Phil Heuzenroeder

Phil Heuzenroeder
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 "Club Wild" disability arts, one of Victoria's leading disability performing arts organizations.[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

  1. ↑ Wild for a night of our own, The Sun Herald, 1 August 2004. Accessed 11 October 2008
  2. ↑ Mental as anything, The Age, 16 May 2006. Accessed 11 October 2008
  3. ↑ Heidelberg Leader News, 22 August 2007.


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