An unique opportunity
like no other.
As the largest Pacific Island nation, we have an infinite amount of untapped talent within both the traditional and contemporary music spheres.
However few are able to create sustainable music careers for themselves within their own country, let alone overseas.
With the launch of the PNG government’s 22-23 National Cultural Policy, a Significant emphasis has been placed on the preservation of PNG culture within the arts.
The focus on nurturing this new generation’s rapidly growing tendencies towards contemporary production, composition, songwriting, and touring are predominantly vague if not non-existent.
Herein lies the responsibility to help bolster the development of PNG’s aspiring up and coming young artists.
People who have the potential to be viable exports to the world stage. We have an opportunity to elevate the standard of the domestic music industry for generations to come.
The program will bring together Australian and PNG-based mentors and musicians to collaborate in an intensive 10 day long songwriting and production workshop in Goroka, creating opportunities for shared learning, artistic development and cross-cultural collaboration.
These relationships are intended to continue beyond the program through future recordings, touring opportunities and creative partnerships that connect PNG artists with Australian audiences and industry.
Artists and Mentors will also have the opportunity to engage in a cross cultural exchange in Watabung Village in the Eastern Highlands where they will be immersed in traditional practices from music, food and ceremony.
