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Australian Festival of Chamber Music · Cairns-Gimuy · July 2026
Help build the AFCM Pathways Road
Your donation supports the next generation of Australian chamber musicians — funding masterclasses, travel to Cairns, and live music in regional Northern Queensland schools.
Donate nowThe Pathways Road is being built
Every brick is a donor. A new surprise video is released for every $5,000 raised!
15
Standard Bricks
1
Golden Bricks
300
Standard Bricks Goal
115 of 300 standard bricks (each golden brick = 10 standard bricks)
38.3%
Total raised: $2,500
Launch — Video: Adele Ohki, professional violinist and music educator, 1995 participant in the AFCM Winterschool (now known as the AFCM Pathways Program)
$5,000 raised — Lucy Macourt, violinist and 2025 AFCM Pathways Program participant with the Vanya String Quartet, shares how the program gave her the confidence to found the Australis Collective — a platform supporting emerging musicians and composers in Adelaide — and to launch her own education concert series for school children.
$10,000 raised — Lloyd Van't Hoff, leading Australian clarinetist, Head of Woodwind and Chamber Music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, and winner of the 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, shares what the AFCM Pathways Program means to him and to the next generation of Australian chamber musicians.
$15,000 raised and each $5,000 milestone thereafter — More surprise videos!
Lay your brick
Help build the AFCM Pathways Road, brick by brick! Each standard brick is a $100 donation, and each golden brick is a $1,000 donation. We're aiming to construct a 300-brick road!
All donations are tax-deductible. Your name will be inscribed on your brick on our website and AFCM social media pages, unless you elect for your donation to be anonymous.
$100
Standard brick
Name inscribed on road
Name inscribed on road
$1,000
Golden brick
Name inscribed on road
Premium recognition
Name inscribed on road
Premium recognition
Donate now — lay your brick
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What your donation could help achieve — some examples!
$100
One Brick — Helps fund sheet music and rehearsal costs for one of our 22 AFCM Pathways Program musicians
$500
Five Bricks — Helps fund an AFCM Pathways Program masterclass session with a world-class international artist
$1,000
One Golden Brick — Supports travel costs to Cairns for one of our 22 AFCM Pathways Program musicians
$2,000
Two Golden Bricks — Become an AFCM Artist Angel for one of the 5 musicians from the 2026 Fellowship Ensemble, the Orpheus Quintet — Kara Thorpe (flute), Gahyun Lee (oboe), Justin Wang (clarinet), Dylan Roberts (bassoon) and Jude Austen-Kaupe (French horn)
$8,000
Eight Golden Bricks — Become an AFCM Artist Angel for AFCM Pathways Program emerging composer, Sam Wu
