Create a bold new work for Big Jazz Day Out, Melbourne International Jazz Festival and
Wangaratta Jazz Festivals in 2027.
Monash University Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) invites First Nations artists to propose an
ambitious new music project for premiere performance at Big Jazz Day Out in March 2027, as well
as presentation opportunities to be negotiated with major jazz programs at Melbourne International
Jazz Festival and Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.
This commission provides time, creative support and financial investment to develop an original work that explores improvisation, collaboration and contemporary First Nations creative practice. Whether your work draws on jazz, hip hop, experimental music, classical traditions, electronic production, spoken word or sits somewhere between genres, MPAC is looking for projects that are artist-led, innovative and uniquely your own.
The phrase ngargee yinganjaku has been generously gifted by senior Boonwurrung Elder Professor
N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs AM, as an invitation in Boonwurrung language to create, sing and perform
with purpose.
See the submission criteria here
Apply for ngargee yinganjaku here
Find out more information about MPAC commissions, including ngargee yinganjaku, at mpac.monash.edu/about/commissions-2.
Banner image: Given Volume by 2024's ngargee yinganjaku recipient, Matthias Schack-Arnott.