Your support is helping young indigenous students find their
voice The goal of bridging the education gap afflicting young
indigenous students is an ambition shared by many Australians.
With your support Musica Viva is helping to address this problem
by providing schools with the tools to engage their indigenous
students through the medium of music. A recent example of this
was our 2011 collaboration with the Mildura Arts Centre to bring
renowned Aboriginal opera singer, composer and educator, Deborah
Cheetham, to Mildura. Deborah Cheetham is an exceptional
Australian soprano, actor and teacher who builds bridges between
black and white Australia with compassion and grace. In 2008,
she created the Spring Intensive Opera program to discover and
develop Indigenous talent from around Australia. This culminated
in the world’s first Aboriginal opera, Pecan Summer, which was
written, directed and produced by Deborah. Together with members
of her Short Black Opera Company, Deborah Cheetham presented a
3-day residenc