Kennell&Co

22/01/2025

🌟 Empowering Creatives 🌟

Our one-on-one mentorship sessions, led by Kerry Kennell—lawyer, expert facilitator, and 2024 Atlanic Fellow for Masters in Social Change Leadership—offers tailored guidance to help you achieve your goals.

With over 20 years of experience and a deep understanding of business, we’re here to support your growth, inspire impactful change, and help shape a prosperous future for mob, POC and LGBTQIA+ in music and creative industries.

Booking link in bio!

✨ Let’s create lasting change together. ✨

21/11/2024

A massive congratulations to all Award winners– as well as all the nominees for this year. It was deadly to have 22 First Nations artists nominated across different categories, showcasing the creative talents of our Communities on the main stage. 🥁🥁🎸

for Best Country Album 🤠
for Best Adult Contemporary Album 💿
Nathaniel Miller for Music Teacher Award 👨‍🏫percent for Best Hip Hop/Rap Release & Best Cover Art 🕺🏽
for Best World Music Album 🌏
forBest Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement📺
+
who accepted Best Soundtrack for his role in Faraway Downs 🎶

Another congratulations to all winners and nominees from us at Kennell & Co ❤️🖤💛💙💚🤍

📸 Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

24/10/2024

🎶✨ Looking for one-on-one grant writing support or operational business advice tailored to your needs? Kennell&Co is here to help you take your career to the next level! Whether you’re applying for grants or fine-tuning your business operations, we’ve got the tools and expertise to make it happen. Let’s turn your creative dreams into reality! 🎸💼

22/10/2024

Arrived in Manchester for the WOMEX Global Music Conference with .ahn and . What a powerful moment to see Lidia Thorpe on TV in our hotel reception and front page news in The Guardian UK! 🌍 It’s inspiring to witness this message spreading globally in real time. This isn't a new conversation, but one that demands urgent attention.

Our intention here is to learn, connect, and collaborate with Indigenous creatives and cultural practitioners worldwide and return home with knowledge to share with our communities. We want to drive real systemic change in the Australian contemporary music industry and see improvements for our artists and the broader community.

To arrive for on the same day that Lidia challenges the monarchy on Treaty has empowered us deeply. Big Esso to Lidia for your courage and strength ✊🏾

Let's amplify these voices together.

 

02/10/2024

I feel incredibly proud and empowered to be nominated for the ALH Hotels Music Leadership Award alongside Susan Cotchin and Kat McGuffie. It’s also so heartwarming to be nominated alongside other mob like Toni Janke, Mo’ju and Tait McGregor.

I can’t be at the Awards tonight because I’m in beautiful Aotearoa for my fellowship. I have been lucky to learn with other Indigenous peoples and creating many stories along the way.

Best of luck to all nominees at the Awards and I’m looking forward to sharing yarns about what I’ve been up to with you all soon - Kerry

23/08/2024

Join Kennell & Co as we yarn with about being a young First Nations artist in the music industry, chatting about connection, culture and empowerment.
 
This yarn is part of the More Than A One Night Stand Sessions– a professional development initiative that accompanies triple j’s One Night Stand. This is a deadly opportunity for artists, crew and industry workers to build up your skills learning from the peak organisations that represent artists and music workers from across Australia.
 
📍 The Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool, Gunditjmara Country
🕰️ Friday 13 September, 12:00-1:30pm
 
Registration essential via Oztix (Link in Bio)

06/08/2024

We are so excited to be joining for More Than A One Night Stand Sessions to deliver a panel yarn with First Nations artists, aimed at creatives who are or want to be, involved in the music industry. We’ll be focusing on how First Nations women and people, navigate industries that were not built to service them. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions or listen and learn from leading First Nations artists.

Join us September 13, 12:00-1:30pm on Gunditjmara Country, where you can also join in other sessions by industry leading organisations like and . There are opportunities to participate in industry-based training programs and have one-on-one yarns with established Managers, Labels and Artists.

You can register for our panel or any other More Than A One Night Stand Session via the link in our bio.

At Kennell & Co, we are all about supporting businesses and creatives to make meaningful change. Come along for a yarn and stay in touch!

More Than A One Night Stand Sessions is made possible by .aus

25/07/2024

We are so excited for our CEO! Nominated for the Australian Women in Music, Music Leadership Award! It's an honour to be recognised alongside so many dedicated and talented people. We're so proud of Kez and proud to be a part of the journey 🎉🙏🏽

02/05/2024

Last night, our fearless leader took home the Community Engagement Award at the Awards!! 🎉🏆

Held on the beautiful lands of the Wongal and Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, Kerry was grateful to receive a beautiful welcome from sister Savannah on behalf of her people 🖤

A few words from our CEO; “I am deeply honored to receive acknowledgement from my colleagues in the Association of Artist Managers community.

This is a national award, and it feels so incredibly epic to be appreciated by such an inspiring community. This award is important to me, as community has always been in my heart!

As a black, q***r, woman, working in these spaces, I have often felt alone or that I’m doing it wrong compared to my fellow non-indigenous managers in the community.

Receiving this award has reinforced the strength, drive and passion that I have for my work. I know that I am on the right track, and if I want to positively benefit my Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music community in the future, than disrupting the norm is what I must do!

Thank you to those that help me get here, esso (thanks) for seeing me, for hearing me and respecting my way of working.”

Kerry would also like to congratulate her fellow nominees for their incredible work to community:

Hayley-Jane Ayer’s of
Jannah Beth of
Time Levinson of
Zac Abroms of

Lastly a special thank you for presenting this award and to all the sponsors!

Congratulations Kerry!! 🎉

02/05/2024

🎉🏆 We're thrilled to congratulate Kerry Kennell for her outstanding achievement in winning the Community Engagement Award at the AAM Awards, presented by Live Event Logistics! Kerry's dedication and passion for community involvement have truly made a difference. Here's to celebrating her impactful contributions and inspiring others to engage and uplift their communities.

&Co 🌟👏

The Community Engagement Award, sponsored by Live Event Logistics Pty Ltd, celebrates a manager who has shown great leadership and initiative within their music community, and whose contribution to the wider industry has gone above and beyond their duties as an artist manager. We’re thrilled to reveal our 2024 winner, Kerry Kennell.

Kerry is a proud Torres Strait Islander with cultural connection to Ugar and Erub, Kerry is an artist manager, lawyer, facilitator and sole director of her company, Kennell&Co Impact Consulting + Strategy. Kerry holds a Bachelor of Law, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, a Certificate 4 in Business, and is an alumnus of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the MURRA Business Program. Kerry is also an accredited facilitator in DISC, Driving Forces and Emotional Quotient with TTI Success. Kerry has been a manager since 2018 formerly to Alice Skye, Kiwat Kennell and Key Hoo. Kerry has been on a break from MGMT since February 2024 while she completes the Atlantic Fellowship Program at The University of Melbourne. Kerry is researching the success and struggles of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander musicians in Australian contemporary music, she will graduate with a Masters in Social Change Leadership in November 2024. Kerry holds roles as former Board Member and Chairperson of Music Victoria 2020-2024 and Board Member of the Association of Artist Managers 2022, she also offers pro bono mentoring to Indigenous creatives in need.

“Congratulations to Kerry on winning this award, I so love this for you! Kerry is a quiet achiever in our industry and always shows such great leadership. She’s a compassionate change maker that reminds us all it’s ok to be human while leading the way.” – Fiona Duncan, AAM and Music Victoria Board Director

30/04/2024

Join our team!! 🎉 We are excited to invite applications for an Administrative Assistant position at Kennell & Co. We are looking for someone to:

• Support Kennell & Co Impact Consulting with administrative activities and artist management
• Produce resources and promotional material to support creative projects
• Support the CEO with artist management duties
• Maintain an adequate understanding of the Australian contemporary music industry, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in music
• Demonstrate a connection to the contemporary music community and a deep respect for First Nation creative and cultural practices
• Demonstrate sound cultural awareness (First Nations) and inclusive values
• Advocate for artists best interests and social change in Australian contemporary music

A full job description can be found on our website at www.kennell.com.au/connect 😊

If this sounds like you, please email a two-page resume & a cover letter addressing your motivation for the role, your availability and your desired remuneration (no more than 500 words) to [email protected]