Articles & Interviews on Tania and her projects
- Peninsula Essence, December 23, “From the Heart” Read more
- Review by Tony Ling, ‘The AU Review’, 12/06/23, “Theatre Review: Driftwood the Musical presents a timeless story of love, courage and survival” Read more
- Review by, ‘MUSICALTHEATRE.AU’, 13/06/23, “Review: Driftwood – A Poignant Tale of the Power of the Human Spirit” Read more
- Review by Sue Williams and Harriet Cunningham, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, 24/05/23, “Driftwood The Musical” Read more
- Feature in Herald Sun, V Weekend, 13-14/05/2023, “Passion Play” Read more
- Sydney Morning Herald, 10/5/2023, “Saga of three generations unfolds from an umbrella” Read more
- Dance Life Australia, 06/05/2023, “REVIEW | Driftwood The Musical” Read more
- IT’S ALL TRUE? Podcast with Grant and Chezzi Denyer interview with Tania de Jong AM, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, April 2023. Listen here
- The Stage Show with Michael Cathcart, ABC Radio National – 18 April 2023 featuring the cast of Driftwood The Musical – Audio (begins at 30 mins)
- ABC Nightlife with Phillip Clark, 18/04/23, “Driftwood The Historical Musical Story” Listen here
- The Sunday Telegraph, 16/04/23, “Driftwood, a mother-daughter legacy on the Sydney stage” (read the PDF here)
- Limelight Magazine, 11/04/23, “Building bridges out of Driftwood” Read more
- Pair’s Psychedelic Trip to New Outlook, (read the PDF here), The Australian, 17 December 2022
- The banker and the soprano who became psychedelic pioneers (read the PDF here), The Australian, 16 December 2022
- Healing with Psilocybin, Fierce Truths Magazine, 22 July 2022
- Driftwood – The Musical Review, Man in Chair, 19 May 2022
- The moving story of three generations of women that unfolds from an umbrella, The Age, 8 May 2022
- On the couch with Tania de Jong AM, Australian Arts Review, 9 May 2022
- Survival, hope, art, and above all else, family, Australian Jewish News, 1 May 2022
- Australian Musical Charts Family’s Escape from Nazis in Europe, VOA News, 29 April 2022
- Melbourne’s newest musical a multi-generational European family saga, Plus 61J Media, 29 April 2022
- Driftwood: a new Australian musical about survival, hope, art and family, LimeLight, 7 April 2022
- Umbrella unfolds an amazing story, Shepparton News, 18 March 2022
- How Psychedelic Medicines Changed Tania De Jong’s Life, The Carousel, 24 January 2022
- Return trip: Psychedelics have made a comeback in the treatment of mental illness, Wellspring Mag, 1 December 2021
- Covid: an alternate interpretation, Spectator, 29 September 2021
- How Mind Medicine Australia Is Tackling Deadly Mental Health Crisis with Psychedelics, Psychedelic Spotlight, 16 September 2021
- Magic Mushrooms // The Medicine That Can Change Your Life, Carnage House Productions, September 2021
- Brave New Psychedelic World, September 2021
- Songs for Psychedelics, May 2021
- Study shows ecstasy plus therapy can treat severe PTSD, AFR, May 2021
- A Healing Note, Wellbeing Magazine, January 2021
- Million Ideas, Episode 1, Tania de Jong AM about Mind Medicine Australia, 7 December 2020
- A Sad State of Affairs, Herald Sun, Tania de Jong AM, October 2020
- This Is Not Australia, American Institute for Economic Research, August 2020
- 9 Tips Entrepreneurs Wish They’d Known When Starting Out, Hive Life Magazine, August 2020
- Coronavirus Australia: Entrepreneurs slam ‘reckless’ border closures, Victorian stage four restrictions, Tania de Jong AM, The Australian, August 2020
- Mind Medicine Australia: Could Psychedelics Solve Our Mental Health Crisis?, Tania de Jong AM, HiveLife, August 2020
- My Magic Medicine Journey, Tania de Jong AM, April 2020
- Innovation needed in mental health treatment, Andrew Robb AO and Tania de Jong AM, The Saturday Paper, April 2020
- The Heroine’s Journey of Tania de Jong, The Heroine’s Journey, April 2020
- Come on the Trip of Compassion, Mandy Nolan, Byron Echo, March 2020
- That __ changed my life: Singing, BeyondBlue, January 2020
- Balancing the Grind with Tania de Jong, Founder of Creative Universe and Creative Innovation Global October 2019
- The innovation conference helping businesses unlock their creative potential, The Victorian Connection, February 2019
- Special Events, Hot Spots, Master Classes and artists-in-residence: Melbourne creative innovation conference back for another year, Australasian Special Events, January 2019
- Australia needs diversity to keep the creative juices flowing, The Fifth Estate, December 2018
- Singing for Community Unity, SBS News Piece on the With One BIG Voice Concert, December 2018
- 12 Reasons to Make Singing Your Happiness Drug, MindBrained Think Tank with lead article by Tania de Jong, December 2018
- Saturday Afternoon with Jennie Lenman, Interview with Tania de Jong, November 2018
- Giving a Voice to Our Needy, Manningham Leader, November 2018
- Community Choir Makes a Big Noise Over Anniversary , The Senior, October 2018
- Giving Voice To Our Needs, Moreland Leader, November 2018
- Why should you follow industry news?, Australasian Special Events, November 2018
- 10 minutes with Tania de Jong, Interview with RANews, November 2018
- Inspirational Melburnian – Tania de Jong AM, Interview with Peter Mitchell on Channel 7 News, October 2018
- 10 Minutes with Tania de Jong AM. RACV Magazine (Pg10), October 2018
- Saturdays with Hilary Harper. Interview with Tania de Jong, October 2018
- Brainwaves. 3CR. Interview with Tania de Jong, October 2018
- Evenings with Christine Anu. Interview with Tania de Jong AM, October 2018
- The Heroine’s Journey of Tania de Jong, October 2018
- Accolades flood in for Aussie singing social entrepreneur, Sept 2018
- We have to deal with loneliness in the workplace, HRM Online, July 2018
- Creative Innovation asks: are we ready for the age of acceleration?, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, November 2017
- AI: Artificial Intelligence, or Australia’s Inequality?, Techly, November 2017
- Learning to live with, and control, intelligent machines, The Australian, November 2017
- Artificial Intelligence Will Widen The Gap Between Rich And Poor, Huffington Post, August 2017
- Tania de Jong AM on Australian Leadership: Let’s find leaders who aspire to change the world, Australian Leadership – December 2016
- Travel tips: Creative innovation founder travels with a feather boa, Financial Review – September 2016
- Tania de Jong: Brave, inspirational – or both?, Shortpress – August 2016
- Inclusion and entrepreneurship the key to innovation, Inside Small Business – June 2016
- Dimension5 unveils new scholarships for young entrepreneurs and innovators, media release – June 2016 (PDF, 201KB)
- Creative Inspiration from social entrepreneur and innovator, Shu’s green patch, June 2016
- New co-working space music to distinguished ears, Inside Small Business, April 2016
- Soprano Tania de Jong lends voice to Dimension5 start-up hub, The Australian, April 2016
- Melbourne to welcome new co-working space, Spice Magazine, April 2016
- New Melbourne co-working space Dimension5 to foster innovation and entrepreneurship April 2016 (PDF, 373KB)
- Is co-working the secret sauce in the quest for innovation or just a real estate play?, AFR, March 2016
- Creativity is the most important attribute for NFP leaders, Third Sector, March 2016
- New co-working space launches on back of ‘Ideas Boom’, inside small business, February 2016
- Inclusive leadership, diverse voices and entrepreneurship key to innovation, Third Sector, February 2016
- Striking a Chord, Spice Magazine, February 2016
- New Dimension5 co-working space in Melbourne to focus on making tech more inclusive, Women’s Agenda, December 2015
- New Dimension5 co-working space in Melbourne to focus on making tech more inclusive, Startup Smart, December 2015
- Dimension Data partners with Creative Universe for Melbourne co-working space, ARN, December 2015
- Australia, being lucky is no longer enough, Huffington Post Blog, December 2015
- Inclusion and Entrepreneurship the key to innovation, Sydney Morning Herald, November 2015
- Sing in the shower: Tania de Jong’s tip to be more creative in business, SmartCompany, August 2015
- AOL digital prophet coming down under for ‘Creative Fuel’, Mumbrella, June 2015
- Feature on Tania de Jong and her projects, NewLand Magazine (in Chinese), June 2015
- How to teach entrepreneurship to artists, ArtsHub, May 1 2015, by Madeleine Dore
- The rise of the artpreneur, ArtsHub, April 21 2015, by Madeleine Dore
- South Melbourne soprano Tania de Jong dares to dream, The Weekly Review, April 9 2015
- Singer tunes up business, The Weekend Australian, February 14-15, 2015 (PDF Version)
- Why Creative arts experience is valuable to business, Artshub, November 17 2014
- Too many sickies? Get your staff to sing daily by Tania de Jong AM, BRW, August 11, 2014
- How do you encourage creativity at work?, INTHEBLACK Magazine, July 2, 2014
- Critical Thinking, Convention and Incentive Marketing Magazine, Australasia’s leading business events magazine, May 2014
- Soprano on a mission, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 15, 2014
- TEDxMelbourne: Social entrepreneur and soprano Tania de Jong, Meld magazine, November 29, 2013
- Widening the creative mix with Tania de Jong AM – My Career, The Saturday Age, November 16, 2013
- “From ballerina to boardroom” – The Sydney Morning Herald, May 23, 2013
- “A chat with Tania de Jong AM” – the Australian Jewish News, November 09, 2012
- “Tania de Jong AM – Ode to my suburb” – Local LowDown, November 07, 2012
- “Interview with Tania de Jong AM, Soprano” – New Land Magazine, September 2012
- ‘Creation Road Interview featuring Tania de Jong AM’ – Creation Road Blog, April 26 2012
- “Local talents on show in Prahran” – Stonnington Leader, 11 March 2012
- Local Lowdown – Tania de Jong – Melbourne Weekly, 13th February 2012
- My Sunday – M Magazine, 20th November 2011
- REVIEW by Clive O’Connell: The Melbourne Musicians – The Age, September 16,2011
- ‘Introducing, on lead vocals…’ Soprano Tania de Jong unleashes individual potential by tapping the power of song within – Deborah Tarrant, Qantas Magazine, September 2011
- “Leading Lady of Creativity” – Rotarian Life & Leisure, August 2011
- “A life less ordinary” – The University of Melbourne, Alumni ENews, November 2010
- ‘Talking Business with Alan Kohler” – Qantas Inflight Magazine, September 2010
- “Forget shares: why not invest in your own creative capital?” – The Age online, by Annali Knight – August 17, 2010
- “The key to competitiveness? it’s all in our imaginations – Australian Financial Review, 10th August 2010” – Creativity is not just for artists and nerds, it is vital to Australia’s success in a global economy, write Tania de Jong and Terry Barnes
- Tania de Jong mixes a love of singing with management – Morris Kaplan – The Australian, January 23 2010
- ‘Creative Leadership – A way out of the economic crisis’ by Tania de Jong AM,’ – Fundraising Success Magazine – October 2009
- “Singer and social worker scoops Brainlink Award” – The Age, 15 October 2009
- Profile: Tania de Jong – The Age – 2 September 2009
- A thriving arts sector is born from colleges like the VCA – Opinion Piece by Tania de Jong, The Age, 28 August 2009
- “Singing the Praises of Creativity” – Amanda Gome from Smart Company interviews Founder of Creativity Australia, Tania de Jong AM – June 09
- “Big-noters” – Royal Auto – June 2009
- “Bringing creativity back to business” – Feature on Creativity Australia for VECCI Business Excellence Magazine – Autumn 2009
- “This Diva’s All Business” – The West Weekend Magazine – 21 March 2009
- “With a Song In Her Briefcase” – The Age – 9 March 2009
- “Conversations With Tania de Jong” – The Rotarian – February 2009
- “Visitors Making a Song And Dance About Opera” – The Standard, Warrnambool – 3 March 2008
- “Women At Work” – Vive – February/March 2008
- “Tania de Jong is Turning Young Lives Around – For A Song” – Australian Women’s Health – December 2008
- “It’s All About the Goosebumps” – Australian Educational Leader, Volume 30 Number 2, 2008
- “Alumni Profile: Tania de Jong” – The University of Melbourne, 2 March 2006
- Tania de Jong as “The Face” interviewed by Kimina Lyall – The Australian – 25 November 2006
- “She sings in the changes” – The Sydney Morning Herald – 6-8 April 2007
- “Trading on a song” – The Australian – 28 October 2005
- “Social Entrepreneur” – Entrepreneur of the Year Magazine 2006
- “Sound relationships’ the key to young entrepreneur’s success” – The Age – 1 December 2006
- Stillwell Magazine Profile – April 2007
- “The Buzz – Debrief” – M Upfront, Herald Sun – 11 February 2007
- “My Big Idea” – Australian Anthill Magazine – September 2007
- “In focus” – The Big Question – Issue 1, January 2007
- “Donors sing Tania’s song” – Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine – February-April 2007
- “Performer wins state award” – Jewish News – September 2006
- “Giving on a song” – Rotarian Magazine – December 2006
- “Music with a message” – Stonnington Leader – 26 September 2006
- “Scent of success” – The Melbourne Weekly – August 2001
- “Singing for her supper” – State of the Arts – August 1998
Articles on Creative Innovation Global
- Debate: What does it mean to be human in the age of AI and transhumanism?,Lateline, November 2017
- Tania de Jong interview on the Disciplined Disruption Podcast, October 2017
- Ci2017: A post-conference Policy Directions and Reflections Paper for Australia’s Future, April 2018
- Ci2016 Scholarship Winner Media Release, September 2016
- How to pitch your business idea: Insight from the Ci2016 innovation scholarship, Smartcompany – August 2016
- Silicon Valley futurists & world renowned quantum physicist are coming to Ci2016, Business Acumen Magazine Qld – August 2016
- World’s most innovative thinkers are coming to Australia, Inside Small Business June 2016
- The world’s most innovative thinkers are coming to Melbourne for Ci2016 June 2016 – Media Release
- One of Australia’s biggest tech and innovation conference has revealed its high-profile speakers, Startup Smart, April 2016
- Making Waves, CIM Magazine, April 2016
- Ci2015 selected as the winner of the “Corporate Event of the Year” by the international Eventex Awards March 2016
- Ci2015 Media Release – Ci2015 named “Corporate Event of the Year” in the Australian Event Awards November 2015 (PDF, 429KB)
- Importance of innovation to the success of your business, Optus Yes Magazine, October 2015
- A culture of innovation, the key to success, Spark Magazine, September 2015
- Do we need a new approach to the social sector?, Brad Howarth Blog, March 22 2015, by Brad Howarth
- Put disruption to good use, The Australian, January 8, 2015
- Hit the high notes: Lessons on business innovation from soprano Tania de Jong AM – BRW, November 26,2013
- A soprano’s tips for unlocking creativity – Smarter Business Ideas, November 20, 2013
- ‘Ci2013: Meeting of the Minds” – New Land Magazine, October 2013
- “Creative Innovation 2012 organised by Tania de Jong – A conference that got me thinking” – Lucacept, December 06, 2012
- “A creative fix to the innovation disconnect, learning with Tania de Jong AM” – Technology Spectator, November 14, 2012
- “Creativity: The Strategic Tool Of The Twenty-first Century”– Australian Business Solutions, 2012
- “Creativity is the key to your business future” – Spark Magazine, 2011
- “The secret to creative innovation” – Third Sector, August 2011
- “Finding your creative potential”, Training & Development in Australia, August, 2010
- “Creative innovation 2010” – Business21C – 19th May 2010
- Tania de Jong talks about how her grandmother patented the foldable umbrella (then lost it) – Anthill Magazine – 17 May, 2010
- “Unlocking creative potential in the workplace” – Third Sector news magazine – 3 March 2010
Articles on Creativity Australia
- Tania de Jong AM – Interview, Catch-Up with Sue McDougall, 4 March 2024
- Tania de Jong AM – Interview, ABC Adelaide (begins 19:30), March 2024
- Community choir battling loneliness and isolation, Arts Hub, 6 February 2024
- With One Voice choirs, Southbank News, May 2021
- When hitting the right note can change lives, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Weekend, June 2019
- With One Voice, How Creativity Australia is changing the world, one voice and one community at a time. Philanthropy magazine, March 2019
- 10 reasons to make singing your happiness drug!. Living Now Magazine, October 2018
- $10,000 seed grant on offer, Pro Bono Australia, October 2017
- What is loneliness doing to the workforce?, AHRI, October 2017
- How Sing for Good raised $195,000 since 2014, Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine, April 2017
- Malvern East resident Tania de Jong understands the healing power of music, Stonnington Leader, October 2016
- Sing for Good 2016 unites Australia and the World through song, Creativity Australia, September 2016
- The surprising ways that singing makes us better people, SBS, January 2016
- A ‘wonder drug’ for all ages: choirs hit the right note in facilities, Australian Aging Agenda, December 2015
- Why singing is so good for you, Alan Fletcher, November 2015
- Why you should sing to destress, ArtsHub, November 4 2015
- Reality talent shows silence real voices, ArtsHub, October 9 2015
- How group singing promotes health and wellbeing, Page 28, Vicdoc magazine, October 2015
- Innovation and song bring communities together, Page 32, ThirdSector, May 2015
- International Women’s Day 2015: Celebrating the voice of Melbourne women, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 6 2015, by Hannie Rayson
- Sing With Tania de Jong AM – Interview, The Institute for Creative Health, September 29, 2014
- Singing my heart out, The Courier Mail, August 17, 2014
- One Voice, Many Stories – feature story on Tania de Jong by Peter Wilmoth – The Weekly Review, November 13, 2013
- Inspiring people to find their voice – Australia Unlimited, November 6, 2013
- Power of the voice – CPA Australia, October 2013
- Singing for social inclusion with Melbourne Sings and Creativity Australia’s With One Voice program – Tania de Jong AM with Elok Nur and Nathalie Mbala on ABC’s Life Matters with Richard Aedy
- “Sydney’s song to add earthy note to high-flown global hymn” – Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August 2012
- ‘With One Voice choir creates a harmony across society’ – The Telegraph, April 19 2012
- “To strike a chord” – Australian Financial Review, 24th May 2010
- “To Strike A Chord” – Australian Financial Review Boss – 10th May 2010
- Note-worthy: One Melbourne Choir is in tune with diversity – Melbourne Weekly Magazine – 7 April 2010
- Best brains in the biz sing for their supper – by Suzanne Carbone and Lawrence Money, The Age, 18 August 2009
- ‘Spotlight on Creativity Australia’ – Not-For-Profit Management Magazine – May 09
Articles on Mind Medicine Australia
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Treating Trauma, Australian Jewish News, 17 May 2024
- The push grows for yet another drug to be decriminalised, 3AW, 14 February
- $1m kicked into campaign for magic mushroom therapy, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2019
Articles on Pot-Pourri
- “Mid-year Christmas is a Pot-Pourri” – St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 23 June 2012
- “Pot-Pourri 25th Birthday Anniversary Season – 2011-2012” – Media Release, July 2011
- “2 of us” – Good Weekend Magazine – 11 July 2009
- “Opera’s on for an uplift” – Progress Leader – 17th February 2009
- “Opera In The Otways” – Colac Extra – 30 October 2008
- “Event Award Winners” – mice.net Magazine – August 2008
- “Musical Greats Stir The Pot In Celebration For Milestone Birthday” – The Age – 20 June 2008
- “Subtlety is All Part of the Show” – Progress Leader – 10 June 2008
- “Sweet Notes From Pot-Pourri” – New Sunday Times – 24 February 2008
- “The 60 Second Plug: A Night On Broadway” – kakiseni.com – 20 February 2008
- “Pot-Pourri of Acts – The Star (Malaysia) – 6 February 2008
- “Music takes to the stage” – New Sunday Times, Malaysia – 27 January 2008
- “Spreading the word” – The West Magazine – April 1999
- “The sweet smell of success” – The Dominion Post – 2 August 2003
- “Come to the cabaret, Aussie style” – Herald Sun – 14 April 1999
- “Pot-Pourri with a taste of spice” – Kendell Connection Magazine – Autumn 2000
CD reviews
- “Fantasy In Many Guises” – The Sound Telegraph – 18 March 2009
- “The Buddhist and the Soprano” – The Byron Shire Echo – 3 February 2004
- Nella Fantasia CD review – Herald Sun – 3 January 2007
- Nella Fantasia CD review – Canberra Times – 12 January 2007
- Nella Fantasia CD review – The Age – 12 May 2007
Performance Reviews
- “Polish and Glitz from Pot-Pourri” – Sound Telegraph – 1 April 2009
- “Gumboots and pearls” – Canvas – 20 October 2008
- “Keeping cool amid dense movement” – The Age – 2 July 2007
- “Singers serenade lake” – Yarrawonga Chronicle – 25 January 2006
- “Opera under cover” – The Stanthorpe Border Post – 3 May 2006
- “Pot-Pourri not to be missed” – The Press, Christchurch – 21 July 2003
- “Talented singers turn on a night” – The Dominion Post – 5 August 2003
- New Zealand Newspaper Reviews – July, August, September 1995
- “Not an underarm ball in sight” – Otago Daily Times – 22 July 2003
Articles on The Song Room
- “Bank’s sound approach is music to childrens ears” – The Australian – 1 September 2007
- “Song Room strikes chord with community” – The Age – 23 August 2007
- “Musical journey inspires” – Geelong Advertiser – 10 August 2007
- “Pupils get in tune with opera” – Hobart Mercury – 18 October 2006
- “Warblers hit the right note” – The Courier, Ballarat – 19 May 2007
- “Eyes pop at school concert” – The Advertiser – 25 April 2007
- “Song and dance” – Peninsula Journal Weekender – 1 June 2006
- “Making a song and dance of kids” – The Age – 23 May 2005
- “Music packs a punch” – Herald Sun – 1 November 2005
- “Making room for music” – Herald Sun – 18 June 2003
- “The joys of a classical education” – The Age – 23 November 2001
