EcoBeats

15/12/2024

Very excited to be running ukulele workshops at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival!! Such an incredible line up artists (as always) so if you haven’t got plans for the end of the year head to Woodfordfolkfestival.com and check it out! With over 400 artists and presenters over 10 stages over 6 days, there is boundless fun for everyone! I will be running daily ukulele workshops in the kids festival from 8:30-9:15am. Hope to see you and your friends and family there!! 🎶🌈🦄

22/04/2024

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08/05/2023

It’s so wonderful to be working as the new music teacher at Tweed Heads Public School. Here is one of many articles outlining the enormous benefits to literacy, numeracy and SO many other valuable skills that come from learning music at an early age. https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/articles/musical-benefits #

Practical tips and ideas to nurture your child’s learning potential, from the high chair to high school | Music can benefit your child in many areas – language, maths, concentration and social skills, just to name a few! So whether or not your child learns a musical instrument, try to expose you...

11/03/2023

Family fun alert!! Brews Beats and Eats festival is on tomorrow at . EcoBeats will be running a bucket drumming workshop at 10:30am and a recycled percussion making workshop from 11am-12m. The best part is it’s FREE! So come on down and bring the little ones!

07/03/2023

EcoBeats is looking forward to running some great kids workshops at BREWS, BEATS & EATS festival this Sunday at Crabbes Creek Community Hall. Bucket drumming at 10:30am and Recycled Percussion Making at 11-12pm. See you there!

16/02/2023

EcoBeats is looking forward to running an epic recycled percussion making session at .sounds this Sunday from 2:30-5:30pm! Kids can make shakers from recycled materials and then jam along to the wonderful band- the Nadia Sunde Trio. So come on down to the Village Green next to the for an afternoon of family fun - music, food,🍹 and creativity! # percussionmaking

02/12/2022

EcoBeats is looking forward to this afternoon at Summer Dayz! We’ll be running ukulele workshops for adults - 2:30pm uke basics and 3pm uke songs, Bucket drumming workshops for kids - 4:30-5pm and adults 5-5:30pm, AND percussion making for kids from 3-4pm. Not mention all the other fab activities on for kids and adults! So head on down to Club Burringbar from 2pm today- fun for the whole family!

28/11/2022

EcoBeats is looking forward to running several workshops at Summer Days festival this Saturday 3 December at Club Burringbar! We'll be running a ukulele basics workshop for beginners from 2:30-3:00pm, a ukulele songs workshop from 3-3:30pm for anyone with a bit of basic knowledge, a kids bucket drumming workshop from 4:30-5pm and an adults bucket drumming workshop from 5-5:30pm! Plus a percussion making workshop from 3-4pm! So much fun for kids and adults! Register for the ukulele workshops at www.clubburringbar.com.au

Summer is a perfect time to learn an instrument...

14/08/2022

So proud of these young ones and their mums performing for the first time on stage ! 🙂 Thanks for having us Piggabeen’s Got Talent! .

01/08/2022

EcoBeats special course tailored to 5 & 6 year olds - ‘An Introduction to Learning An Instrument’ is back for Term 3! In this 5 week course students will get to learn on both drums and ukulele. They will learn and develop their rhythm skills on the bucket drums, try out singing and some basic strumming and chords on the ukulele. All instruments are provided. A great chance to try out learning an instrument without having to buy one first! Classes are small so LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE. Classes will run on Monday afternoons at 4pm, starting August 15, in Tweed Heads. To book or for more info, head to https://www.ecobeats.com.au/registrations or email [email protected]. P.S. The course is FREE with the NSW Creative Kids voucher :)

10/06/2022

Here is a little video of what the EcoBeats recycled percussion making workshop followed by percussion jam looks like! Available for school holiday workshops, festivals, parties and school incursions! Get in touch if you're keen to book!

EcoBeats recycled percussion making workshop gives children the opportunity to learn about recycling and transform a variety of used household items into an ...

07/06/2022

One of the many articles out there highlighting the importance of music in children's education and lives!

Research shows that music engagement in the early years and onwards helps make people more active, more engaged and more creative.