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, Hatched enters a new decade and Ensemble Offspring are excited to be expanding 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
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John Barrer
Christine Bishop
Charles Davidson
Darin Cooper Foundation
Helen Eager & Christopher Hodges
Peter Howard
Keir Foundation
Phlyssa Koshland
Penny Le Couteur & Greg Dickson
Jules Maxwell
Modest Expectations Foundation
Helen & Peter Murdoch
Simpson-Michel Foundation
Simon & Naomi Miller
Russell Staley
Stoneglen Foundation
Kay Vernon & Toni Robertson
Mark Wakely
Wales Family Foundation
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Jenny Bisset, Malcolm Crompton, Dayne Marais & Sonia de Freitas, Claire Edwardes, Robert Edwardes, John & Irene Garran, Cathy Gray, Kathie & Reg Grinberg, Sue Healey & Richard Harvey, Stewart Jackson & Judy Greenwood, Michael & Frederique Katz, Leta Keens, James Kirby & Claire Wivell Plater, Hugh Liney, Fiona & Adrian Loader, Anthony Lowe & Sarah Lowe, Don MacLeod, Hannah Mason, Ken Nielsen & Liz Nielsen, Marni Oaten, Merry & Robert Pearson, Geoff Preece, Dr Trish Richardson in Memory of Andy Lloyd James, Damien Ricketson, Jane Ryan & Nick Kharsas, Lynne Saunder, Victoria Taylor, Christina Wilcox, Peter Wise, Anonymous (5)
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Marissa Banu-Lawrence, James Beattie, Sandy Belford, Gwen Bennett, Amanda Brown, Neil Burns, Mary Jo Capps & Lloyd Capps, George Clark, Ian Cleworth, Fiona Crawford, Martin Denny, Deirdre Ferguson, Terry & Diane Finnegan , Janusz & Malgorzata Florek, Ciaran Frame, Anne Frankenberg, Kris Gale, Harry & Sarah Grunstein, Michael Hannan, Philip O'Keefe & Kelly Hargreaves, Di Haskell, Anni Heino, Gabrielle Henry, Heinz Herrmann, Elizabeth Hristoforidis, Ronald Joffe, Glynis Johns, Jane Kift, Kate Lidbetter, Rosie & Alex Linden, Juliet Lockhart, Trish Ludgate, Graham & Pamela MacDonald, Karen & Neil Midalia, John Nicoll, Lamorna Nightingale, Ben Perche, Benjamin Reynolds & Katherine Boyle, Michael Sanders, Wayne Smithson, David & Audrey Solomons, Petr Spelina, Joan Spiller & Phillip Yetton, Geoff Stearn, Mark Tucker, Kim Walker, Alan Watt, Christopher Whitehead & Peter Wilson, Anonymous (4)
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Devina Bedford, Stephen Booth, Sheena Boughen, Gabrielle Cadenhead, Adrienne Carlson, Elaine Chia, Stuart Carr & Joy Chou, Amanda Cole, Steve Davidson, Nancy Dickman, Robert Dunne, Anne Dwyer, Lucy East, David Fairburn, Rick Flowers, Anca Frankenhaeuser, Robert Fuller, Jane Gibian, Cathy Gill, Lisa Goldberg, Paulien Gort, Susan Gregory, Clive Guthrie, Nathaniel Beck and Karen Hackett, Sanae Hatanaka, Anni Heino, Nikki Heywood, Giselle Hoarau, Jacquelyn Hole, Dane Hunnerup, Greg Krix, Deborah Kwa, Angela Lee, Bri Mabbutt, Georgina MacDougall, Conrad Mackenzie, Lisa Malyusz, Sue McCreadie, Megan McMurchy, Derek Millar, Di Misirdjieff, Alice Morgan, Liam Mulligan, Jeni Mulvey, John Nightingale, James Nightingale, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Lindsey Paget-Cooke, Kevin Pan, Anna Panis, Tina Papoythis, Fila Qasabian, Viv Rosman, Alex Sahagian, Anne Sanders, Lucy Shorrocks, Elizabeth Starr, Michelle St Anne, Colin Sutton, Deborah Szapiro, Irma Trnka, Margaret Tung, Margaret Turner, Alice Vialard, Dean Waterhouse, Ruth Wells, Rob White, Felicity Wilcox, Samantha Wolf, Warwick Yee, Anonymous (4)
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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Jenny Bisset
Hugh Liney
Modest Expectations Foundation
Geoff Preece
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John Barrer
Christine Bishop
Malcolm Crompton
Darin Cooper Foundation
Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges
John and Irene Garran
Phlyssa Koshland
Ken and Liz Neilsen
Victoria Taylor
Mark Wakely
Peter Wise
Anonymous (1)