Department of Health and Ageing
School children and The Song Room Teaching Artist Adam Kelly with the Federation Bells on loan from the Museum of Victoria. Image courtesy of the Song Room.
The employees of the Australian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing's workplace giving program supports the Song Room’s music programs for disadvantaged schools.
The Song Room is a Melbourne-based, national organisation that provides school performances, music teacher residencies and musical instrument donations to schools with a high proportion of children that are disadvantaged through isolation, disability, recent immigrant status or financial circumstances. Their highly successful programs stimulate creativity, enhance learning and self-esteem, and encourages greater participation in the school and community.
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