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Gondwana Voices Bursaries

Gondwana Voices' greatest strength is that it gathers together the finest young voices from across our vast nation and its greatest disadvantage is the costs associated with bringing together these talented young people to become Gondwana Voices. Gondwana Voices is supported by the Federal Government through the Australia Council and by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. The major costs for Gondwana Voices however are carried by the participants. Unfortunately this precludes many talented young Australians from taking part.

 

It is our goal to ensure that in the future any suitably talented child has the opportunity to participate in Gondwana Voices’ programs without financial, social, physical or distance barriers. In 2007, 46% of our choristers are from regional or remote Australia. These young people face higher travel costs to attend Gondwana Voices programs and in addition, many come from drought affected communities.

 

Thanks to the support of the following individuals during 2007 we have been able to provide bursaries for six disadvantaged young people to participate in Gondwana 2008 National Choral School as well as provide a number of partial bursaries for this and other Gondwana seasons.

Ken & Elizabeth Nielsen (Founding Donors)
Bowler Geotechnical Capricornia
Anne L Cameron
M.G. Stuart-Watt
Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
K.W. Tribe
Anonymous x 5

 

10th Anniversary International Tour
Representing Australia at a prestigious international choral festival is both a great honour and a tremendous learning opportunity for young people. International touring provides Gondwana Voices’ choristers with a broad cultural education that they may otherwise never have the opportunity to receive. It enables them to act as young ambassadors of Australian culture and brings the energy and vibrancy of Australian music to the world in performances of uncompromising quality.

 

International touring with children is a major financial undertaking and in 2007 Gondwana    Voices launched a major fundraising campaign to support this tour. We are very grateful to    the following individuals and organisations for their support.

        

         Robert & Elizabeth Albert
         Jennifer Alexander
         Bowler Geotechnical Capricornia
         British High Commission, Canberra
         Chloe & Angus Burns
         Alexandra Cameron
         Scott & Jo Davies
         Andrew & Leanne Dinihan
         Peter & Michelle Fitzgerald
         Jane & Richard Freudenstein
         Ross Gage

         Louise Herron
         Darryl & Katherine Hodgkinson
         KPMG Foundation
         James E Layt AM
         Suzie & Jason Lee
         Philip & Ellen Nicholson
         Amanda O'Brien & Glenda Jackson
         Don Parsonage
         Alec & Angela Preda
          Reader's Digest
         Mark Schlosser
         David Sheldon
         Sims Partners
         David Slessar
         The Insight Group

         Peter Turk
         David & Barbara Turner
         Peter & Jan Van de Velde

         Paul Vrachnas
         Jackie Waterhouse
         Andrew & Leanne Whittle
         Helen Williams
         Anonymous x 15

         X Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

How you can help!

 

There are many ways that organisations and individuals can support Gondwana Voices initiatives. These include:

• corporate partnership opportunities tailored to the needs of individual companies; and / or
• corporate donations; and / or
• individual giving

All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

Please contact our General Manager, Alexandra Cameron, at alexandra@gondwanavoices.com.au or on 02 9251 4226 for more information.

 

 

Gondwana Voices is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

 

We are very grateful to the following organisations for their support:

Design Partner