IEP Launch at Indigenous Music Expo, 2009. Pic: Mark Smith

The Indigenous Employment Partnership for the Northern Territory Music Sector, was launched on Thursday August 20th 2009 at Parliament House, Darwin.

The IEP is an initiative between the Northern Territory and Australian governments, and the music industry. It is designed to give ongoing vocational opportunities in the music industry to Indigenous students, linking their school training with real jobs.

For the launch, Music NT brought to Darwin some of the Northern Territory’s leading Indigenous musicians to participate in an Indigenous Music Expo.  The list included musicians from right across the NT – from south of Alice Springs to the Tiwi Islands. In Darwin they participated in the Indigenous Music Expo and received first hand information on the launch document and what it can mean for their regions.

The participants in this Expo were also able to attend the 2009 iNTune Music Conference, providing opportunities for remote and regional musicians to network and learn from some of Australia’s leading music industry figures.

Music NT is working to initiate the recommendations of this document with a focus on the establishment of a pilot regional music hub based in the Katherine Region.

The Indigenous Employment Partnership document is available to download from this link.

Read more about the Indigenous Music Expo at iNTune 2009 here.