{"id":18540,"date":"2024-06-24T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/?page_id=18540"},"modified":"2024-06-24T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:55:54","slug":"friends-of-the-choir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/friends-of-the-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section has-scroll-for-more\" id=\"section_764107414\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"scroll-for-more z-5 icon absolute bottom h-center\" aria-label=\"Scroll for more\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:42px;\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-541850765\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Concert_3-scaled.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-243975266\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y30 md-y30 lg-y30 res-text\">\n              <div data-parallax=\"-1\" data-parallax-fade=\"true\">                  <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-1105613712\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h1>Friends of the Choir<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1105613712 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: #611825;\n}\n#text-1105613712 > * {\n  color: #611825;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kearsney.devman.co.za\/Devman\/friendschoir\/giving\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary is-outline is-large\" rel=\"noopener\" >\n\t\t<span>Donate Now<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-checkmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n              <\/div>              \n<style>\n#text-box-243975266 {\n  width: 95%;\n}\n#text-box-243975266 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-541850765 {\n  padding-top: 90vh;\n}\n#banner-541850765 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(183, 183, 183, 0.552);\n}\n#banner-541850765 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 59% 0%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-541850765 {\n    padding-top: 85vh;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_764107414 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_2114418911\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1237595015\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1537822043\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2082573925\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Kearsney College Foundation<br \/>Friends of the Choir<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2082573925 {\n  font-size: 1.2rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-2082573925 {\n    font-size: 1.6rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-464873835\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Few school choirs can stir the heart of the audience like the Kearsney College Choir which has become synonymous with vibrant, energetic performances and slick, professional productions. With their signature blend of classical, pop, and home-grown music, the choir has built up a large following of appreciative local and international supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The Kearsney choir boasts a long list of accolades, including 15 Gold medals and 7 Silver medals at the World Choir Games (the Olympics for Choirs) between 2000 and 2018. The choir was awarded the \u201cPrize of the City of Vienna\u201d at the 33rd International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, as well as 1st prizes in various international choral competitions in Hong Kong, Germany, Austria and Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst International travel is vital to ensure the choristers are able to not only maintain but excel on the world stage, there are members of the Kearsney choir who simply cannot afford the tour costs and to this end, a fund was started to raise funds for tours and the future sustainability of the choir<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-464873835 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-2043967874\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2043967874 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-398856792\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>The Friends of the Choir Fund is managed through the school as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Friends of the Choir governing committee is in place and made up of Kearsney management members, as well as music staff and previous choir members (Kearsney College Old Boys)<\/li>\n<li>The goals of the committee are to structure and drive income generation, perform donor stewardship and manage the income and investment of the fund<\/li>\n<li>The fund income is allocated as follows:\n<ul>\n<li>50% of income is invested for long term sustainability (100% of interest earned is reinvested to the sustainability of the fund);<\/li>\n<li>50% of income is to assist funding of current tours through grants to applicants; and Donors of more than R100 000.00 may specify allocation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All donations received directly by the fund are tax deductible as Kearsney is a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) and the Kearsney Foundation is in place to issue tax certificates to qualify donors and manages affairs related to this fund.<\/p>\n<p>Donors can make a once-off donation or a 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