In four years more than $30,000 has been provided to young people in the New England region involved in the arts.
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It's all thanks to two Armidale groups, who have announced they are running it again this year.
ADFAS Armidale and the Rotary Club of Armidale Central have been running the funding program for young people in the arts, which are for individuals and organisations with members up to 26 years of age to support their involvement.
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The partnership has provided funding of $32,000 in the last four years to support grants and scholarships across a wide range of the arts for young people in the New England region.
More than 700 students and staff come together for a weekend in October in Armidale as a mass choir, accompanied by young musicians and dancers. It is a truly inclusive event with two public performances at the University of New England. The program was suspended in 2020 and the grant remains available for 2021.
At Walcha Central School musical instruments which have been unused for many years have been serviced and a new instrument has been purchased. The school has started a band and adults from the local community are now setting up a Community Band.
Kanaya Moran, through BackTrack, applied for a grant to help with the creation of a mural in the Armidale CBD called "Coming Home".
Each year grants also support Tertiary Music Scholarships. In 2020 these were awarded to Disa Smart and Elinor Warwick.
Disa is now enrolled in a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at Melbourne University and Elinor is enrolled in a Bachelor of Music (Classical Performance) at the University of Adelaide.
- Applications are now open for this year's grants. For enquiries, guidelines and application forms please email youngartsnewengland@gmail.com or phone Graeme Fordham on 0402 598 107.