VISION TABLE OF CONTENTS

VISION
2014
Gondwana Choirs is the leader in Australian choral performance, shaping the Australian
sound through the creation and presentation of innovative new work and providing
opportunities to all talented young Australians through world-class training by leading artists.
ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Who we are / Our Choirs 4
Welcome
Sydney Children’s Choir 25 Years
Repertoire and Australian Works
International Tours
2014 Highlights
National Choral School
White Night Voices
Jandamarra: Sing for the Country
Gondwana Voices Taiwan Tour
Voices of Angels Miracles
Our Choristers Speak
Our Families Speak
Board of Directors
2014 Artists
Supporters
Partners
Concise Financial Report
2015 Gondwana Choirs Staff
Gondwana Choirs 2015
Gondwana Choirs wishes to show our respect and acknowledge the Traditional custodians
of the land throughout Australia. We are committed to collaborating and celebrating
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through music and song. In doing so, we know
that Indigenous Australian cultures continue to strengthen and enrich our community.
WHO WE ARE
Gondwana Choirs comprises the most accomplished choral groups of young people in Australia. Founded by Artistic Director
Lyn Williams OAM as Sydney Children’s Choir in 1989, the organisation has now grown to include Gondwana National Choirs
and Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir. The organisation has premiered over 200 works by leading Australian composers
and performs a significant number of Australian compositions each year nationally and internationally.
Singers from all three arms of the organisation, Sydney Children’s Choir, Gondwana National Choirs and Gondwana Indigenous
Children’s Choir, have joined together on several occasions, most notably in 2014 with Sydney Symphony Orchestra for the
world premiere performances of Jandamarra: Sing for the Country by Paul Stanhope.
Sydney Children’s Choir
Sydney Children’s Choir is Sydney’s
most prestigious and well-known vocal
program for young singers of school
age. Founded by Lyn Williams OAM
in 1989, it comprises 22 training and
performance ensembles and includes
the Young Men’s Choir, formed in 2012
specifically for voices that have changed
or are changing.
SCC has a distinguished history of
commissioning and performing works
of Australian composers, including Ross
Edwards, Stephen Leek, Elena KatsChernin and Paul Stanhope. The singers
in the program are intimately connected
to contemporary and traditional
repertoire throughout their training
and the program’s graduates are well
represented in the professional music
industry nationally and internationally.
The senior performing choirs (including
the newly-formed Lyn Williams Choir)
are the leading ensembles within
Sydney Children’s Choir. They regularly
collaborate with the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra and other leading orchestras.
Recent performances include Pique
Dame by Tchaikovsky, Symphonies
Nos 3 & 8 by Mahler, the Lord of the
Rings trilogy, Kullervo by Sibelius, War
Requiem by Britten, Carmina Burana by
Orff and Wozzeck by Berg.
International tours by the choir have
included Japan, Finland and China. In
2013, the Senior Choir undertook its
10th and longest tour to Europe, with
performances at the prestigious choral
festival, Polyfollia, in Normandy; Notre
Dame, Paris; Palau de la Mùsica,
Barcelona; and in London at Westminster
Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral.
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National Choirs
Established by Lyn Williams in 1997,
Gondwana National Choirs are truly
national ensembles whose members
come from throughout Australia and
range in age from 10 - 26. They are
the children of dairy farmers and miners,
teachers and doctors, engineers, office
workers and musicians. They perform
music which is close to their hearts:
new Australian works which capture
the mystery and grandeur of our land
and traditional works which display the
cultural diversity of the Australian people.
The work of the choirs is a powerful
expression of the determination of young
Australians to work together to create
extraordinary musical ensembles. They
form every January at the Gondwana
National Choral School for intensive
training and performances across 5
vocal ensembles, including programs for
developing composers and conductors.
Gondwana Voices, Australia’s national
children’s choir, regularly performs with
the country’s leading ensembles. It tours
nationally and internationally and has
taken part in international choral festivals
including the World Choral Symposium,
Rotterdam; Amèrica Cantat, Mexico
City; Polyfollia, Normandy; and Festival
500, Newfoundland.
In 2007 Gondwana Voices was the
first Australian children’s choir to perform
at the BBC Proms. It undertook a tour
through the Eastern Kimberley in 2013
and completed a residency at the Taipei
International Choral Festival in 2014.
Australia’s national SATB youth choir
Gondwana Chorale was established
in 2008 and has performed throughout
Australia, including regualr appearances
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In
2013 it toured the UK and France.
Indigenous Children’s Choir
Generously supported by its Principal
Partner, Rio Tinto
Created in 2008 by Lyn Williams, the
Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir
(GICC) enables Indigenous young
people from across Australia access
to the same high standard of musical
training and performance opportunities
offered to all Gondwana Choirs’
choristers. The program instils pride,
builds both confidence and career
pathways, creates lasting relationships
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
young Australians, and gives young
people a platform from which to share
their voice and culture with the nation
and the world.
The GICC program is based out of
choral hubs in Cairns and Campbelltown
NSW where students rehearse western
and traditional repertoire. GICC is
unique and has become much-loved
in the Indigenous music community,
especially for its commitment to creating
and performing songs in Indigenous
languages, its pursuit of excellence
and its embodiment of hope for the
future. Through the GICC program,
Gondwana Choirs has commissioned
and created new works, including many
in Indigenous languages, notably the
children’s opera Ngailu, Boy of the
Stars.
GICC have collaborated with many of
Australia’s most respected Indigenous
artists performed nationally and
internationally, including the Australian
War Memorial in Canberra at the
Australian Defence Force ceremony
recognising
the
contribution
of
Indigenous servicemen and women.
VISION
Gondwana Choirs is the leader in Australian choral performance, shaping the Australian
sound through the creation and presentation of innovative new work and providing
opportunities to all talented young Australians through world-class training by leading artists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WELCOME 4
25 YEARS 6
RECORDINGS 9
COMMISSIONS 10
MAJOR TOURS 11
2014 CALENDAR 12
2014 HIGHLIGHTS 14
OUR FAMILIES 19
OUR CHORISTERS 20
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 22
SUPPORTERS 24
RIO TINTO 26
2014 ARTISTS 28
GONDWANA CHOIRS 2015 29
CONCISE FINANCIAL REPORT 30
Gondwana Choirs shows respect to and acknowledges the Traditional custodians of the land
throughout Australia. We are committed to collaborating with and celebrating Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander cultures through music and song. In doing so, we know that
Indigenous Australian cultures continue to strengthen and enrich our community.
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WELCOME
KATE LIDBETTER, CHAIR GONDWANA CHOIRS’ BOARD
2014 marked the Silver Jubilee of
Gondwana Choirs, which began its life
in 1989 as Sydney Children’s Choir and
has grown to national and international
acclaim. Now encompassing up to 30
separate ensembles and providing lifechanging opportunities for over 800
choristers aged 6 - 25, Gondwana
Choirs has grown and developed over
time to support the astonishing vision and
energy of its founder and Artistic Director,
Lyn Williams OAM. I congratulate Lyn on
her many wonderful achievements both
in this year of celebration and over the
past 25 years.
In April 2014 we welcomed a new
General Manager, Bernadette Heard, to
the company. Bernie brought substantial
experience to the role, coming from
Sydney Youth Orchestras and prior to
that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s
education program. Bernie’s energy and
skill has been apparent to all and she
swiftly earned the support and respect of
staff, board, volunteers and choristers. I
thank her for her dedication and hard
work.
Financially, the organisation performed
extremely well, finishing the year with
a surplus of $27,967 despite a deficit
Truce – was all the more poignant for
its timing. VOA was my final concert
as a “choir mum” and I reflected on the
generations of young people who have
had so many formative experiences as
part of this incredible performing arts
company. How fortunate they are to
express themselves through song, rather
than experiencing war or hardship.
budget. This was in part due to excellent
financial management by Bernie and
her team, but also the result of some
changes in staffing and an opportunity
to participate in the Australian National
War Memorial’s commemoration of
World War 1. In 2013 the company
posted a budgeted deficit and the board
was pleased to see the budget return to
surplus in 2014.
Among
so
many
outstanding
performances, a notable event was the
annual Voices of Angels concert, which
was urgently re-scheduled due to the
tragic siege that occurred in Sydney in
mid-December. I commend management
and choristers for the professional manner
in which they handled the situation
despite great stress and uncertainty, and
the concert – which commemorated
100 years since the WW1 Christmas
Collaborations were an important part
of 2014, and I note in particular the
performances of Jandamarra: Sing for
Country with the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra. This project brought together
all arms of the company and saw
choristers from the Cairns Gondwana
Indigenous Choir, and across Australia
join their Sydney counterparts to present
the world premiere of Paul Stanhope and
Steve Hawke’s wonderful musical story.
Partnerships with flagship companies like
the SSO provide welcome recognition of
the esteem in which Gondwana Choirs
is held by the sector.
Our thanks go to all the many
supporters of Gondwana Choirs,
including Rio Tinto, Principal Partner of
the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s
Choir, other corporate sponsors and
donors, our government funding partners
the Australia Council, Arts NSW and
Indigenous Cultural Support and of
course all of our wonderful individual
donors and patrons. Every dollar
donated by you makes a real difference
and we are grateful.
Join me in exploring the pages of this
report to learn more about the programs,
performances and activities of this
unique organisation.
Voices of Angels Miracles
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LYN WILLIAMS OAM, GONDWANA CHOIRS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & FOUNDER
It is a great pleasure for me to reflect
on the 25 year history of Gondwana
Choirs. In the early days as the 2MBS
FM Radio Children’s Choir, which soon
evolved into the Sydney Children’s
Choir, I just rehearsed in a small studio
with a small yet enthusiastic group of
children. In 2014 we were able to bring
together hundreds of young people from
our three programs to perform together
alongside the Sydney Symphony
orchestra in Paul Stanhope’s magnificent
work, Jandamarra.
Each year since 1989 has seen so many
highlights. A few that stand out today are
of course the launch of SCC in 1989,
the many overseas tours including a
performance at the BBC Proms, singing
at dawn from the Opera House to
welcome in the new millennium, our long
association with the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra, two incredible tours with the
Australian Chamber Orchestra, trips to
remote Australia including the Torres
Strait and the Kimberley and singing at
the opening ceremony of the Sydney
Olympics. Ask me again tomorrow and
I would have a completely new list.
Today, hundreds of children and young
people enjoy singing with Gondwana
each year. As Sydney Children’s Choir
and Gondwana have grown, so has the
choral landscape in Australia developed
alongside us. In 1989 it would have
been inconceivable to have so many
young Sydney-siders in the SCC let
alone 300 singers at National Choral
School and even less so, a thriving
indigenous children’s choir program.
I would also like to thank the Board of
Gondwana Choirs and in particular the
enormous contribution of our Chair Kate
Lidbetter and of David Longmuir.
Another mark of this changing landscape
is the repertoire we perform. Through
our commissioning program and
singing of traditional Indigenous works,
Gondwana is making a significant
cultural contribution.
In closing, I would like to honour the
memory of our beautiful young Cairns
chorister Shantae Warria and to praise
the love and courage of her fellow
choristers who bravely sang in her
memory at the funeral.
Our choirs delight audiences with
their engaging performances. We
are extremely proud of our choral
education programs that support our
choristers’ development and of our
remarkable artistic staff who create
the magical performances that are the
hallmark of Gondwana. Many have
also commented that they recognise
someone who has grown up through
SCC or Gondwana by their dedication
to artistic excellence.
It would be difficult to find a more
passionate and dedicated group of
administration and operations staff than
the current Gondwana team. Their
resilience, determination and good
humour ensured our safe passage
through some very challenging times
in 2014. I owe a huge thanks to
Bernie Heard for her gentle yet resolute
leadership throughout the year.
Shantae Warria
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25 YEARS
2014 marked 25 years since the formation of Sydney Children’s Choir and the continuous leadership and guidance by Artistic
Director and Founder Lyn Williams OAM. The following pages document some of the highlights and achievements of those 25
years.
1989
1990 1992 1993
1995
1996 1997 1998 Above: Sydney Children’s Choir is the official
choir of the City of Sydney, 1992
Below: SCC aboard the Tall Ships in Sydney
Harbour, 1995
1999 2000
2001
2002
2003
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Sydney Children’s Choir is launched in the Great Hall of The University
of Sydney. Performance features a new work and several arrangements
by prominent Australian composer Stephen Leek
SCC performs at Australia Day Celebrations in Darling Harbour
SCC undertakes its first international tour to Indonesia and Singapore,
supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
The first performance of SCC with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in
Symphony No.8 by Mahler
The first SCC subscription series includes the first of many commissions:
The Mahogany Ship by Michael Atherton, and Shadowings by
Stephen Leek. The Mahogany Ship is later released as our first CD
SCC performances at the World Symposium on Choral Music in
Sydney
Gondwana Voices is created by Lyn with over 60 choristers taking part
in the inaugural season The final concert is held in St James Church,
conducted by Lyn and guest conductor Mark O’Leary, in association
with Sydney Festival
Gondwana Voices records its first CD Voices of Gondwana in
Newcastle
The first international tour for Gondwana Voices with SCC is to Europe
and Hong Kong. It represents Australia as one of three children’s choirs
from around the world selected to perform in Songbridge 2000 at the
5th World Symposium of Choral Music in Rotterdam
SCC performs a new commission, Dawn Mantras by Ross Edwards,
at dawn from the top of the Sydney Opera House to herald the new
millennium
As part of the Olympic Arts Festival in Sydney, SCC and Gondwana
Voices perform Symphony No. 8 by Mahler at the Super Dome, joining
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia, Melbourne
Chorale, Canberra Choral Society and City of Birmingham Symphony
Chorus
SCC performs at Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Gondwana Voices performs the Centennial Ceremony at Australia’s
Centenary of Federation, Sydney
Gondwana Voices performs A New Gondwana by Stephen Leek atop
of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The performance is broadcast by ABC
America and the European television networks to millions of viewers
across the world
Gondwana Voices performs Michael Leunig’s Parables, Lullabies and
Secrets with Michael Leunig, Neil Finn and the Australian Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Lyn Williams. The concerts were performed
in Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney and Melbourne
SCC performs the first Christmas with the Symphony with Gondwana
Voices, Sydney Children’s Choir and Sydney Symphony Orchestra
SCC undertakes a European Tour with performances at Lichfield
Festival, UK; World Civil Society forum, Geneva; and concerts in
France, The Vatican, Italy and Singapore
Gondwana Voices tours the USA with concerts and workshops with
2004 2005
2006 Above: Lyn and SCC choristers c.1995
Middle: Gondwana Voices 2007
Below: World Youth Day 2008
2007
2008
2009
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, Chicago; Voices of Youth and concerts
with Indianapolis Children’s Choir; Youth Pro Musica, Boston; Eastman
Bach Children’s Choir, Rochester; and an Easter Sunday performance
in St Matthew’s Church, Bedford, New York
Gondwana Voices appears as Guest Choir at the Festival of South
American Choirs, America Cantat 4 in Mexico City
Lyn Williams is awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in
recognition of her services to the Arts.
Gondwana Voices records Dreamings, a CD of Australian works for
ABC Classics
Gondwana Voices joins with West Australian Symphony Orchestra
and Black Swan Theatre Company for world premiere performances
of For those in Peril on the Sea by Gordon Kerry
National Choral School consists of Gondwana Voices, Junior
Gondwana and Gondwana Chamber Choir and a sell-out concert in
Melbourne is broadcast by ABC Classic FM. Chamber Choir is the
forerunner to Gondwana Chorale
Gondwana Voices gives the world premiere performances of Vexations
and Devotions by Brett Dean at Perth International Arts Festival with
West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under conductor
Matthias Bamert
Gondwana Voices performed at both the Opening and Closing
Ceremonies of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
SCC gives the first Voices of Angels end of year concert in conjunction
with City Recital Hall Angel Place
SCC gives the world premiere performance of Resonance – A Heritage
in Song, a multi-art form work exploring stories of inspiration, hardship,
and joy in the lives of choristers and their families featuring music by
choristers and Paul Jarman
Gondwana Voices undertakes its 10th Anniversary International Tour to
Festival 500, Canada; Polyfollia Festival, France; and the BBC Proms,
London. Gondwana Voices is the first Australian children’s choir to be
invited to the BBC Proms and performed Brett Dean Vexations and
Devotions with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under David
Robertson
Gondwana Voices performances with the Australian Chamber
Orchestra of the world premiere of The Red Tree in Sydney, Canberra,
Melbourne and Brisbane
The inaugural season of Gondwana Indigenous Children Choir
in Sydney brings together 44 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
children from Qld and NSW who join with Gondwana Voices and
Sydney Children’s Choir to perform at the papal arrival as part of
World Youth Day festivities
SCC gives 2 performances of the Voices of Angels Christmas concert
with Gondwana Voices and the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s
Choir
Torres Strait Islander members of the Gondwana National Indigenous
Children’s Choir and SCC give the world premiere performance of
the children’s opera Ngailu, Boy of the Stars, with Sydney Children’s
Choir at City Recital Hall Angel Place
Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir participates in the recording
and filming of Qantas’ I Still Call Australia Home advertising
campaign. Chorister Tyus sang the introduction to I Still Call Australia
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2010
2011
2012
2013
Home in Kala Lagaw Ya language
SCC performs at the APRA|AMCOS Classical Music Awards
Lyn Williams is honoured with the Choral or Vocal Work of the Year for her composition A Flock of Stars
National Choral School in Sydney features a collaboration with Synergy Percussion and includes new commissions
from Christopher Gordon and Graham Leak
SCC teams Ben Van Tienen and the Art Gallery of NSW as our first Composer in Residence attached to a cultural
institution
Gondwana Choirs celebrates its 21st Birthday with Voices of Celebration at the Sydney Opera House, combining
choristers from all arms of the company and alumni
SCC tours to China with performances at the International Society for Music Education World Conference, Beijing;
the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, which was filmed and re-broadcast on Chinese Central Television several
times; and at Beijing’s spectacular Capital M restaurant
GICC choristers from Cairns, Sydney and Thursday Island are involved in the filming of Oprah’s Grand Finale at
the Opera House
SCC Composer in Residence is Ruth McCall at the Royal Botanical Gardens
Lyn Williams undertakes a 4-month residency in Cairns, which leads to the founding of Cairns Gondwana
Indigenous Children’s Choir
SCC performs with the You Tube Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House
SCC perform the first instalment of Lord of The Rings Concerts with Sydney Symphony Orchestra
GICC performs at the NAIDOC Season Ball, Sydney
National Choral School features guest artist Felix Riebl, singer, songwriter and musician
Gondwana Chorale is featured at the Four Winds Festival in Bermagui, NSW
SCC Composer in Residence is Luke Byrne at the Powerhouse Museum
Gondwana Choirs Innovations Patrons is launched with a recital at Government House. Included on the program
is the Magnificat by Porpora
SCC performs Pique Dame (Queen of Spades) by Tchaikovsky with SSO under Vladimir Ashkenazy
Gondwana Chorale tours the UK and France, including performances at St John’s Square and L’eglise de la
Madeleine
Campbelltown Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir (CamGICC) formed in south-western Sydney
GICC undertake a tour to the Eastern Kimberley
The 10th and longest tour to Europe by SCC with performances in Barcelona, Lyon, Normandy (at the world’s most
prestigious choral festival, Polyfollia), Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral
GICC perform at the Corroboree Festival, Sydney
SCC perform in 2 presentations of the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten with Sydney Symphony Orchestra under
its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Vladimir Ashkenazy
National Choral School, 2012
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RECORDINGS
1995
1997
The Mahogany Ship and Songs of the Earth
Works by Michael Atherton and Stephen Leek
Sydney Children’s Choir conducted by Lyn Williams
1998
Voices of Gondwana
Music by Stephen Leek, Michael Atherton, Lyn Williams, Carl Vine,
Claude Debussy and Zoltán Kodály
Gondwana Voices conducted by Lyn Williams, Mark O’Leary and Kari
Ala-Pöllänen
Shall We Dream?
Songs by Michael Atherton, Stephen Leek, Lyn Williams, Elliott Gyger
Sydney Children’s Choir conducted by Lyn Williams
2003
New Light New Hope
Music by Stephen Leek, Paul Jarman, Elena Kats-Chernin, Lyn Williams
Gondwana Voices conducted by Lyn Williams and Mark O’Leary
2004
Eternity: The Timeless Music of Australia’s Composers
Compilation featuring Dawn Mantras by Ross Edwards
ABC Classics
2005
Life is Beautiful, Volume 1
Compilation featuring Ave Maria
Gondwana Voices conducted by Lyn Williams
ABC Classics
2006
Dreamings
Music by Lyn Williams, Elena Kats-Chernin, Stephen Leek, Brett Dean,
Michael Atherton, Dan Walker
Gondwana Voices conducted by Lyn Williams and Mark O’Leary
2008
Legends & Dreams
Compilation including Dawn Mantras by Ross Edwards
ABC Classics
2008
Voices of Angels
Christmas Music by Mendelssohn, Rutter and Walker and traditional music
arranged by Lyn Williams
Gondwana Voices & Sydney Children’s Choir conducted by Lyn Williams
2009
The First Nowell
Compiliation of Christmas Music
Featuring Gondwana Voices conducted by Lyn Williams
ABC Classics
2010
Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E-Flat Major Symphony of a Thousand
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Lilli Paasikivi, Sydney Children’s Choir,
Gondwana Voices, Sydney Philharmonia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
2013
Vexations and Devotions
Music by Brett Dean. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Gondwana
Voices conducted by David Robertson
Other recordings include the ABC Swoon compilations and motion picture
soundtracks, including Happy Feet 1 & 2, Moulin Rouge & Australia
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PREMIERES
In its 25-year history, Gondwana Choirs has commissioned and premiered a significant amount of music by Australian composers.
You can find more information regarding this extensive list of over 200 new works on our website at gondwana.org.au
* denotes commissioned by Gondwana Choirs
† denotes works commissioned through the Composer in Residence and Emerging Composers programs
Owen Ambarchi & Eugene Ball
Trajectories
Michael Atherton
The Mahogany Ship*
Songs for Imberombera*
Kalliopeia Sopha*
Magpies*
Tony Backhouse
Save me some Grace*
Lou Bennett
Just One World* (arr. Dan Walker)
Koorah-Koorie
Colin Bright
Sun Woman*
Nigel Butterley
Towards Autumm*
Luke Byrne
Kites †
Travelling Companion †
The Number One train †
Vision of the Future †
Wise Men Three*
Alice Chance
The Shakespeare Room †
Meta Cohen
The Sunless Sea †
Brett Dean
Tracks and Traces*
Ross Edwards
Dawn Mantras
Dawn Canticle*
Symphony No. 5: Promised Land;
Miracles*
Elliott Gyger
I am not yet born*
Fire in Heavens*
Josie Gibson
Things That Go Bump in the Night †
Christopher Gordon
Onwards and Upwards*
Spin Globe Spin*
Joy to the World
Song of Hope
Peace on Earth
Mud Song*
Fyfe Hutchins
A Stray Dog for Congratulations
Paul Jarman
Heritage in Song*
Turn on the open sea*
(includes Shackleton, Sea of Berries,
Volta do ma Largo)
The Will to Climb
Ancient City*
Australia Day Suite
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Elena Kats-Chernin
Doo
Deep Sea Dreaming
(original version)
Memorial Rag*
Deep Sea Dreaming (piano
version)*
Butterflying (piano version)*
Butterflying (orchestral version)
When I Grow Up*
Meeting the Sun
Gordon Kerry
For Those in Peril on the Sea
Requiem Tropes
Rubina Kimiia
Voice in me*
Many Voices, One Dream
(with Sally Whitwell)
Corey Kirk
Corey’s Song (arr. Lyn Williams)
Annie Kwok
Waking Dreamer
Travelling †
Living the Dream†
I am not a number †
Corner of the Sea †
Who am I? †
Graeme Leak
Everything in Front of Me*
Julian Lee
The Daffodils*
Stephen Leek
Voices of a Land*
Songs of the Earth*
Shadowings*
Songs for the Young*
Voices of Gondwana
Seasons of Fire*
Our New Dream Time*
A New Gondwana
Currawong Dreaming*
The Mountain*
Songs of our Journey*
Let Peace*
Max Lyandvert
Close your Little Eyes
Ruth McCall
Giant Tree Cannon †
Herb Soup †
Dome †
Fuzzy Aussie †
Sacred Lotus †
Ian Munro
Songs from Badtown*
Matthew Orlovich
The Paean*
Felix Riebl
Gloria
Dreamers in Space
Andrew Schultz
Little Tree
Three songs from the Maritimes*
Paul Stanhope
Frosty the snowman: an inconvenient
truth*
Ground Zero*
The Acrobat*
Lament to St. Cecilia*
Losing the Plot*
The Flying Dream
Jandamarra: Sing for the Country
Richard Tognetti, Brett Dean, Neil Finn,
Michael Leunig, John Rogers & Paul Healy
Parables, Lullabies and Secrets
Joseph Twist
Benedicto †
Wolcum Yole!
Space Kangaroo †
Rocket Ship Countdown †
I don’t want to live on the moon †
Goodnight †
La-La Land †
Lux Aeterna*
Carols Medley*
Rain Dream
Ben Van Tienen
Fisherman Returning Home †
Just one Star*
Giggle Picnic †
Sea of Clouds †
Some Days †
Stairway to Nowhere †
The Boy who sticks out his Tongue †
Nick Wales
Hanerot Halalu
Dan Walker
Sky Song*
The Bone*
Road Poem*
High Street*
The Unicorn*
Belonging*
Orestias*
Guurumali*
Tu es Petrus
Russian Christmas Carol
Arrangements*
Ngailu, Boy of the Stars*
Hannukah Medley*
Land Sleeps, Ocean Rests
Heartland
Mirror*
Dan Walker continued
The Arrival*
Pot-Pourri de Comptines Françaises*
Voices Finale*
Aftermath
Cat-Tales*
The Arafura*
Bawrunga - Carpet Snake Country*
Coutt’s Crossing*
Nagoya
My Home*
Pioneers of True North*
The Dancers*
Spirit of Christmas
Sally Whitwell
Many Voices, One Dream*
(with Rubina Kimiia)
Ring out, wild bells*
Downsized
Bricks, Mortar and Water
Fah Rah Field
Hear the Wind
Hodie Christus natus est
Flew Here on a Bird
Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Lost in Space (with choristers)
Old Man Platypus
The Pizza
Why
MAJOR TOURS
Lyn Williams
Lilly Pilly Leonardo
Children of Quietness
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis*
Hooray for Fish*
Festive Alleluia
Ferry me across the water
Uphill
Islands
The Wind
Torres Strait Island Arrangements
Lisa Young
Tha Thin Tha*
Michael Yezerski
The Red Tree (with Richard Tognetti)
Left: Ngailu, Boy of the Stars 2009
Right: SCC performs in St John’s Smith Square, London 2013
1992 Indonesia and Singapore for Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade SCC
1994
Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Hamamatsu, Marugame, Nagasaki and Fukushima SCC
1997
First European tour and Singapore SCC
1999 1st international tour to Europe & Hong Kong Gondwana Voices
2002
Europe: UK, Switzerland, France, The Vatican, Italy & Singapore SCC
2003
USA: Chicago, Indianapolis Boston, Rochester & New York Gondwana Voices
2004 Mexico Gondwana Voices
2005Japan SCC
2007
Europe: Estonia, Denmark SCC
Canada, France, UK Gondwana Voices
2008 East Coast of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra Gondwana Voices
2009
New Zealand Gondwana Voices
2010
USA: Choristers from GICC perform at G’day LA
2010China SCC
China: 10 choristers from GICC perform at Shanghai World Expo
2011
USA and Canada: Seattle, Vancouver, Whistler, Chicago, Toronto, & New York Gondwana Voices
2011
New Zealand Gondwana Chorale
2012China Gondwana Voices
2013
Kununurra & Warmun, Western Australia GNICC & Gondwana Voices
Europe: Spain, France, UK SCC
2014Taipei/Taiwan Gondwana Voices
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2014 CALENDAR
JANUARY
6-18
National Choral School
Macquarie University
National Choirs, Gondwana Conducting Academy,
Gondwana Composer School, Gondweenies
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National Choral School Concerts
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
National Choirs
FEBRUARY
Top: SCC Winter Concert Minis
Middle: Winter Concert Campbelltown GICC
& outreach program
Below: Gondwana Voices in Taiwan
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White Night Voices
Melbourne Town Hall. Gondwana Voices
27-29
Robertson conducts John Williams
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
SCC Senior Choir, Young Men’s Choir & Alumni with
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
APRIL
11
Gartner Global Incentive
Sydney Opera House
SCC Senior & Junior Performing Choirs
13 Sunday Recital
Chapter Hall, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
SCC Senior Choir & Young Men’s Choir
MAY
10
National Breast Cancer Foundation Mother’s Day High Tea
David Jones, Sydney
Sydney Children’s Choir
24
Sydney Children’s Choir at the Powerhouse
Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo
SCC Junior Performing Choirs
JUNE
29 Sydney Children’s Choir Winter Concerts
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
SCC Training & Junior Performing Choirs
JULY
5, 6, 7 The Chimney Sweep with Pinchgut Opera
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
Sydney Children’s Choir Junior Performing Choirs
9
Indigenous Servicemen Recognition Event for the Australian
Defence Force
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
GICC
16, 17, 18 Jandamarra: Sing for the Country
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Sydney Children’s Choir, Gondwana Chorale, Gondwana
Indigenous Children’s Choir with Sydney Symphony
Orchestra
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21-28
Taiwan Farewell Concert & Tour
Sydney Conservatorium and Taiwan
Gondwana Voices
AUGUST
Top: Musical Tribute for Dame Marie Bashir,
Governor of NSW
Middle: Business Council of Australia Gala
Dinner with William Barton
Below: Voices of Little Angels
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IAG Event with Jessica Mauboy Sydney Opera House Marquee
SCC Junior Performing Choirs & Campbelltown GICC
23 Musical Tribute for Governor Dame Marie Bashir
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Sydney Children’s Choir
6
Sacred Visions Concert
St James Church, Sydney
SCC Senior Choir & Young Men’s Choir
18
Cape York Leaders Dinner
Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, Cairns
Cairns GICC
G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting
20 Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Cairns GICC
Springtime Concerts
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Shore School, North Sydney
SCC Training & Junior Performing Choirs
SEPTEMBER
3
Indigenous Literacy Day
Joan Sutherland Theatre Foyer, Sydney Opera House
SCC Junior Performing Choirs & Campbelltown GICC
OCTOBER
27
Open Rehearsal with special guest William Barton
The Wharf Rehearsal Room, Millers Point
GICC
28
Business Council of Australia Gala Dinner
Westin Hotel, Sydney
GICC
NOVEMBER
21
Tourism Tropical North Queensland Awards
Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, Cairns
Cairns GICC
DECEMBER
6
Voices of Little Angels
Shore School, North Sydney
SCC Junior Choirs
9
IRT Christmas Event
Campbelltown IRT
Campbelltown GICC
16
Voices of Angels Miracles
City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney
SCC Junior & Senior Performing Choirs, Young Men’s
Choir & members of Gondwana National Choirs
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2014 HIGHLIGHTS
NATIONAL CHORAL SCHOOL
Since its inception in 1997, what
began as simply “Gondwana Voices”
has grown organically into the National
Choral School of today, now featuring
five wonderful ensembles, a Conducting
Academy, Composer School and
International Guest Artists. With a record
306 participants (increase of 10% from
2013) coming together from all over
Australia, NCS was held once again
on the grounds of Macquarie University,
Sydney.
National Choral School’s reputation
for choral excellence is due to the
incredibly high calibre of the artistic staff
- conductors, pianists and composers.
Carl Crossin OAM and Paul Holley
prepared Gondwana Chorale in a wide
variety of contemporary and historical
repertoire for recording sessions which
followed NCS. Mark O’Leary led
Gondwana Voices during NCS, with a
large part of their season dedicated to
the development and recording of the
Voices project (see following page).
at the final concerts at The Concourse.
Gondwana
NCS
Composer
in
Residence Lisa Young, of Australian a
capella ensemble Coco’s Lunch, had her
newly commissioned work Tha Thin Tha
performed by the combined National
Choral School ensembles at the
It was an honour and a pleasure to
welcome Simon Carrington (Yale
Professor Emeritus and founder of The
King’s Singers) as our International Guest
Artist in 2014. As well as working with
all the choirs, Simon presented choral
conducting masterclasses with members
of the Gondwana Conducting Academy.
Our enthusiastic young conductors were
also working intensively with Graeme
Morton (University of Queensland
School of Music) and attended the
Conductors Forum with the Artistic Staff
that was held each night.
Thanks to the support of the James N
Kirby Foundation, we were able to
offer nearly twice as many bursaries as
last year – 44 choristers received full
or partial bursaries to National Choral
School.
A parent of a bursary recipient writes:
My son has always been a
happy child but he’s happiest
when he sings. So thank you for
making that possible.
Gondweenies, a week-long day camp
for aspiring singers aged 8 – 12 not
yet old enough to attend the full-time
residential choral school, was another
new program added to National Choral
School 2014, led by Nicole Thomson.
This year, the wealth of young women
singers who auditioned gave us the
opportunity to create a new choir,
now called Gondwana Cantique. The
newly-formed choir debuted successfully,
singing new works composed for them
by Dan Walker and Sally Whitwell in
addition to works from the European
tradition of music for young women’s
voices.
For the first time, the students in
Gondwana
Composer
School
participated in the entire 2 weeks of
NCS. Program Directors Paul Stanhope
and Christopher Gordon guided and
helped shape the newly created works
that were rehearsed and sung by the
choirs in an in-house concert. Two of
these new works were chosen to be sung
Above: Simon Carrington conducts the massed voices of National Choral School at the
Concourse, Sydney
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WHITE NIGHT VOICES
The young singers from Gondwana
Voices,
Australia’s
internationally
renowned national children’s choir, took
part in a multi- faceted choral installation
work, called VOICES, for White Night
in Melbourne. Each chorister created a
small, theatrically lit diorama capturing
an important moment in their lives, or that
of one of their ancestors. The installation
displayed each diorama together with
video projections of each child as they
sang a composition they wrote based
on their own special story. The stories,
42 in all, shared through song explored
a wide range of factual events, emotions
and situations – from dramatic journeys
and escapes, to simple natural beauties
– stories of great sadness to stories of
hope, joy and comedy.
The installation performance began with
instrumental music and relative darkness.
One diorama was then illuminated with
a larger-than-life video of the child
singing their song appearing above the
diorama. After around 15 seconds,
a second diorama was illuminated by
the accompanying video of this child
singing their song. The songs are quite
musically independent of each other,
yet because they are based on the
same scale, the overall effect creates
a rich yet harmonious texture. One by
one each of the 42 voices and videos
joined the others on 6 large screens until
all 42 children are seen and heard. The
audience experienced each magnificent
voice with a great sense of intimacy;
circulating around the space, they heard
each child’s story and saw their very
personal dioramas. The climax of the
work occured when all of the voices
blended into one majestic and moving
finale composed by Dan Walker, with
the generous financial support of Jill
Wran.
Approximately 14,000 festival-goers
experienced VOICES at White Night
Melbourne, with many staying to listen
time and time again.
The Herald Sun called VOICES “White
Night’s most affecting display.”
VOICES installation is a concept by Lyn
Williams OAM and Andrew Walsh AM.
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JANDAMARRA: SING FOR THE COUNTRY
July 2014 witnessed a significant
milestone for Gondwana Choirs: 200
Gondwana choristers took to the stage
of the Sydney Opera House Concert
Hall to join the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra in the premiere of Jandamara:
Sing for the Country by Paul Stanhope.
This commission was the brainchild of
Artistic Director Lyn Williams and Peter
Czornyj and was generously supported
by Gondwana Choirs and SSO donor,
Vicki Ollson.
Jandamarra was a warrior of the Bunuba
people - a clever and courageous leader
who defended his country against
overwhelming odds. In Jandamarra:
Sing for the Country, Paul Stanhope
created a dramatic cantata for large
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forces, including soloists, children’s
choir, narrators, a large orchestra and
Indigenous singers and dancers.
The combined choral forces brought
together Gondwana Chorale, Sydney
Children’s Choir, Gondwana National
Indigenous Children’s Choir and a
specially-assembled choir of secondary
school students.
We are grateful to IAG, who generously
supported the travel of our Cairns
Indigenous Children’s Choir, and our
SCC families, who provided them
a home away from home during the
porject.
Of this tour-de-force, Clive Paget wrote
in Limelight Magazine:
Chief honours must go to the
various ensembles of Gondwana
Choirs ... Immaculately drilled,
the young voices offered an
object lesson in choral discipline,
singing with focussed tone and
palpable enthusiasm.
GONDWANA VOICES TAIWAN TOUR
In July, Gondwana Voices visited Taiwan
to perform at the Taipei International
Choral Festival under the leadership
of conductors Lyn Williams and Mark
O’Leary. In preparation for the tour,
Gondwana Voices rehearsed in Sydney,
with interstate choristers billeted by
Sydney host families. The choir gave a
farewell concert for family and friends
at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
on 21 July.
The following day, 32 choristers with
artistic and administrative staff and
supervisors flew to Kaohsiung via
Hong Kong on an overnight flight.
What followed was an extremely busy
schedule of concerts and travelling. The
choir gave performances at the Ping
Tung Art Museum, Tainan Municipal
Cultural Centre, Hall of Cultural Bureau,
Yuanlin Performance Hall and Taipei
National Concert Hall.
Non-musical activities included the
Confucius Temple in Tainan, seeing
pandas at the Taipei Zoo, a cable car
ride to the top of Maokong Mountain,
the National Palace Museum and
the famous Danshui night market. The
highlight was taking the high speed
elevator to the top of Taipei 101 in 37
seconds and naturally there were many
dumpling stops along the way.
The repertoire in the concerts was
primarily Australian, including songs by
James Ledger, Michael Atherton, Paul
Jarman, Neil Finn, Dan Walker and
wonderful arrangements of Torres Strait
Island songs by Lyn.
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VOICES OF ANGELS MIRACLES
Gondwana Choirs’ annual Christmas
Concert, Voices of Angels, is one of the
musical highlights of Sydney’s festive
season. In 2014, we departed from our
traditional presentations of festive joy to
commemorate the extraordinary events
of the 1914 Christmas Truce, with Lyn
Williams directing the combined forces
of Sydney Children’s Choir and members
of Gondwana National Choirs.
The centenary of this remarkable event
that witnessed the silencing of rifles
along the Western Front in exchange
for seasonal goodwill was celebrated
in evocative performances of the songs
and carols that momentarily united the
warring sides. In another significant
commission for the occasion, Gondwana
Choirs gave the world premiere
performance of Miracles by legendary
Australian composer Ross Edwards,
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which contrasts the purity of children’s
voices singing a medieval Christmas text
with fragments of the German carol O
Tannenbaum sung by the Young Men’s
Choir, whose members are close in age
to the youngest soldiers in the trenches.
The commissioning of Miracles was
made possible through the generous
support of the Braden, Block, Playfair
and Shepherd families.
The 2 performances of Voices of Angels
Miracles were scheduled for 15 and
16 December at City Recital Hall Angel
Place in the heart of Sydney CBD.
During the day of 15 December, tragic
events began unfolding at the Lindt Café
in Martin Place. As the day progressed,
it became increasingly clear that the
area was unsafe for our choristers and
the decision was made to postpone
that evening’s concert. Consequently,
2 performances of Voices of Angels
were given on 16 December and the
themes of Miracles and Peace on Earth
have never seemed more appropriate
or important in light of the events at the
Lindt Cafe.
Gondwana Choirs wishes to thank all
of our choristers, musicians and patrons
who were involved in this special concert
for their dedication, support and belief
that we should present both concerts in
the face of so much tragedy.
OUR FAMILIES
THE AAY FAMILY
Queensland
Put a dot in the centre of a map of
Queensland and you’re pretty close
to Barcaldine.
That is where the
Gondwana journey started for our family
in 2009. A Gondwana brochure found
its way into Gwenda’s pigeon hole at
school. Our oldest daughter, Rinalda,
was ten years old then and she loved
music. We looked at the brochure and
wondered what it would be like. It
seemed like a magnificent opportunity
for a little girl from outback Queensland
(if she was good enough to get in!)
to sing some amazing quality music
and to get a glimpse of what a choir
could really be like. We were going to
be visiting family at audition time and
would be only a couple of hours drive
from an audition centre, so we rang the
number on the brochure to find out some
more and see if it was worth applying.
And there the adventure began.
Rinalda started in Junior Gondwana at
King’s School, Parramatta.
Sending
children off on planes to be met by
people you don’t know requires some
trust and courage, and we were not
quite sure. Being protective parents,
we decided to holiday in Sydney that
year and camped at Windsor, not far
away. We really knew nothing about
the organisation and wanted to be close
in case anything went wrong. But that
was the end of our concerns. Rinalda
had a magnificent time! She loved the
hours of rehearsals with all the fantastic
music and awesome conductors. She
loved meeting new people who were as
crazy about music as she was: people
who could sing in tune, and sight sing,
and sing in lots of parts, and sing in the
shower and enjoy a good laugh.
Yolanda turned 10 the next year and
was keen to join the adventure. Not
being quite as independent as her big
sister, she was keen to have Mum go
along and be a supervisor – and so
Yolanda and I went together that year
and began our adventure in Junior, while
Rinalda was thrilled to be in Voices.
Such fun! And an amazing learning
time for me as I watched the various
conductors at work.
Much to Jayden’s disgust, he still wasn’t
old enough the next year. So he and
Peter (Dad) dropped the three of us off
at the airport in Brisbane – just. It was
the year of the big flood, and we only
just got passed the flood water and
to the airport. Jayden and Peter had
an enforced stay in Brisbane as they
couldn’t go home.
Finally the time came when Jayden was
old enough to go to. He was worried
that he wouldn’t get in, and would
never get to go! It was a very nervous
audition. He too loved the Gondwana
experience. Imagine – boys who love
to sing and don’t mind who knows it!
Now Peter had to make a decision too:
go on a holiday by himself or join the
rest of his family at Gondwana as the
only non-musical member. Despite initial
reservations from Rinalda, he went and
as they say ‘the rest is history’. He has
Jayden Aay
been four times now as one of the rare
male supervisors, and has thoroughly
enjoyed it! And guess what? He’s still
male!
Our children have benefited so much
from the musical challenges and
experiences at National Choral School
and on camps and tours within Australia
and overseas.
They’ve had the privilege of working
with the best of the best and the joy
of achievement. Along the way they
have made friends with some amazing
people.
Gondwana and its supporters have
been very generous to us, supporting us
with bursaries when the cost of having 3
children involved has been prohibitive.
We have received one more benefit:
none of us will ever be short of a T-shirt!
Our family must have the one of the
biggest collections of Gondwana T
shirts in history!
The Aay family T shirt collection
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OUR CHORISTERS
EMILY GELINEAU
National Choirs
My first day in Gondwana Voices,
5 years ago, was a whirlwind of
excitement, making new life friends and
singing every minute. I flew from Perth
to Sydney and was the youngest, the
shortest and the loudest! I was 11 years
old and awestruck by the incredible
members of Voices and the incredible
level of musicianship. Never had I ever
witnessed or been in a youth ensemble
with all of these capabilities before, and
it made me work even harder through
the years.
Since then I’ve attended 5 choral schools,
various national and international tours
including China and the Kimberley, and
3 Voices of Angels concerts.
Not a thing has changed since that
first National Choral School. I am still
amazed and excited about every piece
of music we sing, and the friends who
sing the music with me. I think that as
choristers change from being young and
excitable 11 year olds in their first year
then onto older and responsible mentor
figures that we all look up to in our
younger years, we begin to understand
the cycle of Gondwana.
The importance of mentoring and
encouraging the next wave of choristers
is what defines Gondwana and keeps
the standard and enthusiasm of the
choirs alive.
Gondwana aims to extend the hand
of friendship through music and it is
a place where like-minded people
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can come together. Everyone enjoys
learning every aspect of music as much
as I do. I have been taught by the best
and have had the opportunities to travel
to amazing places to enjoy so many
cultural contrasts of choral music.
It gives me great joy that I am able to
attend National Choral School and for
this reason Gondwana is always on my
to the audience and to choristers as
well. As I said at the beginning of the
concert, “This VOA concert will be
special in so many ways, and the words
of every song we sing will hold a play in
my heart forever and always. I dedicate
every song to those held hostage.”
I cannot imagine my life now without
the Gondwana experience. From the
friendships I have made and the music
I have learnt and looking forward
throughout the year to Choral school
in January. I hope I can continue my
Gondwana journey for many years to
come.
TAEG TWIST
Indigenous Children’s Choir
mind (and the minds of everyone else as
well!) as I aim to improve upon my music
during the year ahead.
Away from Gondwana, I am involved
in my school choir and a WA-based
children’s choir and I like to bring my
experiences from Gondwana in any
way I can to both of these programs.
The rehearsal techniques used in every
Gondwana rehearsal are techniques
that are so valuable and I aim to recreate these methods in any of my
leading. Promoting and preserving the
“Gondwana Style” is also something
that every chorister achieves instinctively.
The handpicked choristers show and
demonstrate this unique skill and style
which is what defines and makes
Gondwana different to all other choirs
and ensembles.
I’m also very fortunate that I have
been able to combine my instrument
skills, in particular my violin playing,
within many concerts – the most recent
being at Voices of Angels in December
2014. This concert was themed to
commemorate the centenary of the
Christmas Truce during the First World
War. It was certainly a highlight of
my time so far with Gondwana as it
was during a time of shock and deep
sadness and provided light and comfort
“Welcome to Gondwana! Where
no idea is wrong nor right and the
composers and conductors are almost
always insane”. Don’t ask me why I
remember hearing this quote or who
exactly it came from, but it has stuck with
me to this very day and been one of the
most significant sayings for the entirety of
my journey in Gondwana.
I first joined Gondwana National
Indigenous Children’s Choir in 2009.
My audition in Cairns led to my very first
performance in a choir and out of my
small town, landing me at the Woodford
Dreaming Festival. Young, scared and
naïve I quickly discovered a whole new
life. I may not have realised it then, but
now I can confidently say Gondwana is
my second home.
Working with some of the leading
Taeg with Benny Walker
many lives everywhere are able to have
such a positive impact. Through my
various encounters of great music and
glorious atmosphere developed from it, I
understand that whilst music may not
be the career path I wish to pursue it
will always be an enormous part of my
identity and being.
LACHLAN MASSEY
Sydney Children’s Choir
Through GICC I have performed in
places such as Melbourne (V8 Grand
Prix), Canberra (ANZAC Memorial
service, Parliament House), Sydney
(Oprah Winfrey Show, Olympians
arrival home, Opera House) and so
much more.
Travelling to the diverse extremes such
as small rural communities like Kununurra
and having the great privilege of
performing in their local schools
and communities. Then vice versa,
internationally in cities with skyscrapers
galore, such as Shanghai, China for the
World Expo. To name a few musicians
I have proudly worked alongside with
Jessica Mauboy, William Barton,
Paul Stanhope, Dan Walker, Russell
Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Sally Whitwell,
Gabriella Cilmi, Olivia Newton-John,
Dan Sultan, Keith Urban and so many
more!
It’s rather unbelievable that thanks to one
amazing woman, who barely reaches
your shoulders, with one remarkable
vision and an awe-inspiring team to
support and guide her views, that so
These opportunities aren’t a right
– they’re a gift, and they’re a very
special gift that only Gondwana
Choirs can give.
Also importantly, being part of
Gondwana Choirs has given me the
opportunity to attend the Conservatorium
High School as part of the Junior Vocal
Stream, meaning that I can sing and see
lots of choir faces every day!
composers and conductors of Australia
and the world, I have endeavoured
through trial and error and conquered
aspects in which I don’t believe I
would’ve even attempted otherwise.
Not only in music but all other areas of
my life.
Thanks to Gondwana, my confidence,
creativity, perspective and input in this
world was given shape and meaning
when I discovered that music was a
universal tongue. Gondwana has
taught me this.
In a funny way, the choir has given me
opportunities which far exceed almost
every non-Gondwana music student I
know – opportunities that (no matter how
hard you practise), don’t come through
pure talent or even hard work.
On Saturday the 18th of February
2006, I arrived at a Sydney Children’s
Choir mini-singers rehearsal. I walked
into an unfamiliar rehearsal room at
the Wharf, put on my first ever SCC
polo, and took part in the proceedings.
Almost ten years, nine choirs, three
international tours and 42 performances
with the Sydney Symphony later, I still
rehearse there in the same rehearsal
room but now with rehearsals led by
Sam Allchurch.
Gondwana Choirs have given me the
opportunity to do some seriously insane
musical things. I can still remember my
reaction when we arrived in Barcelona
at the Palau de la Música as part of our
European tour. I had read in an ad that
the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was to
perform in the same hall the very next
night. My reaction that followed was
a mixture of ‘Oh my goodness – I’m
standing on the same stage as Sir Simon
Rattle!’, and ‘Shivers: If I fail, could this
be the end of my career at just 13?’
Not only has Gondwana given me the
opportunity to sing, but also to conduct,
compose, accompany on piano and
even attend the odd corporate meeting.
For me, 2014 was a year (very literally)
unlike any other. The transition from
Soprano 1 to Bass 2 was relatively
easy. It had been almost five years to
the day since I had begun Senior Choir
– and nine since I had begun SCC –
and it was the start of a completely
new adventure. Young Men’s Choir has
a completely different dynamic to any
other choir of the Gondwana family,
and I seriously love it!
Lachlan
Voices of
Angels 2009
I’ve been a chorister of Gondwana
Choirs for just under 40% of the
organisation’s total history – and I aim
to never truly leave. Generations of
Gondwana choristers, conductors and
administrators will, and already have,
come and gone, but I just can’t face the
fact that I might have to grow up and
leave one day! On that note, I’d better
enjoy it while I still can. Here’s to many
more years of Gondwana!
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KATE LIDBETTER Chair
Kate Lidbetter is Chief Executive Officer of Symphony Services International, which provides a range of
services and products to Australian and international orchestras. Her previous roles have included Director
of Music at the Australia Council for the Arts, Artist Development Manager of Symphony Australia, Artistic
Administrator of the Australian Youth Orchestra and General Manager of Sydney Children’s Choir.
In addition to her role on the board of Gondwana Choirs, Kate is a Councillor on the Music Council of
Australia and a director of Accessible Arts NSW. From 2012-14 she was chair of contemporary music
group Ensemble Offspring. She regularly participates on panels, committees and juries for various music
organisations in Australia and abroad.
Kate’s passion for Gondwana Choirs began in 1994 when she joined the company as General Manager
and was subsequently on the board for a period of time. Her son Vincent became a chorister in 2008
and until 2014 sang in the Young Men’s Choir for boys with changing voices. Kate has observed the many
positive outcomes Vincent achieved and wants as many children as possible to have these experiences.
NICHOLAS JAMES
Nicholas James is a Director of Campus Living Funds Management, a position he has held since 2006.
Nicholas has 30 years of global financial experience in investment banking, investment management and
finance. He was Chief Executive Officer and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of Transfield Holdings
from 2005 to 2015, during which time he was a member of the Transfield Holdings Advisory Board. He
was with Deutsche Bank in London from 2004 to 2005 and with Macquarie Bank from 1993 to 2004
in Sydney, London and New York and prior to that with Westpac in Sydney.
Nicholas’ interest in Gondwana Choirs came about through his son, who is an ex-chorister. Nicholas
takes great pleasure in providing his financial and management skills to the organisation, helping to
facilitate the opportunities for the sensational young singers who journey through Gondwana
WARREN LEE
From an initial background as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Freehills, Warren has more than 20
years’ experience working in, and advising on, traditional and new media. He has served as Director of
Strategy and Corporate Development at the Ten Network, FOXTEL and News Limited and was a Director
at boutique investment bank, Grant Samuel. Warren was the CEO of Liberty One, Australia’s first publicly
listed online business, and the founding CEO of APN Online, a separate division of APN News & Media
established early in 2006 to consolidate APN’s existing online properties and to develop further online
assets.
Apart from the Gondwana Choirs Board, Warren also sits on the World Nomads Board (one of Australia’s
leading travel insurance providers) and is an ambassador of the Powerhouse Museum.
Warren’s daughter, Tabitha, was a member of both Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Voices.
DAVID LONGMUIR
David has qualifications in engineering, business management and applied finance and is a co-founder
of the bespoke infrastructure services business, Everything Infrastructure.
In 2000, after attending an uplifting Sydney Children’s Choir concert, David’s eldest daughter, Sophie,
decided she wanted to join the choir. A few years later, Henrietta, David’s youngest daughter, also
became an SCC chorister. David volunteered as an SCC supervisor, helping out at camps, concerts and
even on an overseas tour. David and his wife, Libby, also helped out by billeting many wonderful young
choristers from across Australia and around the world. More recently, Henrietta sang and toured with
Gondwana Voices in 2008 and 2009 and with Gondwana Chorale in 2012 and 2013. Not to be
outdone, Sophie sang with Gondwana Chorale in 2010 and 2011. In 2003, David became a Director
of Gondwana Choirs to help develop and support the business as a leading professional arts organisation.
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DAVID LUMB
David is currently a senior manager at The National Roads & Motorists’ Association, with broad
responsibility across a number of areas including membership, marketing communications, publishing and
business intelligence. Previously he was the Managing Director of the Sydney office of a global public
relations firm, having originally started his professional career as a corporate lawyer.
David is the father of four young children, the oldest of whom was a chorister in the Sydney Children’s
Choir. He has a keen interest in music and in his younger days was an enthusiastic (if not entirely
competent) bass trombonist.
KAREN LOUISE MUNDUNE
Karen Mundine is a proud Bundjalung woman from northern NSW. She is the Deputy CEO with
Reconciliation Australia, and has a background of over 20 years’ experience in public advocacy,
communications and social marketing.
Ceremony is at the heart of Aboriginal culture and Karen has always had a strong belief in the power of
song and music to transform lives, break down barriers and unite people. Joining the Gondwana Choirs
Board has given her the opportunity to apply her professional skills to her passions and to be a part of
an inspiring arts organisation that nurtures the musical talent of today to become the artistic leaders of
tomorrow.
Karen is particularly excited by the growth of the Gondwana National Indigenous Children’s Choir and
the opportunity for them to proudly share their stories and language with each other, their fellow choristers,
other Australians, and the world. For Karen this is reconciliation in action.
LYN WILLIAMS OAM
Gondwana Choirs’ Artistic Director and Founder Lyn Williams is Australia’s leading director of choirs for
young people. For 26 years, she has been the driving force behind Gondwana Choirs’ internationally
acclaimed choral programs, working with hundreds of young Australian musicians each year.
She has conducted Sydney Children’s Choir, Gondwana Voices, Gondwana Chorale and Gondwana
Indigenous Children’s Choir nationally and internationally. Lyn Williams is a recipient of the 2006 NSW
State Award (Classical Music Awards), a Churchill Fellow and a composer. In 2004 she was recognised
with a Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of her services to the arts.
COMPANY SECRETARY
Rachel Hadfield (until May 2014)
Bernie Heard (May 2014 to present)
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SUPPORTERS
THANKYOU
to the individuals who supported Gondwana Choirs in 2014:
Anonymous (2)
Melanie & Michael America
David & Naomi Block
Martin & Frankie Braden
Tom Braden
Alexandra Cameron-Fraser
Lisa Chung
Richard & Gertraud Cohen
John & Debbie Cooper
Kate & Daryl Dixon
Anita Green
Gorbatov Family
Grimshaw Family
Scott & Rachel Hadfield
Bernadette Heard
Mary Heath
Jennifer Hershon
Darryl & Katherine Hodgkinson
Louise Hughes
Steve & Meredith Huntingford
Nicholas & Deborah James
Kate Lidbetter & the Kerin Family
Suzie Knight & Darren Melhop
Siobhan Lenihan
David Longmuir
David Lumb
Bronwyn & Frank MacIndoe
Annette Milroy
Karen Mundine
Phillip & Ellen Nicholson
Elizabeth & Ken Nielsen
Vicki Olsson
Pieter & Elizabeth Oomens
Justin & Jacqui Playfair
Sylvie Renaud-Calmel
Shaw Family
Bill & Maggie Shepherd
Claudia Stephens
Michael Stuart-Watt
Todd Family
John Tucker
Upton Family
Jackie Waterhouse
Helen Williams
Lyn Williams OAM
Ray Wilson OAM
Roewen Wishart
Jill Wran
VOLUNTEERS
In 2014 our volunteer army consisted of 93 people, who contributed:
SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR
1596 hours supervising regular rehearsals
700 hours supervising concerts & projects
1264 hours supervising at camps
NATIONAL CHOIRS
143 hours supervising projects
750 hours supervising on tour
59 hours for auditions
32 hours in the office
240 hours at Gondweenies
3340 hours at National Choral School
INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S CHOIR
742 hours supervising rehearsals and projects
That is a total of 8866 hours of volunteer time, or the equivalent of nearly 4.5 full-time positions. A sincere thank you to all of our
volunteers for their contribution to Gondwana Choirs.
COMMISSIONS
In its 25 year history, Gondwana Choirs has commissioned more than 150 new compositions by Australian composers. You
can help to continue this fine tradition and commission works either as an individual, with a group of friends or colleagues, or
in part through our Innovations Patrons fund. Donors can attend rehearsals and meet with the Artistic team and composer to find
out about how the new piece of music comes to life. To find out more, contact Bernie Heard on (02) 8274 7007.
BURSARIES
All parents hope to provide not just the essentials to their children, but those things that will nourish their talents. The reality is that
some of our choir families face significant financial challenges. Gondwana Choirs’ Bursary Program directly helps families who
are facing financial barriers to enable their children’s participation in Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana National Choirs.
If you would like to know more about the Bursary Program, please contact Bernie Heard on (02) 8274 7007 or donate online
at gondwana.org.au/bursaries
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PRINCIPAL PARTNER
INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S CHOIR
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
MAJOR PARTNERS
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
EDUCATION PARTNERS
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
CONSERVATORIUM HIGH SCHOOL
CAIRNS STATE HIGH SCHOOL
BRIAR ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL
TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS
THE E ROBERT HAYLES & ALISON HAYLES CHARITABLE TRUST
MANAGED BY PERPETUAL
COLLIER CHARITABLE FUND
VINCENT FAIRFAX FAMILY FOUNDATION
SCANLON FOUNDATION
SYDNEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
JAMES N. KIRBY FOUNDATION
CLAYTON UTZ FOUNDATION
IAN THORPE’S FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH
CROWN RESORT FOUNDATION
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RIO TINTO
Rio Tinto has been the Principal Partner
of the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s
Choir (GICC) since 2012. In this time,
this generous support has enabled the
program to grow and thrive, providing
extraordinary opportunities for young
Indigenous people from throughout
Australia. The GICC program aims
to provide a comprehensive and
developmental music education for
participating young people aged 8 – 17
years. Gondwana Choirs’ expectations
are high and we want to ensure that
young people involved receive a wellrounded arts education, including
not only singing, but music theory,
sight-singing, composition, dance &
movement, drama and visual arts.
HUBS
REGIONAL CAMPS
Most significantly, through Rio Tinto’s
support, the program has evolved to now
support two choral hubs in Cairns and
Campbelltown, with plans to expand
this activity to new regions. Hubs are
developed in targeted regions providing
long term, ongoing weekly musical
training, rehearsals, performances, and
mentoring for local artists and music
educators. This deep engagement
supports the highest artistic standards
and community development, and is a
proven model of success following the
work in Cairns over the past six years.
Regional music camps are offered
to selected participants who show
musical potential and the appropriate
level of interest and maturity. Here
they learn new skills, draw on their
creative talents and meet other talented
Indigenous children from their region,
again working with some of Australia’s
most respected conductors and music
educators and Indigenous musicians
and artists. Gondwana Choirs is
working to develop a rich repertoire
of new songs in Indigenous languages
and collaborates with local linguists
and songwriters during the Camps. The
2014 Regional camp for the Cairns
Gondwana
Indigenous
Children’s
Choir was held at Lake Tinaroo with
52 choristers attending. The singing
workshops focused on developing choral
skills, rehearsing existing repertoire and
2 new songs from the Torres Strait: Ya
Eh and Epo pa oh pa thungi mah.
Dance workshops were included to
help further develop performance skills,
in addition to teaching the Torres Strait
dance component of the songs, led by
choreographer Sani Townson.
The Campbelltown Hub meets every
Tuesday of the school term from 4:00pm
– 6:30pm at Briar Road Public School.
It has been in operation since August
2013 and its initial membership of 11
has grown to 22 choristers in 2014.
Left: GICC Choristers at the Wharf
Right: Rehearsal for the Australian War Memorial Indigenous Servicemen
Recognition Event
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PERFORMANCES
Performances in 2014 for GICC
choristers included Sydney (Jandamarra:
Sing for the Country with the Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra,
Indigenous
Literacy Day, Business Council of
Australia Annual Dinner), Canberra
(Australian Defence Force Indigenous
Servicemen recognition event) and
Cairns (G20 Finance Ministers Summit,
Tropical North Queensland Tourism
Awards).
Rio Tinto is incredibly proud of its partnership with the Gondwana Indigenous
Children’s Choir.
We have directed our support to enable even more young Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people to have the opportunity to participate in Gondwana’
Choirs’ innovative choral programs across the country and to assist the GICC to
grow from its current footprint.
Helping talented young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to follow
their dreams and to share their voice and culture with the nation is a wonderful
journey that we’re proud to be part of.
Daphne Morros
Chief Advisor, Corporate Relations
Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is one of the largest private sector employers of Aboriginal people in
Australia, providing jobs for more than 2,200 Indigenous men and women.
Above top: GICC rehearsal
Above: Tropical North Queensland Tourism Awards
Right: Business Council of Australia Gala Dinner with the Prime Minister
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2014 ARTISTS
Lyn Williams OAM
Sam Allchurch
Chris Burcin Erica Byrne
Luke Byrne
Chris Cartner
Carl Crossin OAM*
Simon Carrington*
Tim Cuniffe Mikey Curtain
Christopher Gordon*
Lauren Hannay
Jem Harding
Paul Holley*
Rowan Johnston* Paul Jarman* Annie Kwok* Ruth McCall
Erzsi Marosszeky* Graeme Morton AM*
Mark O’Leary*
Amandine Petit
Paul Stanhope* Sani Townson
Nicole Thomson
Elizabeth Vierboom
Dan Walker
Sally Whitwell From top to bottom right:
Amandine Petit, Erica Byrne, Chris Burcin,
Mark O’Leary, Sally Whitwell, Luke Byrne
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Brett Weymark*
Lisa Young*
*denotes Guest Artist
Founder & Artistic Director
Conductor, SCC Young Men’s Choir
Conductor, Gondwana Singers
Co-conductor, Cairns GICC
Conductor, SCC
Pianist, Gondwana Chorale
Pianist, SCC
Conductor, Gondwana Chorale
International Guest Artist, NCS
Pianist, SCC & Junior Gondwana
Pianist, SCC
Co-Director, Gondwana Composer School
Pianist, Gondwana Conducting Academy
Pianist, Cairns GICC
Pianist, SCC & Gondwana Singers
Conductor, Gondwana Chorale
Conductor, Gondwana Singers
Conductor, Junior Gondwana
Composer in Residence
Conductor, SCC
Conductor, SCC
Director, Gondwana Conducting Academy
Conductor, Gondwana Voices
Conductor, SCC
Co-Director, Gondwana Composer School
Choreographer, Cairns GICC
Conductor, SCC
Gondwana Choirs Associate Conductor
Conductor, Junior Gondwana
Conductor, Campbelltown GICC & SCC
Conductor, Gondwana Women’s Choir & SCC
Principal Pianist, SCC, Gondwana Voices &
Gondwana Cantique
Conductor, SCC
Composer in Residence, National Choral School
GONDWANA CHOIRS
2015
ADMINISTRATION
Bernie Heard Sam Allchurch Emma Barnett Erica Byrne Wendy Cundy Stephanie Dillon
Gina Dorante
Antonio Fernandez Francis Greep
Rachel Hadfield Tessa Kay Aimee Palfreemann Mark Ramsden Nicole Thomson Sani Townson General Manager
Artistic Operations Manager
Sydney Children’s Choir Manager
Indigenous Children’s Choir Manager
Accounts Administrator
Sydney Children’s Choir Assistant Manager
Cairns Indigenous Children’s Choir Coordinator
Artistic Operations Assistant
Marketing & Corporate Partnerships Manager
Financial Controller
National Choirs Manager
Philanthropy Coordinator
Finance Manager
Choral Education Coordinator
Indigenous Children’s Choir Coordinator
Bernie Heard, General Manager
Gondwana Choirs extends its heartfelt gratitude to Alexandra Cameron-Fraser and Rachel Hadfield for invaluable support and
expertise in 2014.
Gondwana Choirs would like to thank Clare Ainsworth, Lucy Berger, Vanessa Chan, Jennifer Drysdale, Leah Flanagan, Rob
Hansen, Clare Kenny, Dan Walker and Shelley Watters for their contributions in 2014.
Sydney Children’s Choir
National Choirs
Indigenous Children’s Choir
Sydney Children’s Choir has started
2015 by performing at the reopening
of the WW1 Galleries at the Australian
War Memorial in Canberra, and a
new commission, Anzac Notes, by
Elena Kats-Chernin for the Kokoda
Memorial, which were recorded and
broadcast by the ABC. There have also
been several concerts with the Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra,
performing
Leonard Bernstein’s Mass for the
Centenary Celebrations of the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music.
After an extremely successful National
Choral School, with sell-out concerts
at the Sydney Conservatorium, other
2015 National Choirs’ activities have
included Gondwana Voices performing
as part of Choralfest in Melbourne. The
Gondwana Centenary Chorale was
formed with international young singers
from France, Turkey and New Zealand
augmenting Gondwana Chorale in a
private recital at Government House in
Sydney and two performances of War
Music, a new work by James Ledger,
with Sydney Symphony Orchestra as
part of their Anzac Day tribute.
The Cairns Indigenous Children’s
Choir performed at the Australia Day
celebrations in Cairns, with further
projects planned later in the year. In
March, the choir enjoyed an intensive
residential camp at Lake Tinaroo, led
by Lyn Williams and Chris Burcin. The
focus of the weekend was the creative
development of a new work in language
through workshops with Yidingi elder
Seith Fourmile and composer Luke Byrne.
Later in the year the Lyn Williams Choir
will tour to Hong Kong and mainland
China and The Young Men’s Choir will
undertake its first tour to Tasmania to take
part in the Festival of Voices in Hobart.
Campbelltown Indigenous Children’s
Choir is looking forward to joining
the Junior Performing Choirs of SCC
at Under One Sky in Wollongong,
where they will share the stage with
Gondwana alumna Kate Miller-Heidke
and the African Children’s Choir.
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CONCISE ANNUAL
REPORT
THIS CONCISE FINANCIAL REPORT IS AN EXTRACT DERIVED FROM THE FULL FINANCIAL REPORT
OF GONDWANA CHOIRS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2014.
This extract cannot be expected to provide as full an inderstanding of the financial performance and positiion of Gondwana
Choirs as is provided by the full financial report with accompanying notes.
Please contact us to receive the full financial report or download it from gondwanachoirs.com.au
OPERATING RESULT
The operating surplus for the year ended 31 December 2014 was $27,967. This compares to an operating deficit of $141,052
in the previous financial year.
2014 was a significant year with major projects and collaborations including Jandamarra with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
a tour for Gondwana Voices to Taiwan, and the establishment of a new management team.
Whilst the year commenced with a predicted deficit, the company reported a pleasing surplus result due to additional controls
on expenditure, strategically altering activity for the year, and several new commercial projects with a strong positive financial
impact.
The company invested in senior management personnel and have demonstrated strong results on self-presented performances
and increased membership for the Sydney Children’s Choir training program.
STATEMENT OF SURPLUS OR DEFICIT AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the year ended 31 December 2014
REVENUE
20142013
$$
2,278,9102,596,977
EXPENSES
Employee benefits expense
(1,145,427)
(1,143,707)
Depreciation and amortisation expenses
(29,979)
(28,917)
Administration expenses
(274,899)
(224,927)
Marketing expenses
(47,988)
(59,405)
Production expenses
(752,650)
(1,281,073)
(2,250,943)(2,738,029)
_______________________________
NET SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR
27,967(141,052)
Other comprehensive income
-
-
TOTAL COMPRENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR27,967
(141,052)
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_
___________________
_______________________________
Participation Fees 50%
Performance Fees 10%
Government Funding 15%
Donations 9%
Corporate Sponsorship 10%
Box Office 4%
Other 2%
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
as at 31 December 2014
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables
Inventories
Other current assets
Total current assets
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Plant and equipment
Intangibles
Total non-current assets
TOTAL ASSETS
2014
$
1,220,023
588,973
18,575 38,008
__________
2013
$
825,021
711,194
17,629
62,489
__________
1,865,579
1,616,333
____________________
13,624
274
__________
80,759
817
__________
13,898
81,576
____________________
1,879,4771,697,909
__________
__________
__________
__________
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Government grants
Income in advance
160,998
32,356
196,632
728,118
__________
116,919
125,911
144,319
584,030
__________
Total current liabilities
1,118,104
__________
971,179
__________
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
61,164
54,488
__________
__________
61,164
54,488 ____________________
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
1,179,2681,025,667
__________
__________
____________________
NET
ASSETS 700,209672,242
__________
__________
____________________
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
700,209
672,242
__________
__________
____________________
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND
for the year ended 31 December 2014
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Balance at 1 January Surplus / (deficit) for the year
2014 $
672,242
27,967
__________
Balance at 31 December 700,209
672,242
__________
__________
____________________
2013
$
813,294
(141,052)
__________
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the year ended 31 December 2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts
Receipts from customers Receipts from donors
Sponsorships received
Interest received
Cash flows from government
Receipts from appropriations/grants Payment
Wages and salaries
Other suppliers 2013
$
1,958,826
208,659
242,770
10,468
1,561,253
142,419
272,472
26,625
432,005
382,003
(888,972)
(1,563,344)
__________
(986,335)
(1,855,675)
__________
NET CASH INFLOW / (OUTFLOW) FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
400,412
(457,238)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Payments for plant and equipment Payments for intangibles (5,410)
-
__________
(24,889)
(805)
__________
NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
(5,410)
__________
(25,694)
__________
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH
Equivalents held
395,002
(482,932)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
at the beginning of the financial year825,021
__________
1,307,953
__________
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
at the end of the financial year1,220,023
825,021
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2014 $
__________
__________
____________________
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS’ DECLARATION
The responsible persons declare that in the responsible persons’ opinion:
• there are reasonable grounds to believe that the registered entity is able to pay all of its debts, as and when they
become due and payable; and
• the financial statements and notes satisfy the requirements of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
Act 2012.
Signed in accordance with subsection 60.15(2) of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Regulation 2013.
KATE LIDBETTER
Responsible person
Sydney
Dated 29 May 2014
DECLARATION BY CHAIR OF DIRECTORS IN RESPECT OF FUNDRAISING APPEALS
I, Kate Lidbetter, a director of Gondwana Choirs, declare in my opinion;
• the financial report gives a true and fair view of all income and expenditure of Gondwana Choirs with respect to
fundraising appeal activities for the year ended 31 December 2014;
• the statement of financial position gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs with respect to fundraising appeal
activities as at 31 December 2014;
• the provisions of the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 and Regulations and the conditions attached to the authority
have been complied with for the year ended 31 December 2014; and
• the internal controls exercised by Gondwana Choirs are appropriate and effective in accounting for all income
received and applied from any fundraising appeals.
KATE LIDBETTER
Chair and Director
Sydney
Dated 29 May 2014
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