News: Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music
Celebrating Our Colleagues: Grayson Rotumah
Grayson Rotumah, Co-Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) was recently profiled in the University of Adelaide's 'Celebrating our colleagues' series. In the interview, Grayson talks about his childhood growing up as part of the Bundjalung community, his musical heroes, and how he came to find himself working and teaching in Adelaide.
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CASM and DEM MOB at the 2025 Arabana Camp
The Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) along with Indigenous hip-hop group DEM MOB recently attended the 2025 Arabana Camp held at Finniss Springs on Arabana Country (Friday 11–Monday 14 July) to facilitate a music workshop incorporating intangible cultural heritage and language into a vibrant new piece written with and performed by community members that attended the camp.
Inarma Choir Rehearsals
Inarma Choir are preparing for a rehearsal with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in August 2025, conducted by Associate Professor Luke Dollman, towards a performance in 2026 when they will premiere their new composition.
New Kaurna Song Book Launched on Kaurna Day
On Monday 3 March, the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) launched a new song book with the Kaurna community and Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi entitled Yurikurringa Ngadluku Paltirna: Listen to Our Songs.
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DEM MOB Release New Music Video, Appear in The Advertiser and Perform at BIGSOUND 2024
DEM MOB – alumni from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) – released a new music video for their track 'I'll Get By' on Thursday 29 August, and were recently profiled in an article published by The Advertiser celebrating 11 emerging Indigenous leaders, ahead of performances at BIGSOUND 2024 in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.
Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) Celebrates NAIDOC Week
In celebration of NAIDOC Week (7–14 July), we are reflecting back to the early days of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM).
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Dylan and Christopher Crismani's 'Barrabarra' on Display at Samstag Museum of Art
On Thursday 6 June Samstag launched its Kudlila season with Mulka Yata (The Knowledge of Place) which features a sonambient sculpture titled Barrabarra (to make a rushing noise) by Dylan and Christopher Crismani jointly commissioned by Arts SA and Samstag Museum of Art.
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News from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) During National Reconcilation Week
In an effort to champion Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander voices, The Hospital Research Foundation Group – Creative Health welcomed Basso Edwards and Aaron Fraser, two musicians from the APY Lands and students at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) to perform at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on Tuesday 28 May.
