21 - 27 May 2012
Register here to take part - it's free!
Make music in May and be part of the national movement to promote music and its links with good health!
Register to participate and add your efforts to Making Music Being Well 2012. All you need to do is schedule some sort of music event at your school, workplace or in your community - it can be something you know you’ll already be doing during that week - and we will send you brochures, posters and lots of support to help you promote your event in your local community. You can add your event/s to our national What’s On listings and know that you are part of an initiative in which, all over Australia, people are stepping up to advocate for more music making: because it’s good for you!
Making Music Being Well happens each year as a collaboration between Music: Play for Life and the Australian Music Therapy Association. Participation in Making Music Being well has grown ten-fold since it's inception in 2006. From mass sing-alongs to uke playing, music jams, open mics sessions, rehearsals, playground activities, drumming - the benefits of music-making are truly heard and celebrated around the country by the old and young, able and not-so-able.
The benefits of music are used by music therapists in hospitals, schools, community organisations and nursing homes. Read more.
What's happening in 2012? A snapshot of events taking place:
- The grade 3-6 choirs of both Ridgley and Somerset Primary School are including their performances at the 45th City of Burnie Eisteddfod at the Burnie Town Hall, TAS, as part of Making Music Being Well. More info.
- The newly formed staff band of Sydney Children's Hospital, 'Spoonful of Sugar', will perform for patients and their families on 24th May. More info.
- A 'flashmob' will sing in Norwood Mall, SA on Saturday, 26th May at 11.00am. More info.
Some of the other organisations signed up to take part this year:
- Wollongong Harmony Chorus, NSW
- Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, VIC
- Down Syndrome Association of QLD
- Christies Beach Primary School, SA
- Banksia Palliative Care Service, VIC
