• To attract visitors to the region by partnering with the local business • To inspire and educate young musicians of the Mornington Peninsula Our festival attracts an audience of all age groups and increasingly through local support we are able to offer free and community engagement events across the festival. As a professional festival, we pride ourselves in attracting the highest quality musicians in the fields, and are increasing opportunities across genres including classical, baroque, world music, jazz, folk and electronic music. In 2021 and beyond, PSMF is committed to building sustainable models of delivery of professional music and further develop the audience base for live classical, chamber and high quality music. Over the past 13 years, PSMF has established itself as an icon on the classical music calendar in Australia and we are seeking further Council support to ensure the ongoing high-quality performances professional musicians for local audiences. Each year we run at break even and do not have a sustainable and solid base to build on. The 2020 festival came extremely close to being cancelled due to lack of financial reserves, and only through the generosity of private donations was it able to continue. We respectfully request $28,013.00 (See attached budget table breakdown) to support our significant contribution to the Mornington Peninsula events and musical community. Do you currently have money (partial or otherwise) to fund this project? We are partially funded through targeted ticket sales and private donations and some accumulated contingency funds Do you plan to seek additional funding sources, i.e. grants, donations, etc. Small grants from Balnarring Community Bank to fund specific things occurring in Balnarring and their catchment areas. Are there other community members, organisations, businesses, etc. that you are, or might, work with to help deliver this project? We will work with many local businesses and have partnered with local businesses for a number of years.Our venue partners include: Montalto Winery, Moorrooduc Estate, Hurley Vineyard, Port Phillip Estate, Main Ridge Estate, Beleura House, Everywhen Artspace, Elgee Park and Peninsula Hot Springs. A number of local community volunteers also assist with the delivery of this project from year to year. Are there key stages, timelines of dates for this project? This project is an annual event held in January each year, and as such we are asking to be considered for a series of three years as we aim to get ourselves to a sustainable future. After three years we will aim to have a stronger financial base that can rely more on internal revenue raising and corporate sponsorship dollars. Has funding previously been sought for this project? No Will this project require ongoing maintenance or continued financial support from the Shire? (if known) Yes Do you want to be heard at the Forward Planning Meeting? Yes Additional submission details Nothing connects people more than music. PSMF sees and actively promotes the connectivity that music can offer. We are focussed on ensuring that our festival remains actively engaging all of our community, by offering children’s programs and free community programs. We celebrate a diverse offering of musical genres, including from many diverse cultures alongside a much loved chamber repertoire. Submission No. 104 Submission attachment/s PSMF_Brochure2020_SCREEN.pdf 2020-PMS-Budget-submission_-Peninsula-Summer-Music-Festival.pdf All or any part of this submission will be made public and I have read the confidentiality statements I understand Project Category Community Submission Supported Not Yet Supported Submission No. 104 1-10 JANUARY 2020 Intimate performances World-class music Truly unique spaces Submission No. 104 We would like to thank our sponsors, venues & supporters. FESTIVAL PARTNERS Hans & Petra Henkell FESTIVAL VENUE PARTNERS Submission No. 104 2 Welcome to the 2020 Peninsula Summer Music Festival. This year we will be treated to intimate candlelight concerts, unique performances in our treasured wineries, and more music around the Peninsula. There is a strong focus on the talents of local and interstate artists this year who will be sharing a wide range of music, from Japanese shakuhachi and harp to saxophone to recorder and koto and much more! Experience yoga classes with one of Australia’s leading violinists performing during the session, there’s our family day ‘Haydn Seek’ where kids of all ages will search for our musicians in Balnarring. Hear multi talented First Nations artist, Eric Avery perform music and dance surrounded by Indigenous artworks. It’s been such a pleasure putting this festival program together, and I look forward to seeing you in the glorious Mornington Peninsula this coming January. Ben Opie Artistic Director Submission No. 104 3 DATE CONCERT VENUE PAGE 1 JAN 3pm Hair of the Dog: Stiletto Sisters Briars Barn 2 JAN 2pm Rathdowne String Quartet Peninsula Hot Springs 6pm Scorned Women Hurley Vineyard 3 JAN 4pm Appassionata Moorooduc Estate 6.30pm Appassionata Moorooduc Estate 4 JAN 10am Recital Series | Great Romantics Winner St John’s Church 1pm Recital Series | Strauss, Wagner & Schubert St John’s Church 4pm Recital Series | Water has No Equal St John’s Church 7pm Recital Series | Hear the music she makes St John’s Church 5 JAN 12pm Haydn Seek + Big Summer Sing In Balnarring Civic Reserve 2pm Violin & Yoga Peninsula Hot Springs 6pm Spring Sea - Music for Dreams Elgee Park 6 JAN 2pm Unseen Mirror Peninsula Hot Springs 7pm Twilight Jazz | Alinta & the Jazz Emperors Montalto Estate 7 JAN 4pm The Planets Main Ridge Estate 7pm The Planets Main Ridge Estate 8 JAN 6pm Dinner & Performance | Affinity Quartet Port Phillip Estate 9 JAN 6pm Eric Avery Everywhen Artspace 10 JAN 7pm Opera at the Springs | Adrian Tamburini Peninsula Hot Springs Submission No. 104 4 DATE CONCERT VENUE PAGE 1 JAN 3pm Hair of the Dog: Stiletto Sisters Briars Barn 2 JAN 2pm Rathdowne String Quartet Peninsula Hot Springs 6pm Scorned Women Hurley Vineyard 3 JAN 4pm Appassionata Moorooduc Estate 6.30pm Appassionata Moorooduc Estate 4 JAN 10am Recital Series | Great Romantics Winner St John’s Church 1pm Recital Series | Strauss, Wagner & Schubert St John’s Church 4pm Recital Series | Water has No Equal St John’s Church 7pm Recital Series | Hear the music she makes St John’s Church 5 JAN 12pm Haydn Seek + Big Summer Sing In Balnarring Civic Reserve 2pm Violin & Yoga Peninsula Hot Springs 6pm Spring Sea - Music for Dreams Elgee Park 6 JAN 2pm Unseen Mirror Peninsula Hot Springs 7pm Twilight Jazz | Alinta & the Jazz Emperors Montalto Estate 7 JAN 4pm The Planets Main Ridge Estate 7pm The Planets Main Ridge Estate 8 JAN 6pm Dinner & Performance | Affinity Quartet Port Phillip Estate 9 JAN 6pm Eric Avery Everywhen Artspace 10 JAN 7pm Opera at the Springs | Adrian Tamburini Peninsula Hot Springs Submission No. 104 5 HAIR OF THE DOG The Stiletto Sisters 1 JANUARY Our festival kicks off with the perfect new year gypsy cheekiness in the rustic Briars Barn. The Stiletto Sisters have been wooing audiences for many years with their seductive blend of Hungarian gypsy, tango and love songs from around the world. Led with breathtaking virtuosity by Hungarian trained violinist Hope Csutoros (My Friend the Chocolate Cake) the trio features the dynamic piano accordion playing of Judy Gunson (formerly Cosmo Cosmolino) and the wonderful talents of Jo To on double bass. The Stiletto Sisters perform with extraordinary emotional range from extreme delicacy to blazing intensity and more than a touch of humour. The velvety seduction of their 3-part harmonies on Latin, Yiddish and Hungarian love songs has caused many to faint with delight! Artists Hope Csutoro violin Judy Gunson piano accordion / vocals Jo To double bass Date Wednesday 1 January at 3pm 1hr 40mins inc interval Venue Briars Barn 450 Nepean Hwy, Mount Martha Tickets $60 (+booking fee) Submission No. 104 Estate wines will be available to purchase. 6 PENINSULA HOT SPRINGS The Rathdowne String Quartet 2 JANUARY The Rathdowne String Quartet is made up of Australia’s finest young musicians, equally at home in the concert hall and intimate venues. Performing a diverse and exciting repertoire, they will present gorgeous chamber music at Peninsula Hot Springs’ unique amphitheatre stage before exploring the surrounds of the Hot Springs to perform roving, intimate performances for bathers. Artists Harry Ward violin Kyla Matsuura-Miller violin Molly Collier-O’Boyle viola James Morley cello Date Thursday 2 January at 2pm 1hr 40mins inc interval Venue Peninsula Hot Springs 140 Springs Lane, Fingal Tickets FREE with Bathhouse bathing (bathing tickets at peninsulahotsprings.com) Submission No. 104 7 Scorned Women 2 JANUARY Drama, rhetoric, desire and tragedy: the Italians of the early baroque had it all. Join our scorned women on their journey through instrumental and vocal virtuosity, intensity of discord and clarity of text - the joys and sorrows created by Italy’s leading musicians. To celebrate Barbara Strozzi’s 400th anniversary, applaud music written not only for women but also by women, just as impassioned today as when first created. Based in the United Kingdom, Louisa Hunter-Bradley joins Melbourne based early music specialists Lizzy Welsh and David Macfarlane for this extraordinary collaboration. Artists Louisa Hunter-Bradley recorder / soprano Lizzy Welsh violin David Macfarlane harpsichord Date Thursday 2 January at 6pm 60mins no interval Venue Hurley Vineyard 101 Balnarring Rd, Balnarring Tickets $65 / $55 concession (+booking fee) Submission No. 104 Estate wines will be available to purchase. 8 Appassionata 3 JANUARY Peter de Jager, one of Australia’s most unique and versatile musicians, breathes new life into two foundational works of keyboard music, Beethoven’s intensely stormy “Appassionata” Sonata, which opened new realms of instrumental sonority, and Bach’s Partita in E Minor, an outpouring of deep inner torment. These works have long held a fascination for Peter, and he draws upon many years of meditations upon them to craft a truly captivating experience.