Empire of the Sun performing at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. Photo by Gabrielle Clement, courtesy of Hordern Pavilion.
Expression of Interest: Join the Sound NSW Advisory Board in 2025
Artists and music industry professionals with a passion for the NSW contemporary music industry are encouraged to submit an Expression of Interest to join the Sound NSW Advisory Board.
This is an exciting opportunity to help lead music development and make a significant impact to artists, businesses, audiences and music communities across NSW.
Expressions of Interest close at 3.00pm on Friday 17 January 2025.
Read more and submit your Expression of Interest
Frequently Asked Questions
The Sound NSW Advisory Board provides advice to Sound NSW and the Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy to assist in the development of policies and initiatives to enhance the contemporary music sector in NSW.
Members will provide advice on contemporary music related priorities, projects and proposals, identify issues and opportunities to address gaps and support the implementation of the 10-year contemporary music strategy.
Applications are invited from music industry professionals, including (but not limited to) artists, songwriters, managers, producers, programmers, presenters, venue owners, technical support, label staff, publishers, publicists, journalists, radio hosts, content creators, as well as senior staff in music businesses and organisations.
The Board is comprised of between nine and 12 members. The Minister appoints all members and also appoints members to serve as Chair and Deputy Chair.
The Advisory Board will reflect the diversity of contemporary music in NSW. This includes broad representation of genre, gender, First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, age and career stage, people with disability, people from Western Sydney and regional and remote communities.
The Chairperson is appointed by the Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy.
The Chairperson facilitates meetings, ensures good governance, provides advice and recommendations to the Minister and Sound NSW and sets the agenda for Board meetings in consultation with Sound NSW.
A Deputy Chairperson will also be appointed to act as Chair in case of their absence.
Members will serve a term of one to three years. Members are eligible for reappointment but can serve no more than three consecutive terms (i.e. the maximum time served on the Board is nine years).
A Code of Conduct governs Advisory Board members’ participation. All members are required to declare their interests upon appointment and again prior to the commencement of Board meetings.
Advisory Board meetings will take place both in person (Sydney) and online. Where reasonable, Sound NSW will organise and pay for travel arrangements for members based outside Sydney to attend in-person Advisory Board meetings.
A minimum of four meetings are held per year. Board members will be notified in advance of Board meeting times and it is expected that members be available for these meetings. Meetings will be held during business hours and will typically last no longer than three hours.
Members may occasionally be asked to provide out-of-session advice.
The Sound NSW Advisory Board is a C2(i) classified Board. Board Members are paid $5,000 per annum and the Chairperson $10,000 per annum. Public Service employees are not entitled to remuneration.
Appointment to the Sound NSW Advisory Board will not prohibit you, or any organisations you are associated with, from applying for Sound NSW grants.
Sound NSW Advisory Board members are not involved in the assessment of grant applications to Sound NSW programs.
Appointees to the Sound NSW Advisory Board are not eligible to be a member of the Sound NSW Industry Assessor Pool.
Current Industry Assessor Pool members can apply to be considered for appointment for the Sound NSW Advisory Board but will need to resign from the Assessor Pool if appointed to the Board.