http://nevfam2.tripod.com/material/psalm23.htm

The 23rd Psalm re-written as a Choir Master.

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

PLENARY SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imants Tillers, artist

Kim McConville, Executive Director, Beyond Empathy, NSW

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

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

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

Alice Thwaite, Director, Equal Arts, Newcastle, UK

Dominic Campbell, Festival Director, Bealtaine, Ireland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 2012, a3 – Australian Arts Alive will present four performing arts focused Professional Development workshops for primary classroom and specialist teachers in Melbourne and Sydney.

Visit www.aspagroup.com.au/a3 for more information or to download a registration form.

Start or Revive Your School Choir
Want to make your students sing with glee? Learn simple and effective tricks of the trade to enable you to launch and run a vibrant school choir that students will want to join!

Friday 17 February – 9.30am – 3.30pm

Fun and Easy Dance
So you think you can’t dance? You’ll be amazed at how much fun and how easy these routines are to learn and to teach!

Tuesday 1 May – 4.30 – 6.30pm

Music for Your Classroom
Want to make your curriculum sing? Whatever your skill level, learn how to present music using a fun and integrated approach.

Friday 3 August – 9.30am – 3.30pm

Confident Conducting for Confident Choirs
Need a helping hand? From beat patterns to body language, learn how to take your choir to the next level.

Tuesday 16 October – 4.30 – 6.30pm

Kass Brown

Administrator – PR and Programs

Australian School of Performing Arts

t:  03 9001 1879 or 1800 338 142

e:  kbrown@aspagroup.com.au

w:  www.aspagroup.com.au

Join a3 – australian arts alive as they present a range of performing arts focused professional development workshops for primary classroom and primary specialist teachers in Melbourne and Sydney in 2012. Visit www.aspagroup.com.au/a3 for more information or to download a registration form.

Fun and Easy Dance
So you think you can’t dance? You’ll be amazed at how much fun and how easy these routines are to learn and to teach!

Tuesday 1 May – 4.30 – 6.30pm

Music for Your Classroom

Want to make your curriculum sing? Whatever your skill level, learn how to present music using a fun and integrated approach.

Friday 3 August – 9.30am – 3.30pm

Confident Conducting for Confident Choirs
Need a helping hand? From beat patterns to body language, learn how to take your choir to the next level.

Tuesday 16 October – 4.30 – 6.30pm

Kass Brown

Administrator – PR and Programs

Australian School of Performing Arts

t:  03 9001 1879 or 1800 338 142

e:  kbrown@aspagroup.com.au

w:  www.aspagroup.com.au

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.

RAMEAU Dances from Dardanus, Les Boréades, Castor et Pollux and others

*Richard Tognetti Artistic Director and Lead Violin*
*Rafael Bonachela Artistic Director and Choreographer*
*Sydney Dance Company
*Australian Chamber Orchestra

Wed 31 Oct 12pm-2pm 2012
Sydney Theatre

A mutual passion for Rameau’s perfumed and powerful French Baroque dance
music sparks this new production by Rafael Bonachela and Richard Tognetti.
Rameau’s flair for rhythm and melody, and feeling for choreography, leads
many to name him the greatest-ever ballet composer, certainly the most
influential. Bonachela’s dynamic choreography, innate musicality and
theatricality serve to illuminate this brilliant music, performed live by
the ACO.

This performance will feature and introduction and behind-the-scenes
discussion by Richard Tognetti and Rafael Bonachela, and a question and
answer session at the end of the performance.

Tickets $30. Teachers may book online www.aco.com.au/Default.aspx?url=/matinee
or phone 1800 444 444.

Questions? Please contact Sarah Conolan on (02) 8274 3871 or at
sarah.conolan@aco.com.au

Go to resource: Acting Up, A Melodrama, published by the Kennedy Center, US, and written by Mary Beth Bauernschub, is a unit based on the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Read more…

Enlightenment Assignment – a Secondary school Music assignment for small groups. Lesson structure, assignment work and marking matrix are all included (free).

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

Read more…

Sample Units from Australian Music Educators Assoc (Vic) – under the heading “aMuse VELS Support Documents”

Go to resource: Animal Habitats (from ArtsEdge Unit, USA) was written by Diane Ambur. Read more…

Westlake articles – click on the link to ‘Articles’ to view many free articles/lectures on Nigel Westlake’s film music

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: The Australian Journal of Music Therapy (AJMT) is a peer-reviewed publication that focuses on current research in the field of music therapy.

Read more…

access free, award-winning lesson plan here

This lesson plan is for upper primary students – read a book (as a class), draw each chapter, choose music to accompany the mood of each chapter, create a class movie.

HERE is a scene from Baraka called “Balinese monkey chant”. Baraka is a feature-length film without any script. Show this scene to a class, and discuss the role of music in eastern cultures, how a film can be created without any scripted text, the importance of music in films … Enjoy!

www.charangamusic.com.au/site

Charanga is a digital learning community for music education – once paid up and subscribed, you have access to digital lesson materials and support.

Watch THIS TEDx YouTube clip about a collaboratively-made film by Daniel Johns (from Silverchair) and Josh Wakely. Discuss how music can be inspired by images, stories and pictures. Discuss how film can be inspired by music.

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…

Go to resource: Cool Cats cross arts adventures, published by Bushfire Press for primary students, is a four level series designed to teach integrated arts courses, including music, dance, drama, media, and visual art. Read more…

Go to resource: Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts by Claudia Cornett (2006) is a textbook specifically for classroom teachers. Read more…

Go to resource: Education in the Arts: Teaching and Learning in the Contemporary Curriculum, edited by Christine Sinclair, Neryl Jeanneret and John O’Toole, is published by Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2009. 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…

Eurovision telecasting starts late May 2012. Introduce the concept to students with THIS YouTube clip – clips from 2011 Eurovision contest. Then show the 2011 winner HERE. Discuss with students the way visual effects and dancing can enhance (or detract from) a performance. ENJOY!

‘Face the Music: Which Way To Go‘ is an engaging education module aimed at both informing of, and developing empathy towards, student responsibilities as copyright users and owners. It is aimed at English and music students from years seven to ten.

After downloading the files, start with ‘face the music which way to go’.

A 5 minute video summary of a presentation given by Michael Griffen to students re. multiple intelligences.

http://www.screencast.com/users/mgriffin63/folders/Default/media/1f7632bc-d023-4602-9686-e4aadf9be1f1

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

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…

THIS primary school unit on rock and guitar used the video game “Guitar Hero” to inspire a cross-curricular unit of learning. Navigate using the sub-headings at the top of page.

Curated and organised by dedicated experimental instrument builders Rod Cooper, John Jacobs and Ben Kolaitis, the Hmm… festival celebrates all things handmade in contemporary experimental instrument building and design.

With talks, workshops, performances, makers market and installations Hmm… will showcase unconventional and surprising sound devices from circuit bent toys, handcrafted resonators, hacked TV’s pirate transmitters and fruit controlled synthesizers!

The festival will feature installations and performances from a diverse line-up of renound local, interstate and international experimental sound artists.

Go to resource: Haunting Music (ArtsEdge USA) is a six-lesson unit that focuses on program music through exploration of ’spooky’ orchestral works by Berlioz and Saint-Saens. Read more…

While working with Cambodian organisation “Tiny Toones”, Romi has watched young people throughout the Cambodia tackle drug issues through the power of music and dance.

Listen to the Connect Asia interview and find out how her work as an AVI volunteer and Tiny Toones is having an impact on young people in Cambodia.

www.australianvolunteers.com/about-us-/news/hip-hop,-dance-and-music-changing-young-lives-in-cambodia.aspx

TED talk link

www.tinytoones.org/about/mission-vision/

Go to resource: Inclusion and the Arts (SA) is a Curriculum Services area in the Department of Education and Children’s Services, South Australia.

Read more…

Go to resource: Integrating music into the classroom, by William Anderson and Joy Lawrence, is published by Wadsworth Publishing, California, 1991. Read more…

Go to resource: Phil Tulga presents a list of interactive activities and lesson plans which combine Music with Science, Language and Maths.

Go to resource: Integrating the arts: twelve school-based experiences, published by the Department for Education and Children’s Services, SA, 1997, gives twelve case best-practice case studies for the teaching of the arts in schools. Read more…

Cavallo Capers – a newly released  CD BUONGIORNO SIGNORA, containing 13 original songs, a song book, lyric charts and an activity book for beginner Italian language (LOTE).

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.

How does one find authentic creativity? In his last talk before passing away, Malcolm McLaren tells remarkable stories from his own life, from failing school to managing the Sex Pistols. He argues that we’re living in a karaoke culture, with false promises of instant success, and that messiness and failure are the key to true learning.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

http://ht.ly/4gile

“The Inspired Classroom” website offers concrete lesson ideas on teaching ESL and LOTE students in the Music classroom.

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!

Talk about mash-ups with your middle school music class – where musicians take lots of songs and mix them into a new musical work. Try mashing up the MUSIC. COUNT US IN song for 2011 – the stem files (MP3) for which are freely available here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspTBmTar5U Elephant Song medley from Moulin Rouge (a mash-up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e5kJl9-oV0&feature=related The same Elephant Song medley from Moulin Rouge, but this clip inserts the ORIGINAL versions of songs

Sensitive New Age Cow Persons wrote a new Australian Anthem, which mashes 13 iconic Australian songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BiQxIP0-FQ

Adam Hills has put the words of the real Australian Anthem to ‘Working Class Man’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHs4308nJc&feature=related

A lesson plan on mash-ups can be found in ‘Instant Lessons in Music – Book 4‘ available from Blake Education.

Rhythm and Music Help Math Students (podcast & article)

Kids who learned fractions through a music-based curriculum outperformed peers in traditional math classes.

Click HERE to see more about the publication …

"Academic music: music instruction to engage third-grade students in learning basic fraction concepts"

Go to resource: Mind Matters is a national health initiative for secondary schools funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Read more…

Go to resource: MMADD about the Arts: an introduction to primary arts education, by Deirdre Russell-Bowie, is published by Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest NSW, 2nd edition 2009. Read more…

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. Read more…

Music and Health: events make the link

There is still time to be part of Making Music Being Well 2012, by committing to run some sort of music making event during the week of 21-27 May. It can be a concert, a jam, an open mic session, a drum circle, a uke class – anything that gives you an opportunity to promote the link between music and wellbeing.  Better still, it’s something you’re already doing that week, which you can hitch to the MMBW wagon. We’ll send you free resources and help promote your events. The initiative has gone global this year, with events planned in Hong Kong, PNG and the US! Check it out here.

A resource site explaining the mathematics behind music

http://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue35/features/rosenthal/index

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.

Read this article as a class (HERE) . Discuss the implications of the article (ie. beware what you listen to, as it can change your view on the world). Brainstorm a list of bands / composers that make students feel happy, and another list that brings your mood down.

http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/remository?func=select&id=45

The 2011 (free) Teaching Kit for “We’ve Got the Music” just went online. It features free lesson ideas and teaching resources for Primary and Middle School classes, as well as brilliant ideas for inclusion and special needs. It is designed for generalist classroom teachers and music teachers alike.

All feedback welcome. Bring on 1st September 2011!!

If you haven’t signed up, please do, then you’ll be able to view the Teaching Kit.

Music on the Mind – Music and Therapy

15 August 2011, 6pm, Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre. FREE, bookings essential.

Music can be used therapeutically for people of all ages. Songs can be uplifting, and listening to music may activate imagery that alleviates pain, and transports the listener to a place of aesthetic beauty.

Join Prof Denise Grocke as she explores these aspects of music therapy and shares some of her real life experiences from clinical practice.

A cute 4 minute video to share with any year level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAY1UoQYMHk

After watching the movie, ask your class to create some more musical artwork.

Music Technology Workshops 2012 Presented by Katie Wardrobe

Katie Wardrobe is a qualified teacher (Bachelor of Music, Hons) who enjoys helping people who are short on time and dislike reading software manuals. She is a Sibelius Training Partner and has also worked for Sibelius Australia as an Education and Support Specialist, presenting workshops and demonstrations at events around Australia.  She has worked as a freelance copyist, music arranger and transcriber for more than 20 years and is a member of the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia. Katie now runs her own business – Midnight Music – which specialises in music technology training for educators and students. For more information visit

• All workshops are ‘hands-on’

• Participants should bring their own laptops

• Suitable for Mac and PC users

• Sessions will use a range software applications including Audacity, Acid, GarageBand, Sibelius and free internet resources.

• Software applications will be available to download/install prior to the workshop once your registration has been received.

• No experience necessary unless stated.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

COST

$135.00 (members)

$210.00 (non-members)

TIME

9.30am – 3.30pm

VENUE

Statewide Resources Centre

150 Palmerston Street, Carlton

Melway reference — Map 2B:H6

Booking essential

Lunch is provided

(please advise of any special dietary requirements)

Enquiries Kevin Kelley 03 9349 1048 info@amuse.vic.edu.au

SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS

Full description each workshop available from the aMuse website:

http://amuse.vic.edu.au/PL2012/katie_wardrobe2012.htm

Term ONE

Wednesday 21 March

Integrating IPads into the Music Classroom: Create, play, learn

Term TWO

FRIDAY 20 April

Music Tech On A Shoestring: Creative Projects For Students Using Free Software

Wednesday 9 May

Sibelius in the Classroom: Notation Software Projects For Students

Thursday 24 May

The Remix Project

Term THREE

Friday 20 July

Integrating IPads into the Music Classroom: Create, play, learn

Wednesday 22 August

MuseScore Basics: Free notation software

Wednesday 29 August

Sibelius Basics: Scores and worksheets

Term FOUR

Friday 19 October

Sibelius Advanced: Formatting, drum notation, playback tricks and more

Friday 26 October

FIlmscoring with Garageband

Wednesday November 21

Amazing Audacity: Recording, editing, sound stories and backing tracks

The Midnight Music “BYO laptop” workshops are run by trainer Katie Wardrobe from Midnight Music.

Teachers bring their own laptop to the workshops (or borrow one!) and install free software or demo versions of paid software applications ahead of the session. Sessions include “how-to” tutorials and curriculum integration suggestions. No prior knowledge is assumed (unless specified) and the atmosphere is fun and relaxing.

How To Host A Bring Your Own Laptop Workshop

Hosting a workshop for music teachers in your area is easy. You’ll just need to provide the following:

• a classroom with tables and chairs (adult-sized!)
• access to power for workshop attendees
• wireless access to the internet is desirable
• morning and afternoon tea provisions (tea, coffee, hot water, milk, sugar, cups.  Biscuits would also be nice!)

Other details

• Workshops will run for a full day from 9.30am – 3.30pm (or 10am – 4pm)
• Teachers from other schools will bring their own lunch
• All workshop bookings and enquiries will be taken care of by Midnight Music
• The workshops will be run with a minimum number attendees (approx. 10 people – number to be determined by Midnight Music)

Rates

• Full-day workshop: $150 per person
• Host school/institution entitled to one FREE registration

Enquiries and Expressions of Interest

If you are interested in hosting a workshop for teachers in your area, please fill out this form making sure that you include a couple of possible workshop dates: http://midnightmusic.com.au/byolaptopform

If you’d like more information, please email Katie: Katie@midnightmusic.com.au or visit this page:

http://midnightmusic.com.au/byolaptop

Workshop Descriptions

Please note: other workshops available by negotiation.

Sibelius Basics: Scores and Worksheets

Interactive Whiteboards in the Music Classroom

During the session we’ll talk about effective (and fun!) ways to use your IWB for:

• Teaching music literacy skills
• Delivery of aural training exercises
• Creating a bank of learning resources that can be used many times across multiple classes
• Recording student performances
• Enhancing listening classes
• Creating soundscapes, arrangements or compositions
• Effective class ensemble performances

Amazing Audacity

Easy recording, editing, sound stories and backing tracks.

Great Ways To Use Technology in the Music Classroom

READ ARTICLE HERE

A Finnish study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found depressed patients who had music therapy, as well as standard counselling and medication, showed a greater reduction in anxiety and depression than those who didn’t.

Musical Picture Books
Monday 26 September

Award winning children’s books The Night Garden and The Rainbirds are brought to life at Melbourne Recital Centre these school holidays.

The Rainbirds
David Metzenthen (author)
Sally Rippin (illustrator)

The Night Garden
Elise Hurst (author / illustrator)

The illustrations of these wonderful books will come alive with animation on the big screen, with the stories told through the use of well known orchestral music, including Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

This concert is appropriate for primary school age children.

www.musicatschool.co.uk is a free website of Secondary Music teaching ideas, lesson plans and worksheets from UK Music teachers.

For example, here is a worksheet for Year 7’s learning about how orchestral players are seated:

http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/year_7/Instruments_sheets/layout_worksheet.PDF

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3264682.htm

Listen to an interview about “Musicians without borders” and music therapy with Laura Hassler.

MusicTechTeacher – free lesson plans for Primary Instrumental Music + Technology.

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/

Fresh off the printing press – Instant Lessons in Music (Vols 3, 4 & 5) – photocopiable /digital lessons designed to enhance school Music programs OR leave for Emergency teachers (without the need for musical competency) – suits 11-16 year old Music classes – written by an Australian teacher for Australian students.

Vol 3: Music in Australia

Vol 4: Everyday musicality

Vol 5: Theory, composition & song-writing

New Millenium Records – a rich resource for free lesson content. Most lessons are paragraphs of typed information embedded with free audio files or video clips to support the text.

Go to resource: Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy – School Projects: the Nordoff-Robbins Golden Stave Therapy Centre in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, runs a number of outreach programs in schools.

Read more…

Penrith Valley Learning Centre is working through issues with troubled students via music recording and video creation projects.

Push FReeZA Summits 2011

Monday July 4 – Leongatha Memorial Hall, Cnr McCartin St & Michael Pl, Leongatha
Wednesday July 6 – VAC Building, 121 View St, Bendigo
Friday July 8 – Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

In the July school holidays, young people from around Victoria will have the opportunity to take part in the annual Push FReeZA Summits happening in Leongatha, Bendigo and Brunswick.

Made possible by funding from the Victorian State Government’s FReeZA program, young people aged 12-25 years of age who live, work, study or recreate in the state of Victoria are encouraged to access these free event management training sessions.

The Push’s Artistic Director Shane Wickens says: “The Push FReeZA Summits are an opportunity for young people hoping to organise music, arts or cultural events in their communities, to not only get inspired, but also get the knowledge and make the connections to realise their dreams and potential.”

The full days of programming will feature a range of industry professionals sharing music industry advice and information. Everything from setting up a PA or getting your career in the music industry, to social networking and online marketing tools will be covered.

In Bendigo and Leongatha you’ll be treated to a graphic design and visual marketing session with Mark Lang from Skipping Girl Vinegar while in Brunswick Future Entertainment’s Director Jason Ayoubi (Future Music Festival, The Hot BBQ & Summadayze) will provide an insight into his experiences in bringing some of the largest global artists to Australia.

The days will also feature a special guest info session and live performance from the Yacht Club DJs (in Bendigo and Brunswick only) and Defron (in Leongatha) over a complimentary lunch.

Wickens says: “The Push FReeZA Summits are a fantastic opportunity for young people hoping to improve their knowledge of event management issues, participate in practical “hands-on” workshops, network with their local FReeZA Committees and hear first-hand from music industry experts.”

“The Summits are an opportunity to get involved in your local community’s youth arts activities and have your say on what should be happening,” he says.

All events run 9.30am – 3.30pm / Free entry and complimentary lunch provided

Contact The Push on (03) 9380 1277 or download the registration form/program guide via www.thepush.com.au

‎10 Week Intro to Radio Course: Wed 8th June (Every Wednesday night 6-9pm x 10 weeks)

Voice Over for TV & Radio Commercials Course: Sat 25 & Sun 26 June (10am-5pm)

Compact Intro to Radio Course: Mon 27 June – Fri 1 July (10am – 3:30pm)

Creative Writing for TV & Radio Commercials Course: Sat 5 & Sun 6 November (10am – 4pm)

http://www.melbourneradioschool.com/courses/

http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/recount-2011

PRIZE POOL … for Australian secondary school students who re-arrange the Music: Count Us In program song for 2011. Make it a two week lesson plan or holiday project!

All the MP3 ’stem files’ for each track of “We’ve Got the Music” are freely available on the Recount website or you can re-arrange and add to it by hand.

Entries are due August 1st for re-arranged tracks/songs.

Go to resource: Sing and Dance Around the World is written by Greg Gilpin and published by Heritage Music Press (2006). 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…

Michael Griffin presents a 5 minute video summary of a presentation designed for school students (and staff), re. listening to music while studying – including styles of music that are helpful to study/learning & when music can hinder.

http://www.screencast.com/users/mgriffin63/folders/Default/media/60bb3a14-6258-4ad0-9200-84314ff34f59

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J563P57

Your valuable contribution in this survey will provide important information and the provision of multicultural music education in Victorian schools. We hope to use this research to advise schools and authorities about what schools and teachers need and want. We ask you to kindly spend a few minutes of your valuable time to participate in this investigation regarding Artists-in-residence and multicultural Victorian school music. A research study, The evaluation of authentic practice in Victorian school music programs that include visiting multicultural artists, (Monash University
Ethical approval number: CF10/1125 – 2010000595) is being conducted by
Doctoral student Rohan Nethsinghe and his supervisor Dr Jane Southcott. The
interesting online questionnaire approximately 10 – 15 minutes. All
responses are very welcome and are anonymous. It is accessed by direct link
at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J563P57

Thank you for your time and attention.
Dr Jane Southcott and Rohan Nethsinghe
Faculty of Education
Monash University, Clayton

TeachersNetwork.org – an excellent website (by US teachers for teachers) with free lesson plans. Most lessons require computers as a resource or tool for quality Music lessons – from Bach to Rap! Some lessons include rubrics for assessment.

Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

Watch the video here

Go to resource: TES Connect collates free teacher-created resources from UK. This link is for Secondary Music resources and links. You will need to sign up to view resources – signing up is free and simple.

4MBS FM has been involved in the making of this concert and documentary for 28 years.

Read more here: www.cbaa.org.au/news/4MBS-Gothic-Symphony-Documentary-Receives-National-Cinema-Release

Trailer:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfVg9vn4jCc

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…

ThinkQuest - an interactive guide to the symphony, including information and quizzes.

Top Gear’s “Middle East episode” sees the 3 Top Gear presenters driving up some Iraqi hills (towards the start of the episode) with sinister music in the background. Soon after, they have an epiphany that the region is much safer than they had imagined. As they drive back down the Iraqi hills, the scenery is the same but the background music is fun and light.

LESSON IDEA: Watch the Top Gear episode up until the Iraqi hills re-appear. Pause each time music is played and discuss the mood and instrumentation of the background music. Finally, discuss the effect that music has on our perception of TV images.

The TPN (Tech Production Network) encompasses a vast library of teaching resources for music and technical production in secondary schools and beyond. It also ties in to an Interactive Study Guide which is an online music resource with over 200,000 words of text, interactive multimedia features, video tutorials, quizzes and activities for students studying music and tech production via the TPN.

BROCHURE LINK HERE

There are a couple of pricing models (from $99 per month) based on different education sectors and dependent upon whether the school is offering VET music/tech production courses or standard school music programs. Resources are mapped to the SA, WA, NSW, NT and Tasmanian music curricula to encompass the differences between these state-based training packages.

COSAMP also provides auspice services for schools wishing to offer nationally recognised training outcomes.

Currently they are offering FREE trials of an Interactive Study Guide website to interested teachers (via our Alive Drive technology interface).

More info: College Of Sound And Music Production

766a Hawthorn Rd, East Brighton VIC 3187

(03) 9592 4801   www.cosamp.com.au

On Sunday 20 February 2011, Damon Gameau took out first prize for the 19th annual Movie Extra Tropfest in front of crowds of 150,000 nationwide. The film was titled “ANIMAL BEATBOX”. It creates a type of beat-box using only animal words – verbal percussion of sorts!

Watch the YouTube clip of Animal Beatbox (giggle and smile) then ask students to come up with a list of animals with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 syllables. Next, they can form groups to create a poem, rap, beat-box or verse. Finally, practise saying the animal beat-box creation over a djembe beat, drum-kit beat or electronic loop. ENJOY!!

Bring 2 instruments into the classroom (I used cello and guitar). Ask the students to find similarities and differences. Students should put the characteristics into a Venn digram (= 2 over-lapping circles, with the over-lapping portion being for the common characteristics) in pairs or individually. Play a CD in the background, which features the two instruments you have chosen. Suits middle school students.

Waltzing Matilda free historical resources – LESSON IDEA: explore the content on the Music Australia webpage (old sheet music and old jazz recordings of “Waltzing Matilda”) … listen to and discuss the differences between the old recordings (found at the bottom of the webpage) and the way “Waltzing Matilda” is performed/sung today

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

While listening to the free MP3 of “We’ve Got the Music”, ask students to write their own press release for the local paper, describing their preparation and/or performance of “We’ve Got the Music” for Music: Count Us In. There is a sample press release to be found HERE.

Here are some links I’ve created with ViewPure to allow students to view/listen to scenes from various films:

Shrek: Hallelujah Harry Potter: Hedwig’s Theme (no visuals) Moulin Rouge: Elephant scene Shrek: Dance Party Top Gun: Highway to the Danger Zone Man from Snowy River: the descent

Lesson ideas: describe how the music matches the images, try to figure out melody/chords, listen for mash-ups, discuss whether the music was written to match the film scene (or vice versa).

10 000 guitar picks

4 iPhones perform ‘We are Young’

Star Wars Cantina