Flinders Quartet - organisation evaluation

Contents
Evaluation Summary ~ 4
Introduction ~ 6
Flinders Quartet's Journey So Far ~ 8
The chords that have shaped Flinders Quartet's work ~ 9
Building Appreciation of the Chamber Music Form ~ 10
Fostering the Cultivation and Development of the Chamber Music Field ~ 13
Creative Collaboration & Commissioning ~ 13
Composer Development ~ 16
Tutoring & Mentoring ~ 19
Working to Help Evolve the Chamber Music Form and Field ~ 20
Investing for Sustainability ~ 21
Reflections ~ 27
First Movement – Exploring the Chamber Music Form ~ 29
Second Movement – Building Credentials ~ 31
Third Movement – Transitioning from a Partnership into a Creative Company ~ 33
Fourth Movement – Consolidating Operationally & Expanding Creatively ~ 36
Fifth Movement – Looking Inwards & Connecting Outwards in a time of COVID ~ 40
Appendix 1: Twenty Years of Chamber Music with the Flinders Quartet ~ 42
Appendix 2: List of Flinders Quartet Commissions and Premieres ~ 46
This is an independent evaluation by Regina Hill, Regina Hill Effective Consulting Pty Ltd
with funding support from the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust.
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