Funkin' it!

• Maranatha Christian School (Endeavour Hills, Victoria) Year 7
Click here (or right click to save) to hear the work (mp3 file/3:02/2.8MB)


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Dream With A Train

Cool new groove from the MegaSoundOperators featuring artists from Bethal Primary School!!


Click here (or right click to save) to hear the work (mp3 file/2:40/2.5MB)




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Sound Operators #1 and #2

Note: these posts will be soon be migrated to a new blog dedicated to this material alone. New links, including detailed information about the project, photographs, as well as a greater capacity to interact and contribute will be made public very soon. Stay tuned!


We are a team of 5 musicians working for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Education and Community Outreach Program.
Our aim is to encourage expression and creativity through music experimentation, listening, and recording.

Here are the results of the first two “MSO Pledge” school workshops:

• Maranatha Christian School (Endeavour Hills, Victoria) Year 9-11
Click here (or right click to save) to hear the work (mp3 file/5:03/4.7MB)

• Hillsmeade Primary School (Narre Warren South, Victoria) “Music Masters”
Click here (or right click to save) to hear the work (mp3 file/2:33/2.4MB)


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Queen Victoria's Mash Up...

or the Susato Sandwich?

Have just returned from playing a 10-piece brass gig for the MSO which farewelled the Queen Victoria from the Melbourne wharf.

You know how certain club owners have to be asked a couple of times to switch the house music off because, like, the band is back on stage? Well, we had that on a large scale tonight. We were getting stuck into the hits of the English brass eighties with Susato Suite, Three (or Four) Brass Cats, and something by Ray Premru when the ship PA started blaring the hits of downunder out at the same time. Slim Dusty, Men At Work, Midnight Oil and some others I think.

Anyway, the client was nice enough to slop a bit of Yellowglen into our plastic cups and the band(s) played on, fought it out.

What did it sound like on deck? Was this Melbourne avant-garde at its best?

.....Bon Voyage

ArtPlay / MSO

The year is getting going with two days of workshops (2nd and 9th February) with ArtPlay/MSO. The participants are 8 to 13 year olds and the players for the year's ArtPlay ensemble will be drawn from these days.
Respective web details:
MSO Website
City of Melbourne Website
and here is wonderful information from an illustrious leader.