Born in Alice and arriving to Darwin as a young visual arts and music teacher, Claire has a deep belief in the arts as the foundation of an inclusive creative community. She worked for many years as an arts educator and practitioner and have helped establish a number of key music organisations in Darwin. As…

Bernadette Ryan, is the director of Bernadette Ryan Management (BRM), BRM is currently operating as a music and arts consultancy service. With more than 25 years experience in the music business Bernadette’s management clients have included many and varied artists including Daniel Merriweather, Saskwatch, The Harpoons, Architecture in Helsinki, DJ Dexter, The Avalanches, The Mavis’s.…

Cain is a composer, producer and instrumentalist who has lived and breathed music his whole life, picking up his first instrument at the age of six. Cain has a long history of supporting the Territory music scene and has made a huge impact as a supporter, educator, program developer, session musician and respected guitarist and…

Harshini is a classical cellist and whilst growing up in England was the principal cellist for her County Orchestra. She initially completed a chemical engineering degree before travelling and moving to Alice Springs in 1994. Since living in Alice Springs she has performed with the Alexander Quartet and more recently with the Alice Springs World…

Jeffrey McLaughlin AKA Dr Flouride, came to the NT in 2005 as an entertainer / gardener at Renner Springs. After 5 months Jeff purchased a mobile Pro-tools Recording rig & in November 2005 he walked into Barkly Regional Arts to do a 2-day recording workshop. It turned into a 15 year association with the Barkly.…

Coco has co-founded and managed multiple entities in Bad Apples Music, Barpirdhila Foundation, Ngarrimili and Strong Brother Strong Sister, alongside having operational roles within the arts, sporting, and community sectors with a focus on governance, organization-wide cultural value sets and revenue generation. Coco has vast experience in the music and arts sectors as an Artist…

Arian Pearson is a Yolŋu man from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land. He was a member of the Yolŋu rock band East Journey. He has successfully held the position as head director and studio engineer since Mulka Music commenced in 2015. Mulka is supported by the Cotton On Foundation and Mulka Music aims to…