Thursday 15 November 2018

Bush Music Club participation in 2018 AMEB Online Orchestra

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Australian Music Education Board Centenary
In 2018 the AMEB undertook an exciting project to celebrate their Centenary year – The AMEB Online Orchestra.

1900 musicians from all over Australia took part in the AMEB Online Orchestra experience and the culmination of their incredible efforts is in the video below.

Waltzing Matilda, Music adapted by Christina MacPherson (1864–1936) from Thou bonnie wood o’ Craigielea by James Barr (1779–1860) Words by Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1864–1941) Arranged for AMEB Online Orchestra by Steven Hodgson and David Howell

Bush Music Club participation in 2019 AMEB Online Orchestra



Image from AMEB website

Video of 1900 musicians, including BMC members playing & singing Waltzing Matilda


2 images from AMEB video


Gallery

Image from AMEB Gallery


We don't often hear bush musicians playing in strict time but Allen's metronome kept them in exact time with all the other participants across Australia.


Members - Helen Romeo & Sharyn Mattern - concertinas, Beck Richmond - concertina & fiddle,
Jenny Bolliger - fiddle, Samantha O'Brien - flute, Tony Romeo - guitar & conducting, Chris Poleson - banjo, Emily - ukulele.

(Photos
©  Sandra Nixon)

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Music © AMEB  (source AMEB website)



Participants were given t-shirts as a reward






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Tuesday 6 November 2018

From the Archives - mixed Blessings of an Archivist - Mulga Wire, no.112 Singabout insert

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Anniversaries - Bush Music Club's 2nd Anniversary, 1956 - Fran Shaw's Song Sheets, part 2

Fran Shaw's Songsheets, Part 3. Miscellaneous sets & papers
Fran Shaw's songsheets - Part 4. Camp Songs, Dept of Education, Phys Education Branch
Fran Shaw's songsheets - Part 5, Talks on bush music





Poem
©  Stan Wakefield estate



Unfortunately the Shaw Bequest material was not kept as a collection, and the only identifiable items are these books in our Library.



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Monday 5 November 2018

Report on Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, 2018

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(Photos © Sandra Nixon)

Report on Saplings @ Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, 2018


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25. Bush Ukes with Rick Hull, Chris Poleson & Kerry Doherty


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50. Black Joak and Surly Griffin Morris


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