Music Schools and Wellbeing Symposium
Event Information
Description
Ticketing Options
Single Day Attendance (Thursday OR Friday):
General Admission Single Day: $75 + Booking Fee
Student/ Melbourne Uni. Staff Admission Single Day: $55 + Booking Fee
(Use discount Code Student OR MelbUniStaff when booking).
Both Days Attendance:
General Admission / Student / Melbourne Uni Staff Both Days: $110 + Booking Fee
(Use the discount code BothDays and select a ticket for both Thurs and Fri).
Admission includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
Please direct all queries to musicschoolsandwellbeing@gmail.com
Musical participation in schools is increasingly seen as critically important for supporting today’s students and building school communities. Yet in this current educational climate, how do we best leverage school music programs so that they may be sustained over time? And how might we use knowledge about the role of music in promoting wellbeing to create flourishing and inclusive school communities?
The two-day symposium hosted by the National Music Therapy Research Unit will comprise presentations from leading scholars and researchers from the faculties of VCA-MCM and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, as well as experts and stakeholders from across the wider landscape of music in schools. There will also be performances, discussion forums and plenty of time for networking.
Whether you are a music educator, classroom teacher, music therapist, wellbeing coordinator, member of a school leadership team or interested the possibilities for student wellbeing and music, attending this event on one or both days will provide you with practical knowledge for promoting change in your own school setting. Keynote presenters include Professor John Hattie and Professor Julie McLeod from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Professor Katrina McFerran and Dr Alex Crooke from the National Music Therapy Research Unit.
Thursday 7th September -
9:30am Registration, morning tea upon arrival
9:50 Welcome to Country
Thursday AM: Integrating Wellbeing into Music Education Curriculum Presentations by curriculum and music education experts about addressing the personal and social capabilities with music to leverage the position of music to support wellbeing in schools.
10:00 Opening Address, Professor John Hattie, MGSE
The Culture of Arts in Schools: Why we should have to argue for the arts in schools?
10:15 Keynote Presentation, Professor Katrina McFerran, NaMTRU
Setting Intentions for Different Music Programs
10:45 Mandy Stefanakis, Deakin University, Integrating Wellbeing into Music Education
11:15 Helen Champion, VCAA, Music, Wellbeing and Curriculum
11:45 Panel Discussion: How do you marry possibilities for wellbeing and inclusion with excellence in musical skill development?
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Humans of Burgandy - Eastern Ranges School Student Performance
Thursday PM: Integrating Wellbeing into Everyday Classrooms using Music
A series of workshops presenting various ideas for using music in classrooms for wellbeing
Session Chair Judy Jack, CEM
Workshop Presenters:
1:30 Meg Steele, NaMTRU, 2:15 Kate Teggelove, Pact4Change, 3:00 The Song Room
3:45 Close, afternoon tea
Friday 8th September
9:30am Registration, morning tea upon arrival
9:50 Welcome to Country
Friday AM: A Critical Think-Tank
The “Passionate Individual” and “Exposure Model” as provocation for critical dialogue- what is really happening in schools? A critical dialogue including Feminist, Race-based, Positive Psychology and Education perspectives.
10:00-12:00
Session Chair: Professor Katrina McFerran, NaMTRU
Invitation to Participate: Professor Julie McLeod, MGSE
Presentation of Key Research Findings: Dr Alex Crooke, NaMTRU
Critical responses from experts
Liss Gabb, Cohealth Arts Generator Anita Collins, University of Canberra TC Chin
Debra Nicholson, The Song Room
12:15 Lunch
1:00 5P St Matthew's North Fawkner: Performance and Presentaiton
Friday Afternoon: Influencing Policy and Leadership 1:15-3:15
MATRIX Presentation by Prof Kat McFerran and Dr Alex Crooke - What can we expect from different music programs in schools for wellbeing?
Advocate for increased teacher training, focused on primary school educators, need for appropriate resourcing for each level.
3:15 Closing Remarks, Afternoon Tea.
