The Black Arm Band

The Black Arm Band presents music of the Australian Indigenous experience. It is a creative meeting place for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists and producers to develop, perform, promote and celebrate contemporary Australian Indigenous music as a symbol of resilience and hope in the spirit and action of reconciliation.

To date The Black Arm Band has produced two major works – murundak (premiere Melbourne International Arts Festival 2006) and Hidden Republic (premiere Melbourne International Arts Festival 2008).

With critically acclaimed presentations throughout 2008 and a hugely successful international premiere at the Southbank Centre in London in mid-2008, The Black Arm Band is described as "part Aboriginal soul revue, part civil rights statement . . . national treasures" (Evening Standard, 27 Jun) and is increasingly sought after internationally.

The Black Arm Band also undertakes work in remote and regional Indigenous communities using the power of music to enhance community health and well being.

The Black Arm Band is a project of Arts House, a City of Melbourne contemporary arts initiative.

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