Phil Heuzenroeder
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Birth name | Phil Heuzenroeder |
Genres | Gospel, community singing rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer, community development |
Years active | 1985–present |
Associated acts | BiPolar Bears, Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir |
Phil Heuzenroeder is a musician and community cultural development leader working in Melbourne, Victoria and Australia with people with a disability, people living with mental illness and in community music making.
Phil directs the 90-voice Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir, is founder and Executive Officer of Wild At heART Community Arts (which runs the Music Network for Mental Health) and Club Wild.[1]
Phil Heuzenroeder leads the Bipolar Bears rock band for people living with mental health issues. The band is a rock'n'roll institution in Melbourne, Victoria and Australia, performing their own brand of rock music and advocating for mental health issues for over 18 years.[2]
Heuzenroeder completed a diploma course in music at the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. He has performed publicly for most of his life, winning South Australian busker of the year in 1985,[3] performing with numerous bands in his home town of Adelaide and for a number of years leading and singing with the popular a cappella quartet Naked.
References
- ↑ Wild for a night of our own, The Sun Herald, 1 August 2004. Accessed 11 October 2008
- ↑ Mental as anything, The Age, 16 May 2006. Accessed 11 October 2008
- ↑ Heidelberg Leader News, 22 August 2007.