Out Hear is based on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. Their sovereignty is acknowledged and respect is paid to their Elders past, present and future, and to Indigenous communities around Australia.
Music & Sound Facilitation
Providing new opportunities for expression and connection in the community through personalised and accessible music and sound recording services. All abilities welcome!
Create + Connect
Out Hear amplifies the vital and diverse voices in the community offering opportunities to develop, publish and share audio work. It is an invitation for individuals, organisations and the broader community to connect, to listen and be heard.
Mentoring and facilitation is tailored to individuals’ interests and ambitions. Programs may be in partnership with other organisations or directly with individuals, including NDIS funded participants.
Services
Activities Include:
*Skills building
*Improvisation and play
*Electronic music
*Composition
*Beat making
*Sound design for dance, video, theatre
*Story-telling, podcasting, radio
*Field recording
*Music videos
*Live events
*Publishing work
*Career building
Benefits Include:
*Increase energy levels and motivation
*Promotes individual expression
*Builds confidence
*Alternative ways of communication
*Creating new identity and reconnecting with lost identity
*Safety and validation – positive social experience
*Empowered creative expression
*Build skills and capacity to thrive within community and industry contexts
*Provides a sense of routine and discipline to support artistic goals and independent living
Extras:
*Professional quality editing and post-production
*Curation
*Publication of works
*Building capacity of individual artists and organisations
*Building community across organisations
* Raising profile of artists and their creative work in the broader community.
Mentor + Facilitator
Dale Gorfinkel
Facilitator/Producer
Dale Gorfinkel has more than 10 years experience working in the Disability community with a range of ages and a disabilities including cognitive, psycho-social, physical, stroke-survivors, acquired brain injury, vision and hearing impaired, people in rehabilitation, and autism-spectrum. Dale is constantly inspired by the originality and vitality of individuals in this community, values the diversity of sonic expressions and believes in artists being empowered and having complete creative control.
Dale has also worked extensively with refugee and migrant communities, facilitating music sessions, coordinating bands and helping to provide opportunities for live performance, recording and publishing.
Previous and current partners include:
Arts Access Victoria logo
Arts Project Austalia logo
Regional Arts Victoria logo
