Elizabeth Sheppard

Karollini is Australia's first set of Indigenous Australian carols, composed by Noongar musician Elizabeth Sheppard. Seven of these ten songs have never been publicly performed. In December 2022 Elizabeth paid for her SATB / Piano edition of Karollini to be professionally recorded by audio engineer Joseph Goddard and co-produced by Antony Pitts and Tonus Australis, under her artistic and cultural direction, at 2 MBS Fine Music Founders Studio. We need  $10,000 to perform Karollini at a suitable Sydney venue, with necessary cultural services. An Aboriginal Elder will attend the Karollini Concert and provide a Welcome to Country. Since no Australia Arts Council grant has been awarded for this event, funds are needed to pay for the choir, the accompanist, the Aboriginal Elder who gives the Welcome to Country, the program printing, and the venue hire.

The SATB and Piano edition of Karollini, composer Elizabeth Sheppard's set of ten Australian carols, was recorded by Tonus Australis at the 2 MBS Fine Music Founders Studio in December 2022. Elizabeth paid for this recording, and she owns exclusive copyright in all the Karollini songs and recordings. In 2023 Elizabeth applied for an Australia Arts Council grant to have Karollini performed live by Tonus Australis, but due to an overwhelming number of applicants, her application was unsuccessful. Karollini is Australia's first set of fully notated, published and recorded Indigenous Australian carols. Fees for a professional choir and musicians, and venue hire, amounting to $10,000, are needed for the Karollini CD launch in Sydney, in October - November 2023, and associated costs. Donations of $25 - $50 to this campaign will be rewarded, at or immediately after the Karollini Concert in Sydney during October - November 2023 (date TBA), with a copy of the Karollini CD and Songbook and 1 Karollini Concert Ticket.