Making Music: International Day of People with Disability

Join us for Making Music in recognition of the United Nations’ International Day of People with Disability.

Participate in an instrument-making workshop with Hands On Studio and be part of a playshop with Music for Canberra – suitable for all ages and abilities!

Children from birth to 6 years (and their accompanying adults) are welcome to play for free across the day in the Tim & Gina Fairfax Discovery Centre play and learn space. Bookings essential.

With free activations for all ages, this will be a welcoming day for everyone.

To ensure a comfortable experience, there will be lowered capacity and reduced audiovisual components. See our visual story

Program

Auslan story time

Visitors to the Tim & Gina Fairfax Discovery Centre will be able to participate in a free story time alongside an Auslan interpreter. Sessions are approximately 15 minutes in duration.

Bookings for the Discovery Centre are essential and available for children of all abilities from birth to 6 years and their accompanying adults.

Sunday 8 December, 10am and 11.15am

Instrument-making workshop

Guest artists of varying abilities from Hands On Studio will help you make and decorate your very own instruments! Explore your senses and play with sound in the Discovery Centre workshop, next to the play and learn space.

Free to drop in, no booking required. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Sunday 8 December, 10.30–12pm

Music for Canberra playshops

Explore sounds in the environment and play music in all sorts of different ways! Join the educators from Music for Canberra to listen to sounds in the Garden of Australian Dreams and inside the Discovery Centre.

Free to drop in, no booking required. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

Garden of Australian Dreams: Sunday 8 December, 12–12.45pm

Discovery Centre workshop: Sunday 8 December, 1.15–2pm