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Optimum Percussion - have been the major sponsor at the 2004 -2008 Early Childhood Conferences of the Performing Arts (ECCPA) for which VOSA is extremely greatful. Optimum Percussion cater for: Percussionists, Music and classroom teachers, Students and Parents. Their aim is to provide the information and advice needed to make a well informed and confident choice when selecting and purchasing an instrument, accessories or music.

Sibelius Student Composer Awards

Have you heard about the Sibelius Student Composer Awards? Incredible prizes for secondary and tertiary student composers including cash, music software and hardware and a professional performance of your work by Ensemble Offspring. See http://www.sibelius.com/studentcomposers/ for more details.

West Music specializes in products and services for music education, music for kids, band & orchestra, music therapy and music software.
Their extensive online catalogs contain thousands of useful instruments, accessories, books and materials for students, teachers and all musicians.

John's Music Store, Seattle Washinton USA - fantastic array of Orff books and instruments

Take Note Music have resources for Primary and Secondary classroom music. http://www.takenotemusic.com.au/

MUSAICS is a small business operating in metropolitan Melbourne, specializing in repairs, replacement parts and sales of tuned and non-tuned percussion instruments. http://members.westnet.com.au/billv/

MUSIC ADVOCACY LINKS Music. Play For Life - is a campaign to encourage music making by people of all ages, all musical tastes, in community settings or schools, from the cities or the country, whether for simple recreation or in pursuit of a professional career.

The American Music Conference site . It has some good info on Music Advocacy, as well as a wide variety of other info, and links to other relevant sites. I have downloaded from this site to the VOSA site (to save download time) a Powerpont presentation (1 Mb) and a Acrobat file (360K) "Music Advocacy Guidebook" which has lots of ideas and resources and research results for advocating music in your school community.
An Australian directory of Studio Music and Speech Teachers is found at www.musicteachers.com.au
MuSICA Research Notes SUBJECT INDEX: Dr. Norman M. Weinberger of the University of California who is largely responsible for the Champions of Change report on the Arts in Education has a website associated with a journal called MuSICA which looks at all areas of research into music education and has a wealth of articles supporting the cognitive, social etc values of music in education. There's a subject index which includes everything from 'the Impact of the arts on adolescent learning' to 'Musical Infants and the Roots of Consonance'. There's masses of stuff there - but unfortunately it is only available via a password now.
Link to the Pentatonic Music Collection - an extensive site with lots of music examples! The PENTATONIC MUSIC COLLECTION consists of songs and compositions in which the notes of the melody are confined to do, re, mi, so, and la. According to Kodaly, Orff, and other theorists in music education, restriction to these five tones simplifies matters considerably, especially for less experienced students.
OTHER MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS
New Zealand Society for Music Education
aMUSE - Association of Music Educators (Vic) - was called VSMA
Australian Society for Music Education: ASME
The Callaway International Resource for Music Education (CIRCME)
Dalcroze Council of Australia
AusDance - Australian Dance Council
Music Council of Australia
Infoxchange
EdNA Online - Education Network Australia

CHILDREN'S MUSIC EDUCATION CLASSES
Mini Maestros
Moving Into Music - Lauris Hing
Music Works Let's Sing - Anna Mlynek Kalman
Australian Music Teachers Registry
Bonkers Play Centre and Music Cafe

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