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Hume Conservatorium
2019 AWARDS:
- Winner Excellence in Business (over 20 employees)
- Finalist Employer of Choice
Hume Conservatorium's win at the recent Goulburn Business Awards was music to the team's ears.
After previously coming in as finalists for Excellence in Business, the organisation took out the top spot for 2019.
It was also a finalist for Employer of Choice this year and has previously been a finalist for Excellence in Customer Service.
CEO and artistic director Paul Scott-Williams said the win meant a lot to the organisation.
"We always strive to be inventive, forward-looking and inclusive and this award indicates that we must be doing something right," he said.
"Many people see music education and musical involvement as a 'luxury' item in their life, but we see music as being for everyone.
"So we strive to find ways to offer everyone opportunities to incorporate music into their lives and to make music meaningful for them."
The team expressed its gratitude to the NSW Department of Education which provides the conservatorium with partial but essential funding to deliver music education into regional schools.
"We are very grateful to our volunteer board who oversee our operations with diligence and passion and we are so grateful to our regional community who are interested in what we do, who speak about us in a positive way and are sometimes brave enough to try something they may never have thought of doing," Mr Scott-Williams said.
The Hume Conservatorium has been operating for 34 years and up until this year was known as the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium.
The name was changed due to a massive increase in size and range of service delivery.
While the main campus is based in Goulburn, the organisation's region encompasses most of the NSW Southern Highlands and Tablelands, so the name change reflects its growing student base.
It exists in order to deliver community arts education - offering music and creative opportunities for all from cradle to grave.
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The conservatorium employs about 30 staff, including the executive team and teachers.
"Our teachers get out and about across our wide region, consistently delivering quality, sustainable and professional music education and enrichment services," Mr Scott-Williams said.
"This includes everything from early childhood music education, to HSC support, to community music groups and rock bands and orchestras."
The organisation operates on the principles of integrity, creativity and inclusivity.
"Music is for everyone - we firmly believe that everyone can enrich their lives through the inclusion of music and we are here to help with that," Mr Scott-Williams said.
"Many studies have now proven beyond a doubt that people are happier with music, that children do better with music and that communities are healthier with music. That's why we do what we do."
As for the future, the organisation will strive to continue to respond to regional needs and deliver top quality music services to the region.
There are also some exciting plans in the mix.
"We are very much looking forward to launching a new regional Chamber Music Festival in 2020," Mr Scott-Williams said.