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An important part of what we do is to try to develop a language that describes our activities and the values that lie behind them in ways that are easy to understand. This is not as easy as it may sound. So much has been written about music, from so many different perspectives, that it's not difficult to become totally confused. At the very least, we're trying to be clear about where we're coming from and where we want to go.
Here's where we've got to:
*in preparation
| Short answer | What's so important about making music together? |
| Victoria, the singing state | Promo for Victoria Sings |
| Victoria Sings: what and why | Victoria Sings, the summary |
| The 5 essentials | The training topics not to be missed |
| Introducing ourselves | What we are & what we do |
| The CMV team | Names and functions |
| Everyday people | Our personal backgrounds |
| Introducing Victoria Sings | Background |
| Our services | Detailed description of the range |
| Onward | Our strategic objectives |
| Singing together is fun | What happens at Vocal Noshes and singing circles |
| Key activities for group singing leadership days | The practice that informs our training curriculum |
| Training curriculum | The content of our training |
| A Notional Graduate Certificate | What a course in an institution might look like |
| Why sing together at your place | Some pointers for agencies |
| Stuff to do | Some practical approaches to the development of group singing |
| Local vocals 1 | What local government could do for/with community music-making |
| Local vocals 2 | What schools could do for/with community music-making |
| Local vocals 3 | What health promoters could do for/with community music-making |
| There's a meeting here | Notes to help introduce singing together to 'new' agencies |
| Step by step | Setting up a singing circle - how CMV can help |
| Mistaken expectations | Advocating for something that isn't quite what many think it is |
| Changing perceptions | Our biggest challenge |
| Telling our stories | The pause that refreshes |
| *What's it worth | Assessing the impact of group singing |
| Are we on the right track? | Looking at ourselves |
| We can't help it | Why we do what we do |
| The really meaning thing | Our values and vision |
| The Vocal Nosh philosophy | The values behind singing together |
| Learning to connect | The coincidence of medium and message |
| Come together | Group singing or singing group - there's a difference? |
| Ear, Ear | In praise of aural culture |
| Make show watch | Is there a sound if no-one is listening? |
| *Making it up | We can all improvise |
| Singalongs | How they differ from singing circles |
| *Sessions | Yet another way of making music together |
| Well, well, well | Group singing and music therapy |
| What makes singing fun | The biological basis of pleasure |
| Made to sing - the biological imperative | What scientists and scholars have to say about music's origins |
| Born to sing, sing to grow | Why singing together is essential to child development |
| Feeling fine | Why singing together makes us well |
| Making music makes us strong | Why singing together enhances community strengthening activities |
| *Instrumental | Where are the drummers? |
| *Dancing in the streets | Song AND dance |
| No more need | Perhaps the original function of music is redundant |
| New Research and Reports | A listing of stuff we've found recently |
| Music Research | A bibliography of recent science materials about music |
| Community music Around the World | List and links to people doing stuff like us |
| Repertoire sources | Links to websites with songs for sale or free download |
| People singing together recorded on film | Links to sites of movies and docos about group singing |
| 13/6/08 | Features Of Good Singing Leadership | Belinda McArdle reports on the research she's done with her peers |
| 23/7/07 | The Two Of Us | An article for the Rural Women's Network in which Fay White and Anne-Marie Holley recall the beginnings of the Victoria Sings program |
| 11/2/07 | Better Than Sex | In progress draft on comparisons between singing and sex |
| 7/9/06 | The Hammer of Justice | Speech at the Gorgeous Voices Festival |
| 11/9/03 | What is community music | Speech to a meeting of music educators |
| 17/8/03 | Singing Leaders Gathering | Report about their expressed wishes |
| 25/2/03 | Arts Training | Speech to an 'arts industry' forum |
| 15/2/03 | Men's Singing | Report on a discussion on men and singing |
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