Academic Convenor of CAWRI Dr Trisnasari Fraser talks to Associate Professor Margaret Osborne from the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and Ms Simone Maurer, classical-contemporary flautist, and tertiary educator and researcher. Margaret and Simone talk about their work establishing an Australian chapter of the Healthy Conservatoires Network. Margaret, Simone and Trisna talk about the necessity for shifting the culture among professional performers to facilitate speaking about and addressing health concerns. Margaret and Simone discuss their work in the network so far and tailoring the Australian chapter to local context, including consulting Indigenous leaders in arts and wellbeing.

https://healthyconservatoires.org/

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Recorded and mastered by Patrick Telfer at Brian Brown Studios, VCA