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Workshop Part 1: BEATS
Workshop
Workshop
11:30 am
22 August 2025
Room 219 & 220
Themes
ICTC
Session Program
Therapeutic Beat Making (TBM) and Applications of Hip Hop Education for Working with Trauma-Affected Populations
Scott Griffiths (aka Optamus) - Founder – HIPHOP101 | MC & Producer | Member of Downsyde | Youth Facilitator, Elliot Gann (aka Phillipdrummond) - Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Creator of the Therapeutic Beat Making (TBM) Model | Hip Hop Therapist | Hip Hop Artist & Beat Maker | Executive Director – Today’s Future Sound (TodaysFutureSound.org - Today’s Future Sound, Alexander Crooke - Beat Maker | DJ | Instrument Designer | Independent Researcher | Senior Consultant – Change Indicators - Change Indicators, Sam Rhook (aka Rhooka) - Founder & Director – Thrive Outreach Australia | Youth Mentor | Hip-Hop Artist - Thrive Outreach Australia
This three-hour masterclass expands on the content presented in Tuesday’s sessions, offering a deeper dive into Therapeutic Beat Making (TBM) and its research-backed applications. Dr. Alexander Crooke will present data from several youth-focused beat making studies, including a school-wide Hip Hop initiative in Sydney, co-developed with Today’s Future Sound. Results highlight the impact of beat making on psychosocial wellbeing, identity, regulation, and positive youth development.
The session will also include a live beat-making demonstration and detailed exploration of the TBM model’s theoretical underpinnings and practical use by Dr. Elliot Gann of Today’s Future Sound. Scott Griffiths (aka Optamus) will share his work delivering Hip Hop-based programming in schools, community centers, prisons, and remote Indigenous communities across Australia. He’ll also lead an interactive rhyme writing exercise and speak on a juvenile justice program that achieved a 50% drop in recidivism.
The session will also include a live beat-making demonstration and detailed exploration of the TBM model’s theoretical underpinnings and practical use by Dr. Elliot Gann of Today’s Future Sound. Scott Griffiths (aka Optamus) will share his work delivering Hip Hop-based programming in schools, community centers, prisons, and remote Indigenous communities across Australia. He’ll also lead an interactive rhyme writing exercise and speak on a juvenile justice program that achieved a 50% drop in recidivism.