In this episode we go behind the scenes at Melbourne Recital Centre to speak to Program Manager El Chantry. Originally from Perth, El has worked in the arts for more than 15 years, across music programming, event management and arts policy. She has worked for organizations such as City of Melbourne, Creative Partnerships Australia, Gertrude Street Projection Festival and the West Australian Department of Culture and the Arts. In this conversation we ask El how she approaches creating the Melbourne Recital Centre program; how she navigates presenting contemporary music in a room originally designed for classical music, her time working in Norway and much more.

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au

in this episode, we speak to Executive Producer of Sounds Australia and board director of Support Act Millie Millgate. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Millie has over 20 year’s experience in the music sector, working across artists management, programming and export events. She has held executive positions with both music New South Wales and the Association of artists managers. And since 2009, has represented the Australian music industry internationally as executive producer of sounds Australia. In this conversation, we talk about export events during the COVID 19 pandemic. What festival directors are really looking for, her experience as a venue Booker, her time as a Eurovision judge, and much more. More info:

https://soundsaustralia.com.au/welcome/

https://supportact.org.au

In this episode Chelsea catches up with Associate Director of WOMADelaide, Annette Tripodi, to chat about sustainability, programming, festival delivery during the pandemic and much more.

https://www.womadelaide.com.au

In this episode, we chat to Managing Director of Music New South Wales. Emily Collins. Originally from the Northern Territory, Emily has over 18 years experience in arts and entertainment, working for organizations such as Darwin festival, FBI, radio and Sydney Writers Festival. In 2015. She took the helm as Managing Director of Music New South Wales, the state peak body for music. In 2020, she co created the I lost my gigs survey, which tracked major losses for the industry and informed funding and recovery initiatives. In this conversation, I asked Emily about the state of play in New South Wales post lockdown the road to economic recovery, and how her background in marketing influences her leadership style. More info:

Music NSW: https://www.musicnsw.com

AMIN: https://www.amin.org.au

Produced by Chelsea Wilson

Transcript by Natalie Burne

This episode features leading music industry practitioner, author and academic Sally-Anne Gross.

An artist manager, record label director and international business affairs consultant Sally Anne has over three decades experience working in music. An industry pioneer she became the first woman to be an A&R Manager at Mercury Records UK in the early 90s, and chaired the first ever panel on gender in the music industries at ‘In The City’ music conference in Manchester. In 2016, she founded ‘Let’s Change the Record’ a project that focuses on bridging the gender divide in music production.

In her current role at the University of Westminster, she is the program director of the Master of Music Business Management degree.

In 2020 she released “Can Music Make You Sick” a ground breaking book investigating mental health issues in the music industry.

In this chat Sally talks about the challenges of writing the book, the state of play in the UK and her thoughts on the artists dream.

Produced by Chelsea Wilson

In this special live edition of Control, recorded at Melbourne Recital Centre we speak to Punjabi Australian vocalist, songwriter and dancer Parvyn Singh. We chat about her time with the Bombay Royale, stepping out as a solo artist with her debut record ‘Sa’, motherhood and much more.

CREDITS:

Produced by Chelsea Wilson

Co-produced by Linda Catalano

Live engineering by Melbourne Recital Centre audio team

Transcript by Natalie Burne

Recorded March 9, 2022

More info:

https://www.parvyn.com/index.html

In this special episode of Control, recorded at Melbourne Recital Centre we speak to award-winning multi-talented artist/director Ali McGregor.

For more info check: https://www.alimcgregor.com

Produced by Chelsea Wilson

Co-produced by Linda Catalano

Live audio engineering by Melbourne Recital Centre technical team

Recorded 11 March 2022

For full transcript head to Controlpodcast.com

Control is kicking off season 2 in style at Melbourne Recital Centre.

We’ll be hosting TWO LIVE podcast episodes in the Salon. Book now for incredible conversations and live performances with vocalist/songwriter Parvyn (Wednesday 9 March) and Opera/Cabaret Star Ali McGregor (Friday 11 March).

I truly cannot wait for this! Book now!

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2022/parvyn-in-control-with-chelsea-wilson/

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2022/ali-mcgregor-in-control-with-chelsea-wilson/

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2022/parvyn-in-control-with-chelsea-wilson/

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2022/ali-mcgregor-in-control-with-chelsea-wilson/

Fem Belling is a multi-disciplined, award-winning music theatre star, jazz vocalist, violinist and entrepreneur. In this conversation we talk about her career as a leading lady on the West End, burnout, her thoughts on confidence and her new live music venue, The Bandwagon.