S3 Ep1: It’s Not About You, It’s About Us with Astrid Jorgensen

<p>During this episode of Why Change? Co-hosts Rachael Jacobs and Ashraf Hasham check in on their outlooks for 2023. Rachael interviews Astrid Jorgenson, the founder of Pub Choir, who focuses on community-based, collective music making. The discussions explore collaboration, inclusivity, new approaches to music-making.</p> <p>In this episode you’ll learn:</p> <ul> <li>Why it is important to release competition in the arts and enjoy yourself;</li> <li>How collaborative and social music-making contributed to wellness and inclusion; and</li> <li>Strategies to achieve accessibility and inclusion in local projects.</li> </ul> <p>Some things from the episode:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Jorgensen">Astrid Jorgensen Wikipedia page</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZ5NRDmTww ">Pub Choir on the Project (Australian TV)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pubchoir.com.au/">Pub Choir</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/OF5o7iFyBZs">Pub Choir does Life in a Northern Town</a></li> <li>Failure in the Arts, check out this <a href="https://creative-generation.org/blog-1/holding-tensions-blog-embracing-the-fail">blog</a></li> </ul> <p>For the transcript, please visit the <a href="https://creative-generation.org/podcast-episodes/s3-ep1-its-not-about-you-its-about-us-with-astrid-jorgensen">episode web page</a>.</p> <p>About Astrid Jorgensen</p> <p>Astrid Jorgensen (she/her) is an Australian vocalist, conductor and composer. In 2017, Jorgensen founded Pub Choir in Meanjin (Brisbane, Australia). At each Pub Choir event, Jorgensen arranges a popular song and teaches it to a non-trained audience in three-part harmony, concluding with a performance which is filmed and shared on social media. Astrid has also worked as a producer for ABC Radio Brisbane, and has performed as a keyboardist in Australian indie rock band The Grates. She was awarded the 2019 Queensland Community Foundation Emerging Philanthropist of the Year as a result of her charitable work with Pub Choir. She