THE countdown has started and students at Wingham Brush Public School are joining 500,000 more kids across Australia warming up their vocal chords to take part in Music: Count Us In, Australia’s largest music education program, which has been growing steadily in reach and impact since 2007.
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Music: Count Us In will be held this next Thursday (October 30) at 12.30pm AEDT when over half a million school students across Australia, from Kindergarten to Year 12, will sing the same song at the same time, raising their voices to celebrate the importance of music education.
This year’s ‘song that stops the nation’, Paint A Song, was penned by five talented students from across Australia, who were mentored by singer, trumpeter and jazz musician Harry James Angus from The Cat Empire.
Harry James Angus has been passionate about music, from a very young age, when he was a member of the National Boys’ Choir.
The students were further supported by award-winning producer and musician, John Foreman, now in his eighth year as Music: Count Us In Program Ambassador.
Music: Count Us In delivers professional development (PD) to more than 2,000 classroom teachers, supporting schools with lesson plans, musical arrangements, video resources and workshops. More than that, it is a celebration of the skills, talents and dedication of Australian schools, teachers, students, parents and communities.
Wingham Brush Public School will be combining this event with a special Grandparents Day Assembly so that the grandparents can join in in this enjoyable community minded celebration.
Managed by the Music Australia, Music: Count Us In is supported by funding from the Australian Government.
It meets a priority recommendation of the National Review of School Music Education (2005) to raise the status of music in our schools.