http://www.victorianopera.com.au/www/html/589-teacher-training-program.asp?intSiteID=1#anchor591
10% off PD course fee if booked this term (term 1, 2011)
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Loading ...Step 1. Just get your school, music class, choir or even just one person from your group to choose a piece of classical or jazz music.
Step 2. Send your request to - 3mbskids@gmail.com
Step 3. We’ll e-mail you back to let you know when we’ll be playing your request.
Step 4. Tune in and listen! Easy as that. You can listen on the radio (in/around Melbourne) and stream the show online (all over the world).
Classically Kids EVERY Saturday from 8am – 9am on 3MBS 103.5 FM, with Jacqui and Adam
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...ANCA Victoria is pleased to invite you to the State Choral Festival
‘SING IN THE CITY’ on 16 – 18 September 2011. Registration is now
open for this exciting choral event.
SING IN THE CITY is a unique opportunity for the Choral Community to come
together and do what they do best – SING!
Join us as three of Australia’s legendary choral conductors and two of
our country’s most successful singing teachers share their insights and
talents. This Festival has something for every stage of development of the
choral musician: singers from age 10 to 100, choral conductors, singing
teachers, educators, music students and everyone who enjoys the beauty of
voices raised in song!
You can choose to come as an individual or get your choir to come along;
if you’re a conductor, come and sing or observe rehearsals with a chance
to learn about singing issues from leading teachers. Our three streams will
feature Australian music for Primary students, the best of current
repertoire for Secondary Schools and a complete performance of the Mozart
Requiem in the Community Stream. Repertoire is listed in the brochure.
The Professional Development Stream will offer workshops in breathing,
posture for choirs, a Q&A session with our conductors and a chance to
observe them in action.
• Primary Choir Stream
Conductor: Mark O’Leary (Founder and Director of the Young Voices of
Melbourne)
Venue: VCA School of Music
Cost: $300 per choir or $50 per individual
• Secondary Choir Stream
Conductor: George Torbay (Hailed by The Sydney Morning Herald as ‘one of
Australia’s leading musical lights’)
Venue: St John’s Southgate
Cost: $300 per choir or $50 per individual
• Community Choir Stream
Conductor: Margaret Pride (Music Director for Collegium Symphonic Chorus
Perth WA)
Venue: BMW Edge @ Fed Square
Cost: $300 per choir or $75 per individual
• Professional Development Stream
Presenters: Ron Morris (Speech Pathologist, Audiologist and Counter
Tenor), and Anna Connolly (Senior Lecturer in Voice at the Melbourne Conservatorium of
Music)
Venue: To be advised
Cost: $150 per participant (includes BOTH days)
REGISTRATION & MORE INFORMATION
To download a brochure go to
http://anca.org.au/vic-news-view/sing-in-the-city-209
Online registrations can be made via the link http://tinyurl.com/5szumhe
Registration closes 1 August 2011.
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Now auditioning for 17-35 year old singers.
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Our program song has been recorded and is now up on the website for your listening pleasure. There are already 500 schools registered to take part in this year’s program which will unite more than half a million students in the performance of ‘We’ve Got The Music’ on Thursday, 1st September at 11.30am. Don’t forget participation in the program is FREE. The audio files, arrangements, lyric sheet and classroom activity kit: it’s all downloadable once you register your school.
So listen to the song, register now and get your school community on board!
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Sydney Morning Herald Article
http://news.smh.com.au/national/choral-singing-makes-you-happy-survey-20080710-3cyg.html
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jersey Boys (the musical) has compiled free, high quality lesson plans for teachers. The resource includes lesson content for Drama, Music, English, Art, Dance and History.
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Go to resource: Kiravanu is an opera written by James Humberstone and Mary Elizabeth, specifically designed for children and integrated with the curriculum.Online resources are available through the site to support performances of Kiravanu in schools. It was first developed in MLC, Sydney, and resources include cross-curricula lesson plans to assist with implementation of this opera production in schools.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Have you signed up yet to be part of Making Music Being Well?
This national initiative, which takes place from 16 – 22 May, is a collaboration between Music: Play for Life and the Australian Music Therapy Association and it’s all about a grassroots celebration of the links between music making and wellbeing.
When you register to participate – it’s FREE – we’ll send you event posters, stickers and brochures and you’ll get access to lots of downloadable resources including event planning and promotional tips. How you participate is up to you.
The best way to be involved is to take something you may already have planned for that week and hitch it to the national wagon of Making Music Being Well 2011. You don’t have to do something on every day during the week – one event is enough. Your event will be outlined on the MMBW website and you and your group members or students will be helping to shine the national spotlight on an important fact: music is good for you!
Here are a few ideas based on previous years: Open the doors to the community for your rehearsal that falls within the MMBW week and turn it into a free performance. Take your choir or group to a nursing home, hospital or school. Organise a big sing at your workplace. Turn a school assembly into a musical celebration and tell students and parents about the value and benefits of making music. Convene a drum circle in your school playground. Run an open mic session at your local pub or club. Organise a gathering of community music leaders and organisers in your area and discuss how you could pool resources and share skills.
Register to be part of it at www.makingmusicbeingwell.org.au
AND … don’t forget – registration for our biggest school music initiative, Music: Count Us In, opens soon too!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This national initiative, which takes place from 16 – 22 May, is a collaboration between
Music: Play for Life and the Australian Music Therapy Association and it’s all about a grassroots celebration of the links between music making and wellbeing.
When you register to participate – it’s FREE – we’ll send you event posters, stickers and brochures and you’ll get access to lots of downloadable resources including event planning and promotional tips.
How you participate is up to you. The best way to be involved is to take something you may already have planned for that week and hitch it to the national wagon of Making Music Being Well 2011. You don’t have to do something on every day during the week – one event is enough. Your event will be outlined on the MMBW website and you and your group members or students will be helping to shine the national spotlight on an important fact: music is good for you!
Here are a few ideas based on previous years:
Register to be part of it at www.makingmusicbeingwell.org.au
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ann Lierse has shared a list of repertoire used by boys during Year 9 and 10 massed choral lessons at Melbourne High School (2010). Many thanks for sharing, Ann!
Sample of repertoire for Massed Singing
Night and Day – Cole Porter Thriller – Michael Jackson
Don’t dream its over – Neill Finn Dancing in the storm – Boom Crash
The Rain – Kassey Chambers Africa – Toto
At the end of the day – Schonberg All Night, All day – Traditional
All that Jazz – John Kanter The Vagabond – Vaughan Williams
Oh Pretty Women – Roy Orbison All that Jazz – John Kanter
Bridge over troubled water – Paul Simon Violet Hill – Coldplay
Foxy Lady – Hendrix The Ballad of Swiney Todd – Sondheim
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Derek Sharon Orpheus Lament – Gluck
Selections from Pirates of Penzance – Gilbert and Sullivan
Nessum Dorma – Puccini Finlandia – Sibelius
Pilgrim’s Chorus – Wagner Requiem – Mozart
Carmina Burina – Orff Les Miserables – Schoenberg
Chorus of the Hewbrew Slaves – Verdi A Tribute to Foster – Grainger
Officer Krurpke – Bernstein The Masochism Tango – Lehrer
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Classical Singing
Monday evenings, 30 April – 25 June
Aimed at beginning and relatively untrained singers, this 8-week course will develop your skills, technique and knowledge in the art of classical singing, unleashing hidden intuitive skills and training new understandings.
Cost: $255
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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Performance and Presentation Skills
Monday evenings, 14 May – 2 July
This 7-week workshop is open to all musicians who want to overcome performance anxiety and explore, understand and expand their skills in performing confidently.
Cost: $355
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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Voice Workshop for Secondary Students
Friday 4 May
Featuring masterclass opportunities, group ensemble singing, warm-up and Feldenkrais workshop with MCM teaching staff, this is a day not to be missed for the serious singing student!
Cost: $55
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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VCE Rhythm Workshop
Saturday 19 May
VCE students… are your rhythmic skills lagging? Come along to a fun-filled day to sharpen your rhythmic ‘chops’.
Cost: $90
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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Guitar Workshop for Secondary Students
Saturday 16 June
Featuring masterclass opportunities, ensemble practice, interaction with students and staff from the Conservatorium, and a special workshop on Brazilian guitar music, as well as the chance to perform in a twilight concert in Melba Hall, this is a day not to be missed for the serious guitar student!
Cost: $55
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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VCE Analysis Workshop
Monday 2 July
Designed for VCE Music Performance students, this 2.5-hour workshop will give you tools and strategies to assist you with the Analysis component of the Unit 4 study design.
Cost: $50
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
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All courses are designed for adults and teenagers aged 14 years and over.
University of Melbourne staff and students are entitled to a discount of 20% off all short course fees.
University of Melbourne alumni are entitled to a discount of 10% of all short course fees.
Enquiries: 03 8344 3673 or email: rua@unimelb.edu.au
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...6th Annual Mornington Peninsula Choral Festival – “Harmonies Unite”
This unique event is a celebration of choral singing on the Mornington Peninsula.
There are five events taking place in the beautiful surrounds of Toorak College and The Peninsula School, Mt Eliza.
Festival Day – featuring Community, Church and School Choirs.
Saturday 2 June, 2.00-5.00 pm in the Toorak College Music Centre and other venues.
Adults – $12; concession – $6; children – free.
Refreshments will be available.
“Let’s Sing” Concerts for School Choirs
Monday 28 May, Tuesday 29 May, Wednesday 30 May and Thursday 31 May- 7.00 – 9.00 pm in The Ansett Hall, The Peninsula School.
Adults and concession- $6; children free
For more information phone – Sue Gilbert at the Peninsula School – 9788 7839 or email – sgilbert@tps.vic.edu.au
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Go to resource: Multicultural Perspectives in Music is a NSW Department of Education and Training site, and a collaboration between the NSW Creative Arts Unit, Musica Viva Australia, and Sirocco. The site is part of a project that was a partnership between the NSW Curriculum K-12 Directorate and the Multicultural Programs Unit. The site contains links to articles, classroom activities, audio and visual examples, and links to other related sites about multicultural music.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Watch this space – the teaching kit for Music Count Us In 2011 is coming soon. It’s full of free ideas to enhance music education delivery in your school, including cross-curricular lesson ideas. Many free ensemble charts are already on the website www.musiccountusin.org.au . Don’t be scared of signing up – it’s really easy!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...MYM is seeking more males aged 15-30 for it’s Summer School in Musical Theatre (16-20 January, 2012). For more info, visit www.mym.org.au or call 03 9376 8988.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...On April 12th 2011, a dozen talented teenage singer-songwriters were mentored by John Foreman, Claire Bowditch, Holly Throsby, Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc) and Kavyen Temperley (Eskimo Joe).
The result was the 2011 song for Music. Count Us In (1st September 2011).
Watch this space for free lesson plans, free MP3 material, free Professional Development (for teachers) and free instrumental arrangements. Let’s get more music in more Australian schools!! www.musiccountusin.org.au
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This year’s program song is about to hit the air-waves. Registration is being accepted by schools for the 2011 massed singing event on September 1st, 2011 @ 11.30am (AEST).
Associated free lesson plans, teaching kits, free MP3, sheet music, and instrumental arrangements will soon be available via the website.
Signing up via the website is free and easy!! http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/
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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.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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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Peter Cousens is available for student masterclasses.
In a joint Masterclass for students and lovers of musical theatre, Peter Cousens and Anne-Maree McDonald (soprano, pianist and music director) bring to you their passion and skill in interpreting a song, communicating to an audience, finding character, addressing technical issues and becoming emotionally connected through text and music.
These master classes are tailored to suit students of HSC Performance, students of Singing, students of Acting and students of Musical Theatre.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Pure Drop – high quality audio and video footage (free) from the ABC & AFC & Federal Government, complete with free lesson plans and worksheets. Topics include Indigenous Music and World Music
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The Victorian Chapter of the Australian National Association of
Teachers of Singing Inc. (ANATS) is holding a workshop with the
renowned speech pathologist, Ron Morris on Sunday, 18 September at
Melbourne Girls’ Grammar, Anderson Street, South Yarra from 1-5.30pm.
Ron will be working on accent method, breathing and articulation. This
is relevant, not only to teachers of singing but drama teachers. those
involved in productions choirs and speech teachers and therapists.
For further enquiries phone Wendy Todd on 0422 548 237.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Singing Teaching for Beginners
Presented by
Jenny Caire
Estill Master Teacher & Estill Course Instructor
Saturday July 9th, 2011; 2 pm ˆ 5 pm
NewHope Baptist Church, Springfield Rd
Blackburn North, Victoria
Teaching beginners to sing? Beginning to teach singing?
This workshop is for YOU!
Good technique: where do I start?
How much anatomy do I need to know?
How much anatomy do I need to teach?
Repertoire for beginning singers?
Warm-ups for students?
How can I correct breathy tone?
Smooth transition across the passagio?
Bring your questions or send them prior to the workshop for discussion on the day
Cost: $70
Registration and pre-payment essential to confirm a place.
jcaire@optusnet.com.au; 0404919854
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This is an important email to give you the opportunity to nominate a student or students in year 9 or above to take one of 12 places at the Music Count Us In 2011 songwriting workshop. Their response to the brief (as a one minute MP3) must be submitted to us by next Monday 21st March. I know the time is short, but we have to move quickly so the song can be arranged, recorded, produced, pressed and released by early May. Please help spread the word.
There is no cost to the school or student in participation in the songwriting workshop. But each must be free to take a day or two off school (depending how far away from Sydney they are) around the 11 April and be free to travel to Sydney with a parent or carer. All flight costs, meals, on-ground transfers and accommodation are covered by Music: Count Us In. We are still negotiating to secure this year’s mentors, so I can’t give you names yet. But – they are GREAT and I’m sure your students would jump at the chance to work with them.
Last year, nine lucky secondary school students from around Australia – including from Albany and Perth, WA;Darwin, NT; and Coffs Harbour in regional NSW - were flown to Sydney with a parent/carer to work with songwriting mentors Melinda Schneider, Audius and Paul Greene, and producer, John Foreman, to help write the program song. Without exception, each student found it an inspirational experience and a wonderful ‘immersion’ exercise in music generally and songwriting in particular. Lasting friendships were made, career aspirations consolidated and musical – and social skills – built. You can see a videoclip of last year’s songwriting process at the media page here.
All the details about applying for a place are here, including the song brief and submission process.
Tina Broad, Campaign Director, ‘Music. Play for Life’
Tel: 02 44 54 3887 Fax: 02 44 54 3882 Mob: 0439 022 257
www.musicplayforlife.org
The people’s movement for more music: in schools, communities, everywhere
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Go to resource: Songs for Teaching is an American website that offers downloadable songs for teaching various non-music subjects, integrating music into learning tasks. Users need to purchase songs. Each song is searchable via subject name or via artist name.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Go to resource: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra offers programs for school children, and provides in conjunction with these, resources for teachers. Past kits from previous Meet the Music series can be viewed online and requested from the SSO. The site also gives links to Meet the Music events and other educational events.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Go to resource: The Great Australian Songbook – celebrating 100 years of classic songs for Aussie kids, published 2000 by ABC Music, is a CD of Australian songs suitable for children. The lyrics for all of the songs are included with the CD. The CD was produced by Jon Kane and features musicians Marcus Holden, Genni Kane, Hugh Moran, Mark Walmsley and John Kane.
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Go to resource: Using Music in the Classroom, an article published on the site “Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age” gives resources and hints on incorporating songs with other subjects such as Maths. Links are given to online sources for further activities and songs.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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/
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...VCE masterclass day
… for voice and piano on September 4
at Melbourne High School
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Voice Workshop for Secondary Students
Your students will have the chance to experience a group warm-up and Feldenkraisworkshop with MCM Convenor of Voice Stephen Grant, masterclasses with stafffrom VCASS and the MCM, and ensemble singing with VCASS Head of Choral Studies Claire Preston. A day not to be missed for the serious singing student!
This workshop has been designed for classical voice students aged 14 to 18, and is especially relevant to those undertaking VCE Music Performance or preparing for AMEB exams.
Date: Friday 4 May, 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Cost: $55 per participant
Venue: VCASS, 57 Miles Street, Southbank, VIC
Enrolments: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/programs/youth/voice
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