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Pulse, August 2008

Posted on 17 September 2008 by admin

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2008/2009 Palliative Care Foundation Grants Program

Posted on 12 September 2008 by admin

This grant will assist with education costs by funding some or all of the course costs of successful applicants. This grant is open to individuals with a commitment to the Palliative Care Sector. Applications close on 10 October 2008. Research will not be funded in 2009. Continue reading →

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XII World Congress of Music Therapy

Posted on 15 July 2008 by admin

‘Music, Culture, Sound and Health’. 22-26 July 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina Continue reading →

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AMTA National Conference 2008

Posted on 15 July 2008 by admin

“Gender, Age and Ethnicity in Music Therapy”. PD:Thu 17 and Fri 18 Sept. Conference: Sat 19 and Sun 20 Sept. Mercure Hotel Brisbane. Continue reading →

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Making Music Being Well 2010

Posted on 29 March 2008 by admin

Making Music Being Well is a joint venture between Australian Music Therapy Association and Music Play for Life campaign. It is an annual celebration of active music making for wellbeing. Continue reading →

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Singing from the same song sheet for more music in schools

Posted on 9 September 2007 by admin

On Thursday August 30th 2007 in Melbourne, John Foreman, one of Australia’s leading musicians, joined the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training, to launch Music. Count Us In. This is a national initiative to promote the … Continue reading →

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ArtStories: well-being, learning and arts participation in school communities

Posted on 16 February 2007 by admin

ArtStories facilitates participation in arts-based activities to improve wellbeing and literacy for school communities; students, families and staff. This project has grown out of Anja Tait’s PhD research, which evaluates links created between music education, and literacy and numeracy. Visit … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Clare O’Callaghan

Posted on 13 February 2007 by admin

Clare O’Callaghan’s clinical work has been acknowledged in a special way. She is now Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne. Congratulations Clare!

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Increasing physically disabled’s access to music therapy

Posted on 13 February 2007 by admin

Dr Garth Paine, MARCS Auditory Laboratories and Dr Alan Lem, School of Communication Arts, together with Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia hope to increase physically disabled people’s access to Creative Music Therapy by developing specialist audio technology – a velocity-sensitive non-speech audio system – with funding under the UWS Research Partnership Program. Continue reading →

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Evaluating the effects of music therapy on educational outcomes

Posted on 13 February 2007 by admin

Dr Diana Blom, School of Communication Arts, together with Redbank House has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to evaluate the effect of music therapy on the educational outcomes of school students who are attending a specialist mental health education rehabilitation program. Continue reading →

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