ASME Vic: First Nations Music with Jessie Lloyd

ASME is the peak body in Australia in regard to music education with a Chapter in each State and Territory.

Australian Society for Music Education (Victoria)

Teacher Workshop: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges through music with Jessie Lloyd.

Kwong Lee Dow Building (Building 263) - In person or live-streamed.

Award-winning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander singer, social historian and cultural practitioner Jessie Lloyd will present a workshop for teachers in studioFive at the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. Jessie will share stories and a collection of songs that are an introduction to a broad range of First Nations knowledges. She introduces instruments such as the clapsticks, the Kulap, the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag, and her nanna’s experience of the Stolen Generations through storytelling and singing. The songs that Jessie shares and teaches are all public songs and can be taught by First Nations and non-Indigenous educators. This workshop is suitable for secondary, primary and EC teachers with follow up resources available. Jessie is best known for her Mission Songs project that takes audiences on a profoundly moving musical journey. Ailan Songs project is her second major work, an island reggae exploration of historical songs from the Torres Strait. ASME Vic and FoE are thrilled to be hosting Jessie and invite you to attend this special event.Delivered both in-person and online.Registration is essential:<ul><li>General admission $40</li></ul><ul><li>ASME members FREE</li><li>Melbourne University staff and students FREE (please register with your unimelb email address)</li></ul>Upon registering, guests can select whether they wish to attend in person or online.

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