Song Circles - Social Singing for You (& baby) - Archived

  • Jul 29 - Sep 16, 2022
  • Oonoonba Community Centre

    2 Shannon Street
    Oonoonba, Queensland 4811
Ticket Price (AUD) $15.00 This event is now over
Description

BOOKINGS FOR TERM 3 NOW OPEN
 

Katherine Menkens from A Round of Sound presents: Song Circles - Social Singing for You (& baby). These community singing sessions provide space for mothers and their village to sing together as a means of connection and empowerment. There will be a focus on supporting the caregivers of children in our community, providing a time and place to feel heard and upheld through music making.

 

Collectively sharing in the joy of song making can help to strengthen bonds between individuals, families and cultures, and create space for greater understanding, learning, and inclusiveness within our wider community.

 

No singing experience is necessary and you are warmly welcomed into this space. Come along and nourish yourself through song making!

 

We will meet weekly during Term 3. Both Casual and Term Pass attendees are welcome. Our term will be 8 weeks long, and runs from Friday 29 July through to Friday 16 September 2022.
 

SCHEDULE - SESSION 1

9.30AM - Arrival and registration
9.45AM - Session commences
10.30AM - Session concludes
10.30 - 11AM - Morning tea

 

SCHEDULE - SESSION 2

11.00AM - Arrival and morning tea
11.30AM - Session commences
12.15PM - Session concludes
 

PASSES

Please see Terms and Conditions for full details upon booking.

Casual Pass: $15 (+ $2 booking fee) per session. Includes entry for you and your child/ren.

Term Pass: $112 for 8 weekly sessions. Please email Katherine hello@aroundofsound.com.au for Term Pass booking details.

Date & Time

Jul 29 - Sep 16, 2022

Venue Details

Oonoonba Community Centre

2 Shannon Street
Oonoonba, Queensland 4811 Oonoonba Community Centre
A ROUND OF SOUND

A Round of Sound - Community Singing and Musicianship
Director: Katherine Menkens
A.Mus. A, B. Mus (hons.), B. Ed (UQ), MA (Liszt Academy, Hungary).


A Round of Sound is directed by qualified music education specialist, Katherine Menkens. Katherine's experience spans from developing school music programs, lecturing in methodology, through to delivering community musicianship classes, and facilitating choral music for all ages. Her philosophy of music and music education has been inspired by the work of Hungarian musicologist, Zoltan Kodaly. Kodaly espoused that all people have the human need and birthright be able to create and experience the joy of music making. The research is now very clear on the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and mental health benefits that music provides. To this end, A Round of Sound aims to provide an accessible platform for participants to engage in music for education, enjoyment, and social enrichment. 

A Round of Sound hosts a number of music-based projects in Townsville, from house concerts, to enriching women's circles, as well as community singing sessions for parents and caregivers.

Song Circles - Social singing for you (& baby) has been the pilot project for A Round of Sound, and we welcome new families to share in the joy of community singing with us in 2023.