Music, music, music. What would we do without it!

Rose Turtle Ertler has played music all her life and is dedicated to writing thoughtfully constructed wonky folk/precarious pop songs as well as guiding others to do the same. After a long lasting obsession with the ukulele (soprano & baritone) since 2000, her main instruments now also include piano and electric guitar. She sometimes dabbles on the banjo, bass guitar, tenor horn and scaled-back drum kit.

Rose has toured extensively solo - often with a regional focus and also overseas including to European festivals and ukulele festivals in New York and New Zealand. With her open and versatile approach to music, Rose is able to work amongst different genres. She has been in bands including pop-punk The Night Before Tomorrow (which came out of her work at a disability service in Naarm); Black Orchid Stringband (with members of the West Papuan community in Naarm); Salty Serge (theatrical songs from a 19th century whaling boat); Toydeath (electronic toy band in Sydney/Gadigal country).

Rose has created numerous soundtracks (live music/foleySFX/prerecorded) for performances/theatre shows in Australia and overseas (Belgium/Germany).

Rose uses music to promote various streams of activism including refugees, West Papuan independence & environmental issues. Her latest album We Will Stand is dedicated to all these causes.