We believe more Australians should be making music: in schools, communities, everywhere. Why? Because being musically-active is good for individuals and for our society.
As Australia’s national music advocacy program, we provide information, inspiration and advice to help you start or continue your musical journey. If you're already musically-active, we can provide lots of support to help you convert others to the cause! Whoever you are, wherever you are, you can join the campaign - it's free - and do your bit to get more Australians making music.
Music: Play for Life is a not-for-profit initiative run by Australia’s peak music body, the Music Council of Australia (MCA).
Music: Play for Life was named Overall Winner of the latest International Music Council’s (IMC) Musical Rights Awards.
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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.
Browse useful info on how students learn from the Youth Research Centre, Melbourne University. FIND OUT MORE.
Check out the Public Liability Insurance special offer available to community music makers through the Music in Communities Network. More
Get inspired by the winners of the latest Music in Communities Awards. More
What I’m trying to do in connecting two cultures (indigenous and western classical) is show that music is music. Forget all the notes on paper!
William Barton
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When it comes to your own music-making, when it’s really happening, when you’re really in the moment, totally absorbed, it’s a transcendental experience.
Bill Leak
If it hadn't been for music education for me, I don't know what I would have done with my life.
Kate Ceberano
I’ve sung and played guitar for many years and it has always provided me with an avenue for fun and friendships outside the high pressure life as a professional footballer.
Russell Robertson
Music has always been a major part of our lives.
Shane & Brett Lee
Apart from the school choir and a couple of piano lessons as a child, I have had no musical training, yet music is my life.
Maya Jupiter
As a once shy child, music is something that not only gave me a great sense of satisfaction, but also gave me a greater self confidence.
Jonathon Welch
Music has always been a very important part of my life and I commend the extension of this magnificent pursuit to all Australian children.
John Symond
Making music together is a joyous way of making a very important point.
Sandra Yates
Music has been such an important part of each of our lives and has been a constant companion in our relationship as father and daughter.
John Williamson and Ami Williamson
We can do even more for our kids by giving each one of them an effective music education at school.
John Foreman
Music in my life has been the most important tool for expression and communication.
Troy Cassar-Daley
