Count us in!

Hello,

This morning all my friends and I from primary schools across Australia celebrated the value of music education for all students! There were live webstreams from Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. We sang several songs, but the primary song for 2010 is "Come play your part". The song was written by nine high school students across Australia who have never met each other before and they worked with Australian mentor musicians. They have been supported by the Australian government. It was their first experience of co-writing! How did they go? Wowww!!!! Awesome, excellent, beautiful!

We had to memorize the song and the choralography and practice them many times at home! We performed the songs with the Royal Military College (RMC) band at the Llewellyn Hall, ANU . Wow! Isn't that cool?

Come play your part

It's your time. What are you feeling?
Look all around. Can you believe it?
Give it your all, let it flow through you
I'm by your side, all we need to do is sing ...

Chorus:
Don't have to hide what's inside you, all you got to do is sing ...
Let it out, let it surround you ...
We're gonna shout, we're gonna sing
Let the music give us all we need
Lay down a groove, move to what we feel inside ...

Feel the rhythm, keep the beat
Feel it in your hands and in your feet
Lift your voice, find it in your heart ...
Come play your part!

Don't miss out, there's nothing to fear
This is your chance, that's why we're all here
Just one song everyone will remember
Let this song bring us all together

Oooh, oooh ...
Come play your part, sing from the heart ...
You can't get it wrong, who knows you might even get it right ...
You can't get it wrong, who knows you might even get it right ...

Are you curious about the song? Well, you can hear it from the internet http://www.musiccountusin.org.au/
You know, I want to be a song writer someday!


This is the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha), the Australia's national flower, a symbol of patriotism.

Music of my life

Hi,

Does ANU recruit many new small students? Who are they?


This afternoon all students from year one to three from all primary schools at Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) had a very good chance to enjoy the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. The performance was held at the Llewellyn Hall, the ANU School of Music. Actually this event was only for students, but Ms. B let my mom sneak and peak the orchestra. All students from the North Ainslie Primary School sat on the back seats. My mom sat next to me!


The orchestra has four families of musical instruments. The musicians with red shirts play percussion, such as drum, bongo, cymbals, marimba and xylophone. The musicians with green shirts play woodwind musical instruments, such as flute, piccolo, oboes and clarinets. The musicians with yellow shirts play brass musical instruments, such as trombone, horn, tuba and bassoons. The musicians with blue shirts play string musical instruments, such as violin and cello. The musicians come to the stage when we shout: "I want percussion, woodwind, brass and string!!!" The orchestra played many children songs, such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Sleeping Beauty and Mambo. They played the music beautifully. Bravo!!! The conductor also asked the musicians to explain about every musical instrument and how to play it. It is really interesting!


At the end, some of my friends had a chance to become "small conductors". They came to the stage. They moved the conductor stick up and down, up to right .... You know, the musicians followed the tempo of the conductor stick! It is funny! After they finished their turn, they bowed to the audiences. Cheers!

I really enjoy the orchestra. Who wants to be a musician? Me!