Music in Communities - Wollongong Conference

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Community Music Conference, Wollongong, 21st May

Do you lead, or are you part of, a community music group or choir? Are you interested in the role music can play in developing stronger communities? Are you a music therapist or teacher?

Attend this special one-day community music conference to:

Make Connections in and around the Wollongong region
Develop Skills
Share knowledge

When:	Friday 21st May, 9am – 4.30pm
Where:	Wollongong Conservatorium Theatre
This special one-day conference will feature:
	Music Therapist, Janet Andrews on the links between music making and individual and community wellbeing. Social Networking expert, Music Council of Australia's Eve Klein on how to get Web 2.0 working for you and your group. Lliane Clarke, president of award-winning Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, on how amateur’ groups really CAN achieve musical and performance excellence - and how to bring your local Council along with you to help support your journey! Andrew Snell, Wollongong Conservatorium's Director, on lifelong music learning. Alex Masso, Chair, Australian Youth Music Council, on regional performance opportunities: where to play and how to build your audiences. Tina Broad, national director of Music Play for Life, Australia's grassroots music advocacy program, on a snapshot of national research: who's making music, where and why.
Special Guest:	Nick Rheinberger, ABC Illawarra
Who should attend:	Anyone working or volunteering in a community band, orchestra, choir, drum circle, or other instrumental group; youth workers; local government cultural planners and arts officers; music therapists, teachers and anyone with an interest in advancing the cultural life of their community through musical participation.
Cost:	$45.00. Price includes morning tea, lunch and annual membership of the national Music in Communities Network.

REGISTER NOW at the Music Play for Life website

This event is part of Making Music Being Well, the week-long series of events taking place around Australia to celebrate the links between music making and health – an initiative of the Australian Music Therapy Association and Music: Play for Life.

The Music in Communities Network is Australia’s only national network for people working and playing in community music, to help connect them with others and facilitate skills-sharing.

For more information, contact Tina Broad, Music in Communities Network,
on 02 4454 3887 or email your question here