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September | 2014 | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. September 9, 2014. January 24, 2016. Musicking is central to a healthy community choir culture. This old-fashioned English term was revived by the late Christopher Small. So how then do we maintain an openness to learning? A German poet holds the key to my journey. In one of his most famous writings, German poet Hermann Hesse’s. My latest stage is vocational in the truest sense of the word: I seek to learn and share the tools that build, fix, nurture and sustain mu...
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August | 2015 | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. August 16, 2015. August 16, 2015. 2015 Sing For Good Submission. One chilly monday evening in Melbourne a bunch of friends and colleagues – staff and fellow PhD students from Melbourne University’s National Music Therapy Research Unit (NaMTRU) – recorded a little rendition of Sia’s Titanium. Our fundraising page with other important info. Submit your own entry: http:/ www.singforgood.org/. Blog at WordPress.com. An online resource for choir leaders. Sorry, your blo...
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April | 2015 | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. The community musician as ‘boundary walker’? April 18, 2015. May 11, 2016. A leading scholar in the world of community music, Lee Higgins, describes community musicians as. Who inhabit margins, borders, limitations, and edges. As a practice that sits between a range of different other professions, community musicians can challenge, innovate and transcend the typical boundaries of music practices (see. Community Music: In Theory and In Practice. We can all make music.
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about | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. I am a freelance choral conductor, facilitator, composer and arranger with a particular interest in choral singing and social inclusion. I specialise in working with amateur singers and lead community choirs. I run workshops that facilitate personal growth and development through singing. Put simply, I enable people to be brave and to surprise themselves as choral singers. I bring out their best. My PhD research into community choral music. Music Director from 2009...
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original music | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. Commissioned by the Brisbane Pride Choir. In 2015, scored for SATB choir, piano and percussion. Premiered Saturday 28 May 2016 at “Belonging” concert of the Brisbane Pride Choir (performance begins 4:45). This Our Home (2013). Composed for the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Youth Chorus in 2013. Scored for SATB choir, piano and percussion, it allows members to explore what home means to them through song or speech. 75 on Reid: Youtube Performance Footage. Contemplations...
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writing & media | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. A selection of recent publications that explore various aspects of choral music, choirs and choral leadership, and the art of singing in a choir. Article: Choral Music in Germany. Singing Social Inclusion: Towards the Applicability of German Approaches to Community Building in Australian Choral Music. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. Sl], v. 16, n. 3, May. 2016. ISSN 1504-1611. doi:10.15845/voices.v16i3.852. Interview for Switch On: SBS Radio. In 2013, I pr...
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projects & performances | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. Listen to Ben’s compositions and view recent performances on the original music. Artistic leadership of a 2013 film submission by the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus and Youth Chorus for the It Gets Better Project. Footscray Community Choir, 2016). The inaugural performance of the Footscray Community Choir, Footscray Community Arts Centre, 8 December 2016. Come, Let’s Be Singing. Music Director: Ben Leske. Out in the Spotlight. By Jonathan Larson, 2013. No Place I...
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August | 2014 | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. Reflections and community singing resources. August 29, 2014. February 22, 2015. In small and large ways, community singing may be healing. My recent travels for the Australian German Association fellowship. There are of course a range of psychological and physiological impacts of singing on health, set out in a host of research papers, articles and blogs. I’ve provided just a small sample below. Continue reading →. Blog at WordPress.com. Lee Higgins Community Music.
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testimonials | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. Looking forward to seeing you again on Saturday and celebrating this great project. Whatever the final outcome, I’d just like to thank you for being so accommodating with the ‘crafting’ of the composition. Tim Smetham, Music Director of the Brisbane Pride Choir. On composing and refining a choral work commissioned for the choir (May 2016). Maia, The Gawler Foundation. After leading an retreat singing workshop (April 2016). We loved the workshop. It was ace. Empower...
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January | 2016 | Ben Leske Music
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Empowering choral music in communities. A safe place to explore who I am: Choir singing, community and identity. January 24, 2016. May 11, 2016. The following series of blogs explores choir singing and leadership. They reflect my PhD studies and leadership experiences working with choral singers since 2009. This first blog introduces the important role of “choir” in members’ lives, as a safe haven and formative experience that builds resilience for members. Between 2009-2014, I was proud to have played a...
