NAIDOC Week 7-14 July
NAIDOC Week is a celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and takes place each year in the first week of July. The week is celebrated across Australia not just in First Nations communities, but by Australians of all ethnic backgrounds
who wish to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Here at 3MBS, we are committed to a process of reconciliation, through respectful learning, the sharing of cultural understanding and the development of meaningful relationships. It is also important that we celebrate and champion the music-makers across our diverse cultural landscape, particularly those who have been traditionally underrepresented.
We are privileged this year to have Noongar man Aaron Wyatt join us at the station during NAIDOC Week and guide our celebrations. You may remember Aaron’s stunning performance at the 2024 Marathon ‘Transfigured’; not only is Aaron a talented violist and violinist, he is also a conductor, composer, programmer and academic.
Aaron will feature in conversation with Doug Beecroft in a live edition of Reflections at 4pm Sunday 7 July, followed by a special live-to-air performance by Yorta Yorta woman, Allara Briggs-Pattison at 7pm.
Be listening across the week for music by First Nations composers and musicians featuring in our Intermezzo programs, before joining us 2pm Sunday 14 July for a final concert presented in Melbourne Recital Centre’s Primrose Potter Salon.
4PM SUNDAY 7 JULY
Live-to-air Reflections Aaron Wyatt in conversation with Doug Beecroft
7PM SUNDAY 7 JULY
Live-to-air performance Melbourne in Concert Yorta Yorta winyarr Allara Briggs-Pattison (double bass) with associate artists Basil Byrne (trumpet) and Phoebe Elsworth (piano)
MONDAY 8 – FRIDAY 12 JULY
A selection of works by First Nations composers chosen by Aaron Wyatt broadcast during the final half-hour of Intermezzo each weeknight
2PM SUNDAY 14 JULY
NAIDOC Week Celebration at Melbourne Recital Centre featuring works curated and composed by Aaron Wyatt