From: Anne Trigg [triglads@westnet.com.au]

Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2009 3:02 PM

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Subject: PART 2 MUSIC NETWORK NEWS batch 1

MUSIC NETWORK NEWS

FEB 09 PART 2

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POSITIONS VACANT

WA YOUTH JASS ORCHESTRA (WAYJO): MUSICAL DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR

The WA Youth Jazz Orchestra (WAYJO) is currently looking to appoint a new Musical Director for the 2009 WAYJO Big Band and an Assistant Musical Director for involvement across all three WAYO big bands.

The successful Musical Director applicant will be an established music professional with big band leadership experience. They will be proficient in big band training techniques, able to motivate and inspire young people, demonstrate a good knowledge of big band, jazz and swing music and effectively represent WAYJO in performance situations.

For jazz enthusiasts wanting to train in the art of leading large jazz ensembles, WAYJO is also seeking an Assistant Musical Director for 2009. This is a unique one year training position designed for emerging musicians, band directors, conductors, composers and musical directors to gain experience in front of WAYJO’s three large jazz ensembles. This is an amazing opportunity for aspiring band leaders, with the successful applicant gaining experience in the areas of rehearsal techniques, band direction, performance programming and musical direction.

Ella McNeill Administration 9471 1950, 0439 937 576 WA Youth Jazz Orchestra gm@wayjo.com

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VIOLIN TUTOR

At St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School in Ocean Reef, we are looking for a violin teacher to pick up where we were left in the lurch last year by a younger violin teacher. Call Marion Williamson at the office 93016888 or drop off a CV to 18 Prendiville Drive Ocean Reef.

INSTRUMENTAL TUTORS REQUIRED!!!!

Clarinet, Saxophone Flute. trumpet teachers are needed!!!! Phone 0430 288 773 - Natalie Templeton at St Simon Peter Catholic School 93016888. We have quite a number of parents and students wanting to learn these instruments and are ready to commence straight away.

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MUSIC COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

HEAD OF RESEARCH

The Music Council of Australia seeks a person to coordinate and develop its research program, which aims to explore issues relating to the development of the quality and diversity of music practice in Australia, as well as its accessibility to participants and audiences. The position is initially funded for two days per week. The Research Director will initiate, coordinate and undertake research, and also seek to make strategic connections and bring in funds and contracts to expand the program and his or her position.

MARKETING MANAGER

The Music Council of Australia seeks to appoint a Marketing Manager. The position is for two days per week, with the possibility of expansion should the marketing activities generate the necessary funds. The Marketing Manager will play a vital role in the development of this small but very interesting and diverse organisation.

Apply bulletins@mca.org.au

You can request more information by email to Richard Letts at mca@mca.org.au

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AT WA OPERA

Education Coordinator

West Australian Opera is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and passionate person to join the team as Education Coordinator.

Expressions of Interest should include your CV and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience.

Job description and further information can be found on our web site www.waopera.asn.au .
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RELIEF TEACHERS

ASME keeps a list of teachers available to do music relief and this list is published in “Opus”, ASME’s member newsletter, every couple of months. If you would like to be on this list or you would like your name removed or details changed, please contact Anne at triglads@westnet.com.au.

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:

EDUCATION REVOLUTION? THE ARTS HAVE IT.

Unless the arts are included as a key learning area in the development of a national curriculum for schools, children coming through the system will be illiterate in the new skill areas essential for the C21st.

So says a new lobby coalition, the National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) which has just spent two days meeting with politicians and arts advisers in Canberra. Comprehensively representing dance, drama, music and visual arts education, the NAAE is urgently calling for the immediate inclusion of the arts in the work of the National Curriculum Board and the Early Years Learning Framework.

NAAE believes that a culturally rich education is central to realising the Government’s priorities for a genuine education revolution and fostering creativity, innovation, cultural understanding and social inclusion in the Australian workforce.

Recent Australian research evidence* backs international findings that arts education develops these skills as no other subject area can. It demonstrates that visual, aural and kinaesthetic abilities are essential for Australians to compete in the global marketplace where the economy of the cultural industries is growing in importance.

The NAAE is planning a campaign for 2009 involving teachers, school principals, parents, university teacher education bodies, industry and a range of other sectors with an interest in the future of the education system.

NAAE members want to see:

- mandated representation of the arts within the curriculum K to 10

- radically overhauled pre- and in-service teacher education and professional development

- vastly improved arts teaching standards, resources and research.

The NAAE delegation provided evidence to those with whom it met, which confirmed that arts education uniquely develops the aesthetic, emotional, physical, social and cognitive capacity of all students.

“We need an expanded notion of literacy which is not just about being able to read, write and manage numbers confidently. It must also encompass students' cultural comprehension and self-expression. Current brain research must be applied in the National Curriculum if we are to achieve an education revolution that fosters innovation and creativity in next-generation leaders and thinkers,” said an NAAE spokesperson.

*National Review of Visual Education (2007) & National Review of School Music Education, (2005)

For comment contact:

Marian Strong, Art Education Australia - ph: 0438 028 038

Julie Dyson, Ausdance - ph: 0412 211 513

Sandra Gattenhof, Drama Australia – ph: 0438 199 480

Dick Letts, Music Council of Australia – (02) 9251 3816

Tamara Winikoff, National Association for the Visual Arts - ph: 0411 162 156

NAVA Media Desk

National Association for the Visual Arts

PO Box 60
Potts Point NSW 1335
phone: +61 2 9368 1900

email: mediadesk@visualarts.net.au

www.visualarts.net.au

www.artistcareer.com.au

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COMPETITIONS & GRANTS

THE ALLANS MUSIC NATOINAL SCHOOL SONGS COMPETITION – OZTUNES

The Allans Music National School Songs Competition – OzTunes - is a great way for your school to encourage original composition, and place those songs on the National Stage to win prizes for the students and your school.

Every month, from April to October, you can upload the students’ original compositions – in any genre – to Allans OzTunes . Your song will then appear on the Charts Page, where you can listen to your song, and songs from other schools entering in the month. You can cast votes for your song and other songs on the Voting Page, ands watch yourself rise to the top of the charts when you get all your friends and family logging on and voting.

So everyone gets a fair chance, there are four categories from Prep to Year 12 and any one school can only submit a maximum of 12 entries over the course of the Competition. At the end of each month, the song in each category which has polled the most votes will receive 25 x $10 Allans Music vouchers to be used by the school as they see fit – that’s $1,000 in vouchers to be won every month.

From time to time during the Competition we will open the voting on ALL songs uploaded to date through the Archive Page so you can get additional votes. In November, the top 20 songs in each category go on the Voting Page and the single most popular song from that year will win an enormous Instrument Prize Pack for the school valued at over $20,000.

Songs must be original compositions, by a student, a group of students, a school band or a class. All genres accepted – Pop, Rock, Instrumental, Big Band, Childrens Songs, Folk, Classic, Piano Solo – any original music created by school students has a chance to win.

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YCulture Metro: $3000 FOR YOUR ARTS PROJECT!

Propel Youth Arts WA are currently accepting YCulture Metro* applications for arts projects happening in 2009.

The process is really easy! YCulture is a non-competitive grant which means your application will NEVER be assessed against another's. YCulture also has NO cut off dates which means that you can apply at ANY time.

We will fund up to $3000 for arts projects run by young people (12-26 yrs) FOR young people.

It is open to arts and culture projects across ALL artforms such as music, theatre, performance, new media, visual arts and crafts, street art, writing and dance (just to name a few). Some of the projects that have been funded previously have been a music gig, a theatre piece, a visual arts exhibition, a workshop series, a mural project and a zine...

So…If you are under 26 live in metro WA AND have an idea for an arts and culture project…then get a load of YCulture Metro for up to $3000 to make your arts and culture idea happen.

The first step is to call Suzy on 9328 5855 or email suzy@propelarts.org.au

You can also check out more info about YCulture at: http://www.propelarts.org.au/resources/yculture.php

* YCulture Metro is proudly sponsored by Healthway to promote the Drug Aware message.

Susannah Day, Projects Coordinator, Propel Youth Arts WA

Phone: (08) 9328 5855 / 0402 534 634
Web: www.propelarts.org.au, Myspace: www.myspace.com/propelarts

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FROM THE EAST

KMEIA (KODALY, VICTORIA)

Back to School Day 28 February 2009, Melbourne Grammar School: Brush off the cobwebs and kick-start the New Year with ideas for the music classroom and choral repertoire. Two concurrent sessions will run for teachers, covering activities for the early years (Prep-Yr 4) and middle years (Y5-8). www.allansmusic.com.au/Education
Levels 1 & 2 Courses 14 – 18 April 2009, Glen Waverley Anglican Church Hall: The courses focus on 'learning by doing", helping teachers share their music through practical music making and by creating enjoyable experiences for the students
Living Music and Dance 29-30 May 2009, A conference of Creative Music and Movement, Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre
Early Childhood Workshops – 20 Feb, 1 May, 24 July, 23 Oct 2009
Teacher Training Courses – commencing 24 February 2009
Autumn Seminar 2009 – 8/9 May 2009
Kodaly Junior Choral Festival – 28 August 2009
Kodaly Stream at ECCPA 22 August 2009

VOSA (Victorian Orff Schulwerk Association)

Musicianship Class: 24 March 2009
Joy of Jammin’ Stage 2: 29 June – 3 July 2009
“Jam it Up” Evening: 2 July 2009
Marimba Family Camp: 17-19 July 2009
ECCPA: 22/23 August 2009 • Creating New Blends” (National Orff Conference): 3-8 January 2010

Are you interested in hiring some Orff instruments for your school? VOSA has a number of sets available for hire including some Marimba’s. Let us know if you are interested.

Check out our website, www.vosa.org for more information about these events as well as music resources on our sales list and the new Early Childhood Resource Centre or call the VOSA Office on 0395357020

TEACHERS WANTED:
Saturday Morning Music School Starting Feb 2009 Peninsula Youth Music Society is starting an exciting new music school in the Frankston area. We are offering 3 contrasting classes of percussion,
singing and movement/drama based on the Orff and Kodaly approaches. Please email resumes to Dorothy daspin6@bigpond.com or post to PYMS POBOX 838 Frankston 3199

TEACHER WANTED:
Australian Boys Choir are looking for a teacher for the Probationers for this year If you are interested email Noel: nancell@netspace.net.au

SEEKING CHORAL CONDUCTORS:
The Australian Youth Choir is seeking choral conductors with Kodaly background for our Mt Eliza (Monday evening) and Ballarat (Tuesday evening) rehearsal centres, 6:00pm - 8:45pm commencing February 2009. Students aged 7 - 14 years. Contact Chris Grey cgrey@niypaa.com.au

DEBORAH SMITH’S Musicianship & Aural Training for the Secondary School:
1. An Introduction to Musicianship & Aural Training for the Lower Secondary School is on Sunday 1 March 2009 from 9.00am until 1.00pm at Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School.
2. Introduction to Group Performance Aural & Theory Day (for VCE Students and Teachers) is on Sunday 22 March 2009 from 10.00am until 5.00pm at the Melba Conservatorium of Music.
3. Introduction to Solo Performance Aural & Theory Day (for VCE Students and Teachers) is on Sunday 29 March 2009 from 10.00am until 5.00pm at the Melba Conservatorium of Music.
4. MORE Musicianship & Aural Training for the Lower Secondary School is on Sunday 17 May 2009 from 9.00am until 1.00pm at Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School.
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COMING EVENTS & GIG GUIDE

WASO

Ernst & Young Pops in the Park
HUMAN NATURE WITH WASO-Win tickets and meet Human Nature
8pm, Saturday 28 February & Sunday 1 March
Pioneer Women's Memorial, Kings Park & Botanic Garden

For the chance to win VIP concert tickets and meet Human Nature listen to Eoin Cameron for breakfast on 720 ABC Perth between 6.30am and 7.30am Mon 16 Feb- Frid 20 Feb and write down 3 Human Nature songs that Eoin played. Complete the coupon in your local Community Newpaper, next week or the week after and send to WASO. Click here for full terms & conditions.

Ernst & Young Contempo Series
AIR SUPPLY WITH WASO 7.30pm, Saturday 9 May & 3pm, Sunday 10 May
Perth Concert Hall

WIN a Classic 100 Mozart CD Box set!
Be one of The First Three to book a group 8+ to attend an Air Supply with WASO concert in May with payment by the end of February 2009 and you could WIN a Classic 100 Mozart 8CD box set.Valued at $89.95.

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GRAND OPENING, EXCELSIS MUSIC & ARTS ACADEMY

You are invited to the Grand Opening of Excelsis Music and Arts Academy.

When: Saturday 7^th March, 2009

Location: 9 Gedling Close, Parkwood

Enquiries: Francis Fong 0413 397 907

Website: Excelsis.com.au

Program: 2-3pm – Free seminar: Helping children to excel in and through music; Speaker: Francis Fong

3-4pm – Free mini concert, inauguration ceremony & reception (with yummy Chinese food!)

All are welcome!

Contact Francis Fong, francis@excelsis.com.au

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PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (PIAF)

Chris Watson: Whispering in the Leaves

Acclaimed British sound artist Chris Watson transforms the planetarium pyramid with wildlife recordings from the Americas. This unique experience is located on the Perth Esplanade, making it easy to pair the event with a class picnic and other Perth Festival events. Register your visit through the Festival Information Centre.

Discounted schools tickets and resources provided – an offer too good to miss!

Information about these events and more can be found in the Education Section of the Perth Festival website www.perthfestival.com.au/schools. You can also contact the Education Officer, Mandy Hawkhead, on 6488 8636 or schools@perthfestival.com.au should you have any queries. For bookings contact the Festival Information Centre on 6488 5555, schools@perthfestival.com.au

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The World Premiere of

Bushfire Dreaming

An Introduction to Instruments of the Orchestra

Poem by Dr Drewfus Gates

Composed by Jeff Carroll

Also works by Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns

The Fremantle Town Hall

Sunday 15th March 2009

12.00 Noon - Proms Cushion Concert

(Especially for Primary Aged Children)

3.00 pm - Proms Family Concert

Tickets: Adults $12 • Concession $8 • Family $30

- Tickets available at the Door only -

For more information contact: Jeff Carroll (9325 1523), jeffcarrollcomposer@gmail.com

Drewfus and Chelinay Gates (9274 1302)

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CALENDAR

Information about most of these events is in previous Music Network News editions. Contact Anne Trigg, triglads@westnet.com.au if you need a copy of a previous MNN which gives the details you need.

Feb 28. Human Nature with WASO

March 1. Human Nature with WASO

March 1. Submissions due for “Music Forum”

March 2. Close of call for papers, ASME XVII

March 7. Grand Opening, Excelsis Music & Arts Academy, francis@excelsis.com.au

March 3. Perth Cultural Centre, “Thinking Inside the Triangle’, emily.patterson@slwa.wa.gov.au

March 10.A cappella in the Classroom, maryleonard@arach.net.au

March 15. “Bushfire Dreaming”, jeffcarrollcomposer@gmail.com

March 28.ASME INDUCTION DAY for new & returning teachers, triglads@westnet.com.au

March 29. Dickson Music Choral Reading Day, Roni@dicksonsmusic.com

March 4. Network Meeting, Sorrento Primary School, triglads@westnet.com.au

April 20. Close of Early Bird Registrations, ASME XVII

April 17. Closing date for applications for National Award for Excellence in Music Education

April 21 – 25, “Joy of Jammin” akerkov@bigpond.net.au

May 6, 7, 8.Arthur Hull workshop sfaulkner@Holyoake.org.au

May 9, 10. Air Supply With WASO

May 15. “As-May” Choral Day, triglads@westnet.com.au

May 29 & 30. WAOSA Upper Primary/Secondary Conference, WA akerkov@bigpond.net.au

July 10 – 14, 2009. ASME XVII NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Launceston, Tas.

Sept 28 – Oct 3. WAOSA: Orff Level 1 & Level 2 Courses. akerkov@bigpond.net.au

Aug 2 – 6, 2010 ISME World Conference, Beijing, China