Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival

Music Category Information Package

(Eligible to Primary and Secondary Students)

Creativity Connectedness Conversations

First a bit of background… The Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival aims to raise community awareness, enhance mental health literacy and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and addiction issues in young people. The competition also hopes to allow primary and secondary students to connect with one another, enhance their help-seeking behaviour and provide the opportunity to express their creativity in a meaningful way. It is envisaged that the festival will continue to run each year to enhance the use of creativity in engaging and connecting our young people, in order to create positive conversations about the issues of mental illness and addiction problems.

…here’s what you’ll need to do Primary and high school students are invited to perform (as a

soloist, a band or an orchestra) live music of any genre, either

original or cover work, the music performance must be under six minutes in duration and consist of no more than twelve

participants (e.g. for choirs). It can be an instrumental or vocal piece and does not necessarily have to have the word

mental health or mental illness in the lyrics or title. It is more about what the song means to the performer(s) and/or the audience. Each act from their participating school will perform at an audition

at a mutually agreed time during the ‘Audition Fortnight’ (29th Aug – 16th Sept) at their own school. Three finalists

will be chosen by a panel of judges to compete in the Grand Final event, to be held at the Logan Entertainment Centre on the 11th October, 2016.

In the Grand Final, judges select the winner and the associated

school will receive a trophy and a comprehensive mental health resource package that can be used to benefit the students and school community. All schools and/or participants will receive a Certificate of Participation from Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. All participating schools in the Music Category will also be rewarded with a minimum of two places for their school staff to

attend the Youth Mental Health First Aid training. Upon

successful training of relevant staff, the school will have the option of receiving the Teen (peer to peer) Mental Health First Aid training

for some of their students.

Select entrants might be requested to perform at other appropriate festivals.

Prizes Each winner receives:

• Certificate of achievement

• Trophy

• Mental health resources for your school

Artist in Residence Program Schools can elect to obtain additional support from a QUT student, providing providing mutual learning opportunities for both the school students and the university students to work together on a music piece. Please contact Jennifer Gibson below for more information. Jennifer Gibson │Stakeholder Relations Manager Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Z4 The Hut, Musk Avenue│Kelvin Grove Qld 4059 P: 3138 0515 │M: 0429 080 227 │ j11.gibson@qut.edu.au

Guidelines for Competition

• Your music performance must be under six minutes in

duration

• The piece should have some significance to the audience or

performer(s) relating to their own experiences and mental wellbeing. For example – “it makes me feel good, it

motivates me”.

• There can be up to two entries from each school.

• Your piece must be prepared by 28th August 2016.

• Each entry must be entered in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. By entering the Competition, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

• Each entry agrees to participate in the Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival 2016.

• If selected as a finalist, the entrant agrees to attend the

Grand Final at Logan Entertainment Centre.

• Each entry agrees to have the musical performance

photographed and videotaped by the organisers

if required, which might be used as promotional materials and other future productions.

• All participants can elect to complete relevant pre and post questionnaires to help evaluate the process of participating

in the Creative Arts Festival and for other research

purposes (information will be provided to participants if this occurs).

• You agree that the organiser may use your entry for any promotional, marketing and publicity purposes of the organiser in any media.

• Decisions of the organisers and its panel of judges are final and will be binding on each person who enters the

Competition and no correspondence will be entered into.

Feedback can be provided to all participants if

requested.

• Judging criteria will be based on:

1. Mental health theme (promotion of good mental health

and reduction of stigma associated with mental illness)

2. Production/musical ability/direction/delivery

3. Entertainment value and audience response

• The organiser is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, or for any of the equipment

or programming associated with or utilised in this Competition, or for any technical error that may occur in the course of the administration of this Competition. The Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.

• Props/set design/ lighting etc should be kept to a

minimum due to limited time to change set up between

performances (two mins). The schools can elect to appoint a

representative to support with sound and lighting

delivery.

Suggestions for Topics The theme of the musical piece can be very diverse. It can simply be a piece of music that “meant” something to the performer(s) e.g. ‘enhances my motivation, ‘makes me happy’. It does not have to have a song title or lyrics that portray a specific disorder. It can also address the promotion of mental well-being or aim to reduce stigmas associated with mental illnesses.

Some Themes: • Mood lifting

• Motivational

• Addiction

• Coping and resilience

• Dealing with bullying and cyber-bullying

• Resilience

• Recovery

• Self-esteem

• Grief and loss

• Caring/helping/living with someone with a mental illness (e.g. family member or a friend)

• Living with a family member with a mental illness

• Helping and supporting a friend with a mental illness

• Mental health issues in rural areas

• Multicultural mental health issues

• Aboriginal mental health issues

• Mental health issues associated with identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual,

• transgender, intersexed, queer or sistergirl. If you have any other ideas/topics that are not listed above, please

discuss it first with the Festival Director, Adam Lo on

07 30894100 or Email: adam.lo@health.qld.gov.au,

please put ‘Positive Mindset’ in the subject line.

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School Registration Form *Complete and email/fax to Adam Lo - Festival

Coordinator Email: adam.lo@health.qld.gov.au, please put ‘Positive

Mindset’ in the subject line Fax: 07 30894105, attention to ‘Adam Lo’

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School Registration Form

~ LAST DATE TO PUT THIS FORM IN: 26 AUGUST 2016 ~ School: Name of Key Contact Person (e.g. teacher) : Mail Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: E-mail Address: Initial Music Piece Title: What does this musical piece provoke in the performer(s) or audience? Terms of Entry We agree to participate in the Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival 2016 and have a music piece ready to be viewed during Term 3 during the audition round. If selected as a finalist, we agree to attend the Grand Final at Logan Entertainment Centre. We agree to have our performance photographed and videotaped by the organisers if required, which might be used as promotional materials and other future productions. We may elect to complete relevant pre and post questionnaires to help evaluate the process of participating in the Creative Arts Festival and for other research purposes (information will be provided to participants if this occurs). We are aware that we may be asked to perform the piece again at future events (up to a maximum of two times), such as at the Brisbane Festival Each participating student will be required to provide a signed consent form by a parent/guardian, which is to be submitted with this registration form.

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Parent/Guardian Consent Form

School: Grade: Student Name: Student Date of Birth: / / Address: Parent/Guardian Name: Phone Number and Emergency Contact Details: I hereby give consent for ____________________________________________________ (name of child) to perform and participate in the Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival, which may include the Grand Final event at the Entertainment Centre in October 2016. I understand that audio/visual and photographic recordings will be made on the day to be used for future educational and promotional purposes. Signature of Parent/Guardian

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Please direct enquiries to: Adam Lo, Festival Director

Occupational Therapist, Early Intervention Officer (Development & Engagement) Coordinator

Child and Youth Academic Clinical Unit Metro South Addiction and Mental Health

Telephone: (07) 3089 4100 Fax: (07) 3089 4105

Email: adam.lo@health.qld.gov.au, please put ‘Positive Mindset’ in the subject line

Positive Mindset Creative Arts Festival Music Category