About Us

QMF is a strategic music agency that helps communities unlock the power of music to create a brighter future

Music brings people together, encourages participation and inspires change.

This makes music a critical tool in the effort to create a more cohesive, adaptive and vibrant society.

The QMF team is an expert collective, brought together by the shared belief that music’s potential value to our society is yet to be fully realised.

The programs we facilitate are typically partnerships between leading artists and arts organisations, local communities, government, corporate and philanthropic partners.

We like to think that we tie it all together.

We deliver music initiatives that

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Reimagine our places

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Empower and elevate First Nations people

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Diversify regional economies

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Contribute to community health and wellbeing

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Channel funds directly to artists, artsworkers and suppliers

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Financial Report

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Our Work

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Case Study

Yarrabah Music & Cultural Festival

Case Study

Queensland Music Festival: 20 Years

Our History

The Queensland Music Festival was created in 1999 to give all Queenslanders access to world-class live music. We have worked with leading artists and communities to produce signature events, tours, and mass-participation music experiences; created innovative public music installations; and commissioned 65 new works based on Queensland stories.

QMF’s remit has evolved over the past 20 years to incorporate a diverse range of music programs that respond to Queensland’s social, cultural and economic challenges. Our present transformation from biennial festival organisation to strategic music agency is a natural progression of this evolution, and a response to the demand for engaging, innovative solutions to the complex problems of today.

Our commitment to our First Nations peoples

QMF respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, waters and communities on which QMF and Queensland Music Trails events take place. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country on whose land works are created, performed and celebrated by QMF and Queensland Music Trails. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We recognise the importance of First Nations leadership and collaboration, and we commit to walking together on a journey of shared learning.

Our Team

Patron

Her Excellency the Honourable  Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM
 Governor of Queensland.

Board

Directors

Daniel Gschwind
Chair

Alison Mobbs
Deputy Chair

Members

Ann-Maree Willett
Angela Barney-Leitch
Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
Paul Lindstrom
Jeff Oates

Staff

Executive Team

Daryl Raven
Chief Executive Officer

Breeze Guo
General Manager, Finance & Business Intelligence

Laura Dodd
General Manager, People & Culture

Oriana Wyrozebska
General Manager, Tourism, Government & Commercial

Jana Hesketh
General Manager, Communities & Impact

Stu Watters
General Manager, Creative, Programming & Production

Tourism, Development & Engagement

Lowana Moxham
Head of Government Partnerships

Kathryn Geels
Head of Commercial Partnerships and Development

Tara-Lee Follett
Partnerships and Contracts Manager

Communities & Impact

Michaella Harrison
First Nations Engagement Manager

Finance

Sia Dugdale
Finance Operations Manager

Maysoun Badawy
Assistant Accountant

Marketing & Communications

Fraser Graham
Head of Integrated Marketing

Corey Cooper
Head of Media & Communications

Belinda Rabe
Graphic Designer

Jade Schroeter
Digital Marketing Coordinator

Programming & Technical

Alice Jones
Head of Event Experience

Ally Lane
Head of Ticketing & Box Office

David Carberry
Executive Producer

Sam Gibb
Head of Production, Technical & Logistics

Courtenay Millar
Tour and Productions Coordinator

Giordan Pakes-Sunner
Ticketing Manager

Jasmine Turner
Producer

Jenna Koda
Senior Producer

Ella Harris
Events Administrator

Tamara Nilsen
Associate Producer

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