nurse, Senior Associate, Anshen+Allen, a part of Stantec Architecture, San Francisco

Anthony Ogden & Chris Richardson, architects, BVN Architecture, Brisbane

Mike White, Research and Development Fellow in Arts in Health, Centre for Medical Humanities and St Chad’s College, University of Durham, England

Imants Tillers, artist

Kim McConville, Executive Director, Beyond Empathy, NSW

David Doyle, Executive Director, DADAA, Fremantle & David Handley, Founding Director, Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi, Cottesloe and Aarhus, Denmark

Carrie McGee, Educator, Community and Access Programs, Department of Education, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Meet me at MoMA Alzheimer’s Program

Adriane Boag Program Co-ordinator, Youth and Community Programs, Education, NGA

Alice Thwaite, Director, Equal Arts, Newcastle, UK

Dominic Campbell, Festival Director, Bealtaine, Ireland

Dr Gerri Frager Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Service, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Director of the Medical Humanities – HEALS program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Gary Christenson Director of Mental Health, Boynton Health Service, adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis;

Dr Bernie Warren, Professor of Drama in Education and Community, University of Windsor, Canada and Founder, Fools for Health

Dr Peter Spitzer GP, Medical Director, Humour Foundation, Chief Investigator, SMILE Study, University of New South Wales,
Visiting Medical Office, Southern Highlands Private Hospital, NSW

Dr Peter Wright, Senior Lecturer, Arts Education and Research Methods,

Professor Robyn Richmond, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW

Professor Brad Haseman Assistance Dean (Research), Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Chair, Community Partnerships Committee, Australia Council for the Arts

Sally Basser, Office for the Arts, Prime Minister and Cabinet  National Cultural Policy

Critical Mass Panel – Dominic Campbell, Dr Gary Christenson, David Doyle, Carrie McGee, Clive Parkinson, Mike White, Dr. Peter Wright

Please refer to the website for the extensive list of presenters scheduled for breakout sessions.
Early Bird Registrations Close 26 October 2011.
Arts and Health Australia (AHA) Healthy People, Healthy Communities – Engaging with the Arts Affiliated with The Australian Centre for Creative Ageing

Regional Office: The Macquarie Garrison Building,
Suite 2 / 26 Clarence Street, Port Macquarie NSW 2444 Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 243 Kings Cross NSW 1340 Australia
Tel:  02 6583 5040    Fax:  02 6584 0024    Mobile:  0416 641 482
Email:    info@artsandhealth.org    Web:     www.artsandhealth.org

ACCET Choral Conductor Summer School
Monday 16 – Thursday 19 January 2012 @ Xavier College, Kew VIC

Whether of advanced, intermediate or beginner standard conductors will have hands-on conducting tuition every day. In 4 stimulating days there will be opportunity for participants to increase knowledge of training the voice, of warm-ups, diction and rehearsal techniques, building musicality through body movement, and expressing emotion through singing. There will be repertoire sessions especially for primary/children’s choir; for secondary/youth choir; and for community and church choir. All full attendance participants will get a donated package of some 50 choral pieces.

Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training    www.choralconductors.org.au

Piano Accompanist Summer School

Monday 16 – Thursday 19 January 2012

Venue: Xavier College, Barkers Rd, Kew

Run in conjunction with the ACCET conductor school, this is a morning school of lectures, masterclasses and group tuition in  which to refine piano accompanying skills, under the guidance of expert musicians. Vocal and instrumental performers will have prepared a range of selected works for participants to accompany.

For more information visit the ACCET web site at www.choralconductors.org.au and go to the piano accompanist page.

Seeking a new generation of Innovators to represent the interests of the Music Education Community in NSW …

AMEB calls for Nominations for 4 Private Teacher Representatives to

sit on the AMEB (NSW) Committee from 2012

*Nominations CLOSE SOON : Friday 21st OCTOBER 2011

Note: Self Nominations are acceptable.

Do you want to have a hand in shaping Australia’s music education future into the 21st Century? Well this could be your opportunity … it’s a little known fact that there is a significant level of professional music and speech teacher representation on the AMEB (NSW) Committee with no fewer than three Private Music Teacher Representatives and one Private Speech Teacher Representative representing the interests of our profession. Every two years elections are held for these honorary positions and it’s once again time to take a vote.

The election is particularly exciting this year with the AMEB recently foreshadowing what many see as a greater willingness to establish a more collaborative relationship with the Music and Speech Teaching communities in NSW. In the latest AMEB Newsletter, the Board stressed that the role of private teacher representatives on the NSW Committee is key to providing wider opportunities for the music, speech and drama communities to participate in the development of policies and practices for the AMEB (NSW). A welcome development indeed !

To be eligible to nominate or to be nominated for election, and to vote, a private teacher must have enrolled a candidate other than themselves in AMEB (NSW) examinations, in either of the two years immediately preceding the year of the election. These honorarium positions are for a period of two years and require attendance at four compulsory meetings in the course of each year. Elected nominees are appointed to the Board at the discretion of the Minister for Education.

So if you consider yourself to be a leader in your chosen profession your colleagues need you !

Nominations forms can be obtained from the AMEB State Manager – email: office@ameb.nsw.edu.au

Ballot papers will be distributed (along with a biography of each of the candidates) to eligible voters in November with 2012 AMEB Teachers Handbook.

Remember NOMINATIONS CLOSE : 21st OCTOBER 2011

www.asme.edu.au/ASME_Standards05.pdf

Under the following headings: Professional Knowledge, Professional Practice, Professional Values, Professional Relationhips

As part of our PD programme for this year, ASME NSW is offering an afternoon PD Course for recently graduated teachers and those who may have been appointed in the last 1-2 years. It will be on Saturday the 19th of November, from 1 – 4.30 pm at Macquarie University. More info here.

search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;isbn=0959630481;res=IELHSS

Available for purchase is this 1999 research paper by ASME.

www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/case_studies

Go to this website to watch videos with tips on grant-writing in the Arts.

Australian Youth Band Southern Stars (Marching Band) is looking for new players.

Watch this advertisement (spoken by Steve Jobs) and write up to a page about creativity, innovation, being ‘crazy’, and how music can help change the world.

Big Kodály Music Day’

Saturday 12 November 2011

Aimed at teaching older beginners (middle/upper primary and lower secondary), learn to develop a sequential music program which develops musicianship and understanding, powerful questioning techniques, ways to differentiate the curriculum, and constructivist (inquiry-based) learning.

Presenter: James Cuskelly

James is an amazing teacher who will lead us in the developmental process useful for teaching older beginners. His con­tent is sequential and his processes and presentation of ideas are succinct… in a word, brilliant!

Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm Registration from 8:30am

Venue: Cripps Centre, Caulfield Grammar School, Caulfield Campus, 217 Glen Eira Road, East St Kilda, Vic

Cost: Full registration: $105 KMEIA Members / $125 Non Members. F/T Student price: $40 (Registration fees includes Morning Tea and Lunch)

Online bookings go to: http://tinyurl.com/3cjlk9z

More information at www.kodaly.org.au or phone 03 9535 7035

www.classicalarchives.com/feature/dont_miss_this.html

This is great fun … On May 2, 2011, the Copenhagen Philharmonic amazed commuters at the Copenhagen Central Train Station, as they created a kind of orchestral “flash mob” – performing Ravel’s famed Bolero, with the musicians gradually assembling in place as the work progresses. The video – which shows not only the assembling orchestra, but also the delighted faces of the commuters – has generated overwhelming interest, and indeed has exceeded the orchestra’s expectations.

26th November, 2011 @ Canterbury Girls Secondary College

Choral Music reading day – of Australian composers

More information: contact@printmusicworks.com.au

8.30am – 5pm … morning tea & lunch provided … cost $55.00 … booking essential

Presenters = Paul Jarman, Kathryn Sadler, Harley Mead, Mark Puddy

The rapid take-up of digital technologies has created all sorts of questions about copyright for educators. The Australian Copyright Council’s user-friendly seminars provide expert advice on how to work with copyright in the digital age.

Topics include:
*      How copyright applies to music
*      Identifying the circumstances where relevant exceptions apply
*      Copyright obligations and trouble-shooting
*      Using resources from the Internet

These sessions will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday 26^th October and Brisbane on the 23rd November.

For dates, times, venue and how to book, please visit : www.copyright.org.au/seminars

Applications now open for 2012 Bachelor of Music majoring in Classical Performance at Australian Institute of Music, NSW.

Click to visit : www.aim.edu.au/courses/classical-performance/

A US appeals court reinstated a $US675,000 (AUS $659,115) verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the internet. Read full article here. Now is a good time to discuss responsible music downloading with teenagers. Why Music Matters website has a series of animated videos about Australian bands which emphasise that writing/recording music is their sole source of income. Watch and discuss with your students. Ask students when was the last time they paid for an MP3 download or music CD.

Early Childhood Workshop – Friday 4 November 2011

Once upon a Rhyme… accessible music repertoire for early years teachers presented by Anna Mlynek-Kalman and Kirsty Graham

Venue: Hillcrest Christian College, 500 Soldiers Road, Clyde North (Berwick) (Melway: 131 H10)

Time: 1.00 – 3.00pm

Cost: $45 members / $50 non-members More information at www.kodaly.org.au or phone 03 9535 7035

Barefoot Books has a new animated book video on YouTube for learning about shapes.

Watch it here

Ask senior student to each choose one composer from the list in this AMC article and to summarise the main points. Students will then share their findings with the rest of the class (verbally or via a blog).

www.emusictheory.com/practice.html

Check out this website for free online aural music skill drills and notation practice for students.

Ensembles for new school-leavers: A Note for Graduating Year 12 Students.

Do you play an instrument? Have you enjoyed playing in your school band/orchestra?

Perhaps, you might like to join a community music ensemble and continue to make music with your friends.

If so, have a look through the following list of websites and make some enquires as to which group might best suit your needs.

www.boroondarasymphonicband.com.au

www.graingerwindsymphony.asn.au roland.yeung@graingerwindsymphony.asn.au

www.westgateconcertband.com.au

www.monashphil.org (Band, Orchestra, auditioned Stage Band)

Frankston Symphony Orchestra & Mornington Peninsula Chorale www.frankstonmusicsociety.org.au

South Eastern Concert Band – look up on Facebook

South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra http://home.vicnet.net.au/~smso/

Manningham Concert Band http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mannband/

www.vbl.org.au/

Here are some questions to accompany the first 55 minutes of Disney’s “Fantasia 2000″ DVD

“Fantasia 2000”

Questions are in same order as the DVD …

1) What instrument does the presenter want to play?

2) What family of instruments is playing while hundreds of whales fly through the air?

3) At the end of the jumping whales, what type of drums are playing?

4) Every minute or so, one instrument plays solo (= on its own) … what instrument is it?

5) When the skater makes a “$” sign with his skate blades, what is the solo instrument?

6) Next, the orchestra plays Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto number ________  .

7) What jumps out of a box?

Is the music happy or grumpy when you see the Jack-in-the-box?

9) Carnival of the Animals starts with pink flamingos and music with trills (= wobbly bits).   TRUE   or   FALSE  ?

10) The sorcerer’s apprentice is what kind of animal?

11) What instrument family plays as the sorcerer makes a bat shape out of steam (before the butterfly)?

12) The music for the Sorcerer’s Apprentice is ALL soft and slow.   TRUE   or   FALSE ?

13) When the broom FIRST walks, what instrument family is playing?

14) What happens when Mickey breaks the broom?

15) Pomp and Circumstance music starts with which instrument?

16) When the ark opens, a choir joins in.      TRUE   or   FALSE

Watch the Bellingen Youth Environment group stage their “freeze” protest against plastic bags in NSW. Listen to the accompanying song “Change” (written and recorded by a Year 10 student) and brainstorm what other types of protest this song might accompany. Make a list of other songs which ares well-suited to peaceful protests.

Hello Music Land has uploaded FREE snap cards (with musical instruments) to print out for early childhood music.

There are also cartoon colouring-ins of instruments & a colourful poster on the Hello Music Land website.

Click here to download FREE teaching kits for teaching pop music to Middle School students – using the Musical Futures approach. Handouts include song lyrics, keyboard chord fingerings & guitar chord fingerings.

Thanks to Coombeshead Academy for sharing their resources freely

FunMusicCo has provided us (free) with a weekly practice chart and printable sticker sheet to inspire students to practise this term

click here for free resource link

These guiding questions come from AYMC:

17 November 2011, Law School, University of Melbourne

The humanities disciplines are foundational to the new Australian Curriculum. This Symposium will explore the future of humanities education in Australia, and the challenges and opportunities presented by the new curriculum for humanities research and teaching at all levels.
Questions to be explored include:

• What experience of the humanities is envisaged for our future citizens?
• What interest in the humanities will be stimulated among Australia’s young people? What skills will they bring to university, further training or the workforce from the disciplines, and the discipline, of the humanities?
• Who are Australia’s future scholars, researchers and teachers in all the disciplines of the humanities, and what encouragement is being offered to them to pursue a widely based and rich encounter with human knowledge?
• How has the Australian nation been formed through schooling and how does this compare internationally?

humanities.org.au/Events/AnnualSymposium.aspx

The IMC Musical Rights Awards are programmes or projects that support in an exemplary way one or more of the five musical rights enunciated by the International Music Council. The overall 2011 winner of the IMC Musical Award, chosen from a  number of highly praised projects, was MCA’s Music. Play for Life. READ MORE HERE

www.theage.com.au/victoria/informality-the-key-to-get-music-students-to-tune-in-20101128-18cem.html

This article from The Age (2010) describes one Victorian school’s success with Musical Futures –  Year 7 & 8.

rampupblog.tumblr.com

This blog, set up by Jozzbeat to discuss the Ramp-Up project, shows what Australian teachers can achieve by sharing their musical questions / comments / videos via an online community.

MCA’s Music: Play for Life program was the outright winner of the International Music Council’s Musical Rights Awards for the biennium 2010-11. The IMC’s platform is based on five musical rights which in turn are based upon UN covenants such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and various subsequent offshoots. They include the right to a music education, to participation in one’s own culture, to freedom of expression through music.

Music: Play for Life supports most of those rights through its programs to build opportunities for music education and musical opportunities in communities.

Music: Play for Life Manager Tina Broad travelled to Estonia to receive the award. She gave a vivid presentation of the program. It succeeded against competition from a number of other wonderful programs, including the ‘Polifonia’ Network of the European Association of Conservatoires, the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, Hearts in Harmony project in Barcelona, Espace Akto in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Hong Kong Institute of Education’s program, Teaching Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong Schools.

Music: Play for Life includes programs such as Music: Count Us In, the Flame Awards, the musiceducation.edu.au website, the More Music Toolkit website, the Music in Communities Network, and Awards, the Making Music Being Well national event, and more. A pretty formidable line-up.

dozens of interviews with Jazz musicians

http://www.jazzandbeyond.com.au/interview.html