For the fifth year in a row Grow the Music returns to the Wallaga Lake Koori community, and includes two weeks of music development and recording sessions as well as a concert.
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Everyone is invited to the Wallaga Lake Koori Community Concert on Sunday, April 14 at 3pm at the Wallaga Lake Koori Village, north of Bermagui.
It will feature performances from people of all ages who will work in the lead-up with the Grow the Music team.
"A lot of the kids at Wallaga are seasoned performers now," Jazz Williams, Aboriginal cultural and community engagement officer for South East Arts, said.
"With the support of South East Arts and Grow the Music, they've performed at Cobargo Folk Festival, Candelo Village Festival, Giiyong Festival, Bermagui Seaside Fair and the Narooma Kinema over the last few years."
The special guest performer at the concert on Sunday will be Matty Walker, who grew up on the Far South Coast and performs regularly on the coastal circuit.
It will also feature Roy Jugadai from the Docker River Band who is coming all the way from the Northern Territory to be a mentor on the Wallaga program and to collaborate with Bermagui hip hop artist Gabadoo.
Jugadi performed at the Giiyong Festival in September at Jigamy, Eden with his band.
Gabadoo and another talented local artist Takeisha Thomas will also work as mentors on the Grow the Music team.
After the Wallaga program Grow the Music will deliver a week of music and recording workshops for young people in Eden, thanks to a partnership between Department of Family Services (FACS) and South East Arts.
These will take place at Aboriginal Evangelical Church, corner of Moorhead and Clare Streets, Eden 2551 from April 17-22.
Grow the Music and South East Art's partnership sky-rocketed on social media in 2018 with the release of two original songs on YouTube.
Bega High School's Koori Nation and Eden Marine High School's Always Be True were both written and performed by the students as part of the last Grow the Music program in the region.
South East Arts and Grow the Music invite you to donate your unused or new instruments for distribution through their programs around Australia, so that participants, including locally, can build on the skills that they have begun to develop and foster a long-term love of music.
For further information on Grow the Music programs locally, or instrument donation contact South East Arts on 64920711 or click here.
