Partners
Music. Play for Life is managed by the MCA in partnership with the following:
Australian Music Association
The Australian Music Association is the trade body for the music products industry, representing wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and associated services for musical instruments, pro audio, print music, lighting and computer music products.
Through its non-commercial arm, Music Makers Foundation, it provides core funding for Music.Play for Life.
Australian Society for Music Education
A key partner in Music.Play for Life, ASME is the national organisation representing the nation’s music educators. The purpose of ASME is to encourage and advance music education at all levels as an integral part of general education and community life, and as a profession within the broad field of music.
AMTA
The Australian Music Therapy Association works with the campaign on raising awareness about the links between active music making and well being.
Supporters
Australian Government
‘Since 2007, The Australian Government has supported the campaign by providing funding for the national school music program, ‘Music. Count Us In’ where hundreds of thousands of school students learn and perform the same song. More on ‘Music. Count Us In'.
ABC Classic FM
In 2005, Music.Play for Life launched the FLAME Awards, in association with ABC Classic FM. The Awards recognise and reward Australia’s most inspiring school music programs. More on the FLAME Awards here.
Australian Council of State School Organisations
The National Voice of Parents of children in Australia's Public Schools and their School Communities. ACSSO supports the efforts of ‘Music. Play for Life’ in advocating more music education in Australia’s schools. Read ACSSO’s bulletin on music education news, Ensemble.
Ian Potter Foundation
The Ian Potter Foundation has provided funding to the campaign’s Guitars for Schools program, in which instruments are given to promising music students in schools in low socio economic areas.
NAMM
NAMM – the US-based international music products industry association provided support to the campaign’s inaugural Music in Communities Awards in 2008.
TEN
TEN – Network TEN and Southern Cross TV have supported the ‘Music. Count Us In’ campaign by providing airtime for a community service announcement encouraging schools’ involvement in the annual program.
Scorpio
This music management company has been working with the campaign to pilot a new music-in-schools program, Jamming. High-profile rock artists such as Evermore, Matt Corby and Lisa Mitchell act as mentors in songwriting projects with high school students.
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