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CONTENTS
CEO REPORT ...... 1
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT ...... 3
RELEASES ...... 4
DISTRIBUTION ...... 4
PREVIOUS RELEASES ...... 11
ACHIEVEMENTS ...... 13
LIST OF SUPPORTERS ...... 15
DIRECTORS ...... 16
APPENDIX: AUDIT REPORT
“Melba is an Australian label of fragrant distinction” (MusicWeb International)
CEO REPORT
For The Melba Foundation, 2009-10 has been a year of success on many fronts. First and foremost, the Foundation continues to deliver unparalleled new career opportunities for Australian artists through the quality and innovation of its releases.
“Whilst I have recorded many CD’s with other labels throughout Australia and overseas, the opportunity to be supported and recorded with such magnificent sound quality, presented in a brilliant way, distributed throughout the world, reviewed by all the leading magazines, websites and newspapers covering CD’s in the world, and above all, to work with such a supportive Australian company turned the experience into a life changing opportunity….I have personally received the best and most influential reviews of my life since the release of my first disc with Melba, and I am equally confident in saying that many other fine and until recently unheralded Australian musicians can say the same for themselves.”
Paul Dean, Artistic Director, Australian National Academy of Music and Melba artist
“ These recordings have provided an unmatched opportunity for Orchestra Victoria to enhance its international profile. This, in turn, will make it easier for the orchestra to attract high quality conductors, thereby further developing the orchestra’s range and standards. With Melba recordings, it is not necessary for Australians to plead for attention that their work is “world class” or “global cutting edge”. International critics do that for us. Reviews in the leading music publications have been highly positive. We are particularly fortunate that we have in Australia (in Melba recordings) a recording label with the highest standards of professionalism and imagination.”
Jo Beaumont, Artistic Director, Orchestra Victoria
The market excitement generated by the release of Turbulent Heart, a world premiere recording of works by Vierne featuring Steve Davislim and the Queensland Symphony conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire has taken Melba to new highs of international awareness and acclaim. It was awarded with the Editor’s Choice awards in three European magazines and 23 ecstatic reviews. Melba is Australia’s classical label of excellence and a calling card for our artists and music culture around the world.
Seven recordings were undertaken this year and four were released, including two featuring emerging artists. Releases included J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas, featuring the incomparable Christopher Wrench; Turbulent Heart with tenor Steve Davislim and The Queensland Orchestra conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire; Beloved of the Gods, featuring the young artists of the Tinalley Quartet and the Dean, Emmerson, Dean Trio. Also released was Volupté, a recording of viola music featuring Roger Benedict accompanied by the exciting young pianist Timothy Young.
These releases were supported by launch and performance events in Brisbane and Melbourne, attended by special guests Bruce Beresford, Richard Bonynge Cheryl Barker, Michael Shmith and Guillaume Tourniaire and featuring performances by Tinalley String Quartet, Paul Dean, Timothy Young, Suzanne Johnston, Ray Chen, Kristian Winther, Benjamin Martin, Kevin Power, Joshua Bloom and Rosamund Illing.
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The total of 177 media reviews and features achieved this year exceeded forecast and overall sales targets have been met with sales revenues growing steadily. On the digital delivery front, the sound quality of portable devices continues to improve, although it still has some way to go to replicate the full sonic experience of a Melba CD. Until these sound quality issues are addressed, physical CD’s will continue to constitute the vast majority of Melba’s sales. Nonetheless, Melba’s entire catalogue was available for digital download this year as Melba is determined to be at the forefront of digital delivery. Melba continues to have the most extensive international distribution of any Australian label.
The Foundation has worked to address the issue of reducing core operational funding from the Australian Government with a renewed effort in fundraising and marketing – an effort that has been successful. Our wonderful Patrons and Benefactors have extended their commitment to the Foundation and development revenue is significantly higher this year. Important events were hosted by Lady Potter, Mrs Jeanne Pratt, ANZ and at Government House Melbourne and Brisbane.
However, in order to maintain output at an average of at least seven quality recordings per year – the level of activity at which Melba’s market presence can be of benefit to Australian artists – core operational funding is required.
Melba’s flexibility and innovation in the face of rapid technological and market changes have propelled it to a leading position in the international marketplace. It is delivering real benefit for Australian artists. This could not have been achieved without the support of the Australian Government and a strong family of Patrons and Benefactors. We thank our hard working Board of Directors and staff and look forward with optimism to the year ahead.
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“Overall this is second only to the excellent presentation we have come to expect from Opera Rara. Together they put most other companies to shame.” (MusicWeb International)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
The Melba Foundation is a charitable trust that promotes the Australian classical music field by supporting the production of state-of-the-art audio and film recordings for the international and national markets. It aims to build a world-renowned recording label based in Melbourne, dedicated to the promotion of Australian classical musicians, soloists and orchestras. It aims to vastly improve the international profile and economic opportunities for Australia’s classical music industry and preserve Australia’s fine music heritage for future generations while presenting a distinctively Australian classical music culture to the world.
The Melba Foundation is committed to the highest standards of corporate governance.
This commitment applies to the dealings of the Foundation with all its stakeholders and is reflected in the Foundation’s corporate values.
The Foundation has adopted a Board Charter that meets accepted best practice recommendations and a Code of Conduct that Directors agree to abide by at all times.
The Foundation has also entered into signed contracts which formalise management processes whenever a potential conflict of interest might arise with the Executive Directors of the Foundation.
The corporate governance framework of the Melba Foundation is geared towards promoting artistic and technical excellence in the field of classical music internationally through ensuring and improving the efficient use of resources, compliance with statutory and other external requirements and achieving best practice in administrative and financial management.
Harness the talents of Australia’s finest performers and technicians Achieve excellence in all aspects of production Build its national and international reputation for excellence Our Mission Create a heightened awareness of Australian cultural achievement Increase investment in our finest artists and their recordings Preserve a recorded legacy of Australian performers Our Aims To promote Australian artists on the international stage and give them the recognition they deserve Integrity – Musical and technical excellence Leadership – To lead the Australian recording industry in excellence Our Values – To lead the classical music industry in Australia Innovation – To select and record significant classical works
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“The distinguished Australian label” UK Gramophone
RELEASES DISTRIBUTION All Melba releases are distributed internationally via three methods: 1. Internet sales on the Melba website ( www.melbarecordings.com.au ) and the major on-line music retailers such as Amazon. 2. Tunecore – Aggregation service which on-sells to iTunes, Napster, Amazon mp3, etc. Every track on every Melba release is available for digital download via the Tunecore service. 3. Supplied to shops via distributors in countries as follows:
Country Distributor Australia Fuse Music Austria Gramola Benelux AMG Czech Republic Euromusica Finland Fuga Oy France Integral Germany Klassik Hong Kong Shun Cheong Records Japan King International New Zealand Ode Russia A-Ram Ltd Sweden Euroton Music AB Switzerland Musik Vertrieb UK Proper Note USA Albany
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Recording Description
1 Rakhmaninov Sergey Vasilyevich Rakhmaninov Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Opus 28 (after a reading of Goethe’s Faust ) (1907); Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Opus 36 (original version of 1913) Leslie Howard, piano Andante ma non troppo, Oriental Sketch and Fragments (1917) This is the first time these two works have been recorded together. Leslie is a recognised world Recorded: September 2009 authority on Russian music and has given these works in concert around the world many times. He has made the history books by recording more records than any other pianist ever – 130 CDs – and he has a following internationally. He falls into the category of distinguished Australian artist who lives abroad – he has lived in London for 30 years. 2 Arcadia Lost A recording of part of SSO’s October concert series of music by Vaughan Williams. The Lark Ascending & Flos Campi; and Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem ; together with Williams’ On Wenlock Vaughan Williams & Edge . Benjamin Britten Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending is redolent with the intense yearning of the urbanized (industrial-revolution) English people for an idealized pastoral age, a simpler time just out of reach. ‘from London Calling’ The lark’s swirling flight in the summer haze is masterfully evoked by Michael Dauth’s glistening (Recorded Oct 2009) solo violin. Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Song of Solomon, one of the greatest love poems of all literature, is at the heart of Vaughan Mark Wigglesworth conductor Williams’ Flos Campi. The SSO’s Principal violist Roger Benedict gives a glorious voice to this Michael Dauth violin most passionate piece for viola and orchestra. Roger Benedict viola Benjamin Britten wrote his brutal Sinfonia da Requiem as a commission from the British council, ironically to commemorate 2600 years of Japan’s Mikado dynasty. The conflict of the ‘On Wenlock Edge’ circumstances of the pieces’ composition roar out of the music, especially in the opening movement “Dies Irae” Mark Wigglesworth and the SSO give an explosive performance of this (Recorded: Feb 2010) remarkable piece Steve Davislim tenor Benjamin Martin, piano In On Wenlock Edge yearning is coloured by the horrors of the British (soldiers’) experience in the Hamer Quartet Boer war. Steve Davislim and the Hamer Quartet bring a dramatic truth to the stories in this cycle of songs.
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Recording Description
3 Stravinsky: Diversions Rising star of the violin Ray Chen , winner of the Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition, makes his debut recording on Melba Recordings, accompanied by another fast- emerging Australian talent, the pianist Timothy Young , on Diversions, a disc of scintillating Ray Chen, violin chamber music that presents Stravinsky at his most entertaining, his spirit brimming with optimism and bravura. Timothy Young, piano The pieces—Suite after themes, fragments and pieces by Giambattista Pergolesi, Duo Recorded: Jan 2010 concertante, Divertimento, ‘Russian Maiden’s Song’ from the opera Mavra and the ‘Danse russe’ from Petrushka—are perfect vehicles to showcase Chen’s violinistic bel canto, his luminous tone and his off-the-scale technique, all to be expected given his competition pedigree. But Stravinsky’s music also provides Chen with the perfect vehicle to demonstrate his genius for vivid musical story-telling. This recording marks Chen as an exciting musical personality as well as a remarkable virtuoso. While Stravinsky’s violin and piano writing of this music is never less than virtuosic, the performers toss off these technical difficulties with the greatest bravura. The impression we are left with is of the most vivid musical storytelling and youthful joy. Virtuoso performances of the golden age of the great Russian violin school of Leopold Auer (Heifitz, Zimbalist, Elman et al.) could be characterised as possessing a monumental magnitude of technique, a beauty of singing cantilena, a radiant and ravishing tone and most importantly the ability to tell a spellbinding story in music. By this description Ray Chen is truly a virtuoso of the old schoo 4 Saint-Saëns Ballet Music Incandescent French conductor Guillaume Tourniaire continues a collaboration with Orchestra Victoria which is propelling it into the international spotlight. What began with the recording in Orchestra Victoria, 2008 of the opera Hélène, written for Nellie Melba by Saint-Saëns, is now followed with a Guillaume Tourniaire recording of the lost ballet music from his rare operas Les Barbares , Henri VIII , Ascanio and Étienne Marcel . Recorded Feb’10 This is Melba Recordings’ seventh collaboration with Orchestra Victoria in their ten-year relationship. These include three recordings conducted by Richard Bonynge, one with Simone Young and one with Barry Tuckwell: all important Australians. The ballet music from these operas are highpoints, diversions and Saint-Saëns at his best—the Saint-Saëns of Carnival of the Animals and the Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah —with Saint-Saëns unashamedly providing an entertainment for the opera audience and a chance for the orchestra to shine.
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Recording Description
5 Tribute to Dame Joan CHERYL BARKER'S relationship with Melba Recordings stretches back almost to the label’s Hammond beginning. Puccini ≡Passion, her 2003 collection of arias with Richard Bonynge conducting Orchestra Victoria – was only Melba’s sixth release since launching three years earlier. Cheryl Barker, Guillaume Tourniaire, Now, the much-in-demand Australian-born soprano has returned to record her long-overdue follow QSO up – A Tribute to Dame Joan Hammond. It’s a disc, she says, “that feels as if it’s been a long time coming” and which takes her back to another beginning – of her own career. Recorded Mar’10 "I studied with Joan Hammond at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she was Head of Voice. On first impressions she was formidable in a way, had a certain air about her that was a little bit frightening. But actually, when you were one of her pupils, she was fantastic.” When Barker left the VCA, she remained under the wing of her renowned mentor , who, she discovered, “let her guard down in private and you got to know the real Joan Hammond. In a class situation she was very much the Diva, but in a one-to-one lesson she had a wicked sense of humour and you could have a laugh with her”. She sings arias by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Offenbach and Purcell with Guillaume Tourniaire conducting the QSO and Timothy Young accompanying songs on the piano.
6 George Boyle Exciting Australian pianist Timothy Young whose Melba debut on “Volupte" with Roger Timothy Young, piano Benedict has attracted extravagant praise, is making his debut solo recording with Melba. He introduces to the world the music of George Frederick Boyle, a great Australian Recorded Mar’10 performer, teacher and composer whose previously neglected works have proved to be exciting revelations. Boyle was born in Sydney in 1886. As a 14 year old virtuoso he made concert tours throughout Australia and New Zealand. Mark Hambourg assisted him to travel to Berlin in 1905 to study with Busoni. On Busoni's recommendation he was appointed to replace Ernest Hutcheson as head of the piano department at Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. After 12 years at Peabody, Boyle was appointed to the Curtis Institute and in 1927 to the Juilliard School of Music where he remained until 1940. A stroke forced him to cease teaching and relearn how to play the piano, which he did, and resumed teaching and playing until his death in 1948. continued overleaf …
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Recording Description
Boyle’s articles on the art of piano playing appeared in the Etude magazine in the late 1920s. The Philadelphia Record said of Boyle; ”He occupies an exceptionally brilliant position in American musical life. As a composer of striking individuality, he has achieved an international reputation; as a pianist, he is unquestionably one of the most interesting of his period; and as a teacher, he has gathered about him a group of students and admirers whose enthusiasm recalls the vivid stories of the followers of Liszt. He is the sort of inspiration American students stand most in need of and in this capacity his gifts are priceless. His power of expression amounts to positive genius” 7 Nance Grant (re-release) Melba has licensed several recordings from the ABC which demonstrate the great artistry of this exceptional Australian soprano singing Wagner, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Donizetti, Beethoven, Mozart, Hageman and Grieg with several Australian orchestras and renowned Australian pianist Geoffrey Parsons. After winning the Mobile Quest (1957) and the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition (1960) Nance Grant sang throughout Australia in concerts for the ABC. In 1981 she received the Bayreuth Opera Award, an Opera Foundation scholarship to study with Professor Kaiser Breme in Germany. Major engagements early in her career included the official opening at the Sydney Opera House. She made her debut with the Australian Opera in 1972 as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavelier . Her final appearance was in 1991.
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Release Description
J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas Christopher Wrench plays Bach Sonatas BWV 525-530 on the organ in Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen. BWV 525-530 “From the moment I first played the Lund reconstruction of the Garnisons Kirke organ when preparing for a
recital in 1998, I dreamt of recording the Bach Organ Sonatas on the instrument. With my strong interest in informed performance practice, there was no doubt in my mind that the tonal freshness of this particular Christopher Wrench, organ instrument and the exceptional agility of its mechanism would provide a superb medium for the realisation Released: July 2009 of Bach’s musical vision.” Christopher Wrench Turbulent Heart A sumptuous recording of French romantic music at its most ecstatic led by the brilliant young French conductor Guillaume Tourniaire featuring tenor Steve Davislim and The Queensland Orchestra. Music of Vierne & Chausson The four “symphonic poems for voice and orchestra”—Psyché Op. 33 , Les Djinns Op. 35 , Eros Op. 37 and Ballade du désespéré Op. 61 —by Vierne are all world-premiere recordings. Renowned as organist of the Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris, the tragedies of Vierne’s personal life are shot through these Steve Davislim tenor extraordinary unpublished pieces. Accompanying Vierne’s Poems on this release is Chausson’s masterpiece of 19th-century French mélodie, Poème de l’amour et de la mer , recorded here for the first Guillaume Tourniaire time by a tenor, the voice for which it was originally written. conductor Steve Davislim is one of Australia’s leading tenors and enjoys a stellar international career in the leading The Queensland Orchestra opera houses and concert halls of the world. This recording is the fifth in a Melba series. Recorded: September 2008 Brilliant young French conductor Guillaume Tourniaire continues his exciting groundbreaking work throughout the world as a champion of world premières and rare music performances. Released: August 2009
Beloved of the Gods This recording presents some of today’s most dynamic players of chamber music, essaying masterpieces by two divinely inspired master composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn, both of Mozart and Mendelssohn whom died tragically young. Dean Emmerson Dean trio, clarinettist Paul Dean, brother violist Brett Dean and pianist Stephen Dean Emmerson Dean trio Emmerson, play Mozart’s Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K498 “Kegelstatt”, followed with Papamina Suite , an arrangement of music from Mozart’s The Magic Flute by Stephen Emmerson. Tinalley String Quartet The brilliant young Tinalley String Quartet plays the Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.13 , Recorded: June 2008 “Ist es wahr” which won them the Banff International Chamber Music Competition award in 2007. Released: September 2009
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Release Description
Volupté Intensely dramatic and personal chamber music for viola and piano by two remarkable and unjustly neglected composers, one French the other Belgian. Standing aside from, though influenced by Wagner and Franck on one hand and the impressionists on the other, and with no place among the shockingly Roger Benedict, viola new, these brilliantly gifted composers receive virtuosic performances from violist Roger Benedict and pianist Timothy Young. Timothy Young , piano Roger Benedict is the Principal Violist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and one of Australia’s most Recorded: February 2009 important musicians. Prior to joining the SSO Roger was the Principal Violist of London’s Philharmonia Released: April 2010 Orchestra, performing as guest principal with every major UK orchestra and appearing frequently as a soloist throughout Great Britain. Taking up his appointment with the SSO in 2002, Roger also pursues his passions of conducting and chamber music. Complementary to his orchestral position is his role of Artistic Director of the SSO’s fellowship program which affords him the opportunity to mentor the next generation of Australian string players. Roger’s associate artist on this recording is Timothy Young, one of Australia’s leading pianists, renowned for his vital chamber music and recital performances. As a Resident Artist at the Australian National Academy of Music Timothy’s CV of musical collaborations reads like a who’s who of music today. He is the ideal chamber music collaborator for this project balancing effortless virtuosity, musical creativity and a wonderfully developed intuition for ensemble.
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“This is a demonstration quality disc that will please audiophiles” (Classical Lost and Found) PREVIOUS RELEASES
Melba Recordings Releases (prior to 2002)
Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias (Massenet ) Richard Bonynge, Rosamund Illing
Massenet: His Life and Music (DVD, VHS) Richard Bonynge, Rosamund Illing, various artists/interviewees Seduction: Tenor Arias by Strauss Simone Young, Steve Davislim The Power of Love: British Opera Arias Richard Bonynge, Deborah Riedel
The Floral Dance & Other Peter Dawson Favourites David Lloyd-Jones, Gregory Yurisich Bach: The Leipzig Chorales John O’Donnell
Melba Foundation Releases to June 2010 Puccini ≡ Passion Richard Bonynge, Cheryl Barker
David Tong: Rakhmaninov, Chopin, Liszt David Tong La somnambule Richard Bonynge, Orchestra Victoria Grand Sydney Dance Company, Scott Davie The Ring: Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, State Opera Company of South Australia, Asher Fisch, Adelaide Symphony Götterdämmerung Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor Alexander Anissimov, Australian Youth Orchestra Believe in Love: Rare French & Italian Opera Arias Richard Bonynge, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Orchestra Victoria Back from Oblivion Nick Byrne, David Miller continued overleaf … continued overleaf …
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Melba Foundation Releases to June 2010 Gothic Toccata Calvin Bowman Through a Glass Darkly Roger Smalley, Australian String Quartet, Darryl Poulsen, Paul Wright Phoenix Story Pei-Jee Ng, Pei-Sian Ng, David Tong Hélène / Nuit Persane Guillaume Tourniaire, Orchestra Victoria, Rosamund Illing, Steve Davislim Tzigane Kristian Winther, Anthony Romaniuk, Michelle Wood Encore My Good Sir Lin Jiang, Ben Martin Cherry Ripe Deborah Riedel, Richard Bonynge, Arcadia Lane Orchestra Sublime Mozart Paul Dean, Grainger Quartet, The Queensland Orchestra Winterreise Steve Davislim, Anthony Romaniuk Rhapsodie Ben Jacks, Barry Tuckwell, The Queensland Orchestra Benjamin Britten Folksong Arrangements Steve Davislim, Simone Young The Galant Bassoon Matthew Wilkie, Kees Boersma, Neal Peres Da Costa J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas, BWV 525-530 Christopher Wrench Turbulent Heart: Music of Vierne & Chausson Steve Davislim, Guillaume Tourniaire, The Queensland Orchestra Beloved of the Gods: Mozart and Mendelssohn Dean Emmerson Dean, Tinalley String Quartet Volupté Roger Benedict, Timothy Young
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“.... a model that other recording companies should emulate” Fanfare
ACHIEVEMENTS As per the indicators specified in the Melba Recordings Business Plan:
CORE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2009-2010 OUTCOMES COMMENTS Artistic/Repertoire 2 CDs by young/emerging artists Ray Chen (violin), Timothy Young Ray Chen’s debut recording, with Timothy Young. (piano) Timothy Young also recorded Boyle.
Australian composer George Frederick Boyle Boyle is an important international discovery, significant repertoire with a strong Australian/American connection Positive media reviews Achieved Over 80% of the total 177 reviews this year were international, many of which noted excellence in sound quality.
Sales* Targets exceeded 123% of forecast sales numbers. *Melba Recordings collects all sales income and applies this directly to the related project’s costs. External review panel feedback Highly favourable Whilst all the sales details are reported to the Melba Foundation Board of Directors and the Australia Council, the details of sales income are commercial-in-confidence.
Technical Excellence Favourable media reviews Achieved Nearly 40% of media reviews noted excellence in sound quality
Favourable feedback from artists Achieved Artists have heartily endorsed Melba’s excellence.
All recording projects documented Achieved
Project budgets met Achieved
Sales & Marketing Market research project, Strategic Achieved Comprehensive market research project complete including review o marketing plan and business of digital downloading. New Melba website in development for process analysis completed by 15 release in early 2011. April 2010
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CORE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2009-2010 OUTCOMES COMMENTS Meet sales* forecast with Achieved *As per previous note, Melba Recordings collects all sales income distributors & current on-line sales and applies this directly to the related project’s costs. The details of sales income are commercial-in-confidence. Per recording: All targets exceeded The 4 new releases markedly exceeded these indicators. Turbulent 5 favourable reviews, Heart received coveted industry Editor’s Choice awards in three 3 international, international magazines for rare repertoire, excellence in production 3 technical/sound excellence and sound. Development Program $100,000 in development income Target exceeded, raised 7 events, 2 of which were major fundraisers. achieved $255,400 Development Program Achieved High quality events and improved functionality of Melba’s supporter documented. Philanthropic database were focuses this year . proposal template and Patrons program prospectus established Governance/Administration Full staffing achieved within Managed staffing within budget budget by filling gaps with consultants Undertake review and commence Achieved Staff roles and responsibilities have been restructured to streamline recruitment for gaps in skill areas. procedures and improve quality assurance. Recruitment has commenced. Identified risks mitigated with Achieved We are in the second of a three year fundraising drive to balance the particular focus on risks with reducing government funding. highly negative consequences – Federal Government funding, succession planning and staffing
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LIST OF SUPPORTERS Founding Benefactor Founding Honorary Patrons Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE Richard Bonynge AO CBE Commandeur de L’ordre National des Arts et des lettres Lady Potter AC Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Ambassadors Principal Benefactors Benefactor Patrons Patrons
Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO Dr Douglas G Mitchell Robert O Albert AO Christopher & Francesca Laurence G Cox AO Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE The Hon Richard Alston Beale Dr Terry Cutler Allan J Myers AO QC Betty Amsden OAM Ann Blainey Peter Griffin The Ian Potter Foundation The Besen Family Foundation Diana Burleigh Rodney Hall AM Jeanne Pratt AC Nola & Ernest Dawes OBE Christine & Terry Campbell Lord Harewood KBE The Robert Salzer Foundation James O Fairfax AO Richard & Isabella Green Dr Leslie Howard AM Peter Griffin Dr Leigh Hammond Dr Alastair Jackson Diamond Benefactor Barbara McNulty OBE Peter Hordern The Hon Dr Barry Jones AO Barry Novy Dr Alastair Jackson Malcolm Long Andrew Sisson OAK Foundation Jenny Lemmoné-hill Baz Luhrmann Pierce Armstrong Foundation Dr Bryan Mendelson Donald B McDonald AC Gold Benefactors Lady Potter AC Dr Paul Nisselle AM Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE Lady Fairfax AC OBE Ms Robin Potter Dr Timothy Pascoe AM Marilyn Richardson Helen Macpherson Smith Trust The Pratt Foundation & Eva Pascoe Dr Jeffrey Smart AO The Victor Smorgon Charitable Fund Kenneth R Reed Prof David Penington AC Nathan Waks Michael Scott-Mitchell Conrad Plange The Hon. E.G. Whitlam AC QC Artistic Benefactors Ambassador & Mrs Mel Sembler Phillip & Sue Schudmak James D Wolfensohn KBE AO Spotlight Charitable Foundation Lady Southey AC Rick Amor The Tallis Foundation Dr Miklos & Mrs Elena Toth Chris Deutscher Peter Weiss AM Lady Vestey Barry Humphries AO CBE The Hon. E.G. Whitlam AC QC Anonymous (4) Tom Lowenstein Anonymous (1) Rod Menzies Margaret Olley AC John Olsen AO OBE Garry Shead Tim Storrier AM
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“…as near perfection as one could ever expect to hear” (SA-CD.NET)
“Worth several times its weight in gold” (Music and Vision Daily)
“Yet another triumph for Melba Recordings; the performers’ excellence, peerless sound engineering and refined design-production lend this entire album inestimable added value” (Music and Vision Daily)
DIRECTORS
Dr Douglas G Mitchell (Chair) The Hon Richard Alston Mr Terry Lane Dr Christine Rothauser Prof Barry Tuckwell AC OBE Ms Maria Vandamme (CEO, Executive Member)
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