Community Music Victoria Articles
Community Music Victoria Inc. (CMV) is a not-for-profit, membership-based association which supports, promotes and facilitates music-making among Victorian communities.
They have compiled a comprehensive list of articles covering a vast range of community music topics, with an emphasis on singing. Their article list (as of 17/12/2009) is printed below. To read articles, or support CMV, visit their website: http://cmv.customer.netspace.net.au/
How – Practice
|
Our strategic objectives |
|
|
What happens at Vocal Noshes and singing circles |
|
|
The practice that informs our training curriculum |
|
|
The content of our training |
|
|
What a course in an institution might look like |
|
|
Some pointers for agencies |
|
|
Some practical approaches to the development of group singing |
|
|
What local government could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
What schools could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
What health promoters could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
Notes to help introduce singing together to ‘new’ agencies |
|
|
Setting up a singing circle – how CMV can help |
|
|
Advocating for something that isn’t quite what many think it is |
|
|
Our biggest challenge |
|
|
The pause that refreshes |
|
|
*What’s it worth |
Assessing the impact of group singing |
|
Looking at ourselves |
|
Our strategic objectives |
|
|
What happens at Vocal Noshes and singing circles |
|
|
The practice that informs our training curriculum |
|
|
The content of our training |
|
|
What a course in an institution might look like |
|
|
Some pointers for agencies |
|
|
Some practical approaches to the development of group singing |
|
|
What local government could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
What schools could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
What health promoters could do for/with community music-making |
|
|
Notes to help introduce singing together to ‘new’ agencies |
|
|
Setting up a singing circle – how CMV can help |
|
|
Advocating for something that isn’t quite what many think it is |
|
|
Our biggest challenge |
|
|
The pause that refreshes |
|
|
*What’s it worth |
Assessing the impact of group singing |
|
Looking at ourselves |
Why – Philosophy
|
Why we do what we do |
|
|
Our values and vision |
|
|
The values behind singing together |
|
|
The coincidence of medium and message |
|
|
Group singing or singing group – there’s a difference? |
|
|
In praise of aural culture |
|
|
Is there a sound if no-one is listening? |
|
|
*Making it up |
We can all improvise |
|
How they differ from singing circles |
|
|
*Sessions |
Yet another way of making music together |
|
Group singing and music therapy |
|
|
The biological basis of pleasure |
|
|
What scientists and scholars have to say about music’s origins |
|
|
Why singing together is essential to child development |
|
|
Why singing together makes us well |
|
|
Why singing together enhances community strengthening activities |
|
|
*Instrumental |
Where are the drummers? |
|
*Dancing in the streets |
Song AND dance |
|
Perhaps the original function of music is redundant |
Linked lists
|
A listing of stuff we’ve found recently |
|
|
A bibliography of recent science materials about music |
|
|
List and links to people doing stuff like us |
|
|
Links to websites with songs for sale or free download |
|
|
Links to sites of movies and docos about group singing |
Reports, speeches and papers
|
13/6/08 |
Belinda McArdle reports on the research she’s completed with her peers |
|
|
23/7/07 |
An article for the Rural Women’s Network in which Fay White and Anne-Marie Holley recall the beginnings of the Victoria Sings program |
|
|
7/9/06 |
Speech at the Gorgeous Voices Festival |
|
|
11/9/03 |
Speech to a meeting of music educators |
|
|
17/8/03 |
Report about their expressed wishes |
|
|
25/2/03 |
Speech to an ‘arts industry’ forum |
|
|
15/2/03 |
Report on a discussion on men and singing |
