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Sweet Freedom
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Innovative Sound Community of the Month: My Life My Voice- Sweet Freedom

Listen to a Podcast: New Internationalist radio interview with Brian Procopis ( Sweet freedom) and Steve Dillon about Music, health and social Justice.

Rhythm City:Oxygen42 Bringing cultures together through active music making.

CreActives

Performing the World Conference in New York City October 2008.

Stay tuned for Book Number two in the series: Navigating Music Education Edited by Dr Julie Ballantyne and featuring some of the most influential music educators in the world today.

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jam2jam is a new instrument for collaborative media performance and applies the principles from Music Meaning Transformation and Computer in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality to networked learning and generative technology.

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