Creative Kids.
Brighter Kids.

Three primary school students playing the ukulele together in their Song Room program.

About The Song Room

The Song Room brightens the future of young people across Australia through impactful arts learning programs.

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Primary school students dancing together in the classroom with The Song Room.

Our Programs

Our arts education programs enhance children’s education, wellbeing and community involvement, giving them the best possible start in life.

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Primary School students performing their Deadly Arts program on stage with The Song Room.

Our Impact

Independent research affirms the value of our programs to improve student outcomes and transform lives by helping to break the cycle of disadvantage.

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Journal

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29 September 2026

The Song Room x MECCA M-POWER Partnership Launch
Music Award Nominations Now Open: NUMAs featuring The Song Room’s School of the Year (Primary) Award

16 June 2026

Music Award Nominations Now Open: NUMAs featuring The Song Room’s School of the Year (Primary) Award
The Song Room is excited to launch Primary Production NSW, an industry‑first music program available now to primary schools and contemporary music creators in Western Sydney. Students will work alongside professional songwriters, producers and Teaching Artists to write, record and produce original music.

11 June 2026

Primary Production Launches in Western Sydney — Schools and Music Creators Invited to Take Part
The Song Room announces the appointment of Matthew Deeble as Chair, pictured with Anthony Mackay AM, Alice Gerlach (CEO) and Julie Sonnemann (Deputy Chair).

3 June 2026

Anthony Mackay AM retires as Chair of The Song Room; Matt Deeble appointed as incoming Chair
‘Liam has learned and retained a specific Noongar word — ngaank yira (sunrise) and has not only remembered it but drawn it…(He has) gained a new relationship with time, Country, and language simultaneously.’

28 May 2026

How Noongar Culture and the Arts Grow Children’s Wellbeing: New Study from Dr Jason Goopy and The Song Room.

13 May 2026

Don’t Miss a Beat — Make Your 2026 EOFY Donation Matter
Students participating in a Song Room music program to improve social and emotional learning and wellbeing

22 May 2026

Evidence is In. The Impact of Arts-Based Education on Social and Emotional Learning
Cover of 2025 Year in Review showing smiling boy playing instruments

27 April 2026

Keeping the Beat. 2025 Year in Review

26 April 2026

The Song Room’s New Ambassador Team Champion Arts Education for Every Child
The Song Room Joins the SA External Wellbeing Programs Directory

16 March 2026

New! The Song Room joins SA External Wellbeing Programs Directory
First Nations Arts Educator Aunty Sammy Trist leading a painting session as part of the Deadly Arts programme, a model for culturally safe and place-responsive pedagogy.

25 February 2026

Holding Space for Place: Insights from the Towards Creative Schools Conference 2026 
Boy plays the Drum in The Song Room program - now part of The Bridge for Contemporary Music Creators

2 February 2026

The Bridge | Building Career Pathways for Contemporary Music Creators

19 March 2026

Inspiring Learning and Wellbeing Through Music and the Arts
Primary Production: Students take part in professional songwriting workshop

3 February 2026

Primary Production | New Professional Songwriting Experience for Schools!

3 March 2026

2026 Professional Learning Series for Teachers: The Arts Made Easy 
Explicit Teaching in the Music class with teacher and students.

2 September 2025

Transforming Classrooms, Empowering Learners: VTLM 2.0

11 August 2025

Beyond Chalk and Talk: Rethinking Explicit Teaching in VTLM 2.0
Young artists at The Song Room's Deadly Arts Community Celebration add their handprints to a collaborative painting, immersing themselves in First Nations culture through art and play.

8 July 2025

Deadly Arts | Authentic, Living Culture in Action
Primary school students enjoying arts and wellbeing program learning ukulele.

5 September 2023

Find solutions to multiple school priorities with an arts learning program | Information and FAQs
arts learning gives

21 November 2024

Donate today to unlock the potential in Aussie kids through the power of Arts Learning
Song Room 25 Year anniversary student with musical instrument

30 April 2024

The Song Room celebrates 25 Years of Arts Learning!
primary school teacher with two students engaged in music arts learning lesson.

27 June 2023

Rhythm and Beat – understanding the fundamentals of music education
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