» Age Range 15 to 18: Performance Groups

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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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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http://www.aco.com.au/whats_on/event_detail/brahms4 – short video clips on website

Program

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No.4

Artists

Richard Tognetti Director and Violin
Steven Isserlis Cello

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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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http://www.theartscentregc.com.au/whats-on/whats-on-items/aco-virtual

The Gold Coast Arts Centre is launching ACOVirtual – a 3D experience of the Australian Chamber Orchestra for all ages!

Watch the “making of” ACOVirtual HERE

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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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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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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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Go to resource: Cultural Infusion co-ordinates authentic multi-cultural performances, workshops and residencies in Australian schools.

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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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Australian Chamber Orchestra school program – free teaching notes, worksheets and activities

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Manhattan School of Music has instituted a groundbreaking distance learning program — the first of its kind at a major conservatory — devoted to exploring the use of state-of-the-art videoconference technology for music education and performance.

Use the internet to take 50 minute classes with your students, or to undertake professional learning for yourself / your community.

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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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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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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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KLEZMER WORKSHOP for all instruments March 26th ( for you and your students )

with The London Klezmer Quartet (recently sold out Melbourne Recital Centre ) and Ernie Gruner www.londonklezmerquartet.com and www.erniegruner.com

A 100% participatory workshop with the London Klezmer Quartet and Melbourne’s own Ernie Gruner where you can learn klezmer tunes and  dances and more about the interaction between the two.

You’ll have the chance to learn the celebratory and soulful music of Jewish Eastern Europe, focusing on melody, rhythm and ‘groove’, and the dance steps.

The workshop caters for instrumentalists and dancers – and for people who would like to do both! All instruments and ages welcome.

People with an interest in folk dancing but who don’t play an instrument are very welcome.

Musicians should be comfortable playing their instruments and be able to find notes with ease.

Date: Tuesday 26th March

Time:  7pm – 9.45pm

Cost $35 / $25 (conc.) for musicians and $25 / $22 (conc.) for dancers

Venue: Harry Atkinson Harry Art and Craft Centre, Coburg Lake Reserve, Lake Grove, off Gaffney Street, Coburg North, VIC 3058

Booking Essential:   Advance booking online at www.trybooking.com/CJDJ If unable to book online please contact Angela Nauck (contact details below)

Travel Tips

Tram    Three minute walk from tram 19, Sydney Road.

Bus     Five minute walk from bus route 525 and 526 on Murray Road.

Train   Ten minute walk to Batman train station, Upfield line.

Parking Car park, shared with Lake Reserve, for 50 cars. Car park will be locked at 10pm

CONTACT DETAILS:

Angela Nauck  (LKQ tour manager) Tel: 0405 409903 email: angelanauck@hotmail.com OR Ernie Gruner on ernie@erniegruner.com – note Ernie’s new email address!

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VCE Music teachers – do you have a request for a live performance of Australian works?

Fed Square and Patma Music (http://www.patmamusic.org.au/patma.html) will present a new education series in 2012, with a focus on Australian music.

Please e-mail me directly if you would like to hear any particular compositions in live performance (pre-1910 and/or twentieth-century Australian music).
cindy.thomas@fedsquare.com

Concerts will be held in May and September 2012, and will be supported with teacher resources.  Feel free to send me any comments or suggestions for programming to suit your students’ needs.

Regards, Cindy Thomas
Cindy Thomas | Fed Square Pty Ltd
Program Manager – Education

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun!

Ooolation! Tasmania Singing Adventure June 30 – July 10 2011
Young Voices of Melbourne, in association with Festival of Voices and Ooolitic Music is running a singing camp for singers aged 18 – 28 (with flexibility) with three outstanding US leaders – Malcolm Dalglish, Moira Smiley, Joshua Kartes and Jeff Fellinger, along with Sydney percussionist Peter Jacob, Amelia Alder and Mark O’Leary.

We will rehearse for 5 days on the beautiful and remote Maria Island, before heading to Hobart’s wonderful Festival of Voices where the Ooolation! Singers will play a key role. We are looking for singers with experience who love music, performing, the outdoors and have a sense of adventure! Malcolm Dalglish has been runnning these camps in the USA for years, but this will be the first time Ooolaion has come to Australia.

More information is available at:
http://www.oooliticmusic.com/

If you are looking for some musical enrichment in the July school holidays this might be for you. Please pass this information on to any senior or past students who might be interested.

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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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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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Inspiring Performance Skills workshops for Secondary Students
with Living Music Now

Taking advantage of industry experienced musicians with a professional performance background is now becoming increasingly more important with the renewed focus on performance at VCE level.  After refining her approach for the tertiary sector Melanie Atma, performer, musician and composer is now in her second year of delivering her unique and inspiring performance workshops specifically for secondary age students.

LMN workshops provide students with confidence building tools that combat nerves, teach the power of mental preparation and the skill of asking for and offering feedback.

· Complimenting the work of instrumental music teachers
· Students perform their own work in an open and supportive environment
· Great for group or solo contexts developing students prior to recitals and performance exams
· Greater on-going enjoyment for both performers and their audience.
· 90- minute workshops presented at your school

Through the use of (More than just a master class) innovative techniques and tools LMN workshops shift the focus away from competition and comparison, encouraging students to reflect upon their own personal goals, acknowledging their own unique gifts & strengths.

For more details visit: www.livingmusicnow.com.au <http://www.livingmusicnow.com.au>
Or contact melanie@livingmusicnow.com.au

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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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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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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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SYO AUDITIONS 2012 – COME JOIN US !

Joining the SYO community opens up a world of experiences for young and emerging musicians. Whether they aspire to a career as a performer,

or simply want to have fun making music, the SYO will become the highlight of each child’s week, as they build formative memories from tours,

camps, rehearsals and performances, and life-long friends are made. Ensemble playing is non-competitive, developing skills in teamwork, self

discipline, confidence, leadership and communication. The power of a large group working towards a common goal, the collegial nature of an ensemble, the discipline and communication, are all benefits cited by research into the value of learning music, for individuals and the wider community. Young people connecting – guided by dedicated professionals, achieving excellence, and celebrating – that’s what Sydney Youth Orchestras is all about.

Your membership of the SYO family is an open invitation for you to become involved in the organization, observe the delight being experienced by the young players, come to the concerts and make friends amongst others united by a love of music. Come join us!

Bernie Heard, General Manager, Sydney Youth Orchestras

Auditions will be held in October, 2012.  To apply and/or request information you can either email auditions@syo.com.au or visit the website

www.syo.com.au.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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World’s Biggest Band is a chance to make history playing live with Artistic Director and internationally renowned musician James Morrison in Brisbane on Saturday 13 July, 2013 as part of the Queensland Music Festival.

Concert bands, big bands, brass bands, primary and secondary school bands and individual musicians from across Australia are invited to participate.

Participants will download and learn a piece of iconic Australian music arranged by James Morrison specifically for this event.

For more information or to register your expression of interest visit www.qmf.org.au

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