About
About
Jarred Wall is a versatile cross-genre artist and musician. Collaborations include lead roles within West Australian Opera, singing and songwriting for solo music project 'Boox Kid' (300k+ Spotify streams), and production of curated sounds for artists, theatre and advertising.
Jarred is a proud advocate and First Nations person of Noongar heritage with ties to the Southwest Western Australia (Wadarndi / Bibbulmun Country).
As a proud Noongar man, Jarred has a strong desire to advocate and support his community, and particularly up and coming First Nations artists. As a community mentor and leader he is often invited to perform songs, speeches, story telling and truth telling at schools, conferences and annual events such as NAIDOC and Harmony Week. His recent collaborations include RAC arena roundtables addressing Diversity in the industry and Centre for Stories.
He has engaged in Spotify 'Yarn' sessions, aimed at improving Indigenous representation on the platform. Alongside this, Jarred has engaged in 'Support Act' workshops to help develop their First Nation Strategic Plan.
Jarred is Chair of RTRfm's RAP Committee and heavily involved with Aboriginal Engagement at not-for-profit Anglicare WA.
He has also engaged as a peer assessor and grant panelist for Department of Culture and the Arts and Australia Council, to ensure an Aboriginal lens is applied to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander grant applications.
• WAM award winner Vocalist of the Year
• RAC Arena Limelight Award 1st Prize
• Perth Festival support for Electric Fields.
• Sound Designer for 'Blue' by Thomas Weatherall, Black Swan Theatre - reviews.
• Lead role as Wundig in West Australian Opera's production ‘Wundig Wer Wilura’. Performed at Perth Festival, written entirely in Noongar language by Guy Ghouse and Gina Williams and featured an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cast (including Jess Hitchcock). The show has since toured regionally
• Sound designer with Aboriginal theatre production Yirra Yaakin for ‘Operation Boomerang', written By Bruce Denny.
• Alter Boy National Tour main support.
• EP ‘Reflections’ by Boox Kid is written, produced and released, 200k+ streams, with ‘I Don’t Mind’ landing placement on Spotify's ‘Chilled Hits’ and several other editorial playlists.
• WAM Indigenous Song of the Year ‘Don’t waste time’.
• APRA’s Resonate Program Producer and Songwriter, collaborating with artists such as Zipporah and Marlon.
• Tourism WA ad campaign (collaborating with Andrew Wright) with Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo. Song ‘Stars Gather’ later released as a Boox Kid track.
• APRA Regional Sessions. invitation for Jarred to participate on a regional songwriting panel, joining Siobhan Cotchin, Riley Pearce, Mr Rhodes and Kevin Mitchell.
• Boox Kid performs as the house band for the National NAIDOC awards 2023 in Meanjin.
• Boox Kid at BIGsound 2023.
• APRA's RESONATE songwriting and production program at Studios301, collaborating as a songwriter with First Nation artists Candice Lorrae, Jem Cassar-Daley and Cloe Terare.
• City of Perth advertising campaign with Noah Shilkin of LollyBox, recreation of Hoodoo Guru's 'What's my scene'.
• Boox Kid signs with Cut Above Collective for management and bookings (a subsidiary of Mellen Events / Live Nation Australia). Since joining the roster, Boox Kid's profile has increased and led to various high-profile performance opportunities, including opening for George Ezra at Kings Park.
• Lead role as Wardong in the W.A. Opera's ‘Koolbardi Wer Wardong’. Written by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse and sung entirely in Noongar language, the Opera provided a unique performance opportunity, cultural enrichment and chance to develop Noongar language skills. Performed at His Majesty’s Theatre to critical acclaim. It has since done several regional tours.
Contact Jarred direct for more information and references or reach out to Josh at Cut Above Collective for Boox Kid bookings and availability.