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CONTACT DETAILS

Narelle Nelson

Phone

02 6362 5070

Mary Turner

02 6360 4268

Postal Address

PO Box 1302
Orange NSW 2800

Email Address

administrator@musictrusts.org.au

MARGARET HENDERSON MUSIC TRUST

The purpose of this trust is “to assist by way of award of scholarship or in any other manner as the Trustee considers appropriate outstanding young musicians of Orange to pursue advanced studies in music and subjects associated therewith in the hope that they may be able to pursue careers as professional musicians and, in turn, to improve the culture and opportunities of the young people in Orange and surrounding region.”

It has since its foundation in May 1996, made awards totalling $165,000 to young musicians who have done their early music studies in Orange. 

  MARGARET HENDERSON MUSIC TRUST SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship was set up to assist advanced students to further their music studies.

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, students must have studied music for at least two years in Orange prior to their Final Nomination, and be younger than twenty-four years of age at the closure date (15 September in each year) of the Final Nomination.

Eligible applicants must then follow a three-stage process.

Stage 1: Submit a Preliminary Nomination form

•  return the completed form to the MHMT Administrator postmarked no later than 30 November of that year
  • this form will be available from the MHMT Administrator (see below)
  • this form will record the nominee’s musical studies and achievements for the year preceding that date as reported and signed by the teachers

Stage 2: Submit a Final Nomination form

• return the completed form to the MHMT Administrator postmarked on or before 15 September in the year of the audition
  • Final Nomination forms will be posted to the candidate’s address as indicated on the Preliminary Nomination in February each year  - if the candidate has changed address, s/he must notify the MHMT Administrator in writing
  • this form is a record of musical studies and achievements for the second  year, as reported and signed by the teachers

Stage 3: Attend an audition

• auditions of Final Nominees are held on a Saturday in October each year

Administrator

Margaret Henderson Music Trust

P.O. Box 1302 Orange NSW 2800

Phone: (02) 63625070

Email: administrator@musictrusts.org.au

Deferment of Final Nominations

Final Nominations may be deferred for one year if necessary or desired. Deferring nominees are eligible provided that they will still be less than 24 years old by the Final nomination date. If more than one year is required to defer, the candidate must re-enter at the Preliminary Nomination stage.

Recipients of minor awards are eligible to defer Final Nominations to the following year provided that they will still be less than 24 years old by the Final nomination date.

Major award recipients

Recipients of the major award are not eligible to enter again.

Overseas Candidates

Special conditions apply to overseas candidates. Contact the Administrator for the relevant forms.

About Margaret Henderson

Margaret Henderson (neé Doyle), possessed of a beautiful speaking voice, was the first woman announcer on the ABC. She married George Henderson, pastoralist and (in his will) substantial benefactor of Sydney Conservatorium of Music. They lived throughout the war at Urisino Station, 250 kilometres west of Bourke, NSW. After the war they made their home in the country near Blayney NSW, where they established an outstanding garden and enjoyed entertaining both city and country friends. From this base they were able to travel frequently and widely, indulging their mutual passion for music, particularly opera and 18th-19th century chamber music. When deteriorating health confined Margaret to a nursing home in Sydney she established a fund to provide small assistance grants to needy undergraduate students at Sydney Conservatorium; in appreciation the students used to present short concerts to the nursing home residents. Margaret and her fellow-residents so enjoyed these concerts that the Margaret Henderson Trust was established in her name to assist serious young musicians from the region in which she and George had spent their most creative years to pursue advanced music studies in the most inspiring conditions available.

APPLICATION FORMS

Scholarship Rules   (pdf 5.64Kb)

Instrument Teacher Nomination Form  (pdf 5.55Kb)

Musicianship Teacher Nomination Form (pdf 5.54.Kb)

Candidate Preliminary Nomination Form (pdf.19Kb)

Candidate Final Nomination Form   (pdf.17.3Kb)

2007 SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION RESULTS

Major award

Amy Stevens - Viola

Minor awards

Robin Auld - Jazz Piano

Andrew Guy - Voice

Miles Diment-Smith - Saxophone

Sarah Ismail - Flute

2008 SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION RESULTS

Major Award

Thomas Marr - Saxophone & Composition

Minor awards

Byron Westbury - Trumpet

Olivia Jablonski - Violin

Julian Leslie - French horn

Sarah Ismail - Flute

Sandra Ismail - Clarinet

2009 SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION RESULTS

Major Award

Olivia Jablonski - Violin

Minor Awards

Robin Auld - Jazz Piano

Miles Diment-Smith - Trombone

Alan Moxey - Double bass

Ella Luhtasaari - Accompanist