Project Facilitator

Sosefina Fuamoli is an award winning Samoan-Australian music journalist, broadcaster, and content producer.

Her work has been featured in a number of titles including Rolling Stone Australia, Junkee, NME Australia, Time Out, Beat Magazine, The Age, The Australian and more.

She can currently be heard hosting weekly music interview show ‘On The Record’, for ABC Pacific / Radio Australia, as well as ‘Sista Sounds’ - a dedicated radio show on the network to amplifying women’s voices throughout the Oceanic region.

Project Co-Founder

Kirsty Rivers is the Industry Relations Director at communications company, Sound Story. Highly regarded as a music strategist, Kirsty is a creative force with 35 years of experience at the forefront of government policy and music industry development.

She has held senior positions across government and the music industry, including the Head of Music within with Australia Council, Senior Manager for Contemporary Music at Creative Victoria; a remarkable 17 year tenure as National Manager for Writer Services at APRA AMCOS, and Vice Chair for Music Victoria, PBS and The Push.

Project Co-Founder

Mark Smith is the Executive Director of MusicNT, the peak music body for music in the Northern Territory.

He is currently Chairperson of the Creative Industries Ministerial Advisory Council in the NT and has recently joined the Board of Regional Arts Australia.

Prior to working at MusicNT, Mark was a touring musician and band manager; he continues to perform as much as he can today, playing in many local bands ranging from funk, to country or reggae, or as a classical percussionist for the Darwin Symphony Orchestra.