January 23, 2010
Go to resource: a3 Australian Arts Alive for schools is a program run by the Australian School of Performing Arts. The program provides support for choral music in schools and is currently partnered with Catholic Education. ASPA also run the Australian Girls Choir, an extra-curricular ensemble. a3 programs include preparation for school presentations, workshops on choral music, and curriculum programs that support the creative arts curricula. a3 has offices in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, and South Australia.
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March 19, 2011
http://www.aco.com.au/downloads/ACO-112Tour2_Web.pdf
The program notes from ACO’s 2011 concert season contain program notes on interesting 20th century works (by Alex Ross).
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March 14, 2012
Tour 1 WA Tour 1 NSW Tour 1 VIC Tour 1 SA Tour 1 QLD Tour 1 ACT
Above are the links to the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s FREE teaching notes and lesson ideas for their 2012 Tour 1. Lesson content is designed for Secondary students.
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March 7, 2010
Go to resource: The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a professional orchestra, resident in South Australia.
Their education programs include open rehearsals, school student concerts, in-schools performances, and composition competitions.
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January 23, 2010
ArtPlay is an arts centre in Melbourne that provides school and holiday programs for children and youth. Some of these programs are focused on music and each program is linked to the Victorian curriculum. The site also contains links to bookings and advocacy about the value of the arts in education.
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January 23, 2010
Go to resource: arts2GO programs for school students are run by Regional Arts Victoria. Their programs include in-school workshops, school holiday workshops, and in-school performances. Subsidies for performances is available to schools. Their site includes links to Arts on the Road (touring performances), Arts on Call (performances and workshops in-school), and Arts Ongoing (artists in residence). Their events can be searched by age-range and VELS aims.
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January 15, 2012
HERE is the Australian Art Orchestra’s free listening room where you can listening to recordings of their work. Many are fused with indigenous or multi-cultural music.
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April 25, 2011
The Australian Youth Band is entering an exciting new phase, with the establishment of a junior ensemble for young musicians aged 12 -15. Players of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments who have a minimum musical standard of AMEB Grade 2 are encouraged to audition.
Junior Band (JAYB) musicians will have the opportunity to progress through to the Senior Band with the added attraction of international concert tours.
To book an audition time, please contact the band’s Musical Director on 0402-912-772 or music.director@ayb.org.au
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December 28, 2010
Go to resource: Cultural Infusion co-ordinates authentic multi-cultural performances, workshops and residencies in Australian schools.
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September 16, 2011
MSO ENCOUNTER
This free website from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra offers and interactive tour of the orchestra, using Stuart Greenbaum’s score “90 minutes”.
Explore the orchestra, the conductor, the score and the composer – a lesson or two worth of content – let your students explore and arrange the score.
WARNING: Won’t work on Mac computers
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: Goran Bregovic – Tales & Songs for Weddings & Funerals education kit is provided through the Melbourne International Arts Festival site, and was performed at the festival in 2008. The kit, written by David Perry, is linked to the Victorian curriculum and provides activities about Balkan music, music-making, and creating. More kits are available through the Melbourne International Arts Festival website.
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January 9, 2012
THIS YouTube channel of Australian Art Orchestra shows interplay between Indigenous Australian singers and musicians from the Australian Art Orchestra. Play video/s to students and ask them to compare the treatment of melody/pitch and duration/rhythm. Which aspects are similar, different and interesting? When both groups play together, which aspects of music create unity? How is the fusion of the two groups achieved?
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January 23, 2010
Kita Performing Arts Company is an ensemble based in Melbourne and operates throughout Victoria to present traditional and contemporary Asian music and dance. The company runs school programs suited to primary and secondary school students, and teachers notes about each of the presentations are available online. Workshops are also run for students and teachers that introduce Asian performing arts and provide activities for the classroom.
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January 22, 2010
Medea: Sasha Waltz and guests was a work performed at the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. The education kit for this, compiled by David Perry, is linked to the Victorian curriculum. Music activities within the kit include a comparative musical analysis and a choral exploration. More kits are available through the Melbourne International Arts Festival website.
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: The Melbourne International Arts Festival is held in October each year. The festival provides education programs tailored for schools as well as resource kits that accompany each event. Each kit provides curriculum information, teachers resources, and suggested classroom activities.
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is a professional orchestra and offers education programs to schools. Their site has an education portal to their activities including school programs (for all stages), conducting workshops, artists in schools, teacher resources, work experience, and professional learning. Teachers and schools can register to gain relevant education kits for specific MSO concerts.
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December 13, 2011
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra offers a spectrum of concerts for school students, designed to inspire active participation in music. All the information is now available on the MSO’s website, along with downloadable booking forms and the 2012 concert diary; schools will also receive a MSO Education and Community Outreach brochure at the start of Term 1, 2012. If you have further questions please contact 03 9626 1198, or email education@mso.com.au
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: Melbourne Youth Music (MYM) offers programs and performances to children and young people. The organisation is supported by the Victorian Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development. Their activities include workshops, summer schools, weekend tuition, and they run a number of classical ensembles for youth.
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: More Than Opera (Victoria) is a Melbourne-based ensemble that aims to provide accessibility to opera.
Their site has access to information about events, including in-school performances specifically targeted for children, through their education programs.
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December 2, 2009
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides around 2500 professional music concerts to venues across Australia.
Their site includes links to their ‘In Schools’ programs, and resources about why music matters.
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April 19, 2011
The National Folk Festival (Australia) is developing educational resources. These include a free CD of 2009 festival highlights & IWB resources about the fiddle.
http://forteachersforstudents.com.au/NFF/
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December 21, 2009
Go to resource: Opera Australia is Australia’s national opera company.
The company consists of the chorus, orchestra, plus many behind-the-scenes technicians, designers, and other production staff. Opera Australia run school programs, including Oz Opera (where artists visit primary schools) and Opera for students (specifically for secondary students in Victoria and NSW).
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January 22, 2010
Go to resource: Orchestra Victoria offers education programs for teachers and students. Professional development for teachers includes ensemble/conducting workshops and observation of orchestral rehearsals. Student workshops are offered in regional Victorian areas to secondary students who play orchestral instruments.
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April 19, 2011
2nd Peninsula Winter Music School
A three day music program run by the Peninsula Youth Music Society. School aged and tertiary students will have the opportunity perform as part of an orchestra or be involved in music theatre or participate in the Big Band. Highly experienced musicians have been engaged to work with participants of the Winter Music School. The Ingrid Martin Orchestra for string, woodwind, brass and percussion instrumentalists will rehearse as a full ensemble and also be involved in wind, string and brass tutorials.
Tutors Dr Ingrid Martin and Michael Dahlenburg. The Royal Music Theatre group is for singers, dancers and actors. Tutors Monica Royal and Harlene Hercules. The members of this group will learn works from musicals and receive vocal and dance tutorials. The Eric Budd Big Band is for students with some performance experience on either woodwind, brass, drum kit, guitar or keyboard. The band will perform works from the swing jazz era. Tutor Eric Budd
The Winter Music School will run from 4th to 6th July at Mt Erin Secondary College. For details and brochure ph.9782 2450 or 5975 8841 Or visit www.pyms.org.au to download a form.
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December 2, 2009
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides live concert experiences to secondary school students across Australia.
Packages include teachers resources and professional training. Experiences specific for elective music students are also provided.
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January 24, 2011
Sistema Australia – A school music education system based on a Venezuelan model. Currently being trialled in Laverton (VIC), the model involves instrumental learning and high-quality performances at school.
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March 7, 2010
Go to resource: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a professional orchestra, resident in New South Wales at the Sydney Opera House.
The SSO provides education programs including school concerts, links with orchestral players, and workshops for teachers. They also hold a number of education kits written for past and present SSO concerts.
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March 7, 2010
Go to resource: The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a professional orchestra resident in Tasmania.
Amongst their events, they offer education programs including concerts for students, open rehearsals, conductor training workshops, and sessions for teachers.
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January 23, 2010
Go to resource: The Arts Centre Melbourne provides education programs specifically for school students, including performances and workshops.Their school workshops include music technology training and activities are linked with the Victorian curriculum. Their site contains further information about activities and performance events.
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January 22, 2010
The Black Arm Band: Dirtsong was a work performed at the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. There is a free Education kit available here. The second half of the activities are specifically Music-related, while the first half are Arts and literacy-related.The education kit was prepared by David Perry and is linked to the Victorian curriculum. It contains music activities centred around Indigenous and Australian pop songs, and also explores the didgeridoo. More kits are available through the Melbourne International Arts Festival website.
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January 22, 2010
The Black Arm Band: Hidden Republic was a work performed at the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival. This education kit on the Indigenous band has been prepared by Elizabeth Exintaris, and is linked to the Victorian curriculum. The music activities within this kit include the study of Indigenous music, music-making and creating, and analysis. More kits are available through the Melbourne International Arts Festival website.
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March 8, 2010
Go to resource: Victorian opera is a professional opera company, resident in Melbourne.
They offer programs for schools, including education kits, available on request.
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October 30, 2011
Bookings for the 2012 Education Program are now open at Victorian Opera. This includes a special Cinderella theatre experience for primary pupils in a series of one hour presentations of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
We will once again offer a Professional Development program for teachers and singers as well as further opportunities to host a workshop in your school with our Outreach to Schools program.
Upper Secondary school groups attending our mainstage productions will have an additional experience preceding a performance with the opportunity to meet with an artist from the production in our new Seminar series.
http://www.victorianopera.com.au/explore/
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March 7, 2010
Go to resource: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is a professional orchestra resident in Western Australia.
Their events include education and outreach programs such as concerts for school students (including performances of set works), and webcasts and podcasts.
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January 21, 2010
Go to resource: Western Edge Youth Arts is a Western Victorian not-for-profit organisation that provides arts experiences to young people. Their programs include an artist in residence program, and their site has support for professional learning and education kits.
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