It takes more than singing to strike a chord in music education

Written By Lea Faes

Yesterday, Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne and Arts Minister George Brandis announced A$594,000 in funding for a new national music teachers mentorship program. The details have sent music educators and music education advocates into a flurry. And rightly so.

Not only is this recognition that there is a problem with the delivery of music education in the Australian school system, but funding that offers an effective and sustainable solution is a watershed moment in music education in this country.

Lea Faes
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