Michelle Leonard, the NSW AgriFutures Rural Woman of the Year, has devoted her career to inspiring young people in regional areas to explore music.
abc.net.au/news/moorambilla-voices-michelle-leonard-inspires-with-music/102827852Michelle Leonard OAM has inspired over 42,000 young people in remote and regional locations to explore music.She has trained over 42,000 young people in workshops across regional AustraliaIn her latest project, she brought children to the Sydney Opera House to work with talented musicians and composers to create their own recordings.
"It's not hard. Music literacy was designed before the printing press, so it had to happen on people's hands." "It's become a big part of our lives now...it gets my community involved, and it's really beautiful to hear our aboriginal language in song."Some of Michelle's work is in the far west of NSW, where there are a lot of indigenous children.
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