For Sorry Day (26 May 2011) or for Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June 2011) listen to Black Arm Band’s music on YouTube (www.youtube.com) and discuss the band’s motivation for performing (read on). Listen to Gurrumul Yunupingu’s soulful music (eg. Wiyathul) while doing written work (www.grooveshark.com lets you listen for free).

Black Arm Band has just been asked to perform at the London Olympics in 2012

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/25/3226432.htm

The aim of Black Arm Band (www.blackarmband.com.au) is: “It is a creative meeting place for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists and producers to develop, perform, promote and celebrate contemporary Australian Indigenous music as a symbol of resilience and hope in the spirit and action of reconciliation.”

Aboriginal stories about life and life-cycles revolve around 4 different natural elements.

Sun, Moon, Water, Land

Divide your class into 4 groups, each labelled Sun, Moon, Water or Land. In 15 minutes they will choose classroom instruments and/or sound sources to depict their label … Each group performs to the rest of the class … Discuss and decide upon a logical order for the soundscape sections … Perform all 4 sections in their order.

Go to resource: Ambient Orchestras (Vic) offer a disability program, consisting of creating and performing music, for those with an intellectual disability.

Read more…

Go to resource: An Integrated Expressive Arts Program: drama, dance, art, music was written by Wendy Schiller and Ann Veale. Published by the Australian Early Childhood Association, 1989.

Read more…

Go to resource: An Introduction to Music in Early Childhood Education by Joanne Greata is published by Thomson Delmar Learning, New York, 2006. Read more…

http://www.artmusfair.eu/education/

A European Network Conference on Education of Contemporary Music – from Kindergarten to Generation 50+ in the frame of the “Weimar Spring Festival of Contemporary Music”

That is the artmusfair.EDUCATION from 28 April until 01 May 2011 in Weimar

New Music for New Audiences, under this motto the European Composers’ Forum initiates the first special issue of the ARTMUSFAIR network conferences, named artmusfair.EDUCATION 2011, as part of the XII. Weimar Spring Festival of Contemporary Music. German and European actors and experts from the music scene (composers, musicians, etc.) and music education (teachers, university lecturers, audience developers, etc.) are invited to join together in the three-day networking conference from 28 April until 01 May 2011 in Weimar to take part in round tables, workshops, project presentations and concerts, to update each other on their skills, experiences and different backgrounds to consequently forward the important field of teaching contemporary music in a modern education context.

ArtPlay is an arts centre in Melbourne that provides school and holiday programs for children and youth. Read more…

Go to resource: The Arts Learning Framework outlines ideas and outcomes for the teaching of the Arts at all stages of learning according to the South Australian curriculum. Read more…

Go to resource: ArtsEdge Kennedy Centre Music Lesson Plans (USA) offers dozens of music lesson plans, many of which are integrated with other subjects such as science and maths. Read more…

Go to resource: Auralia is a comprehensive ear-training software package, published by Sibelius. Read more…

Go to resource: Aussie rhyme and song sinaglong with Matthew Perry by Matthew Perry, and published by Jane Curry Publishing, 2005, is a volume of Australian songs for students aged 0 to 5. Read more…

Register your school in Australia’s biggest music program

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, 1^st 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!

Go to resource: The Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk Inc (ANCOS) is the Australian organisation for Schulwerk music education methodology, and is linked to the Orff Institute in Salzburg. Read more…

Nominations for the 2011 Awards for Excellence in School Music Education are due to close on Friday, 1st April, 2011. The awards aim to recognise music teachers and school leaders for their exceptional contribution to enhancing the status and quality of music education in their schools.

There will be up to eleven teacher Awards and up to two school leader Awards. Each recipient of an Award will receive a certificate and a cheque for $5,000, which is intended to be used to further their professional learning related to music education.

All details about the 2011 Awards, including Guidelines, and nomination forms are available on the website at:

http://musicawards.asme.edu.au/

Go to resource: Catch a Song: a developmental music program by Deanna Hoermann and Doreen Bridges, illustrated by Bruce Treloar, was published by Holmes McDougall Australia-Dominie, Brookvale NSW, 1988. Read more…

Go to resource: The CEO Creative Arts Primary Curriculum (NSW) is the arts curriculum for NSW Catholic schools.

Read more…

Go to resource: Children, meaning-making and the arts, edited by Susan Wright, is published by Pearson Education, Frenchs Forest NSW, 2003. Read more…

Go to resource: The Childrens Music Portal (USA) is a free portal that offers links to resources for children’s music.

Read more…

Go to resource: Classic Kids (various) is a collection of Classical music recordings that are suitable for children. Read more…

Go to resource: The Classical Music Library is an online resource that gives subscribers access to most Western classical recorded pieces (over 450000 tracks). Read more…

YOUTUBE LINK HERE

Aston String Quartet plays a ‘classical interpretation’ of a Cold Play song

Play it to any age-group

Go to resource: Classics for Kids is a podcast station that streams classical music suitable for children.

Read more…

Go to resource: Clinical Applications of Music Therapy in Developmental Disability, Paediatrics and Neurology is edited by Tony Wigram and Jos De Backer, and published by J. Kingsley Publishers, 1999.

Read more…

http://cmer.arts.usf.edu/

Go to resource: Comparing Dalcroze, Orff and Kodaly: choosing your approach to teaching music by Gilles Comeau and published by CFORP, Vanier – Ontario, 1995, is translated from the 1995 thesis by Comeau. Read more…

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

Go to resource: The Curriculum Framework Learning Statement for the Arts is published by the Curriculum Council of WA, 1998. Read more…

Go to resource: Dalcroze Australia is the official Dalcroze association in Australia and offers courses for teachers. Read more…

Go to resource: Dalcroze Eurhythmics – Music Through Movement : Early Childhood Education Lessons and Ideas for Teachers in Music by Heather Gell and edited by Joan Pope, is published by the Heather Gell Dalcroze Foundation, Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education, Nedlands WA, 2006. Read more…

Go to resource: Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Today’s Music Classroom by Virginia Hoge Mead, is published by Schott Music Corporation, New York, c1994. Read more…

Go to resource: Dalcroze Today: an education through and into music by Marie-Laure Bachmann is published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991. Read more…

Early Childhood Music Workshop at Hillcrest (Berwick, Vic) on Friday November 4^th from 1.00 – 3.00pm.  The session is being run by KMEIA and promises to give you some fantastic ideas for things to do with students from kinder up to year 2.  Please come along and support this workshop so that we can enjoy more of these kind of opportunities in this area in the future.

What: KMEIA Early Childhood Music Workshop

Theme: The theme of the workshop is “Once Upon A Rhyme….accessible music repertoire for kinder/Music teachers.

When: Friday 4^th November, 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Where: Hillcrest Christian College, 500 Soldiers Road, Clyde North (Berwick).

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me and I can email you a flier.

Kind regards, Mrs Kirsty Graham, Co-ordinator of Junior School Music, Hillcrest Christian College

kirsty.graham@hillcrest.vic.edu.au

www.vosa.org/events/?action=detailed&ID=181

August 18-19, 2012 @ Kew

Go to resource: Early Childhood Music Education (ECME) is under the International Society for Music Education (ISME) umbrella. Read more…

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

LINK HERE to South Australia’s Early Childhood Organisation professional development page.

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

Watch it here

Go to resource: Early Stage 1 Music Resources are published by the Department of Education and Training (NSW).

Read more…

VOSA are pleased to present the 15th ECCPA conference in Melbourne (MLC, Kew).

ECCPA is geared to everyone who works with young children 0- 8 years.  The conference will:
Reinforce the benefits of music and the arts for a musical journey
Explore holistic education for young children
Over 42 ‘hands on’ workshops to choose from in one weekend
Be Ideal for anyone working with young children (0-8 years)
Provide outstanding professional development for participants
Boost your confidence and renew your enthusiasm in areas of creative expression such as singing, dancing, percussion instruments, language and play
Provide ways of integrating creative arts concepts into many aspects of daily activities
Provide outstanding opportunities to network with others in this special field
Provide the opportunity to view and buy a wonderful range of resources
For more information or to register online please visit the VOSA website at www.vosa.org or contact the VOSA office at admin@vosa.orgor call 61 3 9015 8350.

Go to resource: edna – music resources offers 128 resources for school music teachers and is published by the Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Australian Government. Read more…

Go to resource: EQ Australia (Education Quarterly Australia) is a print/online magazine for teachers, published by the Curriculum Corporation. Read more…

Go to resource: ESL through music (Canada) is a site that offers links to resources suitable for integrating music activities with ESL objectives.

Read more…

2 hours of Marimba, wacky instruments and echo-cello playing: 20 November @ 2pm – 4pm @ Research, Vic

www.vosa.org/events/?action=detailed&ID=183

Teach long and short notes with flash-cards of rainbows and raindrops. Teacher claps a rhythm – student claps it back – student arranges rainbows and raindrops to create the rhythm. Follow link to game and flash-cards here.

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.

Free worksheets from Color in My Piano website. Topics include discovering the piano keyboard, making tetrachords, write scales and chords, applying barlines …

Go to resource: Full Pitcher – Music for Special Needs (UK) provides links to information about implementing music programs and activities for students with disabilities.

Read more…

http://grooveshark.com/

A free service (blocked to many students, but usually available to teachers) whereby you can listen to and playlist thousands of songs for free, while you are online.

Download is not possible (nor would it be ethical!).

Not a complete repertoire as yet – for instance you won’t find music of the recent Royal Wedding, or anything from the “Black Arm Band”.

You WILL find many indigenous / Aboriginal artists on GrooveShark: Gurrumul Yunupingu, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, didgeridoo music, “Rough Guide to Australia Aboriginal Music”, Saltwater Band, Yothu Yindi …

‘Hearts in Harmony’ – a ‘fun’tastic community music day for all ages at ACU in Fitzroy, presented by the School of Education, Australian Catholic University (ACU).

This day is open to all ages, backgrounds and abilities – no musical experience is required. Join Jon Madin, Geelong’s local teacher/composer/instrument inventor and play some of his wonderful and wacky instruments such as marimbas, echo cellos, shaker rings and musical bikes.

Go to resource: Heather Gell’s Thoughts on Dalcroze Eurhythmics & Music Through Movement is edited by Joan Pope and published by CIRCME, University of Western Australia in association with the Heather Gell Dalcroze Foundation, Nedlands, WA, c1996. Read more…

Go to resource: Homemade Instruments is a site that gives instructions for the crafting of instruments from everyday materials.

Read more…

Go to resource: HotChalk (USA) is a site that offers lesson plans, grouped according to different disciplines and age ranges, including music. Read more…

Go to resource: I Can by Cathy Blair is a book of songs for early-childhood and infants students. Read more…

Go to resource:  Instrumental Music Teaching Resource was written by Amanda R Watson and published by the Australian Society for Music Education.

Read more…

Go to resource: Issues in expressive arts curriculum for early childhood: an Australian perspective. Published in 1996, guest editor Wendy Schiller. Read more…

Part way down the page of Mustech Wiki you’ll find a long list of resources for Interactive Whiteboards in Music education.

Go to resource: Jozzbeat produces classroom Music, ensemble and percussion resources. Their ‘JellyBeans’ series features large format notation books for 4 part percussion (or IWB resource) with CD accompaniment tracks and lesson suggestions. Jozzbeat also offers Professional Development school workshops.

An entertaining article by a Primary Music teacher who entertains her students with bubbles, colourful hats and knock-knock jokes … in the interests of keeping students on task.

http://theapple.monster.com/training/articles/858-keeping-students-engaged-in-music

KMEIA Victoria is holding the “Autumn Seminar” early next term on Friday 6^th and Saturday 7^th May.  This year we have a variety of workshops which are specifically aimed at children in Kindergarten and early primary school – lots of ideas for music-making with little kids!  You can come to both days of the conference, or only one day if that suits you better.

At this year’s Autumn Seminar for the first time an Early Childhood Stream of workshops has been added. The sessions on offer are suitable for those working with children 0-8yrs. If you cannot attend both days it is possible to come for one day only.

Sessions on offer include:

Hushed Moments – Music & Spirituality in Early Childhood

Early Childhood Music Teaching Techniques

Sing Me Another Story – Picture Books for Children

Materials to Nurture Numeracy  and Literacy

Songs, Rhymes & Dances for  the Young and the Young at Heart!

FRIDAY 6 & SATURDAY 7 MAY 2011

Venue: Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre in Preston

Key presenters: Daniel Crump & Gail Godfrey (Queensland), Susan Searle, Robert Stewart & Julia Trifonov (Melbourne).

Early Childhood Presenters: Gail Godfrey, Melissa Dods, Anna Mlynek-Kalman

Website: www.kodaly.org – click on ‘Events’ and then ‘Victoria’.

www.kodaly.org.au/events/includes/attach/198-20110728213015.pdf

theme = TIME: The Importance of Music Education

Adelaide 2-5 October 2012

wrightstuffmusic.com/in-the-classroom/making-music-fun/

Wright Stuff Music offers a list of links for fun online music activities (K-12)

Use foam blocks and toy monkeys to help teach music to young children. Read more here …

Free from ‘Color in My Piano’

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

Don’t forget – registration for our biggest school music initiative, Music: Count Us In, opens soon too!

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!

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

Go to resource: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is a professional orchestra and offers education programs to schools. Read more…

A FREE online tool to help teachers/parents get MORE music in Australian schools.

http://moremusictoolkit.org.au/

Just launched – check it out!

Includes case studies from award-winning Australian schools, as well as practical advice on overcoming potential hurdles.

Go to resource: More on Music Instruction of Classroom Teachers: Early Childhood, by Rachel Hocking, was published in the Music Forum Vol. 14, No. 3. Sydney: Music Council of Australia. Read more…

http://www.pruewhoo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Bullying-Anti-Discrimination-July-2011.docx.pdf

This article talks about the connections between primary music and the mainstream curriculum (including anti-bullying). Prue has written a song with accompanying booklet called “It’s OK to be different”. You can view a sample HERE.

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!

Go to resource: Music Education at About.com (USA) is a listing of lesson plans submitted by teachers and endorsed by academics. Read more…

Go to resource: Music in Action is a magazine published by the Australian Music Association. Read more…

Go to resource: Music in childhood: from preschool through the elementary grades, written by Patricia Shehan Campbell and Carol Scott-Kassner. Read more…

Go to resource: Music Lifesavers by Nita Temmerman and Graeme Askew, was published by Ashton Scholastic, 1990. Read more…

Go to resource: Music Skills for Classroom Teachers, by Robert Winslow, Shelley Wiest and Leon Dallin, is published by McGraw Hill, Boston, 2001. Read more…

Go to resource: Music, movement and the young child, by Heather Gell, is published by Australasian Publishing Company, Sydney, 1973 (New Revised Edition). Read more…

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

Read more at the website: www.melbournerecital.com.au/musicplay

MusicPlay is an exciting summer holiday music festival for children and families @ Melbourne Recital Centre. Over several days MusicPlay aims to encourage young music lovers and their families to immerse themselves in music through an array of interactive concerts and musical activities.

Our concerts on the big stage pack a big punch while our Pop Kids concerts feature popular music genres all providing a fun and interactive experience to inspire the child within everyone.

Melbourne Recital Centre’s foyers come alive with a range of free, fun and interactive experiences. Activities include amazing sound installations and face painting available all day!

Go to resource: The Naxos Music Library is an online library of over 550000 tracks of music including classical, jazz, world, nostalgia, Chinese music, rock and pop, and other genres of music. Read more…

Go to resource: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Interactive Kid’s Site offers interactive online music games about orchestral instruments, composition, composers, musicians, and conductors.

Read more…

http://australianmusiceducators.ning.com/ is an Australian discussion forum for music educators.  It was set up with the intent of discussing ideas on classroom band programs, but it really is a forum for discussion on any aspect of Australian music teaching from P-12.  At present there is a small group of members, but I am hoping to build it up and draw on a wide range of professional knowledge and experience.

This group is completely FREE (in a monetary sense, not a moral or metaphysical sense).

Please come along and check it out.  The page is run as a ning, which is basically a social network with a particular focus.  It is great for online discussion, linking of video and photo and has facility for you to blog.  All you need to do is create an account.

Go to resource: Orff NSW is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in music education, and is the NSW branch of the national association for Schulwerk methodology.

Their site has links to membership details, workshops, conferences, and further professional learning.

Go to resource: The Orff Schulwerk Association of South Australia is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in music education, and is the SA branch of the national association for Schulwerk methodology. Read more…

Free, animated song-book (video) of the classic children’s song “Over in the Meadow”. One of many animated book / songs on the Barefoot Books website.

www.barefootbooks.com/story/childrens-crafts-activities/over_in_the_meadow_video/?utm_source=US%2BConsumer%2B&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Over%2Bin%2Bthe%2BMeadow%2B

Go to resource: Overview of Early Childhood Music Education Research by Dr Peter De Vries and Dr Greg Hurworth gives an outline of available research and directions for future advocacy. Read more…

click here for free sample: Pack Away Song and activity

Musical Child sells songs and activities for Early Childhood Music. They also run teacher training workshops.

“We value the traditional repertoire of children’s nursery songs and nursery rhymes.
We have great presenters.
We understand the value of live music.”

http://crescendo.com.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=91&Itemid=32

The first powerpoint has some examples of early childhood / lower primary songs and teaching ideas. It starts with a cute tree which illustrates how music fits into the various components of a child.

The second powerpoint on this site is an advocacy presentation for music education in schools.

The following ideas come from musicroomburns.net

Advocating in these following small ways will get you noticed by the parents and the community:

• Posting students’ works on websites
• Sending students’ musical creations home to parents via CDs
• Inviting parents into the music classroom to participate with their children
• Having your ensembles perform in the community
• Attending community events so parents see the music teacher participating in the community
• When your music students participate in community events or some sort of competitions, write a press release to the local newspaper
• Ask the Board if the students can perform at the beginning of the meeting
• And there are so many more ideas that would be more specific to your situation

http://pom.sagepub.com/

A free online publication – Psychology of Music

Go to resource: Resourcing the Curriculum – Arts (WA) is a government website offering support for the implementation of arts teaching in schools. Read more…

Go to resource: Rhythm, Music & Education by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, published by the Dalcroze Society, London (originally in 1921) sets out the Dalcroze methodology for music education. Read more…

If you’d like to share your lesson ideas, lesson plans, term planners, great music ed. websites or anything else to do with Music Education for 0 – 18 year olds, please email schools.mpfl@mca.org.au

THANKS IN ADVANCE for helping out colleagues across Australia

Go to resource: Sing Along Midis and Lyrics is a site hosted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Services (USA) and features songs from well-known children’s movies. Read more…

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. Read more…

Go to resource: Spotlight on assessment in music education (USA) was published by MENC in 2001.

Read more…

acmf.com.au/results/

The above website links to the 2011 prize-winners of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation song-writing competition. Categories catered for students aged 5 through to 18. LESSON IDEA: Listen to the winning songs (from the website) for each class’s age-category and discuss the strengths and musical elements of each winning song.

The first of SSO's accredited Professional Learning for
Primary Music teachers will be held at Haberfield Public School based on the
repertoire of the Schools Concerts held at the ABC, Ultimo.

Using Orchestral Music effectively in the Classroom (Early Stage 1-3)
ABC Schools Concerts Stages 1
www.sydneysymphony.com/education/schools/stage_1/
Saturday 10 March 9.30am-3pm

Registration from 9am
Haberfield Public School, Denman Ave, Haberfield

This course is accredited with the NSW Institute of Teachers and will be
presented by two very experienced primary teachers, Rita Fin and Vanessa
South.

Whether or not you are bringing your students to the ABC Concert Series this
year, the course should provide you with a number of activities and
resources to use in your classroom. The course is designed for specialist
and non-specialist music teachers.

For more details see our website:
www.sydneysymphony.com/education/professional_learning_program/professional_learning_seminars/

Go to resource:  Creative Arts lesson plans posted by teachers – some links no longer work. Read more…

Go to resource: Teaching Music Magazine is a periodical published by MENC (Music Educators National Conference, USA) and is available online via subscription. Read more…

Go to resource: Teaching rhythmics: principles and guidelines for teachers of Dalcroze eurhythmics by Elizabeth Vanderspar, is published by the Dalcroze Society, London, 2005, and is recommended by Dalcroze Australia.

Go to resource: The Arts Assessment Map provides student work samples that are at different levels of achievement.

Read more…

Go to resource: The Creative Arts: a process approach for teachers and children by Linda Carol Edwards is published by Merrill, Boston, 5th edition 2010. Read more…

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. Read more…

Go to resource: The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (NSW), located at Penrith in Sydney’s west, offers music education programs for schools and instrumental tuition. Read more…

Go to resource: The rhythm inside : connecting body, mind, and spirit through music by Julia Schnebly-Black and Stephen Moore, is published by Rudra Press, Portland, Oregon, c1997, and is recommended for teachers by Dalcroze Australia. It has a section on Dalcroze exercises.

Go to resource: The Song Room offers music programs to school students, particularly those who have no access to music teachers, and disadvantaged students. Their aim is to create self-sustaining music programs in schools. Read more…

Go to resource: The Unfolding Human Potential: an exploration of the teaching of eurhythmics by Mary Brice, and published by Editions Papillon, Geneva, 2004, examines the methodology of Dalcroze. Read more…

Go to resource: Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) for The Arts set out the structure of arts learning in Victorian public schools.

Read more…

Go to resource: The Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in music education, and is the Victorian branch of the national association for Schulwerk methodology. Read more…

Go to resource: VOSA (Vic Orff Schulwerk Assoc) Resources, articles, ideas and lesson plans for incorporating the Orff approach to Music education (hands-on percussion and ensembles). Resources are split into two sections: Early Childhood resources (aged 0 – & ages 9+. Also includes ideas for Music and movement.

We’ve got the Music & Music: Count Us In online resources are up and going, Jozzbeat-style. They are accessed via this page:

www.jozzbeat.com/MCUI2011/home

Jozzbeat will give each school a free log-in (after the school has registered for Music: Count Us In at www.musiccountusin.org.au)

OR

Existing customers of Jozzbeat that come through as MCUI registrees can just use their existing JozzBeat website password/username to access the resources.

Grab a group of kids, log on, learn the song, add some percussion, and have a fun lesson

Go to resource: The West Australian Orff Schulwerk Association is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in music education, and is the WA branch of the national association for Schulwerk methodology. Read more…

Go to resource: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is a professional orchestra resident in Western Australia.

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