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LOGOS

The Music. Play for Life logo is available in a variety of formats for different uses. They are all contained in zip files.

Jpeg: This file type is for general use. The small file is best for web use and the large file is for use in programs like Microsoft Office

DOWNLOAD JPEG FILES File size: 1.1Mb

Gif: This file is best for use for web use or used in PowerPoint or similar programs. The file can be used on different backgrounds

DOWNLOAD GIF FILES File size: 40Kb

Professional: EPS and Abobe Illustrator formats: This file is best for professionals such as graphic designers, printers and other media agencies. Not all computers will open this file type, however you can download it and forward it on to a person with the compatible software.

DOWNLOAD PROFESSIONAL FILES File size: 1.1Mb

Download Instructions

To download any of these images, PC users should right click the link then select 'save target as' and save the image to the hard drive.

You will need software to uncompress the zip file. Most computers now come with tools to uncompress files. Simply double click on the file saved to your hard drive. If you don't have any zip software you can use search engines to find free zip software.

PLAY FOR LIFE SONG

Campaign song

Learn it. Teach it. Sing it. Play it.

Download sheet music

Download & listen to the MP3

Read about why early childhood-specialist composer, Rhonda Davidson-Irwin, composed the song and why Kids' TV celebrity, Bret Annable, agreed to record it for the campaign. Download PDF

WHAT YOU CAN DO

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

MUSIC IN COMMUNITIES AWARDS 2011

Get inspired by the winners of the latest Music in Communities Awards. More

DONATE

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

Most Aussie kids miss out on the benefits of a music education while at school.
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CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT

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

Music in my life has been the most important tool for expression and communication.

Troy Cassar-Daley

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

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

If it hadn't been for music education for me, I don't know what I would have done with my life.

Kate Ceberano

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

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We can do even more for our kids by giving each one of them an effective music education at school.

John Foreman

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

Making music together is a joyous way of making a very important point.

Sandra Yates

Music has always been a major part of our lives.

Shane & Brett Lee

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

Music. Play for Life, the Music Council of Australia's grassroots campaign to get more Australians making music: in schools, communities, everywhere.

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