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25.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Yvonne Brown from N.S.W. is presenting tomorrow morning at 6 am for Women Banding Together. Worth jumping online and booking in! It should be really interesting. Its all about music and band instruction during Covid -19. A great resource, have a look at their facebook page as they have some wonderful events.

25.01.2022 Here are the video resources from our events run over the last few weeks. Feel free to enjoy and share. Don’t forget to take advantage of our open membership for 2020. Sign up here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event... An Intro to Smart Music with Matthew Manchester - ABODA NSW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ENKx0aMj0 Zooming onto the Virtual Podium Lachlan Hamilton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruFAPp0ZDQg ABODA NSW Panel Discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDQUkFUefg Let us know if these resources have been helpful and what you would like to see for future events!

24.01.2022 With many of us running our ensembles online, moving them back online, or contending with reduced forces, there has never been a greater need for flexible repertoire. Please join Michael Sweeney, Erin Cole, Paul Murtha, Richard Saucedo, and Australian composers Jodie Blackshaw, Adrian Hallam, Ralph Hultgren, Joan Thorpe & Ed Wilson as we explore the exciting developments in flexi-ensemble music. There is an opportunity to make a contribution via a pay as you wish "ticket" whi...ch is optional. https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=650425& ABODA NSW through the Professional Teachers’ Council NSW- is endorsed to provide the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficient, Highly Accomplished, and Lead levels. Completing the Flexi-ensemble Repertoire for the Flexible Ensemble, on 29/08/2020 will contribute 1 hour and 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing 3.4.2.;6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

23.01.2022 Hi Everyone! Our meeting is tomorrow afternoon with the Minister for Health and Dr Kerry Chant. Please send this survey through to as many music educators and performers as you can. The data will be invaluable. The Roundtable of Instrumental, Vocal, and Music Education Organisations (RIVMEO) is conducting a state-wide survey and we need you to be involved.... RIVMEO will use the data to lobby government and departmental authorities in order ensure the safe and ongoing conduct of school and community music ensemble activities. ABODA NSW is proud to be a member of RIVMEO, the largest coalition of music organisations ever assembled in NSW. Its membership includes associations, institutions and organisations representing the breadth and depth of the State’s vast music community. RIVMEO is working on your behalf to carry the voice of our sector to government. Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RIVMEO No individual will be identified in the collation and use of this data. Please encourage as many Music ensemble directors and people involved in music ensemble activities as you can to complete this survey. Stay safe and keep making music!

22.01.2022 Our good friends at ANCA have a fantastic workshop coming up on choral composition. This will be a great opportunity for anyone interested in this area, particularly HSC & IB students.

22.01.2022 As we move towards further working group meetings with NSW Health and Education as co - chair of RIVMEO we would like the opportunity to represent you with any concerns you would like clarified in regards to the recent updates in making music. Please comment below with your questions that you wish us to raise so we can work to gain clarity. We will not be able to field the answers to your questions now, but will note all of them down and raise them in the meetings, then repo...rt back. As ABODA NSW represents a large number of peripatetic band and orchestra directors please let me know your specific unresolved challenges with the latest advice so we can speak to this on your behalf. Stay safe Sarah Butler - President ABODA NSW

22.01.2022 Fantastic event this weekend! Saturday the 19th of September - 9.00am - 10.30am How to teach band when you don’t have a band to teach! Jodie Blackshaw... 1. Chair and Stick - teaching ensemble skills through rhythm 2. Teaching music concepts through movement 3. Games to enhance literacy and ensemble Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/98574819909

21.01.2022 In response to the overwhelming concern of members ABODA NSW has united with more than a dozen other peak organisations and institutions to form a combined voice to government on the current crisis caused by COVID-19. Inaugurated this week, the Roundtable of Instrumental, Vocal and Music Education Organisations (RIVMEO) has its first objective to get NSW playing, singing and learning together, safely. The Roundtable is an unprecedented and substantial collaboration, represen...Continue reading

18.01.2022 Important update for all ABODA NSW members:

18.01.2022 ABODA NSW is thrilled to be Co-chairing RIVMEO with @BANSW. Latest news update:

17.01.2022 More detailed update on RIVMEO work to return to singing and playing:

16.01.2022 The Roundtable of Instrumental, Vocal, and Music Education Organisations (RIVMEO) is conducting a state-wide survey and we need you to be involved. RIVMEO will use the data to lobby government and departmental authorities in order ensure the safe and ongoing conduct of school and community music ensemble activities. ABODA NSW is proud to be a member of RIVMEO, the largest coalition of music organisations ever assembled in NSW. ... Its membership includes associations, institutions and organisations representing the breadth and depth of the State’s vast music community. RIVMEO is working on your behalf to carry the voice of our sector to government. Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RIVMEO No individual will be identified in the collation and use of this data. Please encourage as many Music ensemble directors and people involved in music ensemble activities as you can to complete this survey. Stay safe and keep making music!

16.01.2022 Hi all. We’re very pleased to say that this afternoon’s meeting with the NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard and Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant went really well. They listened very carefully to our concerns and are keen to work with us on finding a way forward. We’re thankful to them for engaging with the music sector in such a positive way. We’ll be providing further details in the very near future. We are also hopeful of a meeting with Education soon, and will post updates here.

13.01.2022 https://soundcloud.com/stephenod/rivmeo-abc-newsadio-mp3-1 Have a listen to our ABODA NSW member and Roundtable facilitator @Stephen O'Doherty discuss RIVMEO on ABC. Meeting with the NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, and Chief Heath Officer, Dr Kerry Chant has been rescheduled for the 14th of September.

12.01.2022 "Bucket List" with John Morrison Enrol here now! https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeEgZsNN8Rasqvm5/viewform

12.01.2022 Hi Everyone, here is the latest advice for making music! Our work in this space with all of our musical friends has been a great privilege to serve our members and making music in NSW.

11.01.2022 Our friends over at @gondwanachoirs have an amazing array of new online courses - with something for everyone and no previous experience with Gondwana Choirs is required. https://www.gondwana.org.au/online/ Join their world-class presenters and uncover the secrets of composing for movies, or journey into the world of musical theatre with Stephen Sondheim. Travel the globe to discover the art of Konnakkol or learn traditional songs from a variety of cultures in Songs from Home.... Gondwana Online is also a great way to improve your music theory fundamentals from anywhere in the world, with their comprehensive sight singing and aural skills courses. Start Date: week commencing 27 July 2020 Length: weekly over 8 weeks Class Duration: 45 minutes Cost: $160 per course +booking fees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wJy0ZxGE6s&feature=youtu.be

10.01.2022 ABODA NSW would like to take the opportunity to thank departing President Sarah Butler for her leadership throughout 2020. Sarah has led us through the hardest of times with aplomb, working hard in both ABODA and RIVMEO to ensure the best possible outcomes, both musically and professionally, for the music community throughout NSW. We wish Sarah all the best for her PhD sabbatical, and look forward to seeing her again when she returns.

10.01.2022 Lets keep singing - a wonderful event this Sunday from our friends at ANCA not to be missed!

07.01.2022 Vale Larry Curtis. A truly inspirational teacher, musician, conductor, educator and beautiful man. Larry had a long association with Australia through his work with ABODA, The Australian Wind Orchestra and the Pan Pacific Music Camps over many decades. He was a dear friend and mentor to Russell Hammond and Stephen Williams along with 100's of Australian Musicians and Conductors.... Here's a beautiful clip of Larry in action with the NSW Public Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Chicago 2007 at The Midwest Clinic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1JJJ4FhHA

05.01.2022 Jodie Blackshaw is live - jump on - great ideas coming through for bands! Saturday the 19th of September - 9.00am - 10.30am How to teach band when you don’t have a band to teach! Jodie Blackshaw 1. Chair and Stick - teaching ensemble skills through rhythm... 2. Teaching music concepts through movement 3. Games to enhance literacy and ensemble See more

04.01.2022 Hi Everyone, In response to the recent guidelines from The Association for Independent Schools and the Department of Education, ABODA NSW is working with other peak bodies and associations to approach the NSW Government for clarification on these issues. We will join other organisations to seek meetings with the government to lobby on the recent issues regarding school bands, orchestras and choirs. The situation we find ourselves in now is dependant on our influence which is... reflected by our membership numbers and we encourage all conductors and educators to make use of our open membership for ABODA NSW in 2020. Link below. We are committed to support our members in every way possible and will keep you updated on our progress. Please remember ABODA NSW Committee are volunteers who find themselves in the same predicament as everyone else. As such we are committed to give our time to policy change so won’t be able to closely monitor the Facebook comments, however will be noting all your requests as they come through. This is an incredibly difficult time for all of our mental health. Please reach out to each other or take advantage of some of the government’s mental health services. Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Services. Ph: 1800 512 348. Thank you Open membership for 2020. Sign up here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event

02.01.2022 Don't miss out tonight! Digital Drinks Tonight with ABODA National! A discussion with Dr Rob McWilliams about on the road back after COVID-19. Looking at ways we can be best advocates for our programs as well as recent research regarding health concerns as related to ensemble activities. ... RSVP today.

02.01.2022 We want to let you know there is some hope in our current effort to find a way to resume that which we need to do, to keep healthy and whole. Nearly 20 organisations representing hundreds of thousands of community and professional musician have come together to form RIVMEO - the Roundtable of Instrumental, Vocal and Music Education Organisations. We are humbled that @Stephen O'Doherty is facilitating this group and proving incredible leadership and guidance. The Roundtable re...Continue reading