3MBS FM – Program Highlights 3MBS FM is Australia’s leading Community radio station for Fine Music – Classical, Folk and Jazz.
3MBS FM can be streamed live over the internet, making it easy to tune into their “Classically Kids” program from all over the world: Saturday mornings 8-9am (AEST).
3MBS FM 103.5 if you are in Melbourne!
An opportunity for advanced-level music makers from Victorian Government and Independent Secondary Schools to participate with other like-minded young musicians in the ABODA Victoria Honours Band 2011 with conductor, Andrew Mott. This outstanding ensemble will perform with the ANCA Honours Choir at the Sounds Great Music Educators’ Conference at Melbourne High School.
ACO Matinee Concerts for Secondary Students Two performances exclusively for secondary school students, led by Richard Tognetti Artistic Director & Lead Violin, Australian Chamber Orchestra and presented by Francis Merson, Limelight Magazine. MOZART Symphony K196/121, "La finta giardiniera" MEALE Cantilena Pacifica SCHUBERT (arr. Tognetti) String Quartet No.14, "Death and the Maiden" *Fri 8 Jun 12pm-1.30pm Sydney - City Recital Hall Angel Place *Tue 19 Jun 11am-12.30pm Melbourne – Melbourne Recital Centre Tickets $20. Teachers can book online www.aco.com.au/Default.aspx?url=/matinee or phone 1800 444 444. During these interactive concerts, students listen for key elements in the music, while learning about performance and ensemble techniques. A broad range of repertoire encompassing Mozart, Schubert and the contemporary Australian composer Richard Meale covers key aspects of the NSW & VIC music curricula. Specially tailored Teacher Resources are provided with each booking, providing students with additional insights into the repertoire. Resources include state-based curriculum notes and exercises, recordings and scores. Concerts are tailored to the music curriculum for stages 4 and 5 for New South Wales and levels 5, 6 and VCE for Victoria.
Go to resource: The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a professional orchestra, resident in South Australia.
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.
Go to resource: The Artists in Residence program, is run by Arts Queensland and Education Queensland and funded by the Australia Council. Read more…
Go to resource: Artists in Residence (air) is run by arts@work (Arts Tasmania), and funded by the Australia Council. Read more…
Go to resource: Artists in Schools (AiS) NT is a program run by Arts NT and the Department of Education and Training, NT. Read more…
ArtPlay is an arts centre in Melbourne that provides school and holiday programs for children and youth. Read more…
Go to resource: Arts in Education provides links for information on arts education organisations and collaborations. The site is run by Arts Victoria, and includes information about artists placement in schools.
Go to resource: Arts NT is the government agency for arts in the Northern Territory. Read more…
Cultural infusion together with Reservoir Views Primary School will work in partnership on a one year arts project that explores and celebrates the cultural diversity of the school community thanks to Arts Victoria.
A series of artists and artistic personnel from Cultural Infusion will work collaboratively throughout the year with students, teachers and parents at Reservoir Views Primary School in various art-forms (including physical theatre, dancing, song writing/singing, visual art, puppetry and multimedia) with the end result being a performing arts production that will feature at the school’s end of Term 3 Concert.
Components of the production will also feature alongside the work of professional artists at the 2012 Australia Day Concert that is viewed by an audience of over 10,000 people. We will keep you posted as this exciting project progresses.
Go to resource: arts, culture + me is a Queensland governmental arts program that encourages young artists to become active. Read more…
Go to resource: arts2GO programs for school students are run by Regional Arts Victoria. Read more…
Go to resource: ArtsEdge (Western Australia) is a collaboration between the education, arts, and cultural sectors in WA. Read more…
Australian artists: Alan Vivian, Andy Firth, Barega Saxophone Quartet, Barry Cockcroft, Christina Leonard, Clarion214, Clarity, Continuum Sax, David Griffiths, David Thomas, Floyd Williams, Heather Monkhouse, Irit Silver, Jabra Latham, James Nightingale, Jess Voigt, Joseph Lallo, Katia Beaugeais, Lawrence Dobell, Margery Smith, Martin Kay, Matthew Styles, Michael Duke, Nicholas Russoniello, Peter Jenkin, Philip Arkinstall, Richard Haynes, Robert Schubert, Ros Dunlop & Sue Newsome.
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!
Go to resource: The Australian Music Centre (AMC), located at the Rocks in Sydney, is a comprehensive resource for Australian music. Read more…
Ben Northey is the conductor clinician for a seminar, master class and video workshop for school band directors. We are proud to be able to celebrate Ben’s appointment as Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. This special event is presented by The Grainger Wind Symphony in partnership with the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (Victoria branch). Ben’s services is provided by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the event is assisted with sponsorship from Allans Music + Billy Hydes.
On Wednesday 8 June, at 5.30pm the public Seminar has Ben talking and answering questions about Exploring the Art of Conducting. At 6.30pm, the full participants have a public Conducting Master Class with Ben as clinician but without piano or any instrumentalists. At 7.30pm finger food is provides free. From 8.30pm each full participant in turn conducts The Grainger Wind Symphony in a public Video Workshop with maestro Northey as clinician.
All three sessions are open to the public. You are all encouraged to come to congratulate Ben for his appointment and learn from his experiences in music and conducting from his youth in Ballarat to his studies at University of Melbourne with John Hopkins and at the Sibelius Academy in Finland. Entry fee includes membership of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association (Victoria). Apply to come by the due date so catering can be arranged for you
Full participants will conduct in the one hour Master Class a concert band work of their choice, and conduct the same in front of The Grainger Wind Symphony with about 12 minutes of podium time. There is a strict limit of 8 full participants. The first eight places will go to the suitable applicants who pay their fee first. Applications for full participants will close on Friday 1 June.
The venue is the De Young Performing Arts Centre at Carey Baptist Grammar School, 349 Barkers Road, Kew.
Application form, fees and more information can be download from the GWS website, www.graingerwindsymphony.asn.au.
A joint workshop between the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School for players of all brass instruments from later primary to VCE level.
Directed by Charles MacInnes (Convenor of Brass, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music), participants will have the chance to be part of a group warm up, learn about brass playing techniques, participate in or observe a performance workshop, as well as take part in a large brass ensemble.
This workshop is open to all school-aged brass students (year 5 upwards) of all ages and levels of experience
WHEN: Saturday 23 July, 10:00am – 4:00pm
WHERE: VCASS, 57 Miles Street, Southbank
HOW MUCH: $40 per participant / $20 per observer (teacher)
MORE INFORMATION AND ENROLMENTS: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/programs/short/brass
The Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Victoria is again holding their
annual VCE masterclass afternoon on Sunday August 7th at 2:30pm at MLC
(Barkers Rd, Kew).
Year 11 and 12 students studying clarinet and saxophone are invited to
apply to play and be workshopped. We are fortunate to have Peter
Rickard, a senior AMEB examiner and Head of Woodwind at Scotch College
as the tutor for the afternoon.
Places will be allocated on a first in, best dressed basis so please
apply soon to avoid disappointment!
Other students, especially those in Year 9 or 10 and contemplating VCE
music, are encouraged to attend as audience members, as is anybody
else who is interested.
All enquiries to Fiona McKellar (fionakmckellar@gmail.com).
Go to resource: ConnectEd Arts is a program run by Arts NSW that provides subsidies for school arts excursions, and funds education programs run by arts organisations. Read more…
Go to resource: Cultural Infusion co-ordinates authentic multi-cultural performances, workshops and residencies in Australian schools.
Go to resource: Dalcroze Australia is the official Dalcroze association in Australia and offers courses for teachers. Read more…
Go to resource: The ACO, through its national education program, aims to bring performances and musical experiences to students.
Calls for Expression of Interest for Secondary School Music Ensembles
to Participate in a Unique Live Music Festival
Dear Music Teachers.
We wanted to pass this information on to you regarding calls for Interest for Music Groups to participate in The Royal Melbourne Hospital 2011 Secondary School Live Music Festival – 16 – 20 May. This Festival is open to all Secondary School Music Ensembles in Victoria. We have places for up to 10 ensembles a day over the five days.
All levels are welcome and all ensemble combinations. Places will be allocated on a first come basis. The festival also offers workshops in Music and Health and Music Therapy and there is an award with prizes. We look forward to hearing from you. The EOI process will close end of March 2011 or when we have reached our quota. There is no registration fee.
Background on the Festival
In 2010 we launched our inaugural secondary school live music festival as part of the national Music Play for Life initiative ‘Making Music Being Well. Our festival is proudly supported by our generous patron Mrs Barbara Haynes. The first of its kind, the festival brought the healing and uplifting power of music to where it’s needed the most – inside the hospital’s walls.
“To play at the Royal Melbourne Hospital gave us the opportunity to share the world of music to the patients who may not have access to this. Hopefully we lit up someone’s day and made them smile through our music,” said Penny, a Year 11 student at Wesley College.
Judy Bartosy, Director of Music at Kew High School, said the students were all very excited about participating in the festival. “They’ve never done anything like this before and I thought it was good community activity for them to do. The hospital’s live music festival ties in well with the school’s pastoral care and well-being programs,” she said.
The Secondary School Live Music Festival is now in its second year featuring the Haynes Music in Health Awards. These awards recognise excellence, understanding and sensitivity regarding the unique role music can play in health. The awards are divided into music ensemble categories. All entries receive a certificate and the winners in each category receive a trophy and a donation to their school music program.
Last year’s festival attracted media attention and we believe we can make this festival even bigger.
How to register your interest
To register your interest please go to the Music therapy at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Website
http://www.rmh.mh.org.au/music-therapy/w1/i1001366/
Scroll to the Information about the festival and click on the registration button and fill in the appropriate fields.
For more details please contact the Artistic Director of the Festival – Music Therapy Manager Emma O’Brien on 9342 8304 or email emma.obrien@mh.org.au
Bart Feller is a professor at the Juilliard School, is Principal Flute of
the New Jersey Symphony and plays with the New York City Opera.
He’s coming out in April for a recital, to give masterclasses and private
lessons. The main event is on Tuesday, April 10th (Easter Tuesday). So
this is great opportunity for your students and yourselves to come along
to hear an amazing player and teacher during the school holidays. PD certificates may be arranged.
For a copy of the brochure, email the following address:
Kelly Williams
De La Salle College
Footscray Gypsies World Music Community Orchestra
This is a world music community orchestra based in Footscray in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Our repertoire focuses on klezmer, gypsy and balkan music. In true gypsy style, our sound will be influenced by whatever wonderful array of musicians turn up. Whatever your instrument is, we’ll find a place for it.
Our first performance is booked for the 3rd July as part of the Newport Folk Festival. Many more opportunities for gigs are in the pipeline.
The Footscray Gypsies meets on alternate Tuesday evenings, 6.30 to 9.00pm @ the Bigwest Festival rehearsal room, above the iconic Dancing Dog Café Level 1, 42 Albert Street in Footscray (close to the train station).
Fees: $15 casual ($40 for 4 weeks/2 months).
Concession: $10 casual ($30 for 4 weeks/2months).
Supper provided.
All ages groups welcome (our group spans from primary to mature adults!)
Bring a music stand, pencil and folder. Sheet music provided.
If you have any enquiries, visit www.jensmusicschool.com
email: jensmusicschool@hotmail.com or phone 0413 128052
Melbourne Youth Music is currently seeking expressions of interest from
Victorian outer metro / regional school and community music groups who would
like to host a free Brass workshop directed by eminent musician and educator
Charles MacInnes. Charles will be joined by the brass section of the
Melbourne Youth Orchestra.
There are two dates currently available – Saturday 23 & Saturday 30 June
2012.
As part of the workshop, local brass students and teachers will work
alongside the musicians of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra, preparing ensemble
repertoire and developing brass techniques.
If you would like more information on hosting one of these free workshops,
please email chrisc@mym.org.au.
CHARLES MACINNES
Trombonist and composer Charles MacInnes studied in Australia and Germany
and has worked for over two decades in musical situations spanning the North
German Radio (NDR) Big Band, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Hamburg
State Opera, Australian Art Orchestra, and Australian Chamber Orchestra. He
has recorded extensively for film, and has performed in many new music
ensembles including oh ton, Australia Ensemble, Das Neue Werk, Libra
Ensemble, ARKO Symphonic Project, Astra, and the Elliott Carter Brass
Quintet. He is attuned to the changes in music production and listening
habits of his environment and has presented hundreds of workshops for young
people, as well as Professional Development sessions for teachers over the
past decade including for City of Melbourne ArtPlay, The Song Room, Allans
Music, Melbourne Youth Music, Australian National University, Musica Viva,
Melbourne International Festival of Brass, Victorian College of the Arts
Secondary School, and the University of Melbourne. In 2009 he created an
education program for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra enabling 5 to 11 year
olds to make their own music in interactive workshops, resulting in the
presentation of over 50 workshops. Charles has lectured at the Victorian
College of the Arts, Monash University, and the Australian National
University. From 2009 to 2011 he was Head of Brass at the University of
Melbourne.
Three upcoming free concerts that may be of interest for your staff and students:
Friday 25 May, 11:00am
Brass and Strings Ensemble Concert
Ideal for: Years 7 – 12
Duration: approx 70 minutes
Venue: Melba Hall, Royal Parade, Parkville
More information: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/events?id=365
Saturday 26 May, 7:30pm
Wind Symphony and String Ensemble Concert
Ideal for: Years 5 – 12
Duration: approx 75 minutes
Venue: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
More information: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/events?id=363
Monday 28 May, 2:00pm
Percussion Ensembles Concert
Ideal for: Years 5 – 12
Duration: 50 minutes
Venue: Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank
More information: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/events?id=359
Bookings for the Friday and Monday concerts can be made through Anastasia – email rua@unimelb.edu.au or phone 03 8344 3673.
One Song. One Day. Your School, More Music.
Thursday September 1, 11.30 am
Have you registered you school for Music. Count Us In yet? Visit the websitewww.musiccountusin.org.au <http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/> to register and access recordings of the song as well as FREE choral, band and classroom arrangements!
FREE teacher workshops will run early next term to introduce teachers to the song and all of resources and support material available.
Geelong, Mt Waverley, Bendigo, Swan Hill, South Gippsland,
Mornington Peninsula, Mitcham, Mildura, Cheltenham,
South Melbourne, Lilydale, Caulfield, Carlton,
Ivanhoe and Wangaratta
For details visit the aMuse website: http://www.amuse.vic.edu.au <http://www.amuse.vic.edu.au/>
Or
Order FREE teaching kits for your school
by emailing Sue Arney MCUI@amuse.vic.edu.au <mailto:MCUI@amuse.vic.edu.au>
To download ‘We’ve Got The Music’, and to register your school, go to www.musiccountusin.org.au<http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/> or check out the wiki http://musiccountusin2011.wikispaces.com<http://musiccountusin2011.wikispaces.com/>
www.jozzbeat.com/MCUI2011/home
This is a fun way to learn / teach the Music: Count Us In song for 2011 (We’ve Got the Music). In fact, the song will teach itself, all ready for the massed-music-making MCUI event on 1st September, 2011.
If you don’t yet have a free login, and have registered for Music: Count Us In, please send an email to mcui.admin@mca.org.au requesting a Jozzbeat login.
ENJOY!!!
Attention Music Teachers and Pianists!
There are still some places left to play in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Hands On Harpsichord and Fortepiano day on Saturday 19 March – pianists and piano students of all ages are very welcome to attend.
WHEN: Saturday 19 March, 10:00am – 3:00pm
WHERE: Melba Hall, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Gate 12, The University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville
COST: Free
CONTACT: Anastasia Russell-Head – rua@unimelb.edu.au or 8344 3673
‘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: in2arts is run by Arts Queensland, and is a search engine that provides links to arts for children in Queensland. Read more…
The Jacam Manricks Quartet (New York and Aus) in Masterclass is on this Monday the 30th of May starting at 6pm.
If you have any BASS, DRUMS, PIANO and SAXOPHONE students who might be interested in playing jazz and traveling the world for gigs and study, or you yourself would be interested, this is an evening not to be missed!
The masterclasses will not only be a source of great information but also of great inspiration, as some of the finest players in the world take the stage to explain and demonstrate how they do what they do, give you some food for thought, tips on practice & playing and wow you with their musicianship and skill.
There are still some spots available so please email Nick Wilkins to book your place
More details can be found on www.wilkomusic.com
Go to resource: Kiravanu is an opera written by James Humberstone and Mary Elizabeth, specifically designed for children and integrated with the curriculum. Read more…
Kita Performing Arts Company is an ensemble based in Melbourne and operates throughout Victoria to present traditional and contemporary Asian music and dance. Read more…
Experience and learn from the phenomenal and prodigious Lang Lang as he guides three talented young musicians during this one hour master class.
Information
Ideal for young pianists and elective music students.
SSO has plans to create a DVD documenting Lang Lang’s June 2011 visit. More information soon …
Go to resource: The Listening Mat (published by The Queensland Orchestra) is a double-paged list of musical elements often heard in orchestral music.
VCE Music teachers – do you have a request for a live performance of Australian works?
Fed Square and Patma Music (http://www.patmamusic.org.au/patma.html) will present a new education series in 2012, with a focus on Australian music.
Please e-mail me directly if you would like to hear any particular compositions in live performance (pre-1910 and/or twentieth-century Australian music).
cindy.thomas@fedsquare.com
Concerts will be held in May and September 2012, and will be supported with teacher resources. Feel free to send me any comments or suggestions for programming to suit your students’ needs.
Regards, Cindy Thomas
Cindy Thomas | Fed Square Pty Ltd
Program Manager – Education
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
Medea: Sasha Waltz and guests was a work performed at the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. Read more…
In September 24-28 we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary Melbourne
International Festival of Brass.
We are selling full passes for secondary students for only $150 which will
enable them to bring their instrument and be involved in warm up sessions,
masterclasses, recitals and seminars with some of the worlds very best
brass players. These events will be at the Australian National Academy of
Music in South Melbourne.
Artists include; Mnozil Brass (Ensemble – Austria), Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba
- Norway), Wycliffe Gordon (Trombone – USA), Radovan Vlatkovic (Horn -
Croatia), Rex Richardson (Trumpet – USA), James Morrison, Australian Brass
Quintet and Ross Irwin Invitational All Star Big Band.
For all tickets and information go to www.mifb.com.au
Join us at www.facebook/brassfest
Mai Fali Eh! 2012 Melbourne Millennium Chorus presented by The Boite
Enrolments open!
The Melbourne Millennium Chorus is an annual project presented by The Boite. Each year, 300 or more singers from Metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria rehearse for 9 weeks in venues across the state. At the end of this fun and hard working season of rehearsals and workshops, singers from across the state perform on one stage alongside a line up of inspiring artists and performers at a big concert.
This years MMC concert is directed by Ego Lemos, Timor Leste’s most famous singer songwriter, and Andrea Khoza, with assistance from Stella Savy and Dani Fry. Timor Leste’s newest choir, Coro Loriko, representing all regions of the country, formed especially for this years Millennium Chorus and Schools Chorus concert series, will perform at the concert.
Mai Fali Eh means Come Home in Tetum, Timor Leste’s most commonly spoken indigenous language. It is the name of a lullaby where a mother calls her children home at sunset. It also beckons those who have left Timor Leste to return.
We invite you to enrol in the choir and be part of this very special event.
Rehearsals start Sunday June 3.
For more information
CONTACT: Sam Cooke, Festival Administrator - Sam.Cooke@allansbillyhyde.com.au
REGISTRATION: 27 April – 11 May 2012
DESCRIPTION: Melbourne School Bands and Strings Festival
Wednesday 8 – Saturday 25 August 2012
The MSBSF is one of Australia’s biggest and most prestigious events for school musicians, with over 8,000 students from metropolitan Melbourne, country Victoria and interstate participating each year. Commencing in 1989 with just over 20 bands, the festival has grown to include an enormous 240 concert bands, jazz ensembles and string groups. It aims to support music education for school students, and provides schools with the opportunity to work with a leading international educator as Chief Adjudicator.
The festival format consists of three basic activities. Ensembles perform works from prescribed music lists with educational focus that allow students to experience music composed specifically for this idiom. The students also partake in listening to other groups within their section perform, and take part in a tutorial activity best suited to their category and experience. As well as a performance goal for ensembles, the festival also provides professional development opportunities and an experience to perform in one of Melbourne’s finest performance venues, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University. In 2012, the festival will take place from 8 to 25 August with an exciting gala concert on the final night. We warmly extend the invitation to all members of the public to attend the sessions and gala concert. More information can be found on our website www.allansbillyhyde.com.au
This June the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will open the doors of the Melbourne Town Hall to over 10,000 school students, parents and teachers for the Orchestra’s Education Week – a week solely dedicated to sharing the joy of music-making through the first-hand experience of live orchestral music.
Across five days, the Orchestra will present 13 concerts for audiences of all ages, including a full spectrum of interactive and educational concerts for school students. From Classic Kids with best-selling children’s entertainer and movie star, Jay Laga’aia, right through to Ears Wide Open with eminent Music Educator, Richard Gill, there really is something for everyone.
Following his innovative concert presentations with the MSO in 2011, UK music educator, Paul Rissmann, will return to Melbourne to host Meet the Orchestra and Meet the Music, two stimulating age-specific programs which offer insight into great orchestral repertoire. Paul has devised and led projects for the BBC Proms, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Conducted by the MSO’s Associate Conductor, Benjamin Northey, Meet the Music, for secondary school students, will dissect some of the biggest symphonic scandals in history. It will also feature the 2011 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, saxophonist, Nicholas Russoniello, who will be appearing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the very first time.
Meet the Orchestra, for primary school students, will feature works themed around musical ‘Heroes and Rogues’ and include another of Paul’s signature audience participation pieces (for many, a highlight of last year’s program).
Comprehensive teaching resources have been created for Meet the Orchestra and Meet the Music, and are available for download on the MSO website. Additionally, primary school teachers booking into Meet the Orchestra are invited to join Paul Rissmann for a day of Professional Development – specially created to cater for primary school music teachers and generalist teachers with limited musical knowledge – on Friday 1 June 2012. Bookings for this VIT-registered PD can be made by calling 03 9626 1198.
Concert tickets for students are available for as little as $10 ($8 for Classic Kids) and teachers attend all Education Week concerts for free. For more information, please phone the MSO Education Department on 9626 1198 or visit www.mso.com.au and follow the tabs to Education Week.
Melbourne Festival 6-22 October 2011
“For 2011 we will be producing four Education Resource Packs that will be available for free download from our website. They are packed full with information including teaching notes, classroom activities, assessment suggestions, links and other unique insights.”
http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/news/latest?ed=79&story=10257
Go to resource: The Melbourne International Arts Festival is held in October each year. Read more…
Go to resource: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is a professional orchestra and offers education programs to schools. Read more…
Go to resource: Melbourne Youth Music (MYM) offers programs and performances to children and young people. Read more…
Check out the great work being done with young voices in small towns around Western NSW!
More free lessons are available on musiccountusin2011.wikispaces.com
Try out the Boomwhackers playalong movie (played on glockenspeiel or boomwhackers) & Ukulele playalong movie
Some Queensland schools have recently unblocked the JellyBeans style online-percussion and singing videos, which are great fun! LINK IS HERE Most states have been enjoying this site for a few months now 
Bring on September 1st @11.30am
Go to resource: More Than Opera (Victoria) is a Melbourne-based ensemble that aims to provide accessibility to opera.
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
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.
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. Count Us In is a music advocacy event that draws attention to the value of music education in schools. Read more…
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides around 2500 professional music concerts to venues across Australia.
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.
The National Folk Festival (Australia) is developing educational resources. These include a free CD of 2009 festival highlights & IWB resources about the fiddle.
4MBS Classic FM, Brisbane’s classical music community station, has introduced a new digital radio service, MBS Light. The new service caters for the large number of people who enjoy the lighter classics, such as the music of Andre Rieu.
The service also offers a greater jazz component than 4MBS Classic.
There are plans to further develop content for MBS Light to provide opportunities for Bribane-based artists and performers via the introduction of radio theatre using talented local actors, directors, musicians and composers.
MBS Light has also provided broadcasting opportunities for a dozen additional announcers. 4MBS is one of several community digital radio stations in Brisbane to introduce a new service. For updates on community digital stations visit radius.org.au.
Gove FM, with support from the NT Government, will be hosting Nhulunbuy’s biggest ever festival day on August the 20th at The Hindle Oval.
The Take Control Youth Festival will be a drug and alcohol free event that combines sport, music, workshops and healthy lifestyle promotions.
Melbourne indie rock band Children Collide and Sydney hip-hop outfit Horrorshow will headline the event. Other acts include a number of great local indigenous bands like Alice Springs desert reggae stars the Tjupi Band, Darwin hip hop crews ADK and Emerald Sun and East Arnhems latest salt water reggae outfit East Journey.
Local high school band comp winners The Sleeveheads will also share the stage with former Gove local Tamika Rose’s new band The Riff. In the week leading up to the event The Indigenous Hip-Hop Project will run dance workshops for local youth.
Orchestra Victoria is thrilled to announce that we will be holding eight Education Workshops for music students in regional and peri-urban Victoria this year.
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS:
2012
Maryborough: 6 – 7 June
Shepparton: 7 – 8 June
Swan Hill: 14 – 14 June
Hamilton: 18 – 19 July
Mornington: 25 – 16 July
Werribee: 31 July – 1 August
Sale: 9 – 10 August
Bendigo: 24 -25 October
End of Year Concert Hamer Hall Arts Centre Melbourne: 1 December
For details on how to apply please contact:
Joël Murray, Education Development Manager, or
Megan Dennis, Education & Community Coordinator (Monday & Tuesday)
9694 3600 or info@orchestravictoria.com.au <mailto:info@orchestravictoria.com.au>
Go to resource: Orchestra Victoria offers education programs for teachers and students. Read more…
www.petercousens.com/masterclass_peter_cousens.html
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.
The following ideas come from musicroomburns.net
Advocating in these following small ways will get you noticed by the parents and the community:
‘Saxophony’ – NSW, Australia – Saturday 11 June, 2011
This year the Darling Harbour Jazz Festival is attempting to break the world record for the largest saxophone ensemble ever with 900+ saxophones! They will be playing an arrangement of ‘Waltzing Matilda – Happy Birthday’ (as it’s the Festival’s 21st Birthday). Additionally JozzBeat has built interactive teaching tools for all of the performers so that they can learn their parts and play from memory on the day. It is being delivered online!
There is more info at www.darlingharbour.com/saxophony
Go to resource: Musica Viva provides live concert experiences to secondary school students across Australia.
Go to resource: ShoGo, run by Arts SA, is a government site funded by the Australia Council that sells tickets to arts events in South Australia. Read more…
Shows For Schools lists a huge range of shows available for schools wherever you are. Because they’re all on one site, it saves your time and energy. Search under various criteria. Check out which shows suit your needs. Enquire or Book online.
Richard Tognetti and members of the ACO played for students at Matraville Soldiers Settlement Public School (thanks to the support of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation). The article’s content includes advocacy for music education in schools.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Opera House OPEN REHEARSAL Program. For details follow this link:
http://www.sydneysymphony.com/education/schools/open_rehearsals/
FREE ACCREDITED PROFESSSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS
Accredited with the NSW Institute of Teaching, courses for K-6 non specialist and high school music teachers
April 30 Coffs Harbour Conservatorium 4-6pm
May 1 Clarence Valley Conservatorium, Grafton 4-6pm
May 2 Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown 4-6pm
May 3 Hunter Valley Grammar School, Newcastle 4-6pm
http://www.sydneysymphony.com/education/schools/regional_tour/
REGIONAL TOUR SCHOOLS CONCERTS – GRAFTON, TAREE, NEWCASTLE
Schools concerts – $10 per child
29 May, 4 pm Grafton (Yr 7-12)
30 May 10 am Grafton (K-6)
31 May 10 am(K-6) and 11.30am (Yrs5-10) Taree
1 June 10 am (K-6) and 11.30 am Newcastle (Years 5-10)
PLAYERLINK APPLICATIONS – RIVERINA AND ALBURY
Applications close this week. Please see link below for more information on participating in Playerlink 2012.
Flinders Quartet (free) program notes for April 2011 concert.
new Australian work: Ian Munro’s String Quartet No.2 ‘A Colonial Sketchbook’
Mozart K.413 arranged for Piano and String Quartet
Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op.10
http://www.sydneysymphony.com/education/schools/regional_tour/
Each year the Sydney Symphony travels to regional NSW bringing concerts and workshops to communities who are too far away to attend our Sydney Opera House performances. Our regional tour also includes special performances for school-aged audiences during the day and Professional Learning opportunities for teachers.
In 2012 the Syndey Symphony and Sinfonia are touring to GRAFTON, TAREE and NEWCASTLE from 29 May 29-1 June. For information and bookings download the form below or email education@sydneysymphony.com
Go to resource: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra offers programs for school children, and provides in conjunction with these, resources for teachers. Read more…
Go to resource: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a professional orchestra, resident in New South Wales at the Sydney Opera House.
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Go to resource: The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a professional orchestra resident in Tasmania.
Go to resource: The Arts Centre Melbourne provides education programs specifically for school students, including performances and workshops. 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 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…
Bookings are now open for the upcoming VCE music workshop on Sunday 25 March 2012 at Charles Pearson Theatre, Melbourne University. This workshop is for students studying VCE Music Performance.
To book online go to
http://dsmusic.com.au/events/introduction-to-vce-music-performance-aural-and-theory/
and follow the link.
Bookings Office:
Stockdale ACS, 300 Huntingdale Rd, Huntingdale VIC 3166
Phone: 03 9535 7000
Fax: 03 8610 1936
Enquiries: Deborah Smith
Mobile: 0421 825 302
Email: dsmusicbookings@gmail.com
The renowned State Music Camp of Victoria turns 50.
For fifty years SMC has provided outstanding orchestral experiences for young musicians. The camp offers a rare learning opportunity for students to play music and be tutored by expert musicians and conductors.
Dates: 4 – 9 July (term 2 holidays) Saturday evening gala birthday concert
Rehearsal venue: Huntingtower School, Mt Waverley
Concert venue: Robert Blackwood Hall
We are also keen to hear from past campers who would like to perform in an orchestra as part of the 50-year celebration.
For details visit our website: http://www.statemusiccamp.com.au
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is pleased to announce the staging of the Victorian State Schools Spectacular 2011 at Hisense Arena, Sunday 18 September 2011.
Submissions are now open for Expressions of Interest from Victorian Government school groups wishing to participate in either the massed Dance or Massed Choir sections of the production.
For more information call 03 9415 1700 or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/spectacular
Go to resource: Victorian opera is a professional opera company, resident in Melbourne.
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.
VMTA (Victorian Music Teachers Assoc) Performance Awards – entries close Friday July 1, 2011. It’s a great opportunity to gain
performance experience and receive feedback.
Date: Sunday July 24
Venue: Richmond Uniting Church, 314 Church St, Richmond
The sections are:
Primary School Instrumental,
Secondary School Instrumental
(adjudicator: Peter Bandy)
Primary School Piano,
Secondary School Piano
(adjudicator: Janine Sowden)
Entries close Friday July 1.
The prizes in the piano section are named the ‘Patkin Piano Awards’, in
memory of VMTA’s late Vice-President, Nehama Patkin. These awards were a
great success in their inaugural year (last year), and we hope to make this
year even better!
For more information, please contact the VMTA office
Amy Spruce - Office Manager
Victorian Music Teachers’ Association Inc
C 1.4/1 St Heliers St Abbotsford Vic 3067
03 9415 1314
fx 03 9415 1014
vmta@vmta.org.au
www.victorianmusicteachersassociation.org.au
Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10-3, Thurs 11.30-3
The Victorian Music Teachers’ Association will be holding our first Diploma
Piano Masterclass for the year on Sunday, June 5. It will be presented by
Elizabeth Mitchell.
Date: Sunday June 5, 2011
Venue: Richmond Uniting Church, 314 Church St, Richmond
Time: 1.30 – 4.45pm
For more information, please visit our website
www.victorianmusicteachersassociation.org.au or contact the office
vmta@vmta.org.au 03 9415 1314.
Go to resource: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is a professional orchestra resident in Western Australia.
Go to resource: Western Edge Youth Arts is a Western Victorian not-for-profit organisation that provides arts experiences to young people. Read more…
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.
Deep Blue Orchestra is a new style of energetic orchestral performance. Towns can request a concert (via Deep Blue’s website), and audience members can ask for copies of sheet music in order to participate in one song during the concert.
Deep Blue also promotes young musicians through workshops and their Young Blue program.
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Their site has links to membership details, workshops, conferences, and further professional learning.