Welcome to Resound, the MCA Musical Instrument Program

News

Resound closed applications for instruments in February 2010.

Currently the following instruments need replacing:

• Bass guitar with amp
• Clarinet
• 2 x djembe drums
• 8 x drumkits
• Digital piano
• 4 x flutes
• Saxophone
• 9 x various guitars (acoustic and electric with amps)
• Microphones and amps
• Harmonicas
• 4 x electronic keyboards
• Mandolin
• Oboe
• 8 x pianos
• Trumpet
• Violin 

If you live in Sydney or Melbourne and can pledge any good quality instruments (as listed), please contact Rachel at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . NB Piano pledges are limited to Melbourne owing to delivery difficulties.

Resound would like to thank TOPS (www.tops.org.au) The Occasional Performing Sinfonia, and its director Mal Hewitt, for their generous donation of $5000.

Bushfire appeal

In association with the Dandenong Ranges Music Council in Victoria, the Music Council of Australia Resound program has launched the Bushfire Appeal to help get musicians playing again. Resound delivers donated musical instruments to replace those instruments lost in the February 2009 Victorian bushfires. All affected musicians, from school students through to professionals, may apply for an instrument. If you know of someone who lost a musical instrument in the February 2009 Victorian bushfires, click here . If you wish to pledge an instrument for a donation, click here.

PLEASE NOTE: all applications to receive instruments must be made by 7th of February 2010.

Click here for more news on the Resound Bushfire Appeal.

Click here to read our thank yous for the Resound Bushfire Appeal.

About Resound

What? Resound is about matching lenders/donors of instruments to borrowers who need instruments. 

Who? If you have an instrument sitting around at home and would like to see someone use it who needs it, you may find a suitable "borrower" here. If you need an instrument to learn on but can't afford it, you may find a suitable "lender" here. 

Why? Music assists with learning, provides relaxation, and brings joy to people who play. Not all musicians can afford instruments, especially when combined with tuition and print music costs. Non-musicians may inherit or be given instruments they don't particularly want to use. Others may have taken up an instrument only to find it was unsuitable for them, but still have some attachment to the instrument. Here is a way to see these unused instruments brought out of the cupboard, dusted off, and used for what they were made for, plus it can help a keen student musician along the way to achieve their goals.

About: Resound provides listings of both borrowers and lenders, as well as an example agreement for download. Resound only accepts listings for instruments worth $20000 or less. If you would like to lend a more expensive instrument to a worthy highly-skilled musician, please visit our National Instrument Bank .