Australia teaches country music
Teacher Geoff Walden said he believed the centre at Gympie State High School was the first of its kind in the world.
“We are hoping that Gympie will be the launch pad for many careers in the country music industry,” he said.
“We are hoping that Gympie will be the launch pad for many careers in the country music industry,” he said.
“They associate it with twangy, hillbilly music and don’t realise there are many different styles within the genre,” he said.
The Country Music Association of Australia already runs short intensive courses to help young up-and-coming musicians progress in their music careers.
Australia has opened its first country music academy within a Queensland high school in an attempt to improve the genre’s credibility among young people.
Country is the second biggest-selling style of music in Australia, World Of Warcraft gold according to the Country Music Association.
Gympie, two hours north of Brisbane, World of warcraft gold is well-known for its country music associations - the city hosts the annual National Country Music Muster every August.
But he acknowledged some school pupils did not take the genre seriously.
Country is the second biggest-selling style of music in Australia, world of Warcraft gold according to the Country Music Association.
Teacher Geoff Walden said he believed the centre at Gympie State High School was the first of its kind in the world.
Mr Walton said country music was more popular than rock and pop in many parts of Australia because of the “frontier mentality” of Outback
Australia has opened its first country music academy within a Queensland high school in an attempt to improve the genre’s credibility among young people.
Mr Walton said country music was more popular than rock and pop in many parts of Australia because of the “frontier mentality” of Outback inhabitants, similar to that which produced the US country music scene.
Classes will teach young people the basics of song-writing, video production, world of warcraft gold marketing and management alongside their usual curriculum studies.
Mr Walden hopes to expand the scheme with the help of the Australian Institute of Country Music so students will be able to take a degree in country music at the local university.
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