Shellie offers the following services to communities and groups:
Music Songwriting Workshops
Video Clips: Music / Health / Dance
Professional Recording and Audio Mastering
Cultural Archive stories etc.
School Workshops-Shellie Morris: Services
GUEST SPEAKING
Shellie is also in demand as an indigenous key note speaker at conferences around Australia and overseas. On topics such as; Working with indigenous families and communities, Facilitating constructive interaction in Australian aboriginal communities, Working with disaffected youth including substance abuse.
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES & KEY NOTE SPEAKING;
76th International PEN Congress Tokyo Congress 2010
Shellie was invited to Japan for the 76th International PEN Congress Tokyo Congress 2010 as a guest speaker and performer. International PEN was founded in London in 1921. The only worldwide association of writers, its aims are to promote literature, defend freedom of expression and develop a community of writers worldwide.
National Homelessness Conference Brisbane Convention Centre
Shellie was recently invited to speak at the National Homeless Conference to over 2000 delegates on improving aboriginal community engagement in remote areas through the creative arts. Homelessness Australia is the national peak body working to prevent and respond to homelessness in Australia.
The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference.
Topic: Creative ways of working within communities
Newcastle University Key Note Speaker
Topic: Creative ways of working within communities
Katherine Group Schools Conference
Topic: Musical Approach to Literacy Katherine NT Guest speaker
We Grow them up learning festival Communities for children East Arnhem
Topic: Music and literacy Anglicare Darwin N.T. Keynote Speaker
Garma festival ( A celebration of the Yolngu cultural inheritance) North east Arnhem land Gulkula
Topic: Indigenous creative industries Key forum speaker
TESTIMONIAL
Dr Inge Kral
Literacy Researcher, CAEPR, ANU
"Makin' it rhyme!"
Shellie's love for music and love for the kids is a potent mix! She uses her heavenly voice, her fabulous musicality and her natural teaching ability to inspire remote community kids to listen to the beat and create poetry. She has those kids in the palm of her hand: writing those rhyming texts, creating the sound, communicating the message and working together with a keyboard and laptop to record original songs. And after only a few hours they all proudly go home with a CD of their original songs. What an inspired approach to literacy!
Dr Jimmy Little AO
Jimmy Little Foundation
"Inspiring"
Shellies work with the Jimmy Little Foundation is nothing short of inspiring. Shellie has a totally unique way of engaging with children and getting them to contribute as a group rather than a bunch of individuals. The results of her involvement in the Uncle Jimmy Thumbs up program are exceptional in both the lyrical content that she guides the children to write for themselves and her catchy melodies that make the songs come alive and so become very memorable to the children. We are privileged to have her on board with our program.
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
Shellie has had the privilege to work in the following indigenous communities in Australia and says hello to all the beautiful people from; Manyallaluk, Beswick, Bulman, Barunga, Jilkminggan, Mututjulu, Warakuna, Warburton, Blackstone, Piplitjara, Groote Eylandt, Galiwinku, Raminingining, Gapuwiyak, Milingimbi, Bulla, Fitzroy Crossing, Baylau, Yakanarra, Tiwi , Finke , Imampa, Papunya, Mount Liebig, Timber Creek, Kalano, 15 mile, Jabiru, Yirrikala, Urapunga, Canteen Creek, Epanarra, Tennant Creek, Santa Teresa, Daly River, Wadeye, Nganmarriyanga, Bagot, Pine Creek, Wilcania, Mataranka, Thursday Island, Lajamanu, Kalkarinji, Pidgeon Hole, Yarralin