Community Music Bowl

21/02/2026

🎵 Something new is coming to SATB (Singers Around The Bay)🎵

We’re launching a brand new Daytime Choir in Brighton!

If you’ve ever thought, “I’d love to sing… but evenings are tricky,” this one’s for you.

We’ll be singing favourites from iconic musicals (yes, the big dramatic ones 🎭✨), building towards a combined Winter Concert with our evening choir.

Friendly. Welcoming. No auditions. Just good music and good company. 🌻🌻🌻

All the details are below and if someone pops into your mind who would love this, send it their way!

Let’s fill the room with daytime harmonies! ❤️

07/02/2026

🎶 SATB (Singers Around the Bay) Rehearsals Are Back! 🎶

We’re excited to announce that SATB rehearsals are resuming this semester!
Join us on Wednesdays, 7:00–8:30pm, rehearsing across Hampton and Sandringham.

This term, we’ll be singing favourite songs from popular musicals, arranged in rich choral settings, as we prepare for our winter concerts.

New singers are always welcome, if you love singing and being part of a warm, community-focused choir, we’d love to have you!

For more information, send us a message or email [email protected]

Come along, bring a friend, and sing with us! 🎤

05/01/2026

more create, less consume, better choice filtering ...

Choices and chance’s are what we are presented daily in life, each one adds, alters or detracts your ability to achieve goals. So what can we do to position better for success ? Chances are unpredictable, however its the choices we take that improve life control and achievement.

Looking down the runway of a new year consider adjusting your “choice filters” to align with new plans and goals. Experience tells us that rapid change, huge corrections, and dramatic shifts rarely deliver long term sustainable change, often ending up discarded and taking the show backwards. However, simple, measured adjustments “choice filtering” can deliver long term benefit. Consider consumption, not only the physical , but more importantly headspace occupation, what information is consumed daily. Consciously replacing over consumption of low value video, television and social media with a new injection of self generated creative ideas. A new occupation of original creative energy will sharpen your ability to better take life changing chances when presented. Imagine the mind is sharper on the grid, and poised to think quickly , not clogged with rubbish.

Choice Filtering reshapes your headspace ready for better decision making , so, play a note, pick up a pen, draw a picture, learn new steps, restore something, sing a song and fuel up for a faster brain for purpose , powered by your own creative energy..

23/12/2025

Guitars For Veterans wraps up the year with veterans playing and sharing music together at the local RSL. These veterans only learnt to play this year. Music provides pathways of purpose and peace. Thankyou to all who support our work including the MBF team

13/10/2025

APPLAUSE ... Well done VMTA. So good to see students being given performance opportunities.

WHERE: St Peter's Anglican Church, Box Hill
DATE: 01 November 2025
TIME: 10:45am - 4pm
CONTACT: VMTA Admin EMAIL: [email protected]
Max. Attendees 120

Who Can Register?
Anyone 🙂

13/10/2025

Looking good Dave. Hope your fundraiser event in Adelaide goes well. Happy to share posts as you send them through. How did the song writing competition go? Has the winner managed to record his winning entry?

16/03/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/16/after-my-wife-died-i-joined-a-community-choir-it-gave-me-respite-from-my-private-grief?utm_term=67d622c66052ec7778fd656b19699cc3&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHRXxGRvPgmJ5XJwIbNrBdYm3KNKi3w3W7fBJP8JOi7kpj45x2XtQwVaUFw_aem_o4b537cLTWUSHZpG1DLkYA

When Toni fell ill I stopped playing music entirely. Yet every so often I felt the urge to return

25/02/2025

Exciting Rotary Music Scholarship for Aspiring Musicians!

Do you know any passionate musicians looking for extra support to grow?

Launching in 2025, the Rotary Melbourne Music Scholarship offers musicians of all ages:
• Over $10,000 in Financial Aid
• 1:1 Mentorship with Industry Pros
• Exclusive Networking Opportunities
• Access to Career-Boosting Resources

If you know someone whose passion and commitment for music is undeniable, but could use a helping hand, encourage them to learn more about this exciting Rotary Music Scholarship opportunity!

More info: https://buff.ly/42nMQnd
Apply here: https://buff.ly/40GDhP3
🗓️ Applications open: February 1st
🗓️ Applications close: May 30th

24/02/2025

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS ... Brighton Grammar welcomes applications from talented boys who believe they can make a positive contribution to the BGS community.

The number of Scholarships awarded each year is dependent upon the quality of the applicants and the availability of places.

https://www.brightongrammar.vic.edu.au/learnwithus/apply-to-brighton-grammar/instrumental-music-scholarships/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIpNc5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUi6PKn7mZeWjCWEUXJyOim8awPxpGqTQJZbHoBRpuB4mU6WCp5dCq8RBA_aem_gBh9bQ_qTFe1sP4XY7wc2A

Be an instrumental part of our musical tradition.

19/02/2025

PEOPLE DON'T FAKE PTSD, THEY FAKE BEING OK ...Every chord tells a story, and every note carries a mission. Music and The Brain Foundation is proud to auspice Guitars4Vets Australia who use music to heal, connect, and inspire.

Support G4V with a donation or buy their promo CDs. Each funds a lesson for a vet. https://www.facebook.com/G4VAustralia

19/02/2025

"Singers Around The Bay" is a relatively new, mixed Community Choir of fun-loving singers who gather from around the bay.
We sing an eclectic mix of music in SATB harmony. The singers rehearse locally on Wednesdays during school term 7-8.30pm.
There are no auditions, and new members are welcome to "COME AND TRY".
This Wednesday 15th October the singers will be rehearsing at the Senior Citizens Club in Service Street, Hampton. Please feel free to come and join us.