2015 Award Recipients

In April 2015 Music Futures provided financial assistance to twenty four musicians. These grants will help them with the costs of the following projects:

• Jackson Bagg (revamping old guitar)
• Andre Brown (course & travel costs – Rotorua Champs)
• Leonardo Coghini (tuition costs with Richard Mapp)
• Jorge Acosta Garcia (cello tuition)
• Rhiannon Gwyther (costs of theory exams)
• Josh Ingle (general music costs)
• Sinead Keane (music lessons)
• Samantha Laga (music lessons)
• Callum Mallett (travel to band champs – Sydney)
• Waiora Paul Utiera (masterclasses with David Lisk)
• Toby Pringle (travel costs to Australia & within NZ)
• Lavinnia Rae (cello set-up)
• Jesse Redstall (purchase of new guitar)
• Saqusto Sakalia (music lessons)
• Luke Spence (travel to band champs – Australia)
• Nimue Strivens (music tuition)
• Clare Sullivan (music exam and lessons)
• Timalicia Taefu (music lessons and exams)
• Ruta Tema-Telea (music lessons)
• Dale Hounsome Vail (servicing of trombone)
• Finn van Leuven (lessons & instrument hire in Germany)
• Bethany Vena (purchase of second hand violin and lessons)
• Jessica Weston (singing lessons)
• Krystal Wright (singing lessons)
  

What the recipients are saying:

From Clare Sullivan (vocal student)
“I received my Certificate for my Grade VIII Trinity College exam the other day and realised that although I thanked you by email, I had never written formally to thank you for your scholarship towards my singing tuition last year. ….. Without this scholarship, funding my voice lessons and exam would have proved very difficult.”
“I will be studying Health Science at Otago University this year and although I am not studying singing, I will continue to sing at any opportunity.”