Eumeralla: a war requiem for peace

CONCERT PROGRAM

Eumeralla: a war requiem for peace

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Artists Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey conductor Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO soprano (Yorta Yorta) Linda Barcan mezzo-soprano Jud Arthur baritone MSO Chorus Warren Trevelyan-Jones Chorus Director, MSO Chorus The Consort of Melbourne Steven Hodgson Artistic Director, The Consort of Melbourne Dhungala Children’s Choir Members of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir The Gunditjmara translation was the work of senior Gunditjmara language custodian Vicki Couzens and linguist Travers Eira.

Program DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON AO Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace Our musical Acknowledgment of Country, Long Time Living Here by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, will be performed at this concert.

Concert Events Pre-concert talk: 14 October at 6.45pm in the Stalls Foyer on Level 2 at Hamer Hall.

Join conductor and musician Aaron Wyatt for an interview with artist and language translator Vicki Couzens.

Duration 80 minutes with no interval This concert may be recorded for future broadcast on MSO.LIVE.

In consideration of your fellow patrons, the MSO thanks you for silencing and dimming the light on your phone.

Cover and performance artwork by Gunditjmara artist Thomas Day.

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A note from the Managing Director Welcome to this evening’s performance of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace. Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO’s work has held a special place in the MSO’s heart since we performed the orchestral world premiere in 2019. As an important work in the Australian orchestral canon, we are delighted to share it with you again tonight with the full forces of the MSO, MSO Chorus, the Consort of Melbourne, Dhungala Children’s Choir, Members of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir and an impressive lineup of Australian soloists.

Although we programmed Eumeralla more than a year ago, tonight’s performance coincides with a watershed moment for our country. The Eumeralla Wars left a scar on our nation’s history, and today’s Referendum offers us a chance to take an important step towards reconciliation for all Australians.

We might not know the outcome of the Referendum before you leave Hamer Hall this evening. Whatever the result, we are honoured that you have chosen to spend this occasion with our musicians, our artists, our staff and our community as we strive together for a better future.

Enjoy the performance,

Sophie Galaise Managing Director Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this page contains the image and name of a deceased person.

Wominjeka and welcome to this evening’s performance of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace. As the composer of this work and First Nations Chair of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra I am honoured to share this moment of national significance with you.

You have come this evening not only to hear the combined forces of over 200 musicians and singers but also to face the future with us, whilst confronting Australia’s past.

This work has come to commemorate the Resistance wars fought across the continent of Australia and in particular those lives which were lost in the brutal conflict known as the Eumeralla Wars in South Western Victoria. It is estimated that over 9000 men, women and children of the Gunditjmara clans were brutally murdered in that conflict.

Uncle Kenneth Joseph Saunders

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A note from the MSO First Nations Creative Chair

In September this year we lost another Gunditmara warrior. I wish to dedicate this evening’s performance to Uncle Kenneth Joseph Saunders, Uncle Ken entrusted me with this story in 2014. He was proud of the impact this work has had in advancing our nation’s understanding of the wounds that are yet to be healed.

As we take to the stage in Hamer Hall this evening his spirit will surround us and the strength he gave to me to compose this score will help us to continue our journey of understanding what it is to belong to this country.

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO MSO First Nations Creative Chair and composer The MSO thanks the Saunders family for giving permission to use Uncle Ken’s name and image.

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Acknowledging Country

About Long Time Living Here

In the first project of its kind in Australia, the MSO has developed a musical Acknowledgment of Country with music composed by Yorta Yorta composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, featuring Indigenous languages from across Victoria. Generously supported by Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and the Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the MSO is working in partnership with Short Black Opera and Indigenous language custodians who are generously sharing their cultural knowledge.

The Acknowledgement of Country allows us to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we perform in the language of that country and in the orchestral language of music.

Australian National Commission for UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

In all the world, only Australia can lay claim to the longest continuing cultures and we celebrate this more today than in any other time since our shared history began. We live each day drawing energy from a land which has been nurtured by the traditional owners for more than 2000 generations. When we acknowledge country we pay respect to the land and to the people in equal measure.

As a composer I have specialised in coupling the beauty and diversity of our Indigenous languages with the power and intensity of classical music.

In order to compose the music for this Acknowledgement of Country Project I have had the great privilege of working with no fewer than eleven ancient languages from the state of Victoria, including the language of my late Grandmother, Yorta Yorta woman Frances McGee. I pay my deepest respects to the elders and ancestors who are represented in these songs of acknowledgement and to the language custodians who have shared their knowledge and expertise in providing each text.

I am so proud of the MSO for initiating this landmark project and grateful that they afforded me the opportunity to make this contribution to the ongoing quest of understanding our belonging in this land.

— Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s pre-eminent orchestra and a cornerstone of Victoria’s rich, cultural heritage.

Each year, the MSO engages with more than 5 million people, presenting in excess of 180 public events across live performances, TV, radio and online broadcasts, and via its online concert hall, MSO.LIVE, with audiences in 56 countries.

With a reputation for excellence, versatility and innovation, the MSO works with culturally diverse and First Nations leaders to build community and deliver music to people across Melbourne, the state of Victoria and around the world.

In 2023, the MSO’s Chief Conductor, Jaime Martín continues an exciting new phase in the Orchestra’s history. Maestro Martín joins an Artistic Family that includes Principal Guest Conductor, Xian Zhang, Principal Conductor in Residence, Benjamin Northey, Conductor Laureate, Sir Andrew Davis CBE, Cybec Assistant Conductor Fellow, Carlo Antonioli, MSO Chorus Director, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Soloist in Residence, Siobhan Stagg, Composer in Residence, Mary Finsterer, Ensemble in Residence, Gondwana Voices, Cybec Young Composer in Residence, Melissa Douglas and Young Artist in Association, Christian Li. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra respectfully acknowledges the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations, on whose un-ceded lands we honour the continuation of the oldest music practice in the world.

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Musicians Performing in this Concert FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

CELLOS

Tair Khisambeev

Matthew Tomkins

Rachael Tobin

Peter Fellin Karla Hanna Lorraine Hook Kirstin Kenny Mark Mogilevski Michelle Ruffolo Kathryn Taylor Jacqueline Edwards* Andrea Keeble* Michael Loftus-Hills* Susannah Ng* Marie-Louise Slaytor*

Mary Allison Isin Cakmakcioglu Freya Franzen Cong Gu

Elina Faskhi

Acting Associate Concertmaster Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Principal The Gross Foundation#

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield#

Andrew Hall Isy Wasserman Philippa West

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Roger Young

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan#

Madeleine Jevons* Jos Jonker* Hana King* VIOLAS Paul McMillan Guest Principal * Katharine Brockman Anthony Chataway

Dr Elizabeth E Lewis AM#

William Clark Gabrielle Halloran Fiona Sargeant Isabel Morse* Aaron Wyatt+

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Associate Principal Anonymous# Assistant Principal Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Rohan de Korte

Andrew Dudgeon AM#

Rebecca Proietto Caleb Wong Jonathan Chim* Kalina Krusteva* Zoe Wallace* DOUBLE BASSES Rohan Dasika Acting Principal

Benjamin Hanlon

Di Jameson and Frank Mercurio#

Caitlin Bass* Siyuan Vivian Qu* FLUTES Prudence Davis Principal Anonymous#

Alyse Faith^ PICCOLO Andrew Macleod Principal

* Denotes Guest Musician # Position supported by

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Andrew Young

Scott Weatherson*

Ann Blackburn

Saul Lewis

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The Rosemary Norman Foundation#

COR ANGLAIS Rachel Curkpatrick

Acting Principal

CLARINET Justin Beere*

Guest Principal

BASS CLARINET Jon Craven

Guest Principal

Principal Third The late Hon Michael Watt KC and Cecilie Hall#

Shaun Trubiano

Abbey Edlin

John Arcaro

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM#

Josiah Kop TRUMPETS Shane Hooton

Associate Principal Glenn Sedgwick and Dr Anita Willaton#

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Tim and Lyn Edward#

Robert Cossom

Drs Rhyl Wade and Clem Gruen#

HARP Yinuo Mu Principal

Callum G’Froerer*

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Jacob Abela*

Elise Millman

Mark Davidson

Natasha Thomas

Robert Collins* Mike Szabo

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Associate Principal Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson#

CONTRABASSOON Colin Forbes-Abrams*

Guest Principal

Principal

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TUBA Timothy Buzbee

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PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR IN RESIDENCE

Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Conductor in Residence of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Northey also appears regularly as a guest conductor with all major Australian symphony orchestras, Opera Australia (Turandot, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Carmen), New Zealand Opera (Sweeney Todd) and State Opera South Australia (La sonnambula, L’elisir d’amore, Les contes d’Hoffmann). His international appearances include concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Malaysian Philharmonic and the New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras.

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Benjamin Northey conductor

Northey studied conducting with John Hopkins at the University of Melbourne and Jorma Panula at the Stockholm Royal College of Music.

With a progressive and diverse approach to repertoire, he has collaborated with a broad range of artists including Maxim Vengerov, Julian Rachlin, Karen Gomyo, Piers Lane and many others.

In 2023, he conducts the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmanian and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

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Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO FAHA Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO (Yorta Yorta/Yuin) soprano and composer is a respected human rights advocate and recognised thought leader on the importance of cultural authority in the Art Music space. Throughout a long and distinguished career Deborah has championed the voice and visibility of classically trained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island musicians through her achievements a composer, performer and artistic director of the Australia’s national First Nations Opera Company Short Black Opera (est. 2009) and Director of Dhungala Children’s Choir (est. 2008).

In 2019 Cheetham Fraillon established the One Day in January project designed to develop and nurture Indigenous orchestral musicians. From this emerged Ensemble Dutala, Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chamber Ensemble which has led to the increased visibility and status of First Nations orchestral musicians in Australia.

As a composer Cheetham Fraillon’s list of commissions for major ensembles and companies include works for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, West Australian Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, Rubiks Collective, Melbourne Ensemble, The ABC, The Sydney Philharmonia, Plexus Collective, Flinders Quartet Goldner Quartet, The Australian Ballet, Victorian Opera, The MPavilion Project, Chineke (UK) and Hawai’i Symphony.

Cheetham Fraillon’s landmark compositions include Australia’s first Indigenous opera Pecan Summer (2010), Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (2018) and the ongoing multi layered, multi lingual chamber music series Woven Song (2018).

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s career and achievements have been celebrated with a number of significant awards and commendations including: the Don Banks Music Award (2023), Queensland Government – Australian Women in Music Lifetime Achievement Awards (2022), the JC Williamson Lifetime Achievement Award (2021) and the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for service to music; Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia (2018). In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Deborah was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, composer and artistic director, to the development of Indigenous artists, and to innovation in performance and in 2022 she was appointed as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) In 2021 Deborah Cheetham Fraillon began a five-year appointment as MSO First Nations Creative Chair and 2023 was appointed the inaugural Elizabeth Todd Chair of Vocal Studies at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney.

Short Black Opera welcomes members of the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral to join Dhungala Children’s Choir on stage in a musical act of reconciliation. With thanks to the Director of Music St Paul’s Cathedral, Mr Philip Nicholls and Dhungala Children’s Choir Manager Kerry Gerraty without whom the participation of DCC and St Paul’s members in this performance of Eumeralla would not have been possible.

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Linda Barcan mezzo-soprano Lyric mezzo-soprano Linda Barcan trained at the Conservatorium of Newcastle, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Linda began her professional singing career with a two-year contract at the Opéra de Lyon.

Following this and other professional engagements, including solo and ensemble concerts in France and Germany, Linda returned to Australia to perform for many years with Opera Australia. Linda’s affinity for 20th and 21st century opera, oratorio and chamber music has seen her collaborate with contemporary opera and classical music companies, and she has featured in several Australian premieres: Christina’s World (Sydney Chamber Opera), Abelard and Heloise (Opera Hunter), Pecan Summer (Short Black Opera), The Emperor of Atlantis (Lost & Found Opera), Eumeralla (Short Black Opera), love fails (Australian Contemporary Opera Company) and Woven Song (Short Black Opera).

Known as a passionate art song interpreter, Linda has appeared in recital around Australia and in France, Germany, and South-East Asia. Linda was previously Lecturer in Music (Voice) at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and is currently on staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

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New Zealand-born Jud Arthur has been Australian-based since 2003.

He has sung over 40 operatic roles for Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, Victorian Opera, State Opera South Australia and Opera Queensland as well as frequently returning to New Zealand Opera.

A particular highlight for Jud was creating the roles of Hunding and Fafner in Opera Australia’s 2013 Der Ring des Nibelungen – for which he received critical acclaim.

In 2023, he sings Fafner in Das Rheingold for Sydney Symphony, The Bonze in Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia, Mahler’s Symphony No.8 for Sydney Philharmonia and appears in the Festival of Outback Opera for Opera Queensland.

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Jud Arthur baritone

Concert performances have included the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart and Fauré, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s Creation with all the major Australasian Symphonies Orchestras.

Jud’s singing of the New Zealand National Anthem is featured regularly at international sporting events – especially Rugby Union test matches involving the All Blacks. He had the honour of singing at the launch of the New Zealand America’s Cup defence.

Jud is also a farrier and a former New Zealand Under-21 Show Jumping Champion.

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MSO Chorus Performing in this Concert SOPRANO

ALTO

Shirin Albert

Ruth Anderson

Sheila Baker

Tes Benton

Ariel Chou

Cecilia Björkegren

Veryan Croggon

Kate Bramley

Samantha Davies

Jane Brodie

Michele de Courcy

Jacqueline Cheng

Catherine Folley

Alexandra Chubaty

Nicole Free

Marie Connett

Emma Hamley

Lisa Faulks

Aurora Harmathy

Claudia Funder

Penny Huggett

Jill Giese

Gina Humphries

Debbie Griffiths

Leanne Hyndman

Sophia Gyger

Judy Longbottom

Jennifer Henry

Caitlin Noble

Kristine Hensel

Karin Otto

Helen Hill

Jodie Pilkington

Helen MacLean

Amanda Powell

Christina McCowan

Tanja Redl

Charlotte Midson

Jodi Samartgis

Natasha Pracejus

Julienne Seal

Kate Rice

Fiona Steffensen

Helen Rommelaar

Elizabeth Tindall

Lisa Savige

Katy Turbitt Fabienne Vandenburie Julia Wang Tara Zamin

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Correct as of 5 October 2023

BASS

James Allen

Maurice Amor

Kent Borchard

Richard Bolitho

Steve Burnett

Roger Dargaville

James Dipnall

Peter Deane

Simon Gaites

Simon Evans

Lyndon Horsburgh

Elliott Gyger

Fergus Inder

John Howard

Michael Mobach

Jordan Janssen

Colin Schultz

Gary Levy

Cameron Tait

Douglas McQueen-Thomson

Elliott Westbury

Vern O’Hara

Stephen Wood

Stephen Pyk Matthew Toulmin

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TENOR

Caleb Triscari

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus For more than 50 years the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been the unstinting voice of the Orchestra’s choral repertoire. The MSO Chorus sings with the finest conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, Mark Wigglesworth, Bernard Labadie, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Manfred Honeck, Xian Zhang and Nodoko Okisawa, and is committed to developing and performing new Australian and international choral repertoire.

Commissions include Brett Dean’s Katz und Spatz, Ross Edwards’ Mountain Chant, and Paul Stanhope’s Exile Lamentations. Recordings by the MSO Chorus have received critical acclaim. It has performed across Brazil and at the Cultura Inglese Festival in Sao Paolo, with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, at the AFL Grand Final and at the Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies.

The MSO Chorus is always welcoming new members. If you would like to audition, please visit mso.com.au/chorus for more information.

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Warren Trevelyan-Jones Chorus Director, MSO Chorus Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Director Warren Trevelyan-Jones is the Head of Music at St James’, King Street in Sydney and is regarded as one of the leading choral conductors and choir trainers in Australia. Warren has had an extensive singing career as a soloist and ensemble singer in Europe, including nine years in the Choir of Westminster Abbey, and regular work with the Gabrieli Consort, Collegium Vocale (Ghent), the Taverner Consort, The Kings Consort, Dunedin Consort, The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars. Warren is also Director of the Parsons Affayre, Founder and Co-Director of The Consort of Melbourne and, in 2001 with Dr Michael Noone, founded the Gramophone award-winning group Ensemble Plus Ultra. Warren is also a qualified music therapist.

Steven Hodgson Artistic Director, The Consort of Melbourne Steven Hodgson (Artistic Director) joined The Consort of Melbourne as Assistant Director in 2014 under the mentorship of Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Peter Tregear and was appointed Artistic Director of the group in 2016.

He completed a Bachelor of Music with Honours at the University of Melbourne in 2004, studying composition with Stuart Greenbaum, Brenton Broadstock and Brett Dean and voice with Stephen Grant. Most recently, he completed the Kurt Thomas Cursus at the HKU Utrecht Conservatory, specialising in chamber choir repertoire.

A committed vocalist, choral conductor and composer, Steven has performed as a soloist and ensemble member with the Astra Chamber Music Society, e21, the Australian Chamber Choir, the St John’s Southgate Bach cantata programme, the Song Company and Ludovico’s band. He has a particular interest in contemporary Australian music, performing the Australian launch of Deborah Cheetham’s Woven song in 2020 and premiering Sally Whitwell’s Lockdown Alphabet, Meta Cohen’s Swerve and Wally Gunn and Maria Zajkowski’s I heart Artemis in 2022.

Steven has been working with the MSO Chorus as a Guest Chorus Conductor to prepare them for this performance, assisting Warren Trevelyan-Jones.

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The Consort of Melbourne is Melbourne’s premier vocal ensemble, bringing together the city’s finest chamber singers under the artistic direction of Steven Hodgson. Typically performing a capella (unaccompanied) with one singer per part, The Consort of Melbourne champions historic and contemporary repertoire, bringing 1000 years of vocal music to life with an intimacy and verve that leaves audiences spellbound.

Founded by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Peter Tregear, the Consort gave its debut performance in September 2008. Since then it has presented regular concert series at the Melbourne Recital Centre and has been invited to collaborate with groups and artists including the Rolling Stones, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne and Sydney symphony orchestras, Song Company, Spiritualized, Ludovico’s Band, La Compañia, Genesis Baroque and drag legend Taylor Mac. Major premiere performances include Deborah Cheetham’s Eumeralla in 2018 and Wally Gunn and Maria Zajkowski’s I heart Artemis in 2022, with whom they completed a prestigious UKARIA residency. In 2023, the Consort of Melbourne appeared as soloists with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Melbourne and Sydney symphony orchestras for Wynton Marsalis’ epic jazz symphony All rise.

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The Consort of Melbourne

The Consort of Melbourne singing tonight SOPRANO

TENOR

Kristy Biber Marjorie Butcher Katherine Norman

Alex Gorbatov Anish Nair Ben Owen

ALTO

BASS

Alexandra Amerides Niki Ebacioni Hannah Pietsch

Steven Hodgson Paul McDonald Alex Owens

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Dhungala Children’s Choir Dhungala Children’s Choir (DCC) was formed in 2009 by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO and has become the peak choral performance group for Indigenous children in Victoria.

Members of DCC have performed around Australia with Short Black Opera Company in performances of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Pecan Summer and come together annually in Melbourne for Dhungala Choral Connection – a three day choral camp bringing together Indigenous children from around the country.

Short Black Opera for Kids, SBO’s regional engagement program, provides an introduction to Dhungala Children’s Choir, with members now based in Shepparton and Geelong. This program provides training in musicianship, stagecraft, song writing and performance skills to children aged 8 to 16 inspiring excellence, leadership and confidence and has been presented in Victoria, NSW and WA. DCC continues to perform around Australia, with some notable performances to date being in Pecan Summer at the Sydney Opera House, 2016; at the ARIA awards 2018 and the premiere of Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace, at Port Fairy Spring Festival, 2018. On June 15, 2019, Dhungala Children’s Choir performed Eumeralla to a sold out audience at Hamer Hall with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Kerry Gerraty Youth Chorus Manager Catherine Segrave Assistant Youth Chorus Manager DCC MEMBERS Angel Atkinson Laila Atkinson Sonja Dare Sienna Dean Tiranna Gibbs Djamari Hunter (One Day in January Scholar) Aidan May Ella Thomas Riverlea Uppill

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DCC ALUMNI Trinity Crumpen Winmar Jerrika Pevitt

DCC TRAINING CHOIR Jobe Cooper Draylee Jones

The Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral sang first at the opening of the Cathedral in 1891 and has sung in services almost daily since. Comprising 18 girl and 18 boy choristers and 30 singing adults, it sings music from across seven centuries and in many languages for six choral services each week. The Choir is proud to enjoy the patronage of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, and is honoured to join Dhungala Children’s Choir on stage as a musical act of reconciliation in this landmark performance. Members appear courtesy of Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, Trinity Grammar School, and St Paul’s Cathedral. Director of Music, Mr Philip Nicholls.

St Pauls Cathedral Choir singing tonight Max Chao-Hong Marc Chen Ottavia Cole Ella Doljanin Matt Fallscheer Gigi Gualtieri Constantine Koutrouzas Amber Lin

Mia Lin Max Lydon Jonathan Moutsios Alessia Panella Shayana Perera Aiyana Ranatunga Mat Ribgy Sam Shaw

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Members of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir

Chiara Torbet Gemma Torbet Lucy Zlatkovic

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About the Music DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON AO

(born 1964)

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace The composer writes: The story behind the piece Just a little over 4 hours’ drive from Melbourne there is a battlefield haunted with the memory of war and loss of life. When you walk on this land, you are surrounded by restless warrior spirits. It is a powerful feeling and a fearful one. It is inescapable.

The name Eumeralla is unlikely to be among the theatres of war that you could name. The history of battles fought and the lives that were lost is almost unknown to anyone outside the Aboriginal community. It is more than 170 years since the last shots rang out in the country of the Gunditjmara but the land is not silent. The voices of those who lost their lives in defence of their country ring in your ears when you stand amongst the lava flow of the south west country of Victoria. Unlike other theatres of war such as Anzac Cove and the Somme, where peace was declared and relationships restored with the Turks and Germans, no such peace was declared in the resistance wars, no such restoration. Whilst the Gunditjmara uphold the memory of their warriors’ slain, most Australians have been denied access to this history and denied resolution – and so the land remains haunted.

I first walked on this battlefield in 2013. I felt it right away. I was moved and I was disturbed. Given the chance to camp on that land I could not sleep or find rest. The voices of those lost were so loud I couldn’t stay for more than one night. It woke something in me and my

immediate response was music. A song, A Requiem. A War Requiem. It would be called Eumeralla and named in honour of one of the most brutal resistance wars fought on this continent. It would be sung entirely in the language of the Gunditjmara people and be designed for non-Indigenous Australians to sing alongside Indigenous brothers and sisters.

We need a way to ease the troubled spirit of the battlefields of the Eumeralla.

It is my hope that this song, this War Requiem will help the spirits of those who fell, those who resisted and their aggressors, to find a lasting peace and that we their descendants might find our way to a deeper understanding of the legacy of these battles. For you, for me, for all who were lost in a war Australia has yet to find a way to talk about.

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace will break the silence of so many decades and serve to amplify the importance of our nation’s shared history.

One day I hope to walk on that country and feel no restless spirit – just the strength of two thousand generations of lives lived and culture sustained. © Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

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Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace art commission by Tom Day The artworks which accompany this evening’s performance are by Gunditjmara/Yorta Yorta artist Tom Day. The series was commissioned by Short Black Opera and will accompany Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace each time a public performance is given.

The artist writes: This is a journey of inner reflection directed at the core of what it means to be Gunditjmara, a descendent of warriors, a direct descendent of the ‘Fighting Gunditjmara’.

I was raised on this country, I’ve walked this country, I know this country. The presence of the old people reveals itself to me with songs being carried in the

winds and I then interpret their story, our story. Eumeralla represents power, sings of our story and is at the heart of our identity. It conveys the truth, however difficult, and tells of resilience and strength.

Tonight represents the visual telling of that truth, of that strength and of the people who endured it.

I’ve captured it through the cultural lens that our culture demands, that my spirit as a Gunditjmara man demands.

My own personal journey from a young boy being told the story, to a young man walking the battlegrounds, to the man that now understands is captured here within the artworks.

This is our story.

Tom Day © 2019

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About the Artist TOM DAY Tom Day is a Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man and multi-disciplined artist based in Shepparton, Victoria.

“Capturing the essence of country is everything to me! As a younger Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man, it is always the essence of country I remember most.

The intricacy of it all, when the seasons are on the verge of changing and the effect it has on that place, everything changes except its essence.

I paint it like I see it, through Aboriginal eyes, imagining the spirits living in harmony with the people and animals.

Merging the old and the new moving towards a bright future by using traditional and contemporary art forms seamless throughout my work, giving it a visual voice whilst acknowledging where we come from.

Country has certain magic; its elusive quality can transform the landscape in just a matter of seconds. I strive to convey that sense of place by capturing this magical essence.”

LANGUAGE CUSTODIANSHIP “Deborah Cheetham’s Requiem Mass was a response to a request from a Gunditjmara Elder to write and compose a work honouring the Eumeralla Wars, fought on my homelands during the first encounters of the colonial invasion in the early 1800s.

At Deborah’s request, in partnership with Kris Eira, Linguist, Composer and Musician, we undertook to translate the Work. This translation process into Gunditjmara language was an exciting and powerful experience. For myself this Project presented a great challenge to my skills and knowledge base and to the language that we have available. Our languages are in revival mode and so are not full and fluently spoken languages. We are in the process of language reclamation and revitalisation and this requires extensive research and innovation to develop language capacity to address translations of this scope. So translating the text for this work provided a great opportunity to create new words and explore grammatical processes that has expanded Gunditjmara language capacity. It has given my community much to build upon.”

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Development of Language

– Vicki Couzens Keerray Woorroong Gunditjmara Community Linguist and Senior Knowledge Holder for Language and Possum Cloaks

VICKI COUZENS Possum skin cloak maker and prominent multi-media artist Vicki Couzens is a Gunditjmara Keerray Woorroong woman from the Western Districts of Victoria, who plays an active role in the revitalization and continuance of the culture of her people. Vicki has distinguished herself with her interdisciplinary artwork, or as she prefers, ‘creative cultural expression’ – painting, installation, visual arts, printmaking, mixed media, performing arts, language, ceremony and teaching – but is best known for her central role in the revival of the possum skin cloak making tradition which began in Victoria and is now established across south-eastern Australia.

Vicki has worked in the Aboriginal community for over 40 years, serving on the Boards of Victorian Housing, Koorie Heritage Trust and the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL). She is considered a Senior Knowledge Holder of Language and worked with the curatorial team on the First Peoples Exhibition at Melbourne Museum. She continues to teach extensively across Victoria and southeastern Australia.

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Text and translation Text by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO Gunditjmara dialects translation by Vicki Couzens and Travers Eira

1. o pernmeeyal

1. requiem

o pernmeeyal wooka-tyeen leenan toota

o creator, give to them eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganangwalawa-tyeen

and let perpetual light shine upon them

leerpee–wanoo-ngoo leerpee-yt ba yoonggama-yt

a hymn and a vow we will sing to you

makatepa wanga-kee leerpee-wanoong, yareeyaree-wanoong

today, hear our song of mourning

2. deen nganang warrakeeleek

2. dies irae

deen nganang. warrakeeleek

this day of anger

ngami ngami kooknawak meerreeng palayn-ee

will consume the world in ashes

pang kooyeen-nganeen

no one could have told us

poongpoong-oota-eeya

what trembling there would be

deen tamboort-eeyt wata-n woongoora-teepa

the judgment came too swiftly

takoort parpanee-pa yangteeyt-oo

everything weighted in favour of loss

3. wanga-n-wanoong

3. tuba mirum

wanga-n-wanoong ngamee ngamee woonggaroong

we heard an awful sound

yanda-na keelkarteen moorookan-tyeen ngalam meen-ngeeye-ngat

scattered across the burial places of our ancestors

karta-wanoong kaleengkatmoot-moot

we stood before the weapons

takoort meerreeng parpa koolang-na

all nature was stunned (confounded)

nammereeng-oota takoortmaar

by the ugliness of mankind

pang-wang-eeyt mayapa-n-tyeen nammereeng

made ugly by ignorance

4. liber scriptus

kooyeen-wanoong yang–teeyt-ngeeye

we recorded our loss

leenyoong ba marnmarn kooweetpa

in name and great detail

pangyangteeyt marrangmara-n deen malayeeto-kooweetpa

the winners who wrote the history

meerreeng-moongay tyama-wanoong ngootyoong

but when the truth is known

takoort yooloowa-na pang-yooloowamayapa

all that is hidden will appear

takoortakoort tyama-k-wanoong

nothing will remain unknown

5. tyookyong-ee

5. agnus dei

ngalam meen-ngeeye nhoomapee yoondapoora-na-yoota tyookooyong-ee

our ancestors, who were sacrificed for the lambs

moongay wata moorroop-tyeen tamboora toota

may their spirits find rest

ngalam meen-ngeeye nhoomapee yoondapoora-na-yoota tyookooyong-ee

our ancestors, who were sacrificed for the lambs

moongay wata moorroop-tyeen tamboora leenan toota

may their spirits find eternal rest

6. tarramee-tarrameek-kee ngeeye

6. libera me

tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye pangwang-eeyt –oo makatepa ba nhoonpee ngameengamee nganang-ee

deliver us from ignorance now and on that awful day

meerreeng moongay takoort meerreeng wang-wangga-ka

when all the world will be shaken

kaneekanee tyama-ka ngathoongan

and consciousness will be complete

poongpoong-oota ba kooneenp-ootangeeye

we are seized with fear and trembling

manamanakooweeya-wanoong kaneengootyoong pangat yana-na

we are longing for justice denied

meerreeng moongay takoort meerreeng wang-wangga-ka

when all the world will be shaken

7. nganya laka-wanoong

7. quid sum miser

nganya laka-wanoong

what could we say?

ngarra protekatar kooweeya-wanoong

to which protector could we appeal?

ngeetoong katyook thookay pangngootyoonayt

when even the child was not safe?

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8. deen ngootyoong meering

8. rex tremendae majstatus

deen ngootyoong meerreeng

the earth in all its beauty

mana-n parta-na koong-ngeeye

received our broken bodies

wayapa-wanoong ngalam meen-ngeeye thoombook-nganang-deepa

we joined our ancestors much too soon

9. pang ngutee-kee weng

9. recordare

pang ngutee-kee weeng

remember

ngathoonganeen nhaka pooree tharn ngooteen

that we were your destiny

yanda-n-warr-ngeeye katakee pangtyama

you cast us aside unknown

wata-n-warr wanggat-oota nyeepma

you came such a long way to ignore

karta-n-warr parpanee-yt-oota tamboorawanang-eenyee

you endured such hardship only to condemn yourselves

wata-n-warr ngootyoong-oota watan leek

with righteous vengeance you came

pangat kooweeya-n noombapee

asking no forgiveness

wamba-n-warr nganang tamborteeyt

you brought the day of reckoning

10. ngarnda wanong

10. ingemisco

ngarnda-wanoong nhoonampee wanawoot kalng-pa kapeeyang

we groan as one made guilty

wanyoo parpanee-yt-ngooteen kalng kapeeyang

under the burden of your guilt

deen ngootyoongeeyt pangngootyoongayt

the innocent were not spared

ngakee-wanoong nhoonampee noombapee-ngooteen ngamee koonangooteen wananga-ngeeye

we saw you pardoned for your crimes against us

manamana-wanoong manakooweeya wampee-mayapa

we clung to a diminishing hope

nhoonampee pang-nhakee ngooty-ngeeye

our worth was not considered

pang weerakaleek waloong

no mercy was at hand

ngamee ngamme kooknawa-ngeeye pang-kapoo weeyn-a

consumed by an everlasting fire

yangee yangee ngameentyarr-mayapa-n woorangkeel ngathoonganeen

we were made lower than the cattle

yangee yangee ngameentyarr-mayapa-n taytmeerreeng

lower than the sheep

pang-wooka-n-warr-ngeeye meerreeng

you gave us no place

11. confutatis

tamboorawananga-n-eeye ngal koorrook-eeyt-een ba ngameeleemooteeyt-een

condemned by hatred and confusion

yoonggama-n-eeye peeneeyt torrowanoo

consigned to keen flames

karnda-kee-ngeeye yakeeneeyt-eeyt-ee

call us with the blessed

yookapa-n-wanoong pang ngool-ngoolteenyan-eeyt

we offered without threat

ngooyt tamboopa-n

with pure intention

yookap-eeya-wanoong deen meerreeng

that we could share this world

12. deen nganang weerakaleeyt

12. lacrimosa

deen nganang weerakaleeyt

that day of weeping

meert-ook-warr palayn-oo

on which will rise again from the ashes

nhoonampee tamboora-ngooteen marn kalng kapeeyang

the guilty among you, to be judged

deen mayapa-ngooteen noombapeengeeye malangeepa

therefore, spare our future

noombapee-kee

be merciful

wooka-tyeen toota

give them rest

13. yakeen-aya meerreeng

13. domine jesu

yakeen-aya meerreeng

land of eternal dreaming

walata-kee moorroop-tyeen ngalam meen-ngeeye-ngat

cradle the souls our ancestors

manamana-kee-ngeeye karrakee-ytngoo kooneentamboora -kil

save us from the scars of prejudice

pang-wang-ee-tyeen-oo nhoonampee wata-n pang pang wanga-n

from the ignorance of those who came and would not listen

tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye takang-nyoong-oo deen ngamateeytngat

deliver us from the jaws of this beast

wananga ngal koorrook-eeyt ba markap-eeyt pang nganata-ngeeye

lest hatred and greed engulf us

wananga nhoonpee wamba takoort nganang maar-ngeeye-ngoo

lest all light be taken from us

wata-pa-kee-ngeeye tyamateeyt-oo

lead us towards wisdom

Yoonggamoongoo-n-ngeen ngathoonganeen ba koorrookee ba ngapoon-ngeeye

fulfill the promise made to us and to our elders

mayapa-kee wangangooytyoong

pay respect

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14. Pernmeeyal, kaneepoorreewooka -wanoong-ngooteen

14. Hostias

Pernmeeyal, kaneepoorreewooka -wanoong-ngooteen mayapa karweeyn ba leerpeen

Great Spirit, in praise we offer you ceremony and songs

mana-kee nhoonampee-yee

accept them on behalf of those

pang-nguteeweeng-wanoong-tyeen makatepa

who we remember on this day

Pernmeeyal, nhapa-kee nhoonampee kalpeerna-kaloo-ngoo poondeeyt-oo

great spirit, guide them from death to life

Yoonggamoongoo-n-ngeen ngathoonganeen ba koorrookee ba ngapoon-ngeeye

by the promise made to us and our elders

mayapa-kee wangangooytyoong

pay respect

15. paman paman

15. sanctus

paman paman, paman paman, paman paman

sacred, sacred, sacred

moorroop ngathoo-nganeen-ee

spirit within us

meerreeng ba moornong ngooyt-oota

the earth and sky are full of beauty

kaneepoorreewooka-wan Pernmeeyal

all praise to the creator

16. ngatanwarr

16. benedictus

ngatanwarr, wata-kee, ngakee tyamateeyt-ee

welcome are those who come in the pursuit of knowledge

kaneepoorreewooka-wan Pernmeeyal

all praise to the creator

17. lux aeternum

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa ngalam meen-ngeey-ee

may everlasting light shine upon our ancestors

kooweekoowee-tyeen meengkeel-ee

their stories are with the stars

moongay wata ngameekooteen moorroop-tyeen tamboora leenan toota

may their troubled souls find eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa ngalam meen-ngeey-ee

may everlasting light shine upon our ancestors

kooweekoowee-tyeen meengkeel-ee

their stories are with the stars

18. noombapee-ngeeye

18. kyrie eleison

noombapee-ngeeye kaleekeetoo

have mercy on our past

noombapee-ngeeye malangeepa

have mercy on our future

noombapee-ngeeye kaloo

have mercy on our present

19. o permeeyal

19. requiem

o pernmeeyal wooka-tyeen leenan toota

o creator, give to them eternal rest

moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa-tyeen

and let perpetual light shine upon them

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Supporters

Supporters CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Harold Mitchell Foundation Lady Potter AC CMRI Cybec Foundation The Pratt Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Anonymous

ARTIST CHAIR BENEFACTORS Cybec Assistant Conductor Chair Carlo Antonioli Cybec Foundation Concertmaster Dale Barltrop David Li AM and Angela Li Assistant Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Young Composer in Residence Melissa Douglas Cybec Foundation 2023 Composer in Residence Mary Finsterer Kim Williams AM

PROGRAM BENEFACTORS

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MSO Now & Forever Fund: International Engagement Gandel Foundation Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program Cybec Foundation Digital Transformation Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment First Nations Emerging Artist Program The Ullmer Family Foundation East meets West The Li Family Trust, National Foundation for Australia-China Relations MSO Live Online Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation MSO Education Anonymous MSO Academy Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio, Mary Armour, Christopher Robinson in memory of Joan P Robinson

MSO For Schools Crown Resorts Foundation, Packer Family Foundation, Department of Education, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program Melbourne Music Summit Department of Education, Victoria, through the Strategic Partnerships Program MSO Regional Touring Angior Foundation, William & Lindsay Brodie Foundation Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, Gwen and Edna Jones Foundation, Robert Salzer Foundation, The Sir Andrew & Lady Fairley Foundation, Uebergang Foundation The Pizzicato Effect Hume City Council’s Community Grants program, The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust, Flora & Frank Leith Charitable Trust, Australian Decorative And Fine Arts Society, Anonymous Sidney Myer Free Concerts Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund and the University of Melbourne

PLATINUM PATRONS $100,000+ Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Lady Primrose Potter AC The Gandel Foundation The Gross Foundation David Li AM and Angela Li Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio Anonymous (1)

VIRTUOSO PATRONS $50,000+ Packer Family Foundation The Ullmer Family Foundation Weis Family Anonymous (1)

IMPRESARIO PATRONS $20,000+ The Aranday Foundation H Bentley The Hogan Family Foundation David Krasnostein AM and Pat Stragalinos Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence

MAESTRO PATRONS $10,000+ Mark and Christine Armour Margaret Billson and the late Ted Billson Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM Andrew Dudgeon AM Dr Mary-Jane H Gething AO Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Debbie Golvan Danny Gorog and Lindy Susskind David R Lloyd Peter Lovell Maestro Jaime Martin Farrel and Wendy Meltzer Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Opalgate Foundation Ian and Jeannie Paterson Christopher Robinson and the late Joan P Robinson Yashian Schauble Glenn Sedgwick The Sun Foundation Gai and David Taylor Athalie Williams and Tim Danielson Lyn Williams AM The Wingate Group Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation Anonymous (2)

PRINCIPAL PATRONS $5,000+ Mary Armour John and Lorraine Bates Barbara Bell in memory of Elsa Bell Bodhi Education Fund Julia and Jim Breen Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan John Coppock OAM and Lyn Coppock Perri Cutten and Jo Daniell Ann Darby in memory of Leslie J. Darby Mary Davidson and the late Frederick Davidson AM

The Dimmick Charitable Trust Tim and Lyn Edward Mrs Jaan Enden Equity Trustees Bill Fleming Susan Fry and Don Fry AO Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Dr Rhyl Wade and Dr Clem Gruen Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Louis J Hamon OAM Merv Keehn and Sue Harlow David Horowicz Dr Alastair Jackson AM Paul and Amy Jasper John and Diana Frew Suzanne Kirkham Hyon-Ju Newman Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Sherry Li Lucas Family Foundation Dr Jane Mackenzie The Cuming Bequest Gary McPherson Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher The Mercer Family Foundation Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Ken Ong OAM Bruce Parncutt AO David Ponsford Dr Rosemary Ayton and Professor Sam Ricketson AM Andrew and Judy Rogers The Rosemary Norman Foundation Guy Ross The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Helen Silver AO and Harrison Young Anita Simon Brian Snape AM Dr Michael Soon Janet Whiting AM Anonymous (2)

Supporters

Lady Marigold Southey AC Paul Noonan Kim Williams AM The Yulgilbar Foundation Anonymous (2)

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ASSOCIATE PATRONS $2,500+ Carolyn Baker Marlyn Bancroft and Peter Bancroft OAM Sascha O Becker Janet H Bell Alan and Dr Jennifer Breschkin Patricia Brockman Nigel and Sheena Broughton Stuart Brown Dr Lynda Campbell Oliver Carton Janet Chauvel and the late Dr Richard Chauvel Breen Creighton and Elsbeth Hadenfeldt Katherine Cusack Leo de Lange Sophie E Dougall in memory of Libby Harold Elaine Walters OAM Barry Fradkin OAM and Dr Pam Fradkin Kim and Robert Gearon Steinicke Family Gillian Hund OAM and Michael Hund R Goldberg and Family Goldschlager Family Charitable Foundation Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Jennifer Gorog C M Gray Ian Kennedy AM & Dr Sandra Hacker AO Susan and Gary Hearst Hartmut and Ruth Hofmann Doug Hooley Margaret Jackson AC Sandy Jenkins Jenny Tatchell John Jones Ann Lahore Mrs Qian Li Carolynne Marks Margaret and John Mason OAM H E McKenzie Dr Isabel McLean Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Ian Merrylees Michael Davies and Drina Staples Alan and Dorothy Pattison

David and Nancy Price Peter Priest Ruth and Ralph Renard Peter and Carolyn Rendit James Ring Tom and Elizabeth Romanowski Christopher Menz and Peter Rose Jan Ryan Jeffrey Sher KC and Diana Sher OAM Barry Spanger Peter J Stirling Caroline Stuart Shirley and Jeffrey Zajac Anonymous (4)

PLAYER PATRONS $1,000+ Dr Sally Adams Anita and Graham Anderson Margaret Astbury Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Geoffrey and Vivienne Baker Robbie Barker Allen and Kathryn Bloom Michael Bowles and Alma Gill Joyce Bown Youth Music Foundation Miranda Brockman Drs John D L Brookes and Lucy V Hanlon Jill and Christopher Buckley Dr Robin Burns and Dr Roger Douglas Ronald and Kate Burnstein Mrs Nola Daley Panch Das and Laurel Young-Das Caroline Davies Natasha Davies, for the Trikojus Education Fund Rick and Sue Deering Suzanne Dembo John and Anne Duncan Jane Edmanson OAM Diane Fisher Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Alex Forrest Applebay Pty Ltd David and Esther Frenkiel OAM

Aaron McConnell Ian McDonald Wayne McDonald and Kay Schroer Don and Anne Meadows Dr Eric Meadows Professor Geoffrey Metz Sylvia Miller Ian Morrey and Geoffrey Minter Anthony and Anna Morton Dr Judith S Nimmo Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James Susan Pelka Ian Penboss Kerryn Pratchett Peter Priest John Prokupets Professor Charles Qin OAM and Kate Ritchie Eli Raskin Jan and Keith Richards Roger Parker and Ruth Parker Dr Peter Rogers and Cathy Rogers OAM Dr Ronald and Elizabeth Rosanove Marie Rowland Viorica Samson Martin and Susan Shirley P Shore John E Smith Dr Peter Strickland Dr Joel Symons and Liora Symons Russell Taylor and Tara Obeyesekere Geoffrey Thomlinson Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher Andrew and Penny Torok Christina Turner Ann and Larry Turner Leon and Sandra Velik The Reverend Noel Whale Edward & Paddy White Nic and Ann Willcock Robert and Diana Wilson Richard Withers Lorraine Woolley Anonymous (15)

Supporters

Simon Gaites Anthony Garvey and Estelle O’Callaghan David I Gibbs AM and Susie O’Neill Sonia Gilderdale Dr Celia Godfrey Dr Marged Goode Dawn Hales Hilary Hall in memory of Wilma Collie David Hardy Tilda and the late Brian Haughney Cathy Henry Dr Jennifer Henry Anthony and Karen Ho Jenny and Peter Hordern Katherine Horwood Penelope Hughes Jordan Janssen Basil and Rita Jenkins Sue Johnston John Kaufman Angela Kayser Drs Bruce and Natalie Kellett Dr Anne Kennedy Akira Kikkawa Dr Judith Kinnear Dr Richard Knafelc Tim Knaggs Professor David Knowles and Dr Anne McLachlan Dr Jerry Koliha and Marlene Krelle Jane Kunstler Kerry Landman Kathleen and Coran Lang Bryan Lawrence Lesley McMullin Foundation Dr Jenny Lewis Phil Lewis Dr Kin Liu Andrew Lockwood Elizabeth H Loftus Chris and Anna Long Gabe Lopata John MacLeod Eleanor & Phillip Mancini Marshall Segan in memory of Berek Segan OBE and Marysia Segan

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OVERTURE PATRONS $500+ Margaret Abbey PSM Jane Allan and Mark Redmond Mario M Anders Jenny Anderson Dr Judith Armstrong and Robyn Dalziel Doris Au Benevity Australia Online Giving Foundation Lyn Bailey Mr Robin Batterham Dr William Birch AM Richard Bolitho Dr Robert Brook Elizabeth Brown Suzie Brown OAM and the late Harvey Brown John Brownbill Roger and Coll Buckle Jungpin Chen Charmaine Collins Dr John Collins Dr Sheryl Coughlin and Paul Coughlin Judith Cowden in memory of violinist Margaret Cowden Gregory Crew Sue Cummings Dr Oliver Daly and Matilda Daly Merrowyn Deacon Carol des Cognets Bruce Dudon Brian Florence Chris Freelance Mary Gaidzkar David and Geraldine Glenny Hugo and Diane Goetze Louise Gourlay OAM Jan and the late Robert Green Christine Grenda George Hampel AM KC and Felicity Hampel AM SC Neville Hathaway Geoff Hayes William Holder Rod Home

Gillian Horwood Noelle Howell and Judy Clezy Geoff and Denise Illing Rob Jackson Wendy Johnson Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley John Keys Lesley King Dr Kim Langfield-Smith Janet and Ross Lapworth Pauline and David Lawton Paschalina Leach Sharon Li Dr Susan Linton Kay Liu The Podcast Reader Morris and Helen Margolis Sandra Masel in memory of Leigh Masel Janice Mayfield Gail McKay Shirley A McKenzie Alan Meads and Sandra Boon Joan Mullumby Marian Neumann Ed Newbigin Valerie Newman Brendan O’Donnell Jillian Pappas Phil Parker Sarah Patterson The Hon Chris Pearce and Andrea Pearce Peter Berry and Amanda Quirk William Ramirez Geoffrey Ravenscroft Dr Christopher Rees Professor John Rickard Peter Riedel Michael Riordan and Geoffrey Bush Fred and Patricia Russell Carolyn Sanders Dr Nora Scheinkestel Julia Schlapp Hon Jim Short and Jan Rothwell Short Madeline Soloveychik Dr Alex Starr

MSO GUARDIANS Jenny Anderson David Angelovich G C Bawden and L de Kievit Lesley Bawden Joyce Bown Mrs Jenny Bruckner and the late Mr John Bruckner Ken Bullen Peter A Caldwell Luci and Ron Chambers Beryl Dean Sandra Dent Alan Egan JP Gunta Eglite Marguerite Garnon-Williams Drs L C Gruen and R W Wade Louis J Hamon AOM Charles Hardman Carol Hay Jennifer Henry Graham Hogarth Rod Home Lyndon Horsburgh Tony Howe Lindsay and Michael Jacombs Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James John Jones Sylvia Lavelle Pauline and David Lawton Cameron Mowat Ruth Muir David Orr

Matthew O’Sullivan Rosia Pasteur Penny Rawlins Joan P Robinson Anne Roussac-Hoyne and Neil Roussac Michael Ryan and Wendy Mead Andrew Serpell and Anne Kieni Serpell Jennifer Shepherd Suzette Sherazee Dr Gabriela and Dr George Stephenson Pamela Swansson Lillian Tarry Tam Vu and Dr Cherilyn Tillman Mr and Mrs R P Trebilcock Peter and Elisabeth Turner Michael Ulmer AO The Hon. Rosemary Varty Terry Wills Cooke OAM and the late Marian Wills Cooke Mark Young Anonymous (19) The MSO gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Estates: Norma Ruth Atwell Angela Beagley Christine Mary Bridgart The Cuming Bequest Margaret Davies Neilma Gantner The Hon Dr Alan Goldberg AO QC Enid Florence Hookey Gwen Hunt Family and Friends of James Jacoby Audrey Jenkins Joan Jones Pauline Marie Johnston C P Kemp Peter Forbes MacLaren Joan Winsome Maslen Lorraine Maxine Meldrum Prof Andrew McCredie Jean Moore Joan P Robinson Maxwell and Jill Schultz Miss Sheila Scotter AM MBE

Supporters

Dyan Stewart Ruth Stringer Tom Sykes Reverend Angela Thomas Mely Tjandra Rosemary Warnock Amanda Watson Michael Whishaw Deborah and Dr Kevin Whithear OAM Charles and Jill Wright Anonymous (16)

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Supporters

Marion A I H M Spence Molly Stephens Gwennyth St John Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian Jennifer May Teague Albert Henry Ullin Jean Tweedie Herta and Fred B Vogel Dorothy Wood

Dr Clem Gruen and Dr Rhyl Wade

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE

Di Jameson OAM and Frank Mercurio

Cecilie Hall and the Late Hon Michael Watt KC Tim and Lyn Edward Weis Family

Cecilie Hall and the late Hon Michael Watt KC Saul Lewis

Nereda Hanlon and Michael Hanlon AM Abbey Edlin

David Horowicz Anne-Marie Johnson

Margaret Jackson AC Nicolas Fleury

Elina Fashki, Benjamin Hanlon, Tair Khisambeev, Christopher Moore

Dr Elizabeth A Lewis AM Anthony Chataway

David Li AM and Angela Li Dale Barltrop

FIRST NATIONS CIRCLE

Rosemary and the late Douglas Meagher

John and Lorraine Bates Colin Golvan AM KC and Dr Deborah Golvan Sascha O. Becker Maestro Jaime Martín Elizabeth Proust AO and Brian Lawrence The Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Jason Yeap OAM – Mering Management Corporation

Gary McPherson

ADOPT A MUSICIAN Mr Marc Besen AC and the late Mrs Eva Besen AO Chief Conductor Jaime Martín

Shane Buggle and Rosie Callanan Roger Young

Andrew Dudgeon AM

Rohan de Korte, Philippa West

Tim and Lyn Edward John Arcaro

Dr John and Diana Frew Rosie Turner

Sophie Galaise and Clarence Fraser Stephen Newton

Dr Mary-Jane Gething AO Monica Curro

The Gross Foundation Matthew Tomkins

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Robert Cossom

Craig Hill

Rachel Shaw

Anne Neil

Eleanor Mancini

Hyon-Ju Newman Patrick Wong

Newton Family in memory of Rae Rothfield Cong Gu

The Rosemary Norman Foundation Ann Blackburn

Andrew and Judy Rogers Michelle Wood

Glenn Sedgwick

Tiffany Cheng, Shane Hooton

Dr Martin Tymms and Patricia Nilsson Natasha Thomas

Anonymous

Prudence Davis

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS Life Members Mr Marc Besen AC John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC Sir Elton John CBE Harold Mitchell AC Lady Potter AC CMRI Jeanne Pratt AC Michael Ullmer AO and Jenny Ullmer Anonymous MSO Ambassador Geoffrey Rush AC

MSO ARTISTIC FAMILY Jaime Martín

Chief Conductor

Xian Zhang

Principal Guest Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Principal Conductor in Residence

Carlo Antonioli

Cybec Assistant Conductor

Sir Andrew Davis CBE Conductor Laureate

Hiroyuki Iwaki †

Conductor Laureate (1974–2006)

Warren Trevelyan-Jones MSO Chorus Director

Siobhan Stagg

Soloist in Residence

MSO BOARD Chairman David Li AM

Supporters

The MSO honours the memory of Life Members Mrs Eva Besen AO John Brockman OAM The Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC Roger Riordan AM Ila Vanrenen

Co-Deputy Chairs Di Jameson OAM Helen Silver AO Managing Director Sophie Galaise Board Directors Shane Buggle Andrew Dudgeon AM Martin Foley Lorraine Hook Margaret Jackson AC Gary McPherson Farrel Meltzer Edgar Myer Glenn Sedgwick Mary Waldron Company Secretary Oliver Carton

Gondwana Voices

Ensemble in Residence

Christian Li

Young Artist in Association

Mary Finsterer

Composer in Residence

Melissa Douglas

Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Christopher Moore

Creative Producer, MSO Chamber

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO MSO First Nations Creative Chair

Dr Anita Collins

Creative Chair for Learning and Engagement

Artistic Ambassadors Tan Dun Lu Siqing

The MSO relies on your ongoing philanthropic support to sustain our artists, and support access, education, community engagement and more.

We invite our supporters to get close to the MSO through a range of special events.

The MSO welcomes your support at any level. Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible, and supporters are recognised as follows: $500+ (Overture) $1,000+ (Player) $2,500+ (Associate) $5,000+ (Principal) $10,000+ (Maestro) $20,000+ (Impresario) $50,000+ (Virtuoso) $100,000+ (Platinum)

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Thank you to our Partners PRINCIPAL PARTNER

PREMIER PARTNERS

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

VENUE PARTNER

EDUCATION PARTNER

MAJOR PARTNERS

ORCHESTRAL TRAINING PARTNER

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Quest Southbank

Ernst & Young

Bows for Strings

MEDIA AND BROADCAST PARTNERS

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

Freemasons Foundation Victoria

The Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation, The Angior Family Foundation, The William and Lindsay Brodie Foundation, Flora & Frank Leith Trust, The Gwen and Edna Jones Foundation, The Ray and Joyce Uebergang Foundation, Perpetual Foundation – Alan (AGL) Shaw Endowment, Sidney Myer MSO Trust Fund