Good Noise Project runs small, facilitated music workshops for young people in Perth, including our holiday music program for teens. If your young musician's coming to a workshop — or you're deciding whether to send them — here's what actually happens in the room, who's running it, and how to reach us.
Why We Exist
A 2025 University of Sydney report found 43% of young Australians feel lonely1. Music won't fix that on its own. But playing music together is one of the most reliable ways humans have ever connected with others.
1. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/08/04/more-than-40-percent-of-young-aussies-are-lonely-as-experts-call-for-national-loneliness-strategy.html
- ＋Playing beats listening, every time.
- ＋Safety doesn't happen by accident. We build it into every workshop.
- ＋The best growth happens through freedom and play — not instruction.
Who's Running It, and How We Keep It Safe
- Dave Sonntag holds a current Working With Children Check and SafeTALK certification.
- No solo pressure — nobody is singled out to perform alone or assessed individually. It's a group effort from start to finish.
- Small group sizes — kept deliberately small so every voice actually gets heard.
- Facilitated the whole way through by Dave — a working musician, not a classroom teacher running a lesson plan.
Good Noise Project is run by Dave Sonntag, a drummer of thirty years, a self-taught singer-songwriter, and a dedicated mentor to young people.
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Questions, Bookings or Anything Else
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