From Neil Moore
It’s All About Playing Recently I was in Los Angeles and had an opportunity to attend a concert. The band was called Dukes of September, and it featured three men: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
Polly Watkins Interview on ‘Dr Sarmast’s Music School’ with Gordon Harvey
A sad marker of Afghanistan’s tragic history is that for decades music has been suppressed and even, until recently, almost completely banned. But then, after the overthrow of the Taliban, Melbourne-based music professor Dr Ahmad […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
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Simply Music Teacher – Robin Keehn
Just about everybody who has even contemplated teaching Simply Music will know of Robin Keehn. She’s our Director of Development and has been instrumental in the shaping of several new programs, as well as spearheading […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
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Are You a Musician?
I spend a lot of time investigating online articles about music and its role, and which examine our musicality. In many cases they may be discussing research, which usually serves to confirm that we are […]
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Gordon Harvey on Jul 29, 2012
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Simply Music Student – Brie Hancock
Fourteen year-old Brie Hancock from Perth, Western Australia, has been a Simply Music student for four years and has been composing her own pieces from the very beginning. Brie is a great student who keeps […]
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Guest Contributor on Jul 29, 2012
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How To Make Gravy by Paul Kelly – Book Review
Readers outside Australia may be less familiar with his work (although he’s spent plenty of time performing and writing in the USA), but to many of his compatriots, Paul Kelly is a national treasure, a […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
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Learn Chariots of Fire
Every four years when the Olympics comes around, one of the tunes that always finds itself on high rotation is Vangelis’ uplifting anthem, the theme from Chariots of Fire. It’s pretty simple to work out […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
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Soulful Grace (Amazing Grace), Part Two
Hello again! This is part two in the Soulful Grace series. If you read my first Soulful Grace article in the previous issue of The Playground and spent some time learning the arrangement I presented there, […]
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SM Admin on Jul 29, 2012
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From Neil Moore
In the last edition of The Playground I wrote about the impact and possibility of creating a “whole-of-life” program – whereby students of any age, prenatal through to elders, could have access to a developmentally […]
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Neil Moore on May 30, 2012
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Creative Manager Bill Page on Songwriting with Gretta Dunn
Among many other things, Bill Page, Creative Manager at Mushroom Music Publishing, is currently working on pitching songs to The Voice Australia. In this colorful 40-minute chat with songwriter and Simply Music staff member Gretta Dunn, Bill […]
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SM Admin on May 30, 2012
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