JOEL CARNEGIE.
Storymaker. Musical Director. Broadcaster.
I make original work. Stories from real life. Told through music. On air, on stage, and on screen.
My works include Hells Gates, which carried the story of a major whale rescue from the west coast of Tasmania onto the mainstage and into a worldwide simulcast; Stardust + The Mission (double bill), which began as an ABC radio documentary and became a live production touring 45 cities and towns with more than 60 community partners and 200 local musicians, recognised by the New York Festivals International Radio Awards and the Green Room Awards; Three Metres, a film made in Kiribati at the meeting point of climate and culture; and Listen to Love, an Audible Original.
My work has been commissioned and broadcast by the ABC, the BBC World Service, CBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio France Internationale and American Public Media, with recognition from The Whickers.
Right now, I'm in creative development on a new work with Back to Back Theatre. And as Music Director of Awkwardstra on Wadawurrung Country, I lead an orchestra of musicians (re)discovering the joy of music-making. Each weeknight, I'm on air nationally on ABC Classic.