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Annual Report 2017 Annual Report 2017 Australian Festival of Chamber Music Our mission is to: • Deliver an international chamber music festival and related experiences to Townsville. • Enrich the cultural life of North Queensland; and • Create compelling reasons for diverse audiences to visit from across Australia and around the world. We aim to enrich lives, educate and excite people about chamber music by presenting great artists in innovative and creative programming. We value: • Artistic Integrity • Engagement • Education • Professionalism • Openness • Accountability Our Strategic Objectives are to: • Create a unique festival experience Educate and enrich key stakeholders from artists and audiences to sponsors and supporters. • Grow and diversify our audiences Increase consumer awareness and Festival audience through effective marketing and communications and innovative music programs of a broad repertoire that appeal to a wide audience. • Secure long-term sustainability Maintain a sound business model and operating system that guarantees future financial stability and a successful artistic program. Australian Festival of Chamber Music – Annual Report 2017 Page 1 CHAIR's MESSAGE 2017 has been a significant year The re-development of The Ville has provided us with a in the life of the Australian new venue that will finally allow Concert Conversations Festival of Chamber Music. to grow beyond the confines of C2 at the Civic Centre – The Annual General Meeting a most welcome development. provides us all with an The Board has met regularly over the last 12 months. opportunity to take stock of With the new Constitution adopted at our last AGM, we our achievements, and review are now in the process of completing a suite of policies the challenges that lie ahead. which will underlie the Constitution, ensuring that we are In financial terms, as the audited accounts confirm, 2017 compliant with all relevant legislation, and that our was a most satisfactory year. CEO Justin Ankus has operating framework is fit for purpose. I am particularly proved to be an astute financial manager of our modest grateful to Directors Jane Seawright and Marjorie resources, and it is gratifying to be able to report strong Nicholls AM for their hard work and legal expertise in growth in almost all our vital indicators – the significant bringing this to fruition. exception being our continuing inability to attract The Development Committee has also been working support from the Australia Council for the Arts. hard, and we anticipate being able to announce the Ticket sales have continued to perform well, and appointment of a Philanthropy Manager in the not too membership numbers have grown steadily. distant future. This will be an important development for the Festival. While State and Local Government 2017 was significant also as a year of transition from our continue to give us strong support, the protracted period second Artistic Director, Piers Lane AO, to our third, in which we have had no Federal Government funding Kathryn Stott – a time of mixed emotions for many of means that we must now be actively looking elsewhere us, but it is gratifying to be able to report that Kathy has for additional revenue to ensure the continuing artistic hit the ground running. Her 2018 program was growth of the Festival. completed prior to the start of the 2017 Festival, and her 2019 program is already well developed. The 2018 My warm thanks to all my fellow Directors for their hard program contains a number of exciting innovations that work and support over the last 12 months. Thanks also augur well for the continuing artistic growth of your to our hard-working staff, in particular, our Executive Festival. Director, Justin Ankus whose exemplary leadership, and commitment to Townsville, have been deeply impressive. Your board continues to hold discussions with interested parties regarding the provision of a purpose-built And finally, thank you to all of you – our members. Your Concert Hall to provide a permanent home for the continuing support is vital to our future and we are Festival. We wait with interest the Feasibility Report grateful for your commitment and involvement. being prepared by AECOM regarding the suitability of Sandra Yates, AO the Central Park site as a Cultural Centre. This report, Chair commissioned by the Townsville City Council, is due on June 30th. Australian Festival of Chamber Music – Annual Report 2017 Page 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MESSAGE This year, 2017, marked Firstly, I should note that in line with Australian another significant milestone in Accounting Standards, this figure includes donations to the the 27-year history of the Future Fund of $24,800 and interest accrued to the AFCM, being the final year of Future Fund deposit of $6,259 as at 30 Dec 2017. Artistic Director Piers Lane Unexpectedly, at the end of the year, we were also AO. Piers programming once advised that we had met our KPI’s in respect of our again presented us with a Tourism and Events Queensland grant which resulted in delightful banquet of the us earning the full amount of our performance payment. familiar and the new, both in This year we were also heartened by increases in our terms of repertoire and the many artists that joined us. In earned revenue. Ticket sales increased by 9%, the line-up of artists was our incoming Artistic Director memberships by 15% cash sponsorships by 20%, and Kathryn Stott. It was truly a wonderful moment at the donations (excluding Future Fund) by 28%. These conclusion of the final concert to witness Piers hand over increases all assisted in helping us to meet continually the baton, both figuratively, and literally to Kathy. increasing costs. Despite several further attempts to secure funding from the Commonwealth all were This year saw three new events on the program. Firstly, unsuccessful. As Government funding remains flat and an the Currajong House Garden Party. Held in the grounds expectation of softening in future years, the continued of the Townsville Heritage Centre, guests enjoyed generosity of our sponsors, donors, members and patrons afternoon tea and traditional lawn games before settling will help to ensure the festival continues to grow and down for a wonderful performance of the Beethoven prosper. Septet. At the end of the festival, we introduced our AFCM After Party on the deck of Peppers Blue on Blue The team and I have had the pleasure of working with Magnetic Island. There we were treated to the debut Kathryn Stott since the conclusion of the 2017 festival. By performance of the now disbanded quintet, the Magnetic the time this report is published, you will have already Quintet. In another packed program the Townsville City seen what exciting things Kathryn has in store for us all. Council – AFCM, Queens Gardens Concert was I would like to take this opportunity to thank our presented for the third year in a row. The trip to Government partners, Arts Queensland, Tourism and Orpheus Island again proved to be a restful and inspiring Events Queensland and the Townsville City Council. Our pause in the festival. This year also saw our inaugural many sponsors whom you will find listed at the back of AFCM busking competition for Townsville’s young this report and our many donors. Also, the AFCM team, musicians. This too was well received, and we look Sheridan, Rebecca and Jacqui for their continued efforts forward holding it again in 2018. to bring the Artistic Director's vision to life. I thank the This year was another very successful year for the board, led by our Chair, Sandra Yates AO for their Winterschool Program. The relocation of masterclasses continued guidance, advice and support. Moreover, finally, and performances to St James Cathedral proved popular thank-you to you, our valued AFCM members. I look with audiences filling these events. forward to seeing you all again at AFCM 2018. Financially, 2017 finished better than anticipated. Not only Justin P. Ankus did we again achieve record attendance 17,655 (up 7% Executive Director from 16,509 in 2016), but we have also recorded a modest surplus of $73,088 (deficit of $17,545 in 2016). Australian Festival of Chamber Music – Annual Report 2017 Page 3 2017 PROGRAM Day 1: Friday 28/07 Day 2: Saturday 29/07 7:30pm 10:15am The James Cook University Opening Night Concert - Concert Conversations with Piers Lane 1 Beginnings C2, Townsville Civic Theatre Townsville Civic Theatre Piers chats with Cheryl Barker, Peter Coleman-Wright, Prudence Davis, Alice Giles and Henk Neven and Dene ANON (14th century Italian) Olding. Saltarello ANON (12th century English) Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Edi be thu, heven queene Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op.124 ANON/ Poul HØXBRO Dene Olding (violin) The Cursed Dance Alice Giles (harp) Genevieve Lacey (recorder) Lloyd VICK (1915-2014) Poul Høxbro (frame drum, double pipes and pipe & bones) Concertante (Australian premiere) Goldner String Quartet Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Alice Giles (harp) Piano Quartet No.2 in E flat major, K493 Prudence Davis (flute) Allegro Philip Arkinstall (clarinet) Larghetto Rondo: allegretto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni, K527 Orli Shaham (piano) Act II: Ah taci, ingiusto core Jack Liebeck (violin) Christopher Moore (viola) Cheryl Barker (soprano) Francis Gouton (cello) Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) Henk Neven (baritone) Matthew HINDSON (born 1968) Piers Lane (piano) String Quartet No.5 (world premiere) In one movement Noël COWARD (1899-1973) Medley devised by Brian Castles-Onion Goldner String Quartet
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