Melbourne Sound School

Melbourne Sound School is a community project aimed at upskilling and celebrating people creating electronic music on the margins. Since its founding in 2017, Bridget and the School won that year’s Music Victoria award for Best Experimental/Avante Garde Act, and has received funding from the Australia Council, Creative Victoria, City of Moreland, City of Maribyrnong, City of Melbourne, and Melbourne Music Week for its 2018-20 programs. It delivers a busy program of events that since 2020 have been virtual and socially-distanced.

The School was founded due to a need for accessible and inclusive, free and high quality education in electronic music. The School started as a 100% volunteer run initiative, and now provides employment and mentoring opportunities to the many artists who facilitate MSS workshops, in topics including Ableton, DJing, synthesizers, sound engineering, circuit bending, electronics, turntablism, etc. Its artist talk series has hosted international artists including Rashad Becker, Klein, and Maria Chavez, but its primary focus is on local music communities.

Bridget is director of MSS, and teaches workshops on synthesizers, hardware, field recording, live coding, and DIY electronics. The workshops run in a mode of horizontal pedagogy.