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  1. 29 February 2016 - Music, Arts & Screen

    On a positive note: Songwriting as a therapy method

    In creating music we can share something of our experiences and ourselves – a notion explored by Professor Felicity Baker in therapeutic songwriting.

  2. 17 February 2016 - Music, Arts & Screen

    Transforming music performance

    A pioneering study at the Melbourne Conservatorium is investigating how personal motivation and quality of practice affects music performance.

  3. 9 February 2016 - Music, Arts & Screen

    Saving the endangered sounds of West Africa

    Thanks to the tenacity of ethnomusicologist Dr Graeme Counsel, over 9,000 songs from the West African nation of Guinea are now publically available online.

  4. 4 February 2016 - Music, Arts & Screen

    An emotional journey through pasticcio opera

    Voyage to the Moon, a new pasticcio opera, will help give researchers insight into the development of emotions.

  5. 19 November 2015 - Music, Arts & Screen

    Amazing Grace: How sweet the sound

    Making music with a child newly diagnosed with autism and their family can help foster social interaction, becoming a powerful tool in the child's treatment.

  6. 4 November 2015 - Under the Microscope

    Indigenous songstress on the international stage

    Indigenous opera singer Shauntai Batzke's father was a gifted boxer but as a graduate of the VCA she is carving out a career on a different international stage

  7. 20 August 2015 - Music, Arts & Screen

    The heritage-listed Old Police Hospital is born again

    The former Victoria Police Hospital has been re-opened at the University of Melbourne's Southbank campus after a year-long refurbishment.