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I want to play for my Mum
My name is Morgan and my light at the end of a very dark tunnel is to play the cello on stage at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of The Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra.
Six years ago, when I was 12 and my brother was six, our lives changed forever. My mum Sandra was hit by a car that came out of nowhere and cut the corner.
It was as though someone threw a grenade into our house, because everything fell apart.
Mum could not walk for months, she was later hospitalised for depression and PTSD (she still suffers nightmares), she and Dad separated and we lost our family home.
We ended up living with an aunt and uncle and I changed high schools three times in Years 11 & 12 which significantly impacted my senior schooling.
We had no money, no car and I had to make new friends. The only constant in my life was the cello which I had begun playing at the age of eight.
At age 13, I joined the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra’s junior Scherzo Strings and am now a member of the 70-strong Symphony Orchestra. I was lucky enough to have a wonderful private cello tutor, Sophie Loades of Deep Blue fame, who continued to give me free lessons after my parents could no longer afford to pay for them.
I kept practicing because Mum’s courage inspired me. Her determination to get back to work showed me that you can move forward no matter how bad things get.
Over the years, I have performed at many charity events for no fee and now my immediate goal is to raise $5,500 by 31 December so I can be part of the Brisbane Youth Orchestra’s ten-day tour of the USA in April 2017.
It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to workshop and perform with other orchestras and choirs from around the world
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/4/11/0800/PM/2017-New-York-International-Music-Festival/
and to play at the famed Carnegie Hall on New York’s Seventh Avenue.
I have heard that old joke about a young lady on the streets of New York asking someone “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The New Yorker responds “Lots of practice, dear, lots of practice!”
Well, I have done the practice but now what I need is your generosity.
Any amount, no matter how small, will be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you so much.
My name is Morgan and my light at the end of a very dark tunnel is to play the cello on stage at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of The Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra.
Six years ago, when I was 12 and my brother was six, our lives changed forever. My mum Sandra was hit by a car that came out of nowhere and cut the corner.
It was as though someone threw a grenade into our house, because everything fell apart.
Mum could not walk for months, she was later hospitalised for depression and PTSD (she still suffers nightmares), she and Dad separated and we lost our family home.
We ended up living with an aunt and uncle and I changed high schools three times in Years 11 & 12 which significantly impacted my senior schooling.
We had no money, no car and I had to make new friends. The only constant in my life was the cello which I had begun playing at the age of eight.
At age 13, I joined the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra’s junior Scherzo Strings and am now a member of the 70-strong Symphony Orchestra. I was lucky enough to have a wonderful private cello tutor, Sophie Loades of Deep Blue fame, who continued to give me free lessons after my parents could no longer afford to pay for them.
I kept practicing because Mum’s courage inspired me. Her determination to get back to work showed me that you can move forward no matter how bad things get.
Over the years, I have performed at many charity events for no fee and now my immediate goal is to raise $5,500 by 31 December so I can be part of the Brisbane Youth Orchestra’s ten-day tour of the USA in April 2017.
It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to workshop and perform with other orchestras and choirs from around the world
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/4/11/0800/PM/2017-New-York-International-Music-Festival/
and to play at the famed Carnegie Hall on New York’s Seventh Avenue.
I have heard that old joke about a young lady on the streets of New York asking someone “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The New Yorker responds “Lots of practice, dear, lots of practice!”
Well, I have done the practice but now what I need is your generosity.
Any amount, no matter how small, will be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you so much.