Hello Forte readers,
Last week, Music Victoria was proud to announce the second instalment of the women’s leadership program, Cultivate for 2020. Supported by the Victorian Government, ‘Cultivate‘ is a professional development program that aims to foster leadership and management skills for established women in Victoria’s music industry.
It follows on from its success in 2019 which saw Participants Dallas Frasca (A Hitch To The Sticks Festival), Kate Duncan (The Push), Coco Eke (Bad Apples), Katie Besgrove (Look Out Kid) and Sally Mather (The Corner Group) develop their leadership skills through one-on-one professionalised training sessions with CEOs and experienced mentors.
Applications for Cultivate 2020 are now open! If you identify as a woman and are in or on your path to leadership and decision-making roles within the Victorian contemporary music sector, you can apply to be a participant in the program here!
Another major announcement we have to make is the introduction of our new chair of the Board of Directors; Sally Howland! Ms Howland also works as an advisor to APRA AMCOS and has authored research projects into Indigenous Music projects for the Australia Council and the NSW government. She is also a Non-Executive Director of the Archie Roach Foundation and Support Act Ltd (SAL), having been appointed Chair of the SAL Board in 2013. We are all very excited to begin working together with Sally!
In regional news – we are co-presenting two This Must Be the Place workshops with The Push soon. The first will take place at Leongatha Memorial Hall, Leongatha, Friday 18 October while the second will be at Kyneton Music Festival – Kyneton, Saturday 26 October. Speakers are still yet to be confirmed so keep an eye out on both the Music Victoria website and socials for updates.
Finally, there has also been an update to Geelong Venues day. The date for this event has been moved to Thursday 17 October but is still slated to take place at The Wool Museum, Geelong.
‘til next time!
The MV Team
Regional Member Moment – Moon Mother Productions
Jenny Moon, head of Moon Mother Productions, has just been deservedly nominated as a finalist in the Live Production award category at the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA). Jenny’s hard work, experience and expertise has seen her build Moon Mother into a highly successful music business. You can hear from Jenny herself speak at the Geelong Venues Day that Music Victoria are running with City of Greater Geelong on Thursday 17 October. Details can be found here.
Regional Gig of the month – Busby Marou: The Great Divide Tour
The Palais, Hepburn Springs – Friday 8 November
Blues & Roots act Busby Marou will be touring Australia in October and November in support of their upcoming fourth studio album ‘The Great Divide’, due out on the 27th of September. This tour is the culmination of a massive year of gigs for the duo coming off massive summer performances, including playing in front of 3,000 people at their own One Hot Night festival in their hometown of Rockhampton, QLD. Busby Marou’s national tour will see them play Hepburn Spring’s the Palais in a show that’s not to be missed. Tickets available here.
