Richard Gill on Musical Literacy

Series

Lunchbox / Soapbox

Where

The Wheeler Centre

When

Thursday, 21 Jul 2011, 12:45pm - 01:15pm

Event Status

Past event

In the race to teach children to be literate and numerate is there a chance that we have lost sight of the real goals of literacy and numeracy and the real reasons for education? What is the education revolution the Federal Government speaks of and where is the place of music in this revolution? How does music help us become literate?

Featuring

Richard Gill

Featuring

Richard Gill

Richard Gill is an internationally respected music educator and conductor. He has been artistic director of OzOpera, artistic director and chief conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the adviser for the Musica Viva in Schools program. He is currently music director of Victorian Opera. Ric... Read more