Brett has been the Principal Trombone of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1981. Brett played in Newcastle Brass Band and was Principal Trombonist in the Australian Youth Orchestra before joining the orchestra of Opera Australia and later taking up his position at the MSO.

Committed to new Australian music, Brett has been a core member of three influential Australian contemporary music ensembles – Flederman, The Seymour Group and Elision and has played or conducted the premieres of over 300 new works.

Daniel Sulejman also known as Danche has always been surrounded by music from a young age.

Danche started practicing keyboard at the age of 8. However, Danche's hard training and motivation really started when he was 15 years of age and at the time travelled to Macedonia to join a band. Ever since then, he has been traveling back and forth to Macedonia to keep in touch and be welcomed with open arms by his family and childhood friends.

Josef began playing the violin at the age of 4. He has been playing the violin for 18 years and has recently started learning guitar. Josef was raised and educated in Roxburgh Park. His past teachers include Helge Thelen, Elizabeth Sellars and Roy Theaker. Josef is currently studying under Sophie Rowell.

Josef has been a member of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra (MYO) since 2012. In 2015, he was appointed the position of Concertmaster and has retained the position into 2016.

Lerato aka Lee is a Melbourne-based dance instructor and performer and is a Teaching Artist with Outer Urban Projects. Lerato born in Zimbabwe, moved to Victoria, Australia to study in 2014. Since completing her studies in Youth Work, Lerato has continued to build her youth work skills and combine them with her passion for dance to inspire and empower young people.

After her arrival in Victoria, Lerato was selected to join professional dancehall crew ‘BurnCity Queenz’. Both with this group, and as a solo performer, she has performed with artists like Sampa the Great, Baker Boy, and Jojo Abot.

Theatre Director and Maker, co-artistic Director Liminal Theatre and Performance. Mary is an actor and director who has worked for over 20 years in alternative and mainstream theatre film and television.

Some of her theatre credits include Tes Lyssiotis' The Forty Lounge Cafe and Tom Lindstrom's Heroic Measures (Playbox); Too Young For Ghosts (Janis Balodis) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Melbourne Theatre Company); Jean-Pierre Mignon's Chekhov Trilogy (Anthill); and Blood Moon (Tes Lyssiotis), Song of Songs (Robert Draffin), Pericles and The Idiot (Theatreworks).

Miguel and Meredith are partners in work and life. Multi-award winner; photographer and film maker Meredith O'Shea and musician/film maker Miguel Rios are visual story tellers. Together they create film clips, documentaries and editorial videos.

Meredith's work as a photojournalist has brought heartbreaking and inspiring stories of human struggle and triumph to the front pages of The Sunday Age for over 15 years, featuring regularly with other media outlets including Guardian Australia.

Blending Maori and Pacific Islander influences with her love for Gospel and Hip Hop, Fakaoho aka Foxy Tupou is an asset to any concert or event.

Fakaho is a musically gifted singer with a strong following in the Pacific Islander and Gospel community. She won the 2014 Hume Art Awards and always astonishes audiences with her vocal talent and charisma. In 2015 she opened for Outer Urban Projects, Poetic License at the Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre and performed in Grand DiVisons: A Moved Urban Cantata at the Arts Centre, as part of the 2015 Melbourne Festival.

Ruci is a musically gifted performer in gospel and soul. From a young age, Ruci, along with her twin sister Joanne, developed a passion for music through singing and performances at their local church. Ruci on piano and vocals and Joanne on guitar and vocals, the dynamic duo captivate audiences with their soulful ballads.

In 2012, Ruci’s compelling vocals won the Tükçe Olimpiyatlari National Australian Competition. A competition where non-Turkish artists perform poetry, drama or music in Turkish language.

Vahideh grew up in an artistic family with a love for arts, music and poetry. She completed high school at Tehran Music College, studied her Bachelor of Music in Tehran University of Fine Arts and pursued postgraduate studies in Master of Music at the University of Western Australia. She has over 12 years of professional musical experience as a music performer.

Playing the Kanun (a string instrument), Vahideh has performed in different ensembles in Europe, the Middle East and Australia including, Mona Foma Festival, Multicultural Music Festival Canberra, Sarv Ensemble Australian Tour and Chakam Australian Tour. 

Joanne is a proud Fijian-Australian. She is vocalist and multi-instrumentalist performer – playing guitar, drums and bass. From a young age Joanne developed a passion for gospel and soul music and has performed in many seminal shows for Outer Urban Projects including Grand Divisons - A Moved Urban Cantata at Arts Centre Melbourne and Hume Studios at Kangan Tafe.

Natasha is fast becoming a well-known name in Melbourne’s orchestra scene. The eldest of eight children of a musical family from Roxburgh Park, she began violin at three years of age. In 2014 Natasha was the principal 2nd violinist for the Melbourne Youth Orchestra and collaborated with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra on their tour to New Zealand. She was violin concertmaster in 2012 & 2013 for Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight conducted by John Foreman.

Renae Shadler has been working as a choreographer and dancer since 2011. As founder of RENAE SHADLER & COLLABORATORS, (2012 till present), an artist collective creating multidisciplinary performances with touring artists and non-professional participants, she has created work for theatres, train stations and city squares. Renae has presented and developed works at the Dancehouse Australia, Palais de Tokyo Museum, Tanzhaus Zürich, HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts and Radialsystem, among others.

In 2019 Tara won the Green Room Award for Best Dance Performer for Common Ground, Chunky Move. Dancing with Chunky Move since 2012 performing in Rule of Thirds, Depth of Field, Complexity of Belonging, 247 Days, Anti— Gravity & Common Ground. In 2016, Tara was appointed Chunky Move’s Artistic Associate, assisting the creation of LUCID, winner of Green Room award for ‘Concept and Realisation’. Tara also conducted public programs and curated film event ‘Frames for Change’.

Thomas is a proud Bundjalung-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man. He studied at NAISDA Dance College and graduated in 2012. Thomas is an artist that works with multiple art forms including, choreography, dance, theatre, music composition, puppetry and teaching. In 2017 Thomas founded and became Artistic Director of Karul Projects and is currently a company member of the Tasdance Makers Company. Thomas' performance credits include, Long Grass - Vicki Van Hout, Am I - Shaun Parker & Company, and choreographic credits include, [MIS]CONCEIVE, CO_EX_EN Karul Projects, and VESSEL by Outer Urban Projects (2017).

Stephen is a Melbourne based singer, actor, cabaret performer and producer. His recent theatre credits include Roger in ‘Grease - The Arena Experience’ (Sydney Season) (2018), Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle in the Sydney premiere of ‘Mack & Mabel’ (Hayes Theatre Co./ Working Management) and Man 3 in ‘First Date - The Musical’ (Pursued By Bear/ Chapel Off Chapel). Stephen has been training in voice for over 20 years. He has worked with some of Australia’s leading teachers, vocal coaches and musical directors, having trained in contemporary, musical theatre and classical singing.

Irine is a multifaceted arts worker - a director, producer, composer, musician, sound designer, librettist and teaching artist.

Being a child of refugee and immigrant parents of mixed faiths – Muslim and Orthodox, informed an arts practice and a body of work that embodies the tensions and vitality that diverse and ghettoised voices and forms bring to the Australian arts.

She has collaborated with many of Australia’s finest performers, writers, directors and theatre companies and was a member of the founding ensemble of the seminal company Melbourne Workers Theatre.

Kate brings 30 years of professional practice across theatre, film and TV to Outer Urban Projects. She has trained and worked as an actor, writer, dramaturg, director and producer. She freelanced for many years working in Fringe, with Melbourne Workers Theatre and in TV drama and is an AFTRS screenwriting graduate. Her documentary credits include SBS/CAAMA 'Minmaku Way' (writer), ‘A Few Old Blokes' (writer/director) MIFF and the SBS, ATOM award winner and Dendy nominated 'Remembering Country' (co-writer/director).