Brett Kelly has regularly conducted the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmanian, Queensland and West Australian symphony orchestras, The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and Dunedin’s Southern Sinfonia.
He has conducted for Victorian Opera and been resident conductor of Chamber Made Opera. He has been featured on recordings for NAXOS, Tall Poppies, and ABC Classics with his recording of the Rodrigo Guitar Concertos featuring Slava and Leonard Grigoryan nominated for an Aria Award.

His conducting of The Hive by Nicolas Vines for Chamber Made Opera was nominated for a Green Room Award as Best Conductor of Opera.

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.

Mary is a Theatre Director and Maker and the Co-Artistic Director of 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). She performed in and co-wrote with composer Richard Vella the contemporary opera Last Supper. It toured Japan in 1995 and had seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmania.

Blending Māori and Pacific Islander influences with her love for Gospel and Hip Hop, Fakaoho Tupou aka Foxy is an asset to any concert or performance. She is a musically gifted singer with a strong following in the Pasifika and gospel community and a recipient of a Hume Art Award. Fakaoho has featured in many Outer Urban Projects works. URBAN CHAMBER BEYOND at the Melbourne Recital Centre, the opening for POETIC LICENSE at the Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre, LIBERIAN BOY, REVELATIONS in URBAN STUDIO, HUME STUDIOS and TAKEOVER residencies and GRAND DIVISONS – A MOVED URBAN CANTATA at Arts Centre Melbourne, 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 performing at their local church. With Ruci on piano and vocals and Joanne on guitar and vocals, the dynamic duo captivated audiences with their soulful ballads. Ruci has featured in many Outer Urban Projects works including GRAND DIVISIONS - A MOVED URBAN CANTATA presented at Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Festival Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre opening POETIC LICENSE, The Big Anxiety's TAKEOVER and HUME STUDIOS Residency projects, REVELATIONS recording project in URBAN STUDIO and 125BPM Concert, Melbourne Recital Centre.

Tangata Tupou aka Ta, began singing at a young age. Born to a musically gifted family, Ta’s passion for music started in the family living room and at her local church. Ta's Cook Island heritage has a huge influence on her style of music. Ta and sister Fakaoho have been performing together for many years. Both artists learned how to play musical instruments and sing from their dad. She is an independent vocalist, performing with sister Fakaoho and cousins, Ruci, Joanne, and Emmanuel Kaisila. Ta is a recipient of a Hume Art Award.

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 a vocalist and multiinstrumentalist 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 DIVISIONS – A MOVED URBAN CANCATA at Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Festival, POETIC LICENSE opening at Darebin Arts Centre and HUME STUDIOS at Kangan Tafe. She recorded on REVELATIONS in URBAN STUDIO, performed in the TAKEOVER residency and is a key artist on the Australian/Fijian collaboration of the transnational performance and film project, KIN - The Kaisila’s – Dudi & Jojo.

With French, Beninese, and Togolese (West Africa) heritage, Gracieuse Amah (Grace) is a Creative Director, Dancer/Choreographer and Teacher with 15 years’ experience. Passionate dancer of African dances since the early age of 8, she is a dynamic and joyful positive thinker specialised in the art of entertainment. Her infectious energy will take you on an amazing cultural experience like no other.

Grace specialises in live and public art dance performances and has performed on many international stages.

Patricia Cornelius is a founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre. She’s a playwright, novelist, and film writer. Patricia has a fierce commitment to class and her work often examines the lives of the marginalised. Her work also includes dramaturgy and mentorship with young or new playwrights. Cornelius is the recipient of numerous awards. She is the recent recipient of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize. And the 2019 Green Room award for Life Achievement. She has written over 35 plays including: Shit, Big Heart, Savages, Slut, Love and The Call. Patricia co-wrote the feature film adaptation Blessed, based on the play Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?

Samah Sabawi is an author, playwright, and poet. She is a recipient of multiple awards both nationally and internationally, including the 2020 Green Room Award for Best Writing for Independent Theatre for Them, the 1916 VCE awards for Best Independent Production and Best Publication for Tales of A City By The Sea, the 2018 Palestine Book Award for the poetry anthology I Remember My Name: Poetry by Samah Sabawi, Ramzy Baround and Jehan Bseiso and the Patrick O’Neil Award for the anthology Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas.

Kevin an Australian Sri Lankan virtuosic beatboxer and rapid-fire rapper from Meadow Heights, Hume, has worked with members of the Outer Urban Projects team from 2004. Kevin has been worked on hundreds of gigs, festivals and events throughout Melbourne, many through Outer Urban Projects’ Fee for Service Platform. He has opened for rapper Kid Ink (US), performed at number of Croc Festivals, performed in the Big Top Hop – Commonwealth Games cultural program and has toured with Indigenous Hip Hop Projects across regional and remote Australia. 

Tara Jade Samaya is a queer eco feminist and a multidisciplinary artist that, teaches, creates and performs dance. Her engagement with Outer Urban expands from developing dance, film work and leading workshops and classes from 2018.

She is currently performing in Dancenorths regional Australian Wayfinder tour after recently relocating back to Australia from Europe where she rehearsal directed at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and danced with Staatsballett Berlin under directorship of Sasha Waltz and Johannes Ohman. Also working with artists Jefta Van Dinter, Emmanual Gat, Dasniya Summer, Jan Martens,

Sahra graduated in art and architecture at the University of Tehran with a Bachelor of Theatre Art in 2009. Sahra was involved in many student productions as a writer, actor, costume and set designer. Her dissertation thesis was an adaptation of the short story by Raymond Carver - ‘Neighbors’. Her first professional work as an actor and writer in Australia was with Outer Urban Projects dance theatre work, VESSEL at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Fringe (2017). She then went on to work as a writer and actor in THE AUDITION, La Mama Theatre (2019).

Damian is a hip-hop dancer with a style that leans towards contemporary street dance. Residing in Reservoir, Damian joined Outer Urban Projects’ Access and Outreach Programs when he was 14 and has worked as a dance tutor with Outer Urban Projects’ Outreach programs and external partners, Trinity College and Drummond Street Services. As an Associate Artists of Outer Urban Projects Damian performed in the company’s Major Work, VESSEL (2017), is a regular workshop instructor for Dance Alliance and performed in Hume Studios (2019).

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.