
The Music NT RAMP (Regional Areas Music Program) Initiative is a long-term program dedicated to engaging and providing skills development and performance opportunities to regional and remote musicians in the Northern Territory.
The current programs are listed below. Please keep checking this web page as more programs are announced throughout 2011.
- NT Libraries Workshops – Tiwi Islands
Music NT in partnership with NT Libraries delivered workshops in childhood literacy by recording children’s songs in Milikapiti community. Working with community members from Milikapiti and Nguiu a number of sings teaching children how to read were written and recorded. These songs will be available throughout the Northern Territory library system as an accompanying disk to a song book produced by the community.
- Community Workshops
Music NT in partnership with Red Cross, Browns Mart and Skinnyfish Music are engaged in delivering a comprehensive music workshop program across 7 communities in the Northern Territory. These communities are Maningrida, Oenpeilli, Jabiru, Warruwi, Minjilang, Daly River and Wadeye and will provide skills development and performance opportunities.
For more information about RAMP, please contact Music NT.
T: (08) 8981 1995 E: manager@musicnt.com.au
This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Bush Bands Business
Music NT coordinated a program of mentoring and development for musicians in Alice Springs as part of the Bush Bands Bash concert event which is held within the Alice Desert Festival. These activities have been made possible through the support of Arts NT and will provide intensive development work for each band with dedicated mentors working on live performance, studio techniques and marketing.
Music NT has partnered with the Bush Bands Bash and CAAMA to continue these workshops in 2011.
Read about Bush Bands Bash 2010 and Bush Bands Business 2010.
For more information call Music NT Alice Springs
T: (08) 8952 0322 E: milyika@musicnt.com.au
RAMP and the Indigenous Music Development Officer are supported by:




