NEWS
LIFT multi-arts event
MP Music Network are proud to be a part of Peninsula Collective LIFT - free multi-arts event on Sat 30 April and Sunday 1 May. MPMN will be providing musical performances by Joshua Moore (The Redwoods) on Saturday and Mill on Sunday. Plus a community choir workshop...
DRIFT Festival April 21 – May 1
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council launches the very first DRIFT Festival of Art, Music and Celebration on April 21. For 11 days in Autumn, DRIFT will bring the Peninsula’s venues, places and spaces to life with art of all disciplines, including performance, music,...
Barefoot and Whistling – Rock School and Choir – expressions of interest now open for people who identify with a disability
Expressions of Interest now open for participants. We encourage applications from those who identify with a disability and/or require therapeutic support from an OT or Speech Pathologist to be able to sing with a rock band. Choir is FREE for all. NDIS funding welcome...
FEATURED ARTISTS/GIGS
Feature artist – Matt Joe Gow
The latest edition of The Cocoon Project welcomes rising star Matt Joe Gow back to MOTH on Friday 2 July for his first show on Australian soil since you-know-what happened. “I managed to keep relatively creative through the period,” Matt shares of how he spent 2020’s...
Feature artist – Matilda Pearl
18-year-old Australian singer-songwriter MATILDA PEARL invites you into her fun 'mermaid meets disco ball' world, making music to make you move. Her music filters through a kaleidoscope of disco, electronic and pop influences. Matilda grew up on a boat swimming with...
Feature artist – Xani
The third artist to be presenting new music works created during isolation at MOTH, on Friday 7 May as part of The Cocoon Project series, is the in-demand violinist and collaborator Xani. Xani was employed full-time as a musical theatre session violinist, for the...
INDUSTRY NEWS
Second round of the Vic Gov Live Performance Support program announced
The Victorian Government is providing more support for live performance events that have been cancelled due to the recent coronavirus restrictions. Who will the program support? Victorian presenters and suppliers in the live performance industry who had been...
MP Music Network industry day moved to Weds 13 October
The MPMN 'Professional Development and Networking Event' at the Rye Hotel has been moved from 18 August to 13 October. Themed ‘Connecting the MP Music Community’, the inaugural MP Music Network ‘Professional Development and Networking Event’ will be the largest ever...
New Music Victoria Awards category for Deaf and Disabled musicians
Music Victoria have just introduced a new Music Victoria Awards category... the inaugural Arts Access Victoria Amplify Award! Established to shine a light on and recognise the contributions made by Deaf and Disabled musicians in the past 12 months, this award is...