Musica Viva Soars in 2015

On Saturday 30th May at 2.30pm, Musica Viva will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney and will make the public announcement of its 2014 results which show great success both financially and artistically.

Speaking in the lead up to the AGM, Musica Viva’s Chairman, Michael Katz, says:

“It will give us great pleasure to present the best financial result recorded in Musica Viva’s history. This result is a direct consequence of the organisation’s commitment to artistic excellence and to the relationships that underpin everything we do.”

For the year 2014, Musica Viva is pleased to report an operating surplus of $592,744, an improvement on the previous year’s (2013) surplus of $218,966.

Musica Viva’s total income for 2014 was $10.7 million. Of that revenue, 55% was earned through sales of concert tickets or education programs, 23% from government subsidies, and 22% was derived from generous donors and corporations in the private sector. This surplus will flow through into the company’s reserves and will serve to fund further artistic and digital developments coming in the near future.

“In 2014 there were some superb artistic achievements across the company. Seven new works were commissioned and performed, two being major new chamber works by Ross Edwards and Carl Vine. Richard Gill OAM was appointed as Artistic Advisor to the very successful Musica Viva In Schools program, further strengthening our capacity to inspire the next generation through music.” – (Michael Katz)

In the International Concert Season, Musica Viva presented the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge who performed to sellout audiences around the country. The ever-popular Borodin Quartet returned to tour for Musica Viva, and there were a number of artists in the season whom Musica Viva audiences had never seen before, but who summoned extraordinary levels of support, including powerhouse Brisbane-raised violinist Ray Chen.

Musica Viva’s artistic and operational management of the Huntington Estate Music Festival reached a new milestone in 2014, meeting demand from capacity audiences for the reinstatement of the Festival Prelude Weekend.

2014 was also a stand-out year for Musica Viva In Schools. In June, Musica Viva’s state-of-the-art Interactive Whiteboard resources were selected by The Guardian newspaper in the UK as one of the ten R&D projects changing arts and culture globally – the only Australians selected, and the only project in music education.

“This international acknowledgement was fantastic recognition of Musica Viva’s enormous contribution to music education and our extensive work in the digital space, thanks to Rio Tinto’s outstanding support” says Mr Katz.

Finally, 2014 saw Musica Viva In Schools introduce a range of accredited Teacher Forums in each state to provide further support to teachers. As the world’s largest presenter of chamber music and Australia’s leading independent provider of music education, Musica Viva continues to expand its activities to reach even more people with quality music.

Statistics for 2014

– 1,983 concerts and activities were held attracting 350,561 people

– 4,491 teachers were given training to help them teach music in the classroom

– 250,061 school students were reached through 1,417 Musica Viva In Schools concerts

-66 regional concerts and workshops were presented through the CountryWide program

To access Musica Viva’s 2014 Annual Report, click here.