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Welcome to the Music Outback Foundation
Music Outback Foundation Limited is a non-profit Deductible Gift Recipient charity dedicated to the use of music and related art forms as a means of improving outcomes on remote Indigenous communities.
Why music in remote Indigenous Australia?
Australian Indigenous people are faced with the fragmentation of their culture at a rate unprecedented in modern times, with disturbingly low outcomes in health, education, employment, and other community indicators. In response, through careful development of its programs over six years, Music Outback has shown that music can be a powerful and effective multi-faceted vehicle for the reconnection of Indigenous people to their own cultural expression. At the same time, music can effectively address serious needs in areas such as education, health, language preservation, and remote Indigenous employment.
Music Outback Foundation programs have been designed to:
* Develop the use of music in remote isolated schools as a means of improving general education outcomes
* Assist in the preservation of threatened languages and culture through the engagement of older community members in first language song writing
* Engage school age Indigenous youth who don't attend school in creative activities that promote healthy lifestyle choices
* Strengthen the roles of community adults in the mentoring and leading of young people in education and cultural expression
* Involve various agencies on Indigenous communitites in activities that build partnerships and cross-agency cooperation across the communityTo see video of the remote schools program in action, CLICK HERE
Music Outback Foundation is currently seeking philanthropic, corporate, government, and public sponsorship to enable us to continue our programs
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Full steam ahead for the first
Music Outback Festival !!
For some time Music Outback has been hoping for an opportunity to bring remote Indigenous kids together to celebrate their achievements in music and education as participants of Music Outback Foundation programs. The opportunity has now arrived thanks to a green light from the federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and their Community Festivals for Education Engagement initiative.
MOBFEST Tanami is first off the block, and will take place over three days in October at Ti Tree School, NT. The festival will engage students from Ti Tree, Laramba and Utopia schools in music based workshops that culminate in concerts and performance opportunities for every child that attends.
MOBFEST Alice Springs will follow as a one night concert for participating schools in collaboration with the popular Carols by Candlelight event in Alice Springs on Dec 7th.
Music Outback Foundation would like to thank the following sponsors and partners
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