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What We Do

Music: Play for Life is Australia’s only national campaign that supports and inspires Australians everywhere, from all walks of life, to make music. It is an initiative of the Music Council of Australia, a registered charity and Australia’s peak music organisation. We build grassroots awareness of, and support for, the links between music and the benefits to individuals and society. Our programs include:

A national school music initiative which unites half a million school children across Australia in music, on the same day, at the same time, to highlight the importance of music education in the nation’s schools and which drives music education into the media.

A national week-long series of music making events, organised by people in local communities at the grassroots to demonstrate the benefits of active music making in a range of settings, from nursing homes and hospitals, to shopping centres, workplaces and community halls.

National Award schemes for people and programs in schools and communities that start and sustain community music programs in metropolitan, rural and remote areas of Australia.

A national training and networking scheme for music leaders and local government, to increase opportunities for musical participation across the Australian community and to help build social cohesion.

Online support services for parents, musicians and want-to-be musicians of all ages and abilities.

 

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imc-award-smInternational win for campaign

Music: Play for Life was named Overall Winner of the latest International Music Council’s (IMC) Musical Rights Awards.

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NEWS! Win for Moorambilla

A festival and choral outreach program in Western NSW has taken top honours in the campaign's recent Music in Communities Awards. Check out more here.


WHAT YOU CAN DO
DONATE

Help the campaign deliver on its mission to get more Australians making music, in schools and communities. Donations are tax deductible! More

MUSIC ED PORTAL
This MCA web portal supports teachers in teaching music to students at all school levels, from early childhood through to high school graduation. More
MORE MUSIC TOOLKIT
If, on the other hand, your school is just starting out on its musical
journey, or it needs a top up, check out our new More Music Toolkit where
you'll find lots of ideas to help start and improve music education in your
school. The ideas are from real schools - most of them former Flames
finalists - that have managed to find practical solutions to some of the
common challenges in providing lots of high quality music education.
www.moremusictoolkit.org.au

NEW! If your school is just starting out on its musical journey, or it needs a top up, check out our 
More Music Toolkit.

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