Hume Conservatorium Fundraiser
Reducing Regional Disadvantage in Music Education at Hume Conservatorium
Hume Conservatorium of Music Board Fundraises to reduce regional disadvantage in Music Education in the Southern Highlands and Tablelands
For nearly 40 years the Hume Conservatorium of Music (Hume Con) has been delivering the joy of music to thousands of people of all ages and abilities across the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands. But we are more than just a music school, we are a regional community of music makers and creatives.
Chair of the Hume Conservatorium Board Robert Hunt has put forward a plea to the community and its supporters to raise $100,000 to continue to reduce disadvantage in music education across the Southern Highlands and Tablelands.
“As a not-for-profit registered charity we operate on a very tight financial and business model. The past few years have been very challenging for the Board, administration and our amazing teaching staff”, says George Brenan “Covid combined with rising costs of living, has made music education almost inaccessible to many families in the region”.
During the past five years Hume Conservatorium has endeavoured to keep prices low for families and community members who use the conservatorium for individual lessons, ensembles, choirs, bands and music therapy.
With theseour financial reserves are now exhausted the Con needs financial assistance from our community to whom we have been servicing since our inception in 1985. To continue to deliver the best in music tuition and music programs, we urgently need to raise funds to support our vital work.
“Our core funding from the NSW Department of Education has not kept pace with the services we have been asked to deliver. “ remarked Robert Hunt, ”This untenable position, along with the impact of the ever-tightening budgets of our wonderful public schools in the region, has meant the Con has been forced to use its cash reserves to keep operating.”
At a time where research is showing a dramatic decline in music skills amongst primary school teachers and music education clearly helps our attitudes, behaviours and teamwork abilities along with cognitive benefits such as logic processing, listening skills and memory improvement, the work of Hume Conservatorium has never been more important
Please help us reach our target so we can continue to bring the joy of music to our community.
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We acknowledge the traditional Custodians of this Land, where the Aboriginal People have performed age-old ceremonies of storytelling, music, dance and celebration. As a traditional meeting place, many first nations peoples came to this region. Underneath our buildings and roads this Land always will be traditional Aboriginal Land. in the same way, all music making genres and practices come from our musical elders, so we acknowledge those on whose skills and wisdom we draw.
