Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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Format	Title	Version	AMC Library	Price
Score [ePDF]	My Australia : scored for SSAA [eScore] / Chloe Charody 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (3p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2023	Children's/Treble Choir	Not for loan	$8.18	Add to cart
Score	My Australia : scored for SSAA / Chloe Charody 1 facsimile score (3p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2023 Library shelf no. 782.5/CHA 2	Children's/Treble Choir	Not for loan	$12.73	Add to cart
Score [ePDF]	My Australia : for orchestra [eScore] / Chloe Charody. 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (24p. -- B4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2022	Full orchestra	Not for loan	$33.64	Add to cart
Score	My Australia : for orchestra / Chloe Charody. 1 facsimile score (24p. -- B4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2022 Library shelf no. 784.2/CHA 3	Full orchestra	Available for loan	$47.27	Add to cart
Score	My Australia : for voice and piano / Chloe Charody. 1 facsimile score (2p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2022 Library shelf no. 783.2542/CHA 4	Unspecified Voice with piano	Available for loan	$10.00	Add to cart
Parts	My Australia : for orchestra / Chloe Charody. 1 set of 26 performance parts (129p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2022	Full orchestra	Not for loan	Hire Only

Work Overview

A signicant part of Australia's history is marred by discrimination not only against Australia's first people, but in recent years against those simply seeking a safer life away from war, poverty and famine.

As a nation we have said sorry to Australia's First People, yet the lyrics to the Australian National Anthem still stand almost unchanged since they were first written by a Scotsman in 1878 - a time when genocide against Australian's First People was rife.

As we look to the future of the world, war, poverty and famine continue to destroy countless lives. It is our responsibility as a progressive nation to look after these people, help them heal and to create a rich life by embracing them into our multicultural society. This is something we have already done for so many, but have failed to do for so many others.

I ran a project in schools across Australia and asked Australian children (Indigenous children, children from immigrant families and refugee children) to each write a paragraph about what Australia meant to them.

Their heartwarming responses inspired me to write lyrics to this fanfare as an offering for a fresh Australian National Anthem.

I believe if we have a National Anthem that is relevant to ALL Australians, we as a nation can look toward a progressive future filled with optimism, hope and unity.

Work Details

Year: 2022

Duration: 2-8 min.