MUSIC
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Brass tuition creates a legacy
12 Nov 2022 – On Boonwurrung Country The primarily agriculture-based Bass Coast community is a two-hour drive, south-east of Melbourne. It’s therefore perhaps not surprising that it’s one of the fastest growing areas in…
CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale beats the blues
28 Jan 2021 – Unlike most other youth music programs, CRASHENDO! Bairnsdale is not only about the tunes. Modelled after Venezuela’s National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs El Sistema Global, CRASHENDO!…
Tenterfield and the beat of the bush
09 Dec 2020 – When a popular city-based summer school music program made plans to bring the beat to the bush and put on a show alongside it, the whole community of Tenterfield NSW…
Merrigum Primary’s Song Room
25 Nov 2020 – In partnership with Merrigum Primary School, The Song Room, an organisation that delivers integrated music lessons in school delivered a six-month music program to students from Foundation to Year 6.…
Clear ambitions from Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival
07 Mar 2016 – The Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival is supporting the recovery efforts of the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 bushfires. It has driven community engagement while supporting wider economic development in a…