The Australian Youth Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of all who enable us to discover, train and inspire the next generation of Australian musicians. In addition to those listed below, we also thank those generous individuals who choose to remain anonymous, and those whose donations are below $1,000.
Conductor Chair – Roslyn Packer AC
Concertmaster Chair – Cass & Ian George
Associate Concertmaster Chair – David & Alexa Haslingden
Principal 2nd Violin Chair – Alex * and Nelly King
Tutti 2nd Violin Chair – Patricia H. Reid Endowment Fund
Principal Viola Chair – Rod Cameron
Associate Principal Viola Chair – Justice F Kunc and Ms F Rourke
Tutti Viola Chair – Philip Bacon AO
Principal Cello Chair – Simon Johnson
Tutti Cello Chair – Abigail Jones
Principal Flute Chair – Suellen Enestrom
Associate Principal Flute Chair – Helen & Daniel Gauchat AM
Principal Oboe Chair – Penelope Seidler AM
Principal Clarinet Chair – Rosie Williams and John Grill AO
2nd Clarinet Chair – Patrick Loftus-Hills and Konnin Tam
Principal Horn Chair – Antoinette Albert
Player Chair – Jessica Block
Player Chair – The Hon. Dr Andrew Lu AM and Professor Geoffrey Lancaster AO
Bowness Foundation
Erin Flaherty and David Maloney
Garran Family Foundation
Dr Leslie and Ginny Green
Ulrike Klein AO
Vivienne Sharpe
Maria Vasas Foundation
Igor Zambelli
MM Electrical Merchandising
Eric & Elizabeth Gross Foundation
Simon Johnson & David Nichols
Roslyn Packer AC
Thyne Reid Foundation
Bowness Family Foundation
Professor Patricia* & Professor Philip* Pollett
Patricia H. Reid Endowment Fund
Robert Salzer Foundation
Serpentine Foundation
Maria Vasas Foundation
Barbara Ward-Ambler
Anonymous x 1
Margaret Billson
Jessica Block
Cybec Foundation
Linda Fox
James N. Kirby Foundation
John* & Irene Garran
Anonymous x 1
Dr. Michael Chisnall
Day Family Foundation
Nara Dennis* & Gary Wain
Marcus & Jodie Elsum
Frazer Family Foundation
Christina Green
Paul Morton
Jacqueline Park
Sirius Foundation
Gail Spira
Emeritus Professor Di Yerbury AO
Alexander Forbes, in memory of John Rimmer
Jenny Legoe & The Hon. Christopher Legoe AO KC
Dr John Vallentine
Edward Wrigley
Anonymous x 1
Antoinette Albert
William Barnard & Maureen Everson-Barnard
Sally Basser
Peter Baxter*
The Bigalla Family
Lachlan Bramble*
Andrew & Robina Brookes
Alan & Jillian Cobb
David Conochie*
Colin Cornish AM*
Carol & Andrew Crawford
Narelle Crux
Nola Daley
Daniel Dean*
Professor Kwong Lee Dow AO*
David Elsum AM & Lidge Elsum
Professor Stephen Emmerson
Deborah Evans
The Farrands Family
Paul & Sandra Ferman
Frances Fiddian
Nancy Fox AM & Bruce Arnold
Gudrun Genée
Mary-Jane Gething AO
Malcolm Gillies & David Pear
Louise Gourlay AM
Peter & Faye Grant
Dr Des Griffin AM & Dr Janette Griffin
Kimbali Harding
Professor Scott Harrison
Hearts in Harmony Community Music
The late Stephanie Hicks
Dr Cherrell Hirst AO
A. Horadam Burton Foundation
Dr. David & Sarah Howell
Ian Hutchinson
Christine Kenworthy
Peter Kingsbury
The Koumoukelis Family
Jenny Legoe & The Hon Christopher Legoe AO KC
Siobhan Lenihan
Harold Levien
MEM Loton OAM
Kerrie Ma
Simon & Leonie Marks
Dr Dennis Mather & John Studdert
Mike Mulvihill
NE JE Charitable Gift, managed by Equity Trustees^^
Ron Ogden, Lynn Pavey & Marcus Ogden
Dene Olding AM & Irina Morozova
Clare Pullar
Ben Rimmer*
Dr Felicite Ross^
Clare Ryan
Lynne Sherwood & the late Tim Sherwood
Dr Robyn Smiles* & John Colvin
Vivienne Stewart
Dr Damien Thomson* & Dr Glenise Berry
Turnbull Foundation
Mark Wakely
Cath Ward
Dr Sven Ole Warnaar
Dr Penelope Weir
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey
Randal & Asako Williams
Ray Wilson OAM
Anonymous x 4
David G Alexander
Lisa-Maree Amos*
Elaine Bailey
Richard Banks
John & Jennifer Brukner
Kees Boersma* & Kirsty McCahon*
Dr Rotraud Annelie Brixius*
Elise Callander
Camberwell Music Society^^
Lloyd & Mary Jo Capps AM
Professor Jack Clegg & Jennifer Laird
Rosemary Curtin*
Professor John Daley* AM & Rebecca Coates
Rob & Jane Diamond
Chris Elvin & Nancy Liyou
Faye Goldsmith*
Peter Gray AM^^
Alexa & David Haslingden
Bernie Heard & Matthew Costello
Dr Raymond Harding AM
Merv Keehn & Sue Harlow
Wendy Heiligenberg-Thompson*
Max Holzner*
Karl Hombergen
John How
Rosanne Hunt*
Rod & Elizabeth King
Cathy Lammie, in memory of Richard
Timothy Matthies & Chris Bonnily
Monica Naselow*
Kathleen Nelson*
Gerard Patacca*
Rosemary* & Gwenneth* Pryor
Dr Trish Richardson, in memory of Andrew Lloyd-James
Sandra Robertson
Peter Rose & Christopher Menz
Fred* & Libby* Shade
David Shannon*
Penelope Seidler AM
Kate Stockwin*
Roger & Karen Stott
Jane & Paul Tongs
Helen Tuckey*
In memory of bassoonist, Vivian Wain*
Michele Walsh*
Dr Sven Ole Warnaar
Mary Vallentine AO
Anonymous x 2
Gigi Boudville
Dr Judith Brown AM*
Young-Hee Chan
Karina Filipi*
Professor Robert G. Gilbert
Gill Halliday
Dr Jane Morlet Hardie*
Marianne Hay
Barbara Hornung*
Christine James*
Andrew Kopittke*
Warren Lenthall
Shirin Lim
Rosi McGowran
Tomislav Nikolic
Mathisha Panagoda*
Shefali Pryor*
Stanley Ritchie*
Susan Rix
Jennifer Rowland
Elissa Seed*
Dr Bob Sherrington
Dr Barbara Tink*
Elizabeth Whittle
Katherine Wilson*
Robin Youl OAM RFD
Glenys Abrahams*
Patrick* & Lyn* Brislan
Anna Gauchat
Faye Goldsmith*
Virginia Gordon
Jane Gracie* & Laurence Mulcahy Estate
Dr Janet Morlet Hardie*
Harold Levien
Dr Dennis Mather
Antony Morgan*
Professor Patricia* & Professor Philip* Pollett
Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld AC OBE*
John Studdert
Mary Vallentine AO
Kim van Wessem
Ray Wilson OAM
Emeritus Professor Di Yerbury AO
Named after the organisation’s visionary founder, The John Bishop Circle encourages and honours those who leave a gift to The Australian Youth Orchestra in their Will and choose to let us know.
* AYO Alumni ^ In memory of Deborah Lander ^^ In memory of Kenneth Hunt, Tanya Prochazka* (née Hunt) and Marianne Hunt
Acknowledgement current as at 21 June 2024. AYO makes every effort to ensure our list of supporters is accurate. If you notice an error, please contact our Development team on (03) 8420 5710
Australian Youth Orchestra, ABN 42 004 355 739, is registered under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012. It is a deductible gift recipient under Division 30 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
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