About Us
Catch Music is a network of people who love music and want to help build a more inclusive, supportive, and friendly community. Our goal is to come up with as many ways as possible to support people to pursue their love of music.
A lot of people, because of a disability of some sort, find it difficult to take part in everyday community activities. As a result, they can spend a lot of time at home, without much to do, and can end up being isolated from the rest of the community.
The vision of Catch Music is to use the power of music to bring people together – to link people with a disability to musicians in their local area, and in doing so, to create meaningful and fun social opportunities for everyone involved.
The Catch Music Network
Catch Music is a network of people from all over Perth, with and without a disability, who are passionate about music and want to see it being enjoyed by as many people as possible, no matter what their circumstances. We’d love anyone who’s interested to become part of our network.
Unique Approach
Everyone in the Catch Music network is a volunteer. We operate on a personal, individual level, which enables people to be met exactly where they are, both in terms of their personal capabilities and skill level, and in the way they want to experience music.
Main Activities
Because of the nature of the Catch Music network, our activities change from time to time, depending on who’s involved and how many volunteers we have. Some of our main activities at the moment are...
- Running small community jam sessions for people to get together and make music.
- Finding creative ways of enabling people to attend music concerts that they want to go to.
- Offering one-on-one informal, introductory music lessons for people with a disability, on a casual, volunteer basis.
- Encouraging our volunteers to invite people to join their local choir or music group.
- Linking with professional music organisations to run specific projects such as CD recordings and music-theatre productions.
Where does Catch Music operate?
The Catch Music network is made up of people from all over Perth. Our activities take place at community centres, people's houses, concert venues, pubs, church halls, and other public spaces, right across the metro area.
Who Runs Catch Music?
Catch Music Inc was established in May 2007. We are run by a committee that meets once a month. All our committee members are keen musicians, with experience working in the disability or mental health sector.
For more information about Catch Music, feel free to contact us at any time.
