http://www.victorianopera.com.au/www/html/589-teacher-training-program.asp?intSiteID=1#anchor591
10% off PD course fee if booked this term (term 1, 2011)
There are still places available for our Victorian Opera Teacher Training Program for 2011. This is a unique opportunity to work closely with professional creative and performing artists who work regularly with our company. After an over-subscribed course in 2010 Anna Connolly returns to lead courses in vocal pedagogy, and Jan Goodall will work with primary choral directors in a newly created course for 2011.
Please also take note of our new Masterclass Series running each term. Specialists include Merlyn Quaife (appearing in our production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute) and Jan Gooda
Step 1. Just get your school, music class, choir or even just one person from your group to choose a piece of classical or jazz music.
Step 2. Send your request to - 3mbskids@gmail.com
Step 3. We’ll e-mail you back to let you know when we’ll be playing your request.
Step 4. Tune in and listen! Easy as that. You can listen on the radio (in/around Melbourne) and stream the show online (all over the world).
Classically Kids EVERY Saturday from 8am – 9am on 3MBS 103.5 FM, with Jacqui and Adam
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
http://www.abc.net.au/learn/sing/ This is a listing of all songs printed in ABC "Sing" books from 1975 to 2006. It contains searchable database and links to the ABC shop.
ACCET Choral Conductor Summer School
Monday 16 – Thursday 19 January 2012 @ Xavier College, Kew VIC
Whether of advanced, intermediate or beginner standard conductors will have hands-on conducting tuition every day. In 4 stimulating days there will be opportunity for participants to increase knowledge of training the voice, of warm-ups, diction and rehearsal techniques, building musicality through body movement, and expressing emotion through singing. There will be repertoire sessions especially for primary/children’s choir; for secondary/youth choir; and for community and church choir. All full attendance participants will get a donated package of some 50 choral pieces.
Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training www.choralconductors.org.au
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: 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…
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!
A note from Jonathan Albertini:
The Blenders youth chorus (BYC) is located on the Gold Coast in Ashmore. It is a passion of mine to increase awareness on the Gold Coast and local schools and get more young men singing this wonderful art form of barbershop. My vision is to see barbershop being taught in the school curriculum. New Zealand has a wonderful Barbershop program in their curriculum for all schools (even more so in the United States). I think the youth need to start getting more involved in a Capella singing and barbershop. There is the potential to build many youth choruses around Australia and there are regular barbershop competitions to test their skills on the big stage and get great performing experience. It is a very social hobby and they will make many friends. There are even opportunities to travel internationally and compete in USA competitions.
At present I have been organising (free of charge) for a barbershop youth quartet to perform at school assemblies to students and show them that “singing is cool” for boys. The schools absolutely loved our performances and now want us to return to run workshops for the boys! I am very excited about this and I would love to build on this even more. We are a not-for-profit organisation. I simply want to see barbershop grow in Australia and reach out to young men who like to sing.
Jonathan Albertini – Musical Director
Mobile – 0407 933 305
Website - www.youth.theblenders.com.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 Childrens Music Portal (USA) is a free portal that offers links to resources for children’s music.
Ideas for Primary choirs and how to choose music and repertoire.
Sydney Morning Herald Article
http://news.smh.com.au/national/choral-singing-makes-you-happy-survey-20080710-3cyg.html
26th November, 2011 @ Canterbury Girls Secondary College
Choral Music reading day – of Australian composers
More information: contact@printmusicworks.com.au
8.30am – 5pm … morning tea & lunch provided … cost $55.00 … booking essential
Presenters = Paul Jarman, Kathryn Sadler, Harley Mead, Mark Puddy
Go to resource: ChoralWiki has over 11000 public domain choral scores by over 1550 different composers.
Go to resource: Creative Musical Experiences, by Robert Smith, is published by RIC Publishing, WA, 2006. Read more…
A UK education program which trains primary school students to lead singing games in the playground – with cross-curricular results!
http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/case_studies/Ex_Cathedra_singing_playgrounds.html
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!!!
Learn about the history of Contemporary A Cappella and how it has changed and flourished from the days of barbershop right through to the new face of contemporary a cappella that can be heard on shows like GLEE and The Sing Off. Discover how to incorporate the basics of vocal percussion into your repertoire while still focusing on vowels, harmony and blending voices. Be prepared to get vocal and mix things up while learning how to develop strategies to encourage your students’ creative side with this interactive session.
GET VOCAL: Contemporary A Cappella Professional Development Day – Friday 5 August, 2011
South Melbourne Town Hall
…with Special Guest Presenter, Robert Dietz (USA) joining the Vocal Australia team.
Introduction to A Capella, Vocal Percussion, Arranging for A Cappella & Vocal MIXUP
View the PD schedule: http://www.vocalaustralia.com/posters/pd2011_email_flyer.pdf
A really positive (UK) article about getting middle school boys to sing!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/may/05/singing-schools
Greasy Kid Stuff is a children’s music radio program which has also released albums of music. Read more…
helpful article – Music teaching ideas for when you are ill or weak-of-voice
Go to resource: I Can by Cathy Blair is a book of songs for early-childhood and infants students. 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…
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.
Dandenong Ranges Music Council Choral Directors’ Workshop with Rhonda Davidson-Irwin
Date: Wednesday 27 July 2011. 09.30am Registration – 03.00pm
Venue: Dandenong Ranges Music Council, Upwey High School
1451 Burwood Hwy, Upwey 3158
Cost: $35 includes lunch
Bookings: Karen Noonan Karen@drmc.org.au ph 9754 6566
The Kidzsongs Professional Development Conductor Workshop is open to all musical directors, music teachers and conductors.
You do not have to have a choir to attend. You may be interested in the project or conduct a community choir and feel you need more information, experience or confidence. The session will involve: Warm up techniques, repertoire choices for your choir, choralography, conducting technique, voice training, choir management, massed item repertoire, hints and tips in teaching repertoire.
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…
KMEIA Victoria is holding the “Autumn Seminar” early next term on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th 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’.
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:
Register to be part of it at www.makingmusicbeingwell.org.au
Mark O’Leary and Young Voices of Melbourne publish high quality choral Music suitable for school choirs.
Mark O’Leary will be presenting three choral workshops in Melbourne this year.
Bookings are now open.
Primary Choirs for Beginners
Friday 16th March 2012
10am – 3pm
DC Bricker Social Room, Beech St, Caulfield South
$99.00 per person
Just (Choral) Conducting
Thursday 31st May 2012
Packer Park Hall, Leila Rd, Carnegie
$99.00 per person
How to Run a (Better) Primary School Choir
Friday 1st June 2012
10am – 3pm
DC Bricker social room, Beech St, Caulfield South
$99.00 per person
Further information or a workshop registration form, send an email or visit:
I will be presenting three major workshops for music teachers in Melbourne this year:
Primary Choirs for Beginners
Friday 20th May
10am – 3pm
Kingston Arts Centre
Just (Choral) Conducting
Thursday 2nd June
10am – 3pm
Kingston Arts Centre
How to run a (better) primary school choir
Friday 3rd June
10am – 3pm
Kingston Arts Centre
Cost is $95 per person, and bookings are now open.
More information can be found by visiting www.yvm.com.au/workshops, or by contacting me at mark@yvm.com.au or 95785459
Ann Lierse has shared a list of repertoire used by boys during Year 9 and 10 massed choral lessons at Melbourne High School (2010). Many thanks for sharing, Ann!
Sample of repertoire for Massed Singing
Night and Day – Cole Porter Thriller – Michael Jackson
Don’t dream its over – Neill Finn Dancing in the storm – Boom Crash
The Rain – Kassey Chambers Africa – Toto
At the end of the day – Schonberg All Night, All day – Traditional
All that Jazz – John Kanter The Vagabond – Vaughan Williams
Oh Pretty Women – Roy Orbison All that Jazz – John Kanter
Bridge over troubled water – Paul Simon Violet Hill – Coldplay
Foxy Lady – Hendrix The Ballad of Swiney Todd – Sondheim
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Derek Sharon Orpheus Lament – Gluck
Selections from Pirates of Penzance – Gilbert and Sullivan
Nessum Dorma – Puccini Finlandia – Sibelius
Pilgrim’s Chorus – Wagner Requiem – Mozart
Carmina Burina – Orff Les Miserables – Schoenberg
Chorus of the Hewbrew Slaves – Verdi A Tribute to Foster – Grainger
Officer Krurpke – Bernstein The Masochism Tango – Lehrer
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
Classical Singing
Monday evenings, 30 April – 25 June
Aimed at beginning and relatively untrained singers, this 8-week course will develop your skills, technique and knowledge in the art of classical singing, unleashing hidden intuitive skills and training new understandings.
Cost: $255
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Performance and Presentation Skills
Monday evenings, 14 May – 2 July
This 7-week workshop is open to all musicians who want to overcome performance anxiety and explore, understand and expand their skills in performing confidently.
Cost: $355
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Voice Workshop for Secondary Students
Friday 4 May
Featuring masterclass opportunities, group ensemble singing, warm-up and Feldenkrais workshop with MCM teaching staff, this is a day not to be missed for the serious singing student!
Cost: $55
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
VCE Rhythm Workshop
Saturday 19 May
VCE students… are your rhythmic skills lagging? Come along to a fun-filled day to sharpen your rhythmic ‘chops’.
Cost: $90
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Guitar Workshop for Secondary Students
Saturday 16 June
Featuring masterclass opportunities, ensemble practice, interaction with students and staff from the Conservatorium, and a special workshop on Brazilian guitar music, as well as the chance to perform in a twilight concert in Melba Hall, this is a day not to be missed for the serious guitar student!
Cost: $55
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
VCE Analysis Workshop
Monday 2 July
Designed for VCE Music Performance students, this 2.5-hour workshop will give you tools and strategies to assist you with the Analysis component of the Unit 4 study design.
Cost: $50
Venue: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Royal Parade, Parkville
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
All courses are designed for adults and teenagers aged 14 years and over.
University of Melbourne staff and students are entitled to a discount of 20% off all short course fees.
University of Melbourne alumni are entitled to a discount of 10% of all short course fees.
Enquiries: 03 8344 3673 or email: rua@unimelb.edu.au
2012 Melbourne Festival of Choirs 7 – 9 April (Easter)
Dr Jonathon Welch AM (best known as the Founding Director of the ARIA, Helpmann and Logie winning Choir of Hard Knocks, ABC TV’s Jail Birds and Channel 7’s Battle of the Choirs), is inviting you to participate in the 2012 National Melbourne Festival of Choirs to be held over the Easter weekend.
Following the stunning success of the 2nd National Melbourne Festival of Choirs in 2011, with over 400 participants, here is your opportunity to collaborate with some of Australia’s best music directors and sing in an amazing selection of Melbourne’s spectacular venues, including the magnificent National Gallery of Victoria, BMW Edge Theatre and Federation Square.
Over the festival weekend, you will enjoy workshops, masterclasses and participating in the Massed Festival Choirs working with some of Australia’s finest choral conductors.
We are excited to announce another diverse and exciting program for 2012 featuring some of Australia’s most dynamic and outstanding choral directors, singers and musicians that will lead workshops and conduct the Festival Men’s and Women’s choruses including Kate Sadler, who took Vox Synergy to the finals of Battle of the Choirs on Channel 7, Peter Mousaferiadis will conduct the Festival World Music Chorus and Chris Blain, dynamic director and leader of the outstanding boy-band a cappella group SUADE, our Choir in Residence for 2012!
All genres of choirs are welcome to participate in the festival (gospel, contemporary, a cappella, classical, youth, world music, barbershop, etc. ).
If your choir is not participating or you are currently not singing with a choir, you are also invited to register as an individual participant and join in this wonderful weekend of singing and fun!!
Register your interest NOW via email: choirfest@hotmail.com
Website: www.festivalofchoirs.com.au
SINGING WORKSHOP for SONG LEADERS – Melbourne
WHEN: Sunday 17th July 2pm – 5pm
WHERE: Princes Park Bowl Club, 109 Bowen Cresent , North Carlton, VIC 3053
BOOKINGS: Call Emily Hayes to book limited places 0400865427 or 03 93437733
COST: $50 Waged, $40 Concession
Check out the great work being done with young voices in small towns around Western NSW!
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
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…
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!
MYM is seeking more males aged 15-30 for it’s Summer School in Musical Theatre (16-20 January, 2012). For more info, visit www.mym.org.au or call 03 9376 8988.
MusicTime! Great Classroom Ideas for Years 5 – 8
Presented by Dr Ros McMillan
Want to finish Semester 1 fired with enthusiasm for Term 3? This workshop, designed for teachers of students in Years 5 – 8, will provide participants with a wealth of ideas for units of work as well as one-off activities that will appeal to students from upper primary to junior secondary.
This is not an easy group to cater for as many Year 7s will experience music for the first – and last! – time in their lives in this school year, while Year 8 students can be one of the most difficult age-groups to engage in music-making of any kind. Upper primary school students, too, are not always the amenable students of earlier years, with most of them having strong views on what makes music as a school subject ‘good’.
Thus, Year 5 – 8 teachers face the difficult task of planning a curriculum that is enjoyable and relevant for their students as well as fulfilling to teach. At the same time they may be required to provide music classes for a one-year, or even one-semester, subject that their school administration believes is all that students need to continue the study of music in later school years.
Working with typical classroom resources, participants at this workshop will be assisted to plan stimulating and rewarding lessons for students of all abilities. Through a variety of hands-on activities, teachers will be shown how to fulfil the requirements of the new Australian Curriculum, one in which a rich, creative and coherent curriculum is at the centre.
COST
$130.00 (members)
$190.00 (non-members)
DATE
Friday 24 June
TIME
9.30am – 3.30pm
VENUE
Statewide Resources Centre
150 Palmerston Street, Carlton
Melway reference — Map 2B:H6
Booking essential
Lunch is provided
http://amuse.vic.edu.au/2011_PL/ros_mcmillan.htm
Ros McMillan has been teaching and researching music education for almost 50 years, including 20 years at the University of Melbourne where she was Senior Lecturer then Head of Music Education, and 13 years as Director of Music at the PresbyterianLadies’ College, Melbourne. For the last decade she has been writing music workbooks for teachers and students with over 10,000 students using her books. Ros is a keyboard player, specialising in improvisation.
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
http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/
This year’s program song is about to hit the air-waves. Registration is being accepted by schools for the 2011 massed singing event on September 1st, 2011 @ 11.30am (AEST).
Associated free lesson plans, teaching kits, free MP3, sheet music, and instrumental arrangements will soon be available via the website.
Signing up via the website is free and easy!! http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/
This year’s wiki site for ‘Music Count Us In’ is up and running. So far there are lyrics, scores, mp3’s, a sing-along movie and a karaoke movie. Keep looking because more resources will be added over the next weeks. Just follow this free link:
http://musiccountusin2011.wikispaces.com
Hope you enjoy it, Sally
Go to resource: MusicTime! : discover things! by Ros McMillan, was published by Hal Leonard Australia, Melbourne, in 2008. Read more…
The National Folk Festival (Australia) is developing educational resources. These include a free CD of 2009 festival highlights & IWB resources about the fiddle.
Clare Bowditch and co-writer Jim McPherson have been busy penning Tales From The Life Of Eva Cassidy, the story of an amazing artist and her songs.
For those of you unaware of Eva Cassidy, she was known as The Songbird, who sold and continues to sell millions of records worldwide, but only after her premature death at age 33. It will be your chance to hear Clare sing a very different repertoire, including songs Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Fields of Gold, Wade In The Water and more. You can find out more information about the show here: www.talesfromthelifeofevacassidy.com.au
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.
Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun!
Ooolation! Tasmania Singing Adventure June 30 – July 10 2011
Young Voices of Melbourne, in association with Festival of Voices and Ooolitic Music is running a singing camp for singers aged 18 – 28 (with flexibility) with three outstanding US leaders – Malcolm Dalglish, Moira Smiley, Joshua Kartes and Jeff Fellinger, along with Sydney percussionist Peter Jacob, Amelia Alder and Mark O’Leary.
We will rehearse for 5 days on the beautiful and remote Maria Island, before heading to Hobart’s wonderful Festival of Voices where the Ooolation! Singers will play a key role. We are looking for singers with experience who love music, performing, the outdoors and have a sense of adventure! Malcolm Dalglish has been runnning these camps in the USA for years, but this will be the first time Ooolaion has come to Australia.
More information is available at:
http://www.oooliticmusic.com/
If you are looking for some musical enrichment in the July school holidays this might be for you. Please pass this information on to any senior or past students who might be interested.
Inspiring Performance Skills workshops for Secondary Students
with Living Music Now
Taking advantage of industry experienced musicians with a professional performance background is now becoming increasingly more important with the renewed focus on performance at VCE level. After refining her approach for the tertiary sector Melanie Atma, performer, musician and composer is now in her second year of delivering her unique and inspiring performance workshops specifically for secondary age students.
LMN workshops provide students with confidence building tools that combat nerves, teach the power of mental preparation and the skill of asking for and offering feedback.
· Complimenting the work of instrumental music teachers
· Students perform their own work in an open and supportive environment
· Great for group or solo contexts developing students prior to recitals and performance exams
· Greater on-going enjoyment for both performers and their audience.
· 90- minute workshops presented at your school
Through the use of (More than just a master class) innovative techniques and tools LMN workshops shift the focus away from competition and comparison, encouraging students to reflect upon their own personal goals, acknowledging their own unique gifts & strengths.
For more details visit: www.livingmusicnow.com.au <http://www.livingmusicnow.com.au>
Or contact melanie@livingmusicnow.com.au
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.
Here’s a lesson idea inspired by YouTube’s “Picture Songs”. Ask a group of students to find 16 interesting / weird photos online and put them in a chosen order. Using another group’s pictures, groups create 4 beats worth of lyrics for each picture. Try to rhyme some of the lyrics. Ask a guitar-playing to vamp a 4-chord progression (eg. C, Am, F, G) while each group raps or songs their 16 lines of lyrics.
free article – an article full of quotes from female music legends
THE REASONS WHY WE SING AND MAKE MUSIC
from Community Music Victoria’s ‘Music In Schools’ Statement
www.cmv.org.au
LEARNING CAPACITIES
Singing and music making together develops memory capacity, attentiveness, pattern recognition, rhythmic understanding and facility, body/mind coordination, volume control, connectedness, curiosity and creative initiatives.
Singing together is particularly good for learning literacy and numeracy. It develops language structure and grammar, playing with language (eg: rhyming, alliteration), pronunciation, accents and rhythm of language. Because there can be limited text and much repetition with singing, it helps to reinforce many of these concepts in an enjoyable way.
TEACHING METHODS
Singing and music making is an effective memorisation device and an engaging introduction to history and culture. It’s great for mood control, for example: facilitating relaxation and calm, focusing and energizing learners as well as content delivery, integration of play and instruction, and the enhancement of events and occasions.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Making music together brings an awareness of self and others, provides emotional expressions and outlet, and develops identity, confidence, self-esteem, a sense of achievement, expressiveness and health (mental and physical).
SOCIALISATION
Making music together fosters cooperation and interaction (together we can do more than we can alone), simultaneous listening and vocalisation, group awareness (bonding/sense of belonging), the direct experience of synergy (the sum is greater than the parts), and embodies the values of diversity and respect across gender, age, culture and skill level.
IN ADDITION!
Studying and practising music is valuable as an end in itself (not just as a way of becoming better at literacy, mathematics or personal development). It develops an understanding and appreciation of a beauty that is uniquely musical. We learn that by manipulating the elements of music we produce different results and can explore this unique and ephemeral art form.
WE BELIEVE THAT MUSICAL ACTIVITY SHOULD BE A DAILY EVENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
• The focus should be on inclusive practical music making with an emphasis on singing.
• Classroom teachers should feel empowered and equipped to lead or provide the opportunity for their students to engage in singing and music making activities.
• Music Specialists as well as providing more in depth musical experiences, including music literacy and instrumental experiences, should be helpful in resourcing the classroom teachers as well as sharing ideas and expertise with classroom teachers.
• The daily classroom music practice need only be a few minutes at the start or end of a session.
• It can be integrated into a current classroom theme or used as a teaching method or tool for other subject areas (see ‘Learning Capacities’ and ‘Teaching Methods’ above.)
• It is important to develop a culture of singing and music making and for it to feel like a normal classroom activity. Five minutes at the start of each day will be more effective for developing a culture than one half hour per week.
A lesson idea for “National Sorry Day” … or any day.
Watch the Colli Crew’s song about reconciliation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsWo9CxqsN8&feature=related
In small groups, brainstorm phrases that rhyme with “reconciliation” and “it’s up to us”
Watch the Colli Crew’s 2010 ARIA Award winning song “Change the Game” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0rJajbIs-o
Create a class rap, make an audio recording, and place it on the school’s website.
Email a link (or a copy of the song) to schools.mpfl@mca.org.au
Listen to Indigenous Australian music from “Black Arm Band”, “Saltwater Band”, “Gurrumul Yunupingu” and “Archie Roach” on YouTube, iTunes, CD or GrooveShark.
One of Australia’s pre-eminent conductors and a passionate advocate of music education, Richard specialises in opera, musical theatre and vocal and choral training.
Join us for this second Music Makers Address, hosted by ABC Classic FM’s Mairi Nicolson.
Plus, performances from 40 young singers from Southern Voices.
The Address will be recorded and broadcast in ABC Classic FM’s Music Makers on Sunday, August 14 at 1205.
DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
TIME: 7pm – 8.15pm
No reservation is required and admission is free.
Doors open from 6pm.
VENUE: The Iwaki Auditorium,
ABC Southbank Centre,
120 Southbank Boulevard,
Southbank (cnr of Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street)
Please join Richard Gill and Mairi for refreshments in the Green Room at the conclusion of the evening.
For further information contact:
Ngaire Duffield, Producer, ABC Classic FM, Melbourne
p: +61 3 9626 1716 | m: 0408 052 336
e: duffield.ngaire@abc.net.au
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/
The Victorian Chapter of the Australian National Association of
Teachers of Singing Inc. (ANATS) is holding a workshop with the
renowned speech pathologist, Ron Morris on Sunday, 18 September at
Melbourne Girls’ Grammar, Anderson Street, South Yarra from 1-5.30pm.
Ron will be working on accent method, breathing and articulation. This
is relevant, not only to teachers of singing but drama teachers. those
involved in productions choirs and speech teachers and therapists.
For further enquiries phone Wendy Todd on 0422 548 237.
Listen to the first minute or so of each track from the recent Royal Wedding (soundtrack available from iTunes).
For each piece of music, discuss the time signature (how many beats per bar) and the instrumentation (which instruments and voices are heard).
Discuss the sound of hymns – organ introduction & massed voices singing throughout (rarely changing colour or texture). Decide which tracks from the Royal Wedding are hymns.
Discuss the process of commissioning a new piece of music. John Rutter was commissioned to compose “This is the Day” to be sung as an anthem for this wedding (performed 29/4/2011).
ABC aired a TV show highlighting the choral direction of 91-year old Jessie Carmichael.
Go to resource: Sibelius Groovy Music is a software program that assists with teaching music to five to eleven year old students. Read more…
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: Sing and Dance Around the World is written by Greg Gilpin and published by Heritage Music Press (2006). Read more…
Cadence Choir is a new community choir for adults rehearsing on Saturday mornings with Steph Payne www.stephpayne.com.au in Port Melbourne. If you are interested, you will find more details at: http://www.cadencechoir.com.au/Home.html
For enquiries phone Rosemary on 0407 332 725 or email romac@iinet.com.au
Joining a choir is a great means of Personal & Professional Development!!
aMuse will be launching the fabulous new project next week called ‘The Singing Classroom’, a workshop program for generalist primary teachers that aims to support, encourage, provide skills, resources and confidence for them to sing more regularly with their students. Please come and join the official launch: Wednesday, March 7, 5.00 – 6.00pm at BMW Edge. Speakers include Dr Ros McMillan, Lorraine Milne, Mandy Stefanakis, two PS choirs, all-in-sing with Susie Davies-Splitter and a lovely cup of tea!
For more details on the project visit the aMuse website: http://www.amuse.vic.edu.au/PL2012/singingclassroom2012.htm
Singing Teaching for Beginners
Presented by
Jenny Caire
Estill Master Teacher & Estill Course Instructor
Saturday July 9th, 2011; 2 pm ˆ 5 pm
NewHope Baptist Church, Springfield Rd
Blackburn North, Victoria
Teaching beginners to sing? Beginning to teach singing?
This workshop is for YOU!
Good technique: where do I start?
How much anatomy do I need to know?
How much anatomy do I need to teach?
Repertoire for beginning singers?
Warm-ups for students?
How can I correct breathy tone?
Smooth transition across the passagio?
Bring your questions or send them prior to the workshop for discussion on the day
Cost: $70
Registration and pre-payment essential to confirm a place.
jcaire@optusnet.com.au; 0404919854
This is an important email to give you the opportunity to nominate a student or students in year 9 or above to take one of 12 places at the Music Count Us In 2011 songwriting workshop. Their response to the brief (as a one minute MP3) must be submitted to us by next Monday 21st March. I know the time is short, but we have to move quickly so the song can be arranged, recorded, produced, pressed and released by early May. Please help spread the word.
There is no cost to the school or student in participation in the songwriting workshop. But each must be free to take a day or two off school (depending how far away from Sydney they are) around the 11 April and be free to travel to Sydney with a parent or carer. All flight costs, meals, on-ground transfers and accommodation are covered by Music: Count Us In. We are still negotiating to secure this year’s mentors, so I can’t give you names yet. But – they are GREAT and I’m sure your students would jump at the chance to work with them.
Last year, nine lucky secondary school students from around Australia – including from Albany and Perth, WA;Darwin, NT; and Coffs Harbour in regional NSW - were flown to Sydney with a parent/carer to work with songwriting mentors Melinda Schneider, Audius and Paul Greene, and producer, John Foreman, to help write the program song. Without exception, each student found it an inspirational experience and a wonderful ‘immersion’ exercise in music generally and songwriting in particular. Lasting friendships were made, career aspirations consolidated and musical – and social skills – built. You can see a videoclip of last year’s songwriting process at the media page here.
All the details about applying for a place are here, including the song brief and submission process.
Tina Broad, Campaign Director, ‘Music. Play for Life’
Tel: 02 44 54 3887 Fax: 02 44 54 3882 Mob: 0439 022 257
www.musicplayforlife.org
The people’s movement for more music: in schools, communities, everywhere
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…
www.funmusicco.com/squiltsheet.pdf
FunMusicCo has provided a free worksheet for use with ANY music listening activity.
Go to resource: Staring a Primary school choir – advice from Sarah Malburg (UK) for “children’s chorus”. At the bottom of each article page is a link to the next topic (eg. Choir Warm-ups & Song Selection)
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 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…
“The Singing Classroom”
A Professional Learning Program for Primary School Teachers
Following a fabulous launch at BMW Edge, AMUSE is pleased to announce that the workshop program for ‘The Singing Classroom’ is now up and running!
The workshops are run in YOUR school for your WHOLE staff. Options include a 1.5 – 2 hour after school workshop; a 3 hour workshop or 1 hour ‘modelling’ workshops with a class.
The workshops are interactive, fun, non-threatening and provide resources that teachers can take into their classrooms and use the next day.
The workshops are a great way for generalist primary teachers to gain confidence and to be given resources that will enable them to sing more regularly with their students. This is great for schools with no music program, but also a fantastic support for Music Specialists in schools.
Bookings are now being taken.
You may be interested in booking a workshop for your school, or may have friends/colleagues in primary schools who could benefit from them – please pass on the details if you can.
Some feedback from workshops so far . . .
“I feel much more confident to sing with my students now”
“I’m excited about how I can use singing and music-making to enhance learning in subject areas like maths and literacy”
“This links really well to our school focus on kinaesthetic learning, student involvement and student engagement”
“The children are pestering me to keep singing the songs we learned in the workshop and I have the resources now to do that”
Kind regards,
Sue Arney
Project OfficerIl Volo = 3 Italian teenagers singing opera.
Newspaper article about Il Volo – the Three Teeners
YouTube clip of Il Volo singing O Sole Mio
Go to resource: Upbeat Music Education in the Classroom, produced by Jeffrey Leask, is published by Bojangles Music, NSW, 1984. Read more…
Go to resource: Using Music in the Classroom, an article published on the site “Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age” gives resources and hints on incorporating songs with other subjects such as Maths. Read more…
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.
VCE masterclass day
… for voice and piano on September 4
at Melbourne High School
Go to resource: Vocal Ease is a NSW Department of Education and Training publication that focuses on singing and choral activities in schools, and supports the music strand of the Creative Arts syllabus. Read more…
Vocal PD for Choral Directors with Kate Sadler at The Sadler Studio
After a lot of interest and questions from Sounds Great delegates, colleagues might like to know about:
THE SINGERS’ SUPPORT UNIT
These 4 x fortnightly Monday evening sessions are run four times per year and are designed to give insights to the workings of the voice and troubleshoot vocal curly corners. The courses have been attended by singers from some of Melbourne’s great choirs, music therapists and singers who have wanted specific help with songs.
All topics covered are of interest to the Choral Conductor who wants draw out a strong, vibrant and cohesive sound from his/her choir.
For more info:
www.thesadlerstudio.com (look for The Singers’ Support Unit)
Contact Kate Sadler:
0421 709 708 or thesadlerstudio@bigpond.com
Voice Workshop for Secondary Students
Your students will have the chance to experience a group warm-up and Feldenkraisworkshop with MCM Convenor of Voice Stephen Grant, masterclasses with stafffrom VCASS and the MCM, and ensemble singing with VCASS Head of Choral Studies Claire Preston. A day not to be missed for the serious singing student!
This workshop has been designed for classical voice students aged 14 to 18, and is especially relevant to those undertaking VCE Music Performance or preparing for AMEB exams.
Date: Friday 4 May, 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Cost: $55 per participant
Venue: VCASS, 57 Miles Street, Southbank, VIC
Enrolments: http://www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au/programs/youth/voice
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-