Welcome to the DRMC

This is the home page of the Dandenong Ranges Music Council Incorporated, an arts organisation located in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne. The DRMC has been funding, facilitating and teaching community music for over thirty years. The Dandenong Ranges Music Council Inc. is assisted by the Yarra Ranges Council.

Community music is for everyone, beginner to professional. It enriches our lives and gives us opportunities locally to sing, play, perform, jam, create and listen.

2013

EDUCATION WEEK 23 MAY @ BURRINJA

MUSIC SPEAKS

DRMC will host workshops and a performance for concert band musicians on Thursday 23rd May at 7.30pm at Burrinja as part of EDUCATION WEEK.  Musicians from Lilydale, Upwey and Norwood High Schools and the New Horizons Band will perform under the musical direction of Brian Hogg.

Burrinja Theatre: 351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey  ~  Adults $12 

                                                                   Children under 16 Free

Tickets can be bought on line: www.burrinja.org.au/theatre/booking-tickets

or phone the box office: 9754 8723

The Education Week event is presented by the DRMC in partnership with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

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YOUNG STRING PLAYERS INVITED TO ATTEND

OPEN REHEARSAL ON MONDAY 20 MAY

4.30 - 6.00PM as part of Education Week at

Community Music Centre at Upwey High School. 

Details: Rosie 0401 133 462

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YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

FOR YARRA RANGES

The Dandenong Ranges Music Council invites all young string players to attend Monday afternoon rehearsals at 4pm commencing 15 April at the Community Music Centre Upwey High School.  The new orchestra will be part of the education week concert on 23 May at Burrinja Theatre.  Instrument scholarships for viola, cello and couble bass are available for suitable and very lucky young musicians.  Please contact Musical Director Rosie Burns 9754 8060.

YOUTH SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT - 'HEAR ME OUT'

starts Wednesday 13 March 4.30 - 6.30 @ Lilydale Youth Services

'HEAR ME OUT' is an interactive sound art & music making project for disadvantaged young people working with sound artist/composer Jessica Pinney, Rap artist Grant Gronewold and African Master Drummer Kofi Kunkpe in partnership with Yarra Ranges Council Youth Services and Dandenong Ranges Music Council and supported by the Harold Mitchell Foundation.

Over 7 x 2hr weekly sessions and 1 x 4hr session you will explore the world around us through sound, listening to, playing with and creating spoken word, vocal sounds & lyrics, percussion, rhythms & beats and putting these together with a collection of recorded sounds that will be gathered during small field trips in and around the surrounding area.

No previous experience required and there is no cost to participate.

Places are limited so please show your interest by contacting

Angie, Sharon or Sean at Yarra Ranges Council Youth Services on

Ph: 9294 6716

For more information: Sue @ DRMC 9754 6566

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CREATE WITH ATTITUDE

A One-Day Music Workshop for Musicians of ALL Abilities

Participants will be able to:

• Discover different ways of making music
• Create music through movement with the Soundbeam
• Write a song with other musicians
• Perform the musical creation with the group

WHEN: Wednesday 10 April 2013

TIME: 9.30am - 4.00pm

WHERE: Morrisons, Old Hereford Road, Mount Evelyn

Bookings essential RSVP Karen Noonan or Sue Clisby

on 9754 6566 or email drmc@drmc.org.au

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YOUTH WEEK SongFest 2013 - Friday 12 April

Singing, songwriting and guitar workshops to be conducted by two amazing young talented local artists at Burrinja. 

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YOUTH MUSIC AWARDS CONCERT - Sunday 21 April

The Bill Borthwick Young Musicians Encouragement Prize

1st Prize: Charlotte Sims (Clarinet & Voice)

Honourable Mention: Richardson Luu (Piano)

The Ann & Chris Krans Music Award

1st Prize: Hannah Shine (Piano)

2nd Prize: Madeleine Solomon (Voice)

Concert will be held at the DRMC Community Music Centre at Upwey High School at 2.00pm.

Cost: $5 per ticket includes Afternoon Tea

For bookings: 9754 6566

Musical Theatre Workshops with Attitude

Be part of a change of attitude to artists with disabilities

A Musical Theatre workshop experience for all ages and all abilities to further develop their skills in drama, singing and dance.

Workshops: Saturdays 2 - 4pm

April: 20, 27     May: 4, 11, 18, 25     June: 1, 8, 15, 22

Concert: Saturday 29 June

Venue: DRMC (In the grounds of Upwey High School: 1451 Burwood Hwy Upwey)

Cost: $50 for all sessions or $5 per session

Performers are to be accompanied by a carer/parent or guardian at all time if necessary.

To register: email application form to drmc@drmc.org.au

Application Form

For further information contact: Pauline Derrick 0417 552 863

NICHOLAS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CD  $25

To order: http://www.trybooking.com/BZTV

* Peter and The Wolf op67 by Sergei Prokofiev

   narrated by Derek Guille

* Clarinet Concerto No.1 in C minor by Louis Spohr

  Ashley Sutherland soloist

* Sacrae Symphoniae No.1: Canzon Duodecimitony

  Giovanni Gabrieli

* Past Live Melodies

  Sarah Hopkins

* Stax the Didgeman

* Dean Fenkel

* Singularity

Cost includes Postage and Handling.

What's happening in 2013?

The DRMC wants to hear from musicians, composers, community groups, schools and individuals about new music ideas and projects for 2013.  Does the community need a composers' collective, a hurey gurdey orchestra or even a kerosene tin percussion group?  Perhaps there are hidden bassoons, oboes and cor anglais players just waiting for an opportunity.  Tell us at drmc.org.au or phone: Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays 9754 6566

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