Support Us
“Ensemble Offspring doesn’t wait for the future to happen, we create it! We commission more new music than any other ensemble in the country, and our Hatched Academy and First Nations Composer Program fill vital roles in Australia’s musical ecosystem. Donate today to support the future of Australian music and join a community who understand that music is more exciting on the cutting edge.”
Claire Edwardes OAM
Artistic Director and Percussionist
Target Your Support
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Become a Hatched Academy Patron
Hatched Academy is Ensemble Offspring’s emerging artists program and it has nurtured 90 talented musicians since 2013. In 2024, Ensemble Offspring were excited to expand the program with transformative new follow-up opportunities for outstanding participants.
Contributions start at $1,000. Tell us to send your support to Hatched Academy in the donation form or by emailing us directly.
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Join Our Commission Fund
Commissioning new music is at the heart of Ensemble Offspring’s mission. We have commissioned over 350 works, more than any other group in Australia. Enable the creation of cutting-edge music and shape the future of Australian culture by donating to our Commission Fund.
Contributions start at $1,000. Tell us to send your support to the Commission Fund in the donation form or by emailing us directly.
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Become a First Nations Program Patron
Ensemble Offspring’s multi-faceted First Nations Composer Program includes an annual First Nations Composer in Residence and the ground-breaking Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program. Lift the voices of First Nations composers by donating today.
Contributions start at $1,000. Tell us to send your support to the First Nations Program in the donation form or by emailing us directly.
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Leave a Bequest
Leave a gift in your will to support the future of Australian music through Ensemble Offspring. The process is straightforward, and a bequest can make a big difference to the capacity of a small organisation like ours to support living new music. Our team would be happy to start an obligation-free conversation about the impact your bequest could have on the future of Australian music.
Be a Trailblazer
Ensemble Offspring is a registered charity and all donations over $2 are tax deductible.
If you would prefer to donate via bank transfer, please feel free to request bank details.
Testimonials
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Shane Simpson AM (Ensemble Offspring Patron)
“This is an ensemble for which the ‘old and safe’ is Berio, Adams and perhaps Legiti but its true focus is really the music of today, the unfamiliar, the exploratory, the untried, and in particular, the Australian. The Ensemble has an extraordinary record of commissioning Australian composers, often early in their career, and giving audiences the opportunity to hear the music of today performed by players of unquestionable musicianship.”
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Leta Keens
“Silo Collective [which I coordinate] has commissioned four pieces with Ensemble Offspring, and it’s always been a really amazing experience – being involved in the process of creating a new piece, including being invited to open rehearsals, has been thrilling, surprising and a whole lot of fun. [The ensemble’s concerts] definitely add enormously to my life. Thanks, Ensemble Offspring for everything you do!”
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Don Macleod
“At 81 years of age, I'm old enough to remember the fore-runner of Ensemble Offspring, The Spring Ensemble at Roger Woodward's Sydney Spring Festivals - I attended every concert. At the festival, we got to hear music by young EO founders Damien Ricketson and Matthew Shlomowitz, so it was natural for me to attend EO concerts when they started. All praise must go to EO for continuing to perform new music. Long may you continue!!“
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Kay Vernon
“Ensemble Offspring presents music that is new, fresh, sometimes challenging and always engaging. Their performances always energise me and invite me to re-frame and enlarge my understanding of music in an exciting and compelling way. Ensemble Offspring’s support for established and emerging Australian composers is another reason I am so pleased I am able to support them.”
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Penny Le Couteur & Greg Dickson
“Ensemble Offspring demonstrates absolute excellence in all that it does. We got to know the ensemble when we commissioned Holly Harrison to compose them a piece. Since that time we have attended numerous performances and commissioned a number of pieces for them. The players have absolute mastery of their instruments, frequently using difficult extended techniques to create novel and beautiful sound worlds.”
Supporters
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The Berg Family Foundation
Julianne Maxwell
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John Barrer
Darin Cooper Foundation
Charles Davidson
Helen Eager & Christopher Hodges
Peter Howard
Keir Foundation
Phlyssa Koshland
Penny Le Couteur & Greg Dickson
Simon Miller & Naomi Miller
Modest Expectations Foundation
Helen & Peter Murdoch
Simpson-Michel Foundation
Stoneglen Foundation
Kay Vernon & Toni Robertson
Mark Wakely
Kim Williams AM & Catherine Whitlam
John Wynter & Raffi Qasabian -
Christine Bishop, Malcolm Crompton, Sonia De Freitas and Dayne Marais, Claire Edwardes, Robert Edwardes, John & Irene Garran, Dr Shane Geha, Kathie & Reg Grinberg, Stewart Jackson & Judy Greenwood, Michael Katz & Frederique Katz-Hochuli, Leta Keens, James Kirby & Claire Wivell Plater, Ken & Liz Nielsen, Hugh Liney, Anthony & Sarah Lowe, Graham & Pamela MacDonald, Don MacLeod, Hannah Mason, Marni Oaten, Geoff Preece, Trish Richardson in memory of Andy Lloyd James, Jane Ryan & Nick Kharsas, Lynne Saunder, Alenka Tindale, Wales Family Foundation, Christina Wilcox, Peter Wise, Anonymous (4)
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Michael Appleby, Marissa Banu-Lawrence, James Beattie, Gwen Bennett, Sandy Belford, Amanda Brown, Neil Burns, Mary Jo & Lloyd Capps, Ian Cleworth, Martin Denny , Deirdre Ferguson, Terry & Dianne Finnegan, Janusz & Malgorzata Florek, Ciaran Frame, Anne Frankenberg, Kris Gale, Cathy Gray, Harry & Sarah Grunstein, Michael Hannan, Di Haskell, Anni Heino, Gabrielle Henry, Elizabeth Hristoforidis, Ronald Joffe, Glynis Johns, Jane Kift, Kate Lidbetter, Rosie & Alex Linden, Trish Ludgate, Karen & Neil Midalia, Lamorna Nightingale, Philip O'Keefe & Kelly Hargreaves, Benjamin Reynolds & Katherine Boyle, Michael Sanders, Petr Spelina, Geoff Stearn, David & Audrey Solomons, Mark Tucker, Christopher Whitehead & Peter Wilson, Phillip Yetton & Joan Spiller, Anonymous (5)
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Catherine Armitage, Amanda Armstrong, Dr Nena Beratin & John Claudianos, Sheena Boughen, Gabrielle Cadenhead, Stacey Caponas, Adrienne Carlson, Stuart Carr & Joy Chou, Marie Chellos, Steve Davidson, Nancy Dickman, Jennifer Dietz, Robert Dunne, Lisa Goldberg, Cathy Gill, Susan Gregory, Clive Guthrie, Nikki Heywood, Jacqueln Hole, Dane Hunnerup, Hermine Jessurun, Faye & Charles Lake, Georgina MacDougall, Jennifer Mackenja, Lisa Malyusz, Sue McCreadie, Megan McMurchy, Liam Mulligan, Alice Morgan, James Nightingale, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Meeghan Oliver, Lindsey Paget-Cooke, Kevin Pan, Anna Panis, Matthew Perry, Terri Shackley, Thalia Skopellos, Michelle St Anne, Elizabeth Starr, Colin Sutton, Deborah Szapiro, Margaret Tung, Margaret Turner, Alice Vialard, Samantha Wolf, Rob White, Anonymous (2)
Program Patrons
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Kim Williams AM percussion Co-Chair Sponsor (Claire Edwardes)
Jules Maxwell percussion Co-Chair Sponsor (Claire Edwardes)
Simpson-Michel Foundation clarinet Chair Sponsor (Jason Noble)
Helen and Peter Murdoch cello Chair Sponsor (Blair Harris)
Russell Staley violin Chair Sponsor (Véronique Serret)
Simon Miller flute Co-Chair Sponsor (Lamorna Nightingale)
Anonymous (1) flute Co-Chair Sponsor (Lamorna Nightingale)
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Hugh Liney
Modest Expectations Foundation
Geoff Preece -
John Barrer
Christine Bishop
Malcolm Crompton
Darin Cooper Foundation
Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges
John and Irene Garran
Phlyssa Koshland
Modest Expectations Foundation
Ken and Liz Neilsen
Simpson-Michel Foundation
Victoria Taylor
Alenka Tindale
Mark Wakely
Peter Wise
John Wynter & Raffi Qasabian
Anonymous (1)