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‘ ‘ E E n n c c o o r r e e ’ ’ The Heart and Soul Singers Update No 5 Term 1 2013 Overture - ‘Community’ Singing is good for you All over the so-called developed world, people are re-discovering that singing is good for you. Indigenous and intact cultures have known this for centuries. Songs have carried, and still carry, culture: wisdom, knowledge, history - and the joys, struggles and sorrows of the people. When a people lose their song, they often lose identity, cohesion and morale. When people do sing together, they often find the experience meaningful, energising and refreshing, and they come away with hope, a lift of spirit and a sense of belonging. In Australia there is renewed interest in this pre-television art. There are thousands of Australians in hundreds of choirs singing every day all over the nation. From the acapella festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, to groups meeting to sing for pleasure at lunchtime in the office. Here are some examples: In Newstead, Central Vic (population 480) forty or so people gather for what we call `Vocal Nosh´. They came from a radius of 50 kms, in carloads. They come on the first Sunday of every month, pay a small entry fee and find themselves singing fully and energetically, encouraged and taught as they go along by a singing leader. Men and women and a few kids. Summer, autumn, winter, spring. They love it. Not far away in Castlemaine, a bigger town of 6000, 24 men gather on Tuesday nights to sing. It started off with a handful. They sing strong songs from many cultures and they sing acapella. They call themselves the Acafellas and they´re led by a local fella who is a musician by trade. They each put in a few dollars to pay him and take it in turn to bring the cake or the chocolate. And they´re doing it in the cities too. In Hawthorn, Melbourne, 15 women have been meeting for 10 years in the lounge room of one of them. They all live in the same street. They call themselves `Shift the Table´ because that´s how each session starts. They´ve sung their way through weddings, separations, raising kids and the ups and downs of life and work and sorrow and death. So `community singing´, with all its health benefits is alive and well. This renewed interest in community singing is wide in range and scope - a huge range of musical styles, age range, gender mix and cultural origins. It is simple, strong, usually unaccompanied, and requires no special training or the ability to read music. It is not a rehearsal for something else, just a chance to sing for its own sake, for the love of it, for the lift, for a sense of community. From a paper given at the National Rural Health conference, Canberra, April 2001 by Fay White, with assistance from Anne-Marie Holley ‘Whether you’re Pavarotti or your voice scares the cat, singing can be good for your physical and mental health.’ Ruth Rosselson - The London Mirror
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TThhee HHeeaarrtt aanndd SSoouull SSiinnggeerrss UUppddaattee NNoo 55 Term 1 2013
Overture - ‘Community’ Singing is good for you
All over the so-called developed world, people are re-discovering that singing is good for you. Indigenous and intact cultures have known this for centuries. Songs have carried, and still carry, culture: wisdom, knowledge, history - and the joys, struggles and sorrows of the people. When a people lose their song, they often lose identity, cohesion and morale. When people do sing together, they often find the experience meaningful, energising and refreshing, and they come away with hope, a lift of spirit and a sense of belonging.
In Australia there is renewed interest in this pre-television art. There are thousands of Australians in hundreds of choirs singing every day all over the nation. From the acapella festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, to groups meeting to sing for pleasure at lunchtime in the office.
Here are some examples:
In Newstead, Central Vic (population 480) forty or so people gather for what we call `Vocal Nosh´. They came from a radius of 50 kms, in carloads. They come on the first Sunday of every month, pay a small entry fee and find themselves singing fully and energetically, encouraged and taught as they go along by a singing leader. Men and women and a few kids. Summer, autumn, winter, spring. They love it.
Not far away in Castlemaine, a bigger town of 6000, 24 men gather on Tuesday nights to sing. It started off with a handful. They sing strong songs from many cultures and they sing
acapella. They call themselves the Acafellas and they´re led by a local fella who is a musician by trade. They each put in a few dollars to pay him and take it in turn to bring the cake or the chocolate.
And they´re doing it in the cities too. In Hawthorn, Melbourne, 15 women have been meeting for 10 years in the lounge room of one of them. They all live in the same street. They call themselves `Shift the Table´ because that´s how each session starts. They´ve sung their way through weddings, separations, raising kids and the ups and downs of life and work and sorrow and death.
So `community singing´, with all its health benefits is alive and well. This renewed interest in community singing is wide in range and scope - a huge range of musical styles, age range, gender mix and cultural origins. It is simple, strong, usually unaccompanied, and requires no special training or the ability to read music. It is not a rehearsal for something else, just a chance to sing for its own sake, for the love of it, for the lift, for a sense of community.
From a paper given at the National Rural Health conference, Canberra, April 2001 by Fay White, with assistance from Anne-Marie Holley
‘Whether you’re Pavarotti or your voice scares the cat,
singing can be good for your physical and mental health.’ Ruth Rosselson - The London Mirror
Theory
How to Read Music – 1
Learning to read sheet music can improve your grasp of music theory. The skill can take a while to master, so let’s begin, one ‘clef’ at a time! Notation is a system of signs by means of which music is written down. These signs are arranged on and around five parallel lines which is called a stave/staff. There is a sign at the beginning of each stave, known as a clef, which fixes the pitch of notes written on one of the lines of the staff/stave.
Identify the clef. The first symbol written on a staff (the five lines on which the notes are written) is the clef, and it tells you which lines and spaces on the staff correspond with which notes.
Next time we will become familiar with the Treble clef – so watch this space!
Some days there won’t be a song in your heart Sing anyway!
Emory Austin American writer & keynote speaker
Refrain Another year has begun on a very positive note. Our meeting during the holidays was full of feedback regarding all facets of the running of our group with many constructive ideas of how to promote ourselves for long term growth.
Notices have been placed at various spots around the valley and an ad in the Chronicle has already created enthusiastic interest.
Our calendar for the term will also provide opportunities to expand our exposure to the general public - Parkinson ACT builds on our existing relationship with them, involvement in the Centenary Celebrations and an Open Morning during Seniors Week - all will advertise who we are, what we offer and maybe help to ‘find a few more voices’!
Prelude DATE EVENT PARTICULARS
Feb 5
Rehearsal
10.00 – 12.00 Tugg Seniors Centre
Feb 12
Rehearsal / Legato Lunch
10.00 – 12.00 Tugg Seniors Centre
12.00 – 1.15 bring your samos &
socialize after singing
Feb 19 Rehearsal 10.00 – 12.00
Tugg Seniors Centre
Feb 26 Rehearsal 10.00 – 12.00
Tugg Seniors Centre
Thurs Feb 28
Parkinson ACT
10.45 for 11.15 Community Centre Collett Pl Pearce
March 5
Rehearsal
10.00 – 12.00 Tugg Seniors Centre
Tues Mar 12
Parties at the Shops Centenary
Community Celebration
10.30 – 12.00 Hughes Shopping
Centre – to be confirmed
Mar 19
Open Day - Senior’s Week
‘Finding your Voice’ 10.00 – 12.00
Tugg Seniors Centre
March 26
Rehearsal
10.00 – 12.00 Tugg Seniors Centre
April 4
Rehearsal 10.00 – 12.00
Tugg Seniors Centre
April 9
Rehearsal / Legato Lunch
10.00 – 12.00 Tugg Seniors Centre
12.00 – 1.15 bring your samos &
socialize after singing
Accompaniment –
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