Music Workshops

 Music Workshop: Objectives 

Eleven:11 Music Production Workshops have been developed with 2 key principles in mind: 

  1. To expand the students/participants learning in their creative music practice, by providing them with a direct link between the classroom and music industry practitioners; 

  2. To provide support to the Federal Governments new National Cultural Policy: “Revive” (announced January 2023), that aims to “empower our talented artists and arts organisations to thrive and grow – unlocking new opportunities, reaching new audiences, and telling stories in compelling new ways”.

source: www.pm.gov.au/media/revive-australias-new-national-cultural-policy

Student Primary Learning Objectives 

Adelaide Music Production Workshops

The workshops, that have been developed to support and compliment the current Secondary School and Tertiary Curriculums by providing an music industry overlay with a strong focus on developing contemporary original music across several genres. 

The workshops aim to: 

  1. Highlight and demonstrate the current industry practices and techniques across several disciplines - song writing, music production, media composition and mixing - overlayed with industry insights and standards: 

  2. Provide Professional Development Training to teachers by updating their knowledge and skills base on the current across several disciplines: music production; song writing; media composition; song mixing; as well as music business practices surrounding artist development, copyright, royalties, and legal matters. 

  3. Assist Students gain greater autonomy in their musical endeavours; 

  4. Allow Students the opportunity to explore and self-evaluate their current workflow and creative practices, and identify strategies to help maximise their output; 

  5. Provide Students with practical experience and apply their learning in both the Music Studio, and Digital Audio Workstation environments; 

  6. Address the increasing Student demand to learn and understand music technology; 

  7. Explore the relationship between traditional voice/instrumental tuition, music theory, and apply them in the facets of composition and music production; 

  8. Provide an understanding of the music technology environment and how the studio is utilised as an instrument, and a compositional tool; 

  9. Explain how music technology and the musician performance interface with one another, and how the studio performance differs from a live performance; 

  10. Identify the key roles in the music making process, the music industry, and the wider creative community, that will assist students in exploring potential career paths and opportunities for future employment; 

  11. Understand music’s role in the proliferation of content creation across the various media platforms (Film, TV, Advertising, Radio, YouTube), and how the Music Creative interfaces with them. 

Revive: The Federal Governments’ new National Cultural Policy Objectives 

  • Revive will be delivered through Creative Australia, formerly the Australia Council for the Arts. 

  • It will revitalise the $17 Billion per year Arts industry, which employs an estimated 400,000 Australians. 

  • Creative Australia will receive $286M in funding over 4 years from 2023-24, who will deliver greater strategic oversight and engagement across the sector. 

  • Music Australia will receive $70M in dedicated funding to specifically support contemporary music. 

  • Grants will be made available to support activities that with Revive’s core principles.


In addition to providing a strategic focal point for Government for all music issues, Music Australia will: 

  • Deliver song writing and recording initiatives in schools;

  • Increase development of original music; 

  • Create Community Music Hubs in high density living areas; 

  • Support industry professionals to learn business and management skills; 

  • Grow the contemporary Australian music market; 

  • Develop new strategic partnerships within and beyond the music sector.


The Key Principals of Revive that will guide the Government’s actions and investment over the next 5 years: 

  1. Australian students have the opportunity to receive an education that includes culture, creativity, humanities and the arts. 

  2. All Australians, regardless of language, literacy, geography, age or education, have the opportunity to access and participate in arts and culture. 

  3. Creative industries and practice are future focused, technology enabled, networked and globally recognised, including through reciprocal exchange, export and cultural diplomacy. 

  4. Arts and culture are generative (creating new works and supporting emerging artists) and preservative (protecting heritage and conserving cultural memory). 

  5. First Nations arts and culture are First Nations led. 

  6. Artists and arts workers have career structures that are long-term and sustainable, supported by vocational pathways. 

  7. Creative talent is nurtured through fair remuneration, industry standards and safe and inclusive work cultures. 

  8. Arts and cultural organisations have representation and leadership that is reflective of contemporary Australia. 

  9. Cultural infrastructure, including galleries, libraries, museums, archives and digital collections, is restored, built and maintained. 

  10. Australian stories are seen and heard, regardless of platform. 

    The Federal Governments Revive National Cultural Policy can be review in full here.