Our Donors
SYO gratefully acknowledges the following donors who support SYO. Your contributions have enabled talented young musicians to take leadership roles within their ensembles whilst removing financial barriers for families across Sydney and regional NSW. Through your investment, our musicians are accessing pathways to professional careers, bringing orchestral music to new audiences in diverse venues, and demonstrating that artistic excellence thrives when it’s truly accessible to all. Your support is helping shape the next generation of Australia’s orchestral music leaders.
Honorary members
Donors
$100,000+
Howarth Foundation
$50,000+
Patricia H Reid Endowment Fund
Macquarie Group Foundation
Dr Zeny Edwards, Excellence Patron
$10,000+
Steve Bell
Susie Dickson
Kate & Daryl Dixon
John & Irene Garran
Ian & Pam McGaw
James N. Kirby Foundation
$2,000+
Anonymous
Francis Beens & Samantha Boston
Christine Bishop
Richard Cobden SC
Alex & Clara Dharma
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
The Greatorex Fund
The Griffin Foundation
Des & Peter Hunter
Alan Hauserman & Janet Nash
Ian Kelly & Michael Thompson OAM
Murray Keir
Amir Lazar
Jon North
Malcolm Williams
Andrew Wiseman
Bart Vasic
Ravenmill Foundation
$1,000+
Julie Durrant
Anthony Gregg & Deanne Whittleston
Mira Joksovic
Reg & Jacqui Johnston
David Legal
Jeffrey & Anna Mellefont
Reingard Porges
Helen Trinca
$500+
Antoinette Albert
John & Jill Allen
Andrew Botros
Matthew Campbell
Joseph Chou
Ben Franklin
Efim Elski
Dr. Fiona Gallagher
Wallis Graham
Sabrina Jajoo
Lah-Lah Productions
Amelia Lin
ChinHer Lin
Kerrie Ma
Nancy Milne
Alex Oh
Albert Poon
Victoria Rands
David Robinson
Felicite Ross
ChanJuan Zheng
$200+
Kingsley Aves
Sally Aves
Alina Belshaw
Linda Brady
Bob Cadry
Theresa Calovini
Elena Chan
Cathy Cheung
Nalen Chrun
Christine Cigana
Lounarda David
Kate Eccles
Suellen Enestrom
Seoul Farm
Maohui Fu
Jane Furlong
John Hanna
Virginia Ho
Michelle Hoo
Jayne Hughes
Hye Ran Jo
Alisa Kane
Amelia Kane
Oliver Kim
Narelle Lewis
Kelvin Lim
Norman Long
Cecilia Lu
Petah Martin
Newlonds Family
Jihyun Kim
The Family of Ollie McCormick
Susan & Kevin Munro
Lisa Mimmocchi
Hoa Nguyen
Tomoko & Benjamin Nordling
Fiona O’Sullivan
Claudette Palomares
Jenny Pang
Elaine Pfeil
Wendy Pritchard & Brent Wilson
Kate Procter
Fo Shi
Anthony G Smith
Riikka Sintonen
Jane Thomas
Chris Tingay
Justin Tyler
Elizabeth Whittle
Elizabeth Zaki
Lilly Zhang
Lounarda, Edmond, Louren, Michael
Updated November 2025
