Our Patron: Jonathon Welch AM
ARIA, Logie and Helpmann award winning Director of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Jonathon is also a professional singer, teacher, conductor, song writer, author and public speaker. The School of Hard Knocks Institute is the culmination of his life's work creating Australia's first leading arts, cultural and wellbeing education and performance centre for the disadvantaged, building unique pathways to engage with professional industry leading practioners and the welfare sector.
We cannot imagine there could be a better candidate, as testified by the Medal of Australia awarded to Jonathon for his contribution to the arts. His philanthropic initiative to establish the Choir of Hard Knocks for homeless people is particularly relevant, given ELMvc has similar altruistic objectives.
We cannot imagine there could be a better candidate, as testified by the Medal of Australia awarded to Jonathon for his contribution to the arts. His philanthropic initiative to establish the Choir of Hard Knocks for homeless people is particularly relevant, given ELMvc has similar altruistic objectives.