Friends of the School of Music

The Friends of the School of Music is a non-profit association which aims to be a source of practical and financial support to staff and students of the ANU School of Music thus to advance musical endeavours within the School and flow on benefit to the Canberra community.

We assist the School's pre-tertiary program by organizing concerts to enable our young musicians to present their talents in public performances. We fund prizes to undergraduate students for musical performance and academic achievement. We provide ad hoc grants to students for projects adding substance to their musical experience. 2009 will see an inaugural Friends' Transition Award open to recent graduates to assist in the transition from formal study to a professional career in music. We provide travelling fellowships to staff in furthering their professional development.

We raise money through concerts, donations and membership fees. Staff, students and alumni of the School donate performances of fine music to paying audiences recruited by the Friends. We share an investment with the ANU in the Friends Endowment Project Fund (within the university's Endowment for Excellence) and provide advice on the projects to which income from the fund is directed.

Membership of the Friends brings entitlement to generous concessions to School concerts and School Library membership; there are opportunities to meet students and staff and to become involved in the life of the School. In this way we advance the cause of musical education and appreciation in Canberra.

What we have achieved.
Read the President's Report for 2010.

Membership and donations

If you wish make a donation (tax deductible), or become a Friend, please download the Membership Application and Donation Form.

Fund raising Concerts 2010

Dates for 2010 will not be available until January. We expect the concert program to include one or two concerts at an Embassy, a guitar concert in a private home, and several concerts in School venues. A flute concert is scheduled for the beginning of August. Chamber music, keyboard and possibly percussion are also likely to feature during the year.

Young Performers' concerts

Young Performers' concerts. Organised by the Friends of the ANU School of Music, the Young Performers concert series (two each semester) is designed to encourage students enrolled in the School's Single Studies, MuST or Type 1 programs to take advantage of opportunities for public performance. Soloists and ensembles are welcome.

Concerts in 2010 are scheduled for Sunday 28 March, Saturday 5 June, Sunday 5 September and Saturday 6 November.

Information about registering for concerts will appear on this website in Febraury 2010.

Queries should be addressed to Friends' committee member Terry Neeman: terry.neeman@gmail.com

Grants, Fellowships and Prizes

Student grants.
Students interested to apply for grants can download Student Grant Guidelines.

The Friends' Bernhard Neumann Memorial Prize.
Students are invited to strive for the annually awarded Bernhard Neumann Memorial Prize. Valued at $1,000, this prize is awarded to a fourth year student of outstanding ability who has made a significant contribution to the School. Check the history through the List of Friends Prize winners (note the name change in 2003).

Friends of the School of Music Transition Award - 2010.
The Friends Transition Award (up to a value of $5,000) is now open to applications from recent graduates from the School. Applications will close COB Wednesday 31 March 2010. The award is to assist with the transition between formal study and a professional career in music. Click here for the conditions of the award and here for the guidelines for applicants.

Staff Travelling Fellowship - 2011.
School staff interested in applying can download Guidelines for the 2011 Friends' Staff Travelling Fellowship.

If you have any further questions:

President:
Christine Goode
T: 6230 1993

Vice-President:
Haddon Spurgeon
T: 6248 0098

Secretary:
Dr William Gladstones
T: 6295 9511

Treasurer and Membership Secretary:
Annie Oakey
T: 6134 6604

Friends' Donation Funds:
Christine Goode
T: 6230 1993