Honouring our Supporters
With heartfelt thanks, we acknowledge and celebrate our generous Festival supporters!
Our donors make the magic of AFCM possible, creating transformative chamber music experiences for artists, audiences, and students that will stay with them for a lifetime.
Your support enables us to showcase worldclass musicians from Australia and around the world, provides performance and career-building opportunities for emerging artists and composers, and brings the many benefits of live arts experiences to audiences, schools and communities in regional Queensland.
* Artist Angels are AFCM's dedicated artist supporters – contributing approximately half the cost of bringing a Festival artist to the stage. These donors lend their wings to our musicians so they can fly from around Australia and the world to delight our audiences. Genuine personal connections often develop between artists and their Angels, sometimes lasting a lifetime!
◊ Future Fund donations are held in reserve for future ‘grand vision’ projects and to ensure AFCM’s ability to weather future challenges.
The Future Fund founding donors who contributed $1,000 or more to establish this fund in 2013 are recognised in perpetuity here.
Donors supporting AFCM in 2025-26
Presto $10,000+
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Ian Potter Foundation
Vivace $5,000 - $9,999
- The J. Permsew Foundation
- Elizabeth Clark
Allegro: $2,500 - $4,999
- Anonymous
Andantino: $1,000 - $2,499
- Janet and Alan Bell
- Ralph and Ruth Renard
- Anonymous
Moderato: $250 - $999
- Graham Bate and Diane Hart
- Brian and Betty Hill
- Anonymous (x4)
Donations received from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025
Presto $10,000+
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Philip Bacon AO*
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Cole-lee Battaglene
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Michael Katz and Frédérique Katz-Hochuli
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Karin Keighley*
- Donald and Joan Wilson Foundation
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Ian Potter Foundation
Vivace $5,000 - $9,999
- Elizabeth Clark*
- Bruce Curl and Virginia May
- Meta Margaret Goodman* ◊
- Gudrun Genee*
- Steven and Janelle Lun for Townsville Urology*
- Russell Mitchell and Valmay Hill*
- Marjorie Nicholas OAM, Catherine McPherson and Gregory McPherson*
- The Hon Justice David North and Jane Seawright*
- The J. Permsew Foundation
- John and Diana Smythe*
- Derek Watt
Allegro: $2,500 - $4,999
- Annie Hawker*
- Chris and John Sandow*
- Ruth Stratton*
Andantino: $1,000 - $2,499
- Anonymous
- Janet and Alan Bell ◊
- Helen Brown*
- Mary Jo Capps AM and Lloyd Capps*
- Michael and Carmel Fellows
- Elizabeth Foster*
- Robert and Catherine Kench
- Dave Kershaw*
- Nathan and Josephine Kuperholz ◊
- Fairlie McColl*
- Lynne Saunder*
- Youth Music Foundation of Australia
Moderato: $250 - $999
- Anonymous
- Dr Philip Aitken and Dr Susan Urquhart
- Lin Bender AM
- Heather Boulot
- David and Helena Cassells
- Geoff Cope
- Peter Edward
- Peter Griggs ◊
- Diane Hart
- Brian and Betty Hill
- Betsy Jackes
- Anonymous
- Peter Kingsbury
- Lorna Mead ◊
- Felicity O'Brien
- Sue Packer
- Alison Peterson
- Mark Santini
- Ross Searle and Dr Cheryl Stock AM
- K Spiegel im Spiegel
- Matthew Toohey
- Robert Wickham
- Patricia Woolcock
FUTURE FUND DONORS 2024-25
- Janet and Alan Bell
- Nathan and Josephine Kuperholz
- Meta Margaret Goodman
- Peter Griggs
- Lorna Mead
Donations received from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
Presto $10,000+
- Philip Bacon AO*
- Cole-Lee Battaglene
- Michael Katz and Frédérique Katz
- Mrs W.G. Keighley*
- Donald and Joan Wilson Foundation
- Graeme Wood Foundation
- Anonymous*
Vivace $5,000 - $9,999
- Brian Abel and Mark Manton*
- Elizabeth Clark*
- Bruce Curl and Virginia May
- Meta Margaret Goodman*
- Michael and Carmel Fellows*
- Annie Hawker*
- Valmay Hill and Russell Mitchell*
- Dr Steven Lun and Mrs Janelle Lun for Townsville Urology*
- Marjorie Nicholas OAM, Catherine McPherson, Gregory McPherson*
- The Hon Justice David North and Jane Seawright*
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Anonymous*
Allegro: $2,500 - $4,999
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Drs Ailbhe and Frank Cunningham*
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Robert Dagworthy AM and Christine Dagworthy*
- Sieglind D'Arcy*
- Gudrun Genee*
- Peter Marks*
- Jan Robinson*
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Ruth Stratton*
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Townsville Grammar School
- Anonymous*
Andantino: $1,000 - $2,499
- Janet and Alan Bell
- Lin Bender AM
- Helen Brown*
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Mary Jo Capps AM* and Lloyd Capps
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Elizabeth Foster*
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Robert and Catharine Kench
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Dave Kershaw*
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Fairlie McColl*
- Dawn Pettifer
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Noel Renouf and Robyn Duff
- Lynne Saunder*
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John and Diana Smythe
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Ms K Spiegel im Spiegel
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Valerie Tam and Andrew Gray
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Anonymous (x3)
Moderato: $250 - $999
- Dr Philip Aitken and Dr Susan Urquhart
- Kaye and Doug Barton
- David and Helena Cassells
- Gina Fairfax AC
- Brian and Betty Hill
- Janie E Gibson
- Dr Betsy Jackes
- Peter Kingsbury
- Suzanne Packer
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Matthew Toohey
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Robert John Wickham
-
Anonymous
