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Recent News

Performing arts instrumental in school success, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, December 18 2011

Music Programs Benefit to Schools, Daily Mercury Newspaper (QLD), Nov 22 2011

Director's News - School Practice, From the Executive Director of Catholic Education in the Archiodese of Melbourne

Arts of Engagement, Australian Educator Magazine, Spring 2011

Australia's top philanthropist, Jeff Chapman, visits The Song Room workshops and urges the rich to share the wealth, The Age, 28 May 2011

Fitzroy students plucking at heartstrings, Melbourne Leader, 23 May 2011

Listen to Teaching Artists Zoe Barry and Heather Stewart talk 'Harmony in Strings' on 3MBS Radio program, 'Classically Kids', 15 May 2011

Melbourne students find 'Harmony in Strings' to celebrate diversity and innovation for Education Week 2011, 18 May 2011

Indigenous parents key to getting children back to school - new Creative Arts Indigenous Parents Engagement Program (CAIPE) is launched in Queensland, 31 March 2011

The PING project WINS national award for online music education, 31 March 2011

The Song Room Research

Music failings spark chorus of complaint, The Age, May 9 2011

Arts curriculum can boost student school experience, Media statement by The Hon Minister Peter Garrett MP, 22 March 2011

Art lifts students results, The Age, 22 March 2011

Arts programs a boost for school children, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2011

Hear About the Value of Arts Education

The Song Room’s CEO, Caroline Aebersold, and the Australian Council for Education Research’s Dr Jennifer Bryce, talk to Radio National’s Richard Aedy on the Life Matters program about the value of arts education in children’s lives and the inclusion of the arts in the national curriculum.
Click here to download the interview: Hear About the Value of Arts Education (MP3)

Network Ten’s 9AM with David and Kym interview with CEO, Caroline Aebersold, and Musica Viva’s David Hobson on the benefits of music and arts education for children - 23 April 2009. Click here to view: Network Ten’s 9AM with David and Kym Interview

PING - the web 2.0 Future of Arts Education, Teacher Magazine, March 2010

Closing the Gap - arts education in the Top End, Teacher Magazine, February 2010

SBS Radio News interview with CEO, Caroline Aebersold on The Song Room’s Poetry Alive performance as part of Cultural Diversity Week, 2009 - 19 March 2009. Click here to listen: SBS Radio News interview - 19 March 2009

Hard to Believe - Arts education and disadvantaged students, Teacher Magazine, December 2009

SBS Worldview Radio interview with CEO, Caroline Aebersold, on the benefits of The Song Room’s music and arts-based interventions - 17 November 2008. Click here to listen: SBS Worldview Radio interview with CEO - 17 November 2008

ABC PM program interview with Caroline Aebersold and Professor Barry McGraw on The Song Room Launch at BMW Edge - 22 July 2008 (mp3)

See the 7.30 Report on The Song Room and the Stax Music Academy – 7 July 2008 (wmv file)

Striking A Flat Chord, Education Cover Story, Margaret Cook, The Age November 10 2008

The Song Room Telarah and Blairmount community partnership - Schools First Awards 

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