Every student gets to turn a household item
into a musical instrument and play it!

Music With Anything is a terrific, interactive performance / workshop where Mic Conway shows children how they can use everyday items from around the house to create music.
Things like tin can banjos, drinking straw flutes, rubber glove bassoons, plastic cup chook noise makers, box bass, gum leaves, bottles and hose trumpets are just SOME of the fun and simple to make instruments that Mic demonstrates and plays.
After the performance, comes the workshop and Mic gets everyone building two ‘easy to make’ instruments. He provides materials and only requires children to be able to tie knots and use scissors as he guides them step by step through the making process. Mic and staff can assist where necessary. After making their instruments and briefly learning how the instruments make their musical sounds, a few children are selected to play some of Mic’s instruments that he demonstrated earlier and all the other workshop participants, using their newly made instruments, form the "Big Band". Led by Mic, this enthusiastic group of young musicians play the Australian classic Waltzing Matilda.

Mic Conway formed the nationally acclaimed Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band with his brother Jim while he was still at school. The band went on to have two gold albums. Mic co-founded the great Circus Oz and has won an ARIA award for his children’s CD “Whoopee”. He was an ABC children's artist and appeared on Playschool, Mr Squiggle, Here’s Humphrey and for many years he was the voice of Wags the Dog for the Wiggles.
Mic works across Music, Magic, Circus and Theatre and continuously tours both nationally and internationally.

Curriculum Relevance: Music. Listening, evaluating, instrument making. Workshop.