An innovative community project that has created a web based album and walking guide for the iconic walks on Mount Wellington will be launched in Hobart today.
Storming Mount Wellington is a collaborative community project sponsored by community health organization, Richmond Fellowship Tasmania, and the Australia Council for Arts.
The project involved well known community music director, Matthew Fargher, web application designer Matt Daniels and the Roadhouse Ravens, a musical group supported by the Richmond Fellowship’s Out and About Program.
Musical director, Matthew Fargher, described Storming Mount Wellington as a new dimension of experience for many people in the community who regularly walk on our mountain.
“We have worked with the Roadhouse Ravens over the past year to go out and capture their mountain experiences in music, songs , poetry and images”, he said.
“We can now make these experiences available through an interactive web site from which walkers can download music podcasts to enhance how they relate to this unique environment”, he said .
This unique web content will be available through the Richmond Fellowship website at www.rftas.org.au/stormingmtwellington.
The Storming Mount Wellington project was managed by the Richmond Fellowship’s Out and About Program which provides opportunities for people to develop and recover from their experiences with mental health.
The Richmond Fellowship Program Manager, Bernie Noonan, believes that programs like Storming Mount Wellington clearly signal that people who live a mental illness can recover and make significant contributions to our community.
“The music, songs, video and photography are amazing and reflect the commitment of these musicians to making a difference in their lives, and the lives of others” he said.
Storming Mount Wellington will be launched tonight, 2 March at 7.30 pm, in a community event at the Moonah Arts Centre which will showcase the music and songs created by the project.
Matthew Fargher and the Roadhouse Ravens will be available for interviews prior to the event and on the day at 2pm at the Moonah Arts centre
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