Creative Ranges Foundation

27/03/2026

See you there for some jams at 11am!

Great family and community fun is to be had at St Ambrose! Yes, we are setting up for our biannual fete which will begin at 9.00am tomorrow 28th March. Be sure to drop in and enjoy the many stalls, opportunities for fun and delicious food along with some great entertainment! There are prizes to be won too!
Take a look at the great silent auction items still available! Copy and paste the link below to view the great selection of items and to place a bid. https://www.32auctions.com/stambrosefete2026

See you tomorrow we hope!

02/03/2026

We're constantly looking for ways to democratize access to music education at the Creative Ranges Foundation and the Creative Ranges Network. Together with PepperHorn Music we're working on the 'Paper Orchestra' -- a set of instruments that you can simply print off, cut, customize -- set in front of an old phone, Chromebook or laptop camera and have a fully interactive experience!

More to come, but we have a Piano, Wind instrument, Bowed string instrument, Guitar (traditional), 'Lap' Guitar, Drum kit, Drum machine, Sequencer all on the way -- plus the whole thing can be networked into the Orchestrator -- so a teacher or ensemble leader can set tempo, start / count in the ensemble and record the performance to a DAW through Touch OSC!

There's heaps of possibilities with this system. Once we're done experimenting and have some working prototypes we'll share a repo and demo pages so you can have a go yourself!

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25/02/2026

TONIGHT at The Mount Players ...

05/02/2026

Weekly workshops are back next week... Become a member today and get creating! 🙌‼️👀

Send us a message or email to RSVP 😜

17/01/2026

🌳 💗 🪴 A new year always brings on new challenges! One project that we've been quietly working on at the Creative Ranges Foundation and Creative Ranges Network is what will be our open source 'curriculum' framework.

The goal isn't to have a rigid syllabus that dictates the path of progress. Instead we want to follow the organic path that many learners find themselves on through micro-credentialing their achievements in many areas:

- Learn: To be open to new ideas
- Share: To collaborate and engage
- Rehearse: To practise implementation with intention
- Play: To communicate through performance
- Lead: To facilitate sharing new ideas
- Create: To generate new ideas

This approach has been born out of over 10+ years working with young people who, for various reasons may not be able to exceed on a vertical axis on one or more of these areas—but will be able to expand their branches laterally with broad growth.

That's not to say they won't take off in a particular pillar, but the framework won't dictate that they're unable to progress further given their different abilities.

This doesn't apply just to young people—we all learn in different ways and all have our own unique strengths. Can we all exceed in Math, or Science, or Art, or Critical Thinking?

Perhaps not, but by focusing on the trunk and branch method of building skills upon skills and experience upon experience those branches will begin to intertwine and build a scaffold that anyone can continuously climb up to achieve amazing results in their own unique way.

We're excited to keep building on this framework and create a launchpad where the broader Arts and creative community can contribute to an open source framework for learning creative thinking and expression—not just in Music, but applicable across the Creative Arts.

06/01/2026

An EPIC day of creating today at the with artists getting stuck into Laser cutting and etching, 3d Printing and modelling on plus a great jam on every instrument under the sun!

Lots of workshop options available for the rest of Jan. Get a $22 Youth Membership + $6-$12 per session or pay day rates (session + $10 a day) for one offs.

Thanks to all our amazing makers!!

02/01/2026

🤔🤔 Ever wonder where the Creative Ranges Foundation came from? Here's our CEO, Shaun Evans with a little about our journey!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdX8Q1BSbn4

By the way -- Term 1 2026 enrolments for the Creative Ranges Network's in-school programs (and 1:1 Lessons) are open now! Learn more at https://creativeranges.org/schools

A little talk about everything we offer the Macedon Ranges & surrounding communities including the Creative Ranges Network (in-school program) and the Creati...

23/12/2025

Some great shots of our own Sunday Livingston as Musical Director this year with a cast of all stars. Great job, all!!