Supporting young and upcoming musicians of Greater Geelong
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW OPEN! ​​​​
At the Musical Society of Geelong Inc. our focus is on young musicians of Greater Geelong, where we provide, Scholarships, Performance opportunities and Master Classes.
Are You a young performer?
Participation in performance has many benefits that cannot be obtained any other way, these include:
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Building self confidence
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Strengthening your concentration
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Learning how to react and connect to an audience
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Controlling performance anxiety
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Honing your technical skills
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Receiving expert feedback
We do understand performing can be daunting for many, and here at the Musical Society of Geelong Inc. many of our members have gone through this experience and all the members are here to support you.
Would you like to be a member?
The role of a member is to help fund the activities provided by the Musical Society of Geelong Inc. through a small subscription fee, help in any way in running events etc. if you can ( there is no obligation). Come to our events and enjoy the musical talent of our up and coming musicians.
We warmly welcome and thank all volunteers and donations to the Society and the Scholarships. If you wish to become a member, either active or passive, visit the membership or contact page and support us further.
A belated but warm welcome from The Musical Society of Geelong Inc. We wish you a healthy, happy and musically stimulating year. This year we are celebrating our 60th year as an organisation devoted to helping young music students of Geelong. Our Annual Scholarships for 2024 were very successful with 5 fine young musicians taking home $1,500 each.
This year on FRIDAY 23rd May we will be holding a 60th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner at Truffleduck to raise vital scholarship funds. We will also hold our Annual Scholarships in August: Auditions 9th August and Finals August 17th so a big year for us. PLEASE KEEP THE DINNER DATE FREE AND MAKE A TABLE or JUST COME ALONG AND SIT WITH LIKE-MINDED NEW FRIENDS. If you have any contacts for auction items for our Fundraising dinner please contact me.
We ask that you please renew your membership/join us. The membership rate for the 2025 calendar year is $20. This entitles you to newsletters and free entrance to the Scholarship Finals.
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